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Dr Minglu Chen
Senior Lecturer
Phone
+61 2 9114 0971
Address
A02 - Social Sciences Building
The University of Sydney
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Minglu Chen is a senior lecturer in the Department of Government and International Relations and a member of the China Studies Centre at the University of Sydney. Her research concentrates on social and political change in China, especially the interaction between entrepreneurs and the state and women’s political participation. She has published her research in The China Quarterly, The China Journal and Journal of Contemporary China. She is the author of Tiger Girls: Women and Enterprises in the People’s Republic of China (Routledge 2011).
- Institutions of China's local politics
- Private entrepreneurship in China
- Governance in China
- Class and social stratum in China
Research Fields
- Politics
- Comparative Politics
Current Units
- GOVT6121 - Northeast Asian Politics
- GOVT2611 - Capitalism and Democracy in East Asia
- GOVT6138 - Gender, Family and the State
Current Courses
- GOVT6111 - Chinese Politics
- GOVT2424 - Politics of China
- CHSC6901 - Fundamentals of China Studies
- 2012-2015: (With Carolyn Cartier, Junde Liu, George Lin) Australian Research Council Discovery Project DP120101901, ‘The Geography of Power in China: Urban expansion and administrative empire’, $183,000.
- 2012: (With Ben Goldsmith) China Studies Centre Major Grant, 'Female Entrepreneurs, Business Performance, and the Party-state in China', $18,000.
- 2010-2011: (With Carolyn Cartier, Shiuh-Shen Chien) Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia, International Science Linkages Bilateral Program, ‘Local Governance and the Reproduction of State Power: Urban China in economic transition’, $6,000.
- 2009-2012: (With David Goodman, Beatriz Carrillo) Australian Research Council, Discovery Project DP0984495, ‘The New Rich and the State in China: The social basis of local power’, $360,000.
Selected publications
Middle Class China: Identity and Behaviour
(Edward Elgar Publishing, 2013)
Tiger Girls: Women and Enterprises in the Peoples Republic of China
(Routledge imprint of Taylor & Francis, 2011)
Publications
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Books
- Chen, M. (2011). Tiger Girls: Women and Enterprises in the Peoples Republic of China. Abbingdon, United Kingdom: Routledge imprint of Taylor & Francis. [More Information]
Edited Books
- Chen, M., Goodman, D. (2013). Middle Class China: Identity and Behaviour. Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar Publishing. [More Information]
Book Chapters
- Chen, M., Chen, J. (2023). The entrepreneurial state: the case of Wuxi’s solar industry. In Ceren Ergenc and David S. G. Goodman (Eds.), Handbook on Local Governance in China: Structures, Variations, and Innovations, (pp. 272-282). London: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd. [More Information]
- Chen, M., Cai, J. (2019). Women's Access to Political Power: An Analysis of the Life Trajectory of Wu Yi. In Shenshen Cai (Eds.), Female Celebrities in Contemporary Chinese Society, (pp. 159-184). Singapore: Palgrave Macmillan. [More Information]
- Chen, M. (2018). Inside the flower vase: A report on private entrepreneurs' political participation in a county-level people’s political consultative conference. In Yingjie Guo (Eds.), Local Elites in Post-Mao China, (pp. 39-52). Oxon: Routledge. [More Information]
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Journals
- Chen, M. (2024). Women’s Political Leadership and the Party Agenda: The Coverage of Female Politburo Members in the People’s Daily. The China Journal, (91), 1-23. [More Information]
- Chen, M., Sonoda, S. (2023). Telling the stories of China well? The perception of China’s rise by second-generation Chinese immigrants in an Australian University. International Journal of Asian Studies, online, 1-17. [More Information]
- Chen, M. (2022). "Innocent Young Girls": The Search for Female Provincial Leaders in China. The China Quarterly, 251, 751-775. [More Information]
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Conferences
- Chen, M. (2006). Who is the Boss: the Husband or the Wife? An Analysis of Women Entrepreneurs' Roles in Private Enterprise, Jiaocheng County, People's Republic of China. 16th Biennial Conference of the Asian Studies Association of Australia (ASAA) 2006, Canberra: Asian Studies Association of Australia (ASAA).
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2024
- Chen, M. (2024). Women’s Political Leadership and the Party Agenda: The Coverage of Female Politburo Members in the People’s Daily. The China Journal, (91), 1-23. [More Information]
2023
- Chen, M., Sonoda, S. (2023). Telling the stories of China well? The perception of China’s rise by second-generation Chinese immigrants in an Australian University. International Journal of Asian Studies, online, 1-17. [More Information]
- Chen, M., Chen, J. (2023). The entrepreneurial state: the case of Wuxi’s solar industry. In Ceren Ergenc and David S. G. Goodman (Eds.), Handbook on Local Governance in China: Structures, Variations, and Innovations, (pp. 272-282). London: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd. [More Information]
2022
- Chen, M. (2022). "Innocent Young Girls": The Search for Female Provincial Leaders in China. The China Quarterly, 251, 751-775. [More Information]
- Chen, M., Goldsmith, B., Ratcliff, S. (2022). Chinese Entrepreneurs, the Party-State, and Gender: Women Succeed in Business without the CCP. Journal of East Asian Studies, , 1-19. [More Information]
2020
- Huang, D., Chen, M. (2020). Business lobbying within the party-state: Embedding lobbying and political co-optation in China. The China Journal, 83(1), 105-128. [More Information]
2019
- Chen, M., Goodman, D. (2019). Reporting Mexico in China: Chinas economy is developing robustly and rapidly. Mexico y la Cuenca del Pacifico, 8(22), 143-163. [More Information]
- Chen, M., Huang, D. (2019). The institutional origin of private entrepreneurs' policy influence in China: an analysis of the All-China Federation of Industry and Commerce. Journal of Chinese Governance, 4(3), 267-291. [More Information]
- Chen, M., Cai, J. (2019). Women's Access to Political Power: An Analysis of the Life Trajectory of Wu Yi. In Shenshen Cai (Eds.), Female Celebrities in Contemporary Chinese Society, (pp. 159-184). Singapore: Palgrave Macmillan. [More Information]
2018
- Chen, M. (2018). Inside the flower vase: A report on private entrepreneurs' political participation in a county-level people’s political consultative conference. In Yingjie Guo (Eds.), Local Elites in Post-Mao China, (pp. 39-52). Oxon: Routledge. [More Information]
2017
- Chen, M., Hao, J., Baird, M. (2017). China: The reconfiguring of Women, Work and Care. In Marian Baird, Michele Ford, Elizabeth Hill (Eds.), Women, Work and Care in the Asia-Pacific, (pp. 25-40). London: Routledge. [More Information]
2016
- Chen, M. (2016). China's private entrepreneurs and the Party-state: mutual dependence and political institutionalization. In Yingjie Guo (Eds.), Handbook on Class and Social Stratification in China, (pp. 314-332). Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing. [More Information]
2015
- Chen, M. (2015). From Economic Elites to Political Elites: private entrepreneurs in the People's Political Consultative Conference. Journal of Contemporary China, 24(94), 613-627. [More Information]
- Chen, M. (2015). Local governance: the roles of the People's Congresses and the People's Political Consultative Conferences. In Not known (Eds.), Handbook of the Politics of China, (pp. 104-116). TBC.
2014
- Chen, M., Goodman, D. (2014). The China Model: One Country, Six Authors. In Saich, T (Eds.), Political Governance in China. Edward Elgar Publishing.
2013
- Chen, M., Goodman, D. (2013). Introduction: middle class China - discourse, structure and practice. In Minglu Chen, David S C Goodman (Eds.), Middle Class China: Identity and Behaviour, (pp. 1-11). Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar Publishing. [More Information]
- Chen, M., Goodman, D. (2013). Middle Class China: Identity and Behaviour. Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar Publishing. [More Information]
2012
- Chen, M. (2012). Being Elite, 1931-2011: three generations of social change. Journal of Contemporary China, 21(77), 741-756. [More Information]
- Chen, M., Goodman, D. (2012). China's developmental experience: lessons for the Asia Pacific. In Christopher M. Dent, Jorn Dosch (Eds.), The Asia Pacific, Regionalism and the Global System, (pp. 185-200). Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar Publishing. [More Information]
- Chen, M., Goodman, D. (2012). The China model: one country, six authors. Journal of Contemporary China, 21(73), 169-185. [More Information]
2011
- Carrillo Garcia, B., Chen, M., Goodman, D. (2011). Beyond asymmetry: cooperation, conflict and globalization in Mexico-China relations. The Pacific Review, 24(4), 421-438. [More Information]
- Chen, M., Goodman, D. (2011). El modelo chino: un pais, seis autores [The China model: one country, six authors]. Mexico y la Cuenca del Pacifico, 14(40), 13-42.
- Chen, M. (2011). Mianyang: The legacy of state socialism and local construction. Provincial China, 3(1), 34-59.
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2009
- Chen, M. (2009). The Spatial Mobility of Hainan Province Women Entrepreneurs in the Context of China's Economic Fluctuation: the case of Qiongshan. Mexico y la Cuenca del Pacifico, 12(35), 41-56.
2008
- Chen, M. (2008). Entrepreneurial women: personal wealth, local politics and tradition. In David S G Goodman (Eds.), The New Rich in China: Future rulers, present lives, (pp. 112-125). London: Routledge.
- Chen, M. (2008). The PRC Government's Policies towards the Private Economy and Private Entrepreneurs. A Historical Review: 1949-2007. Mexico y la Cuenca del Pacifico, 11(33), 39-56.
2006
- Chen, M. (2006). The way to entrepreneurship: female entrepreneurs' education and work experience in Jiaocheng County, Shanxi Province, the People's Republic of China. PORTAL Journal of Multidisciplinary International Studies, 3(2), 1-17.
- Chen, M. (2006). Who is the Boss: the Husband or the Wife? An Analysis of Women Entrepreneurs' Roles in Private Enterprise, Jiaocheng County, People's Republic of China. 16th Biennial Conference of the Asian Studies Association of Australia (ASAA) 2006, Canberra: Asian Studies Association of Australia (ASAA).
Selected Grants
2013
- Women and Work Research Network, Baird M, Chen M, Cooper R, Cutcher L, Foley M, Ford M, Hardy C, Hill E, McGrath-Champ S, Piper N, Probyn E, Riley J, Seymour R, Smith B, Vromen A, Williamson S, DVC Research/Research Network Scheme (SyReNS)
2012
- The Chinese Peoples Political Consultative Conference as an Agency of Governance, Chen M, DVC Research/Bridging Support Grant
- Chinas Private Entrepreneurs: Property, Rights, and Public Policy, Goodman D, Chen M, Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia/Australia-China Joint-action Program Award
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