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Professor Yingjie Guo
PhD, Tasmania; MA, Shanghai International Studies University; BA, Shanghai International Studies University
Professor of Chinese Studies
Phone
+61 2 9351 4547
Address
A18 - Brennan MacCallum Building
The University of Sydney
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Member of China Studies Centre
Yingjie Guo is Professor in Chinese Studies. He received his BA and MA from Shanghai International Studies University, China and PhD from the University of Tasmania, Australia. His research focuses on China's cultural nationalism and Chinese cultural identities, and the discourse of class in post-Mao China. He is the author ofCultural Nationalism in Contemporary China: Searching for National identity under Reform and co-author ofNationalism, National Identity and Democratization in China. His recent publications include Unequal China: Political Economy and Culture Politics, Handbook of Class and Stratification in the People’s Republic of China, andLocal Elites in Post-Mao China.
- Chinese cultural nationalism
- Transformation and transmission of Chineseness
- Nation-building in modern and contemporary China
- National commemorations and memories
- Language and national identity
- Representations of nation and class
- China’s soft power
Teaching
- Contemporary China
- Chinese Cinema
Supervision
- Chinese nationalism
- Chinese cultural identities
- Language and national identity
- National commemorations and memories
- Representations and narratives of class and nation
- China’s soft power
- Literary and cultural politics in modern and contemporary China
My major current project is a manuscript about the transformation and transmission of cultural Chineseness. I am also working on several small projects related to the Chinese Communist Party’s class discourse, representations of class and nation in the post-Mao era, and recent debates in China about changes in school textbooks.
| Project title | Research student |
|---|---|
| The discourse of modernisation and modernity of the Chinese Communist Party in the 1950-60s | Simon CHEN |
| State Appropriation of Confucianism: A Comparative Study of Civic Education in the “Chinese Cultural Revival Movement” in Taiwan and the Promotion of “Asian Values” in Singapore | Hercules CHU |
| Constructing the Chinese Civic National Identity in the New Era: State Keyboard Politics and International Influence | Griffin GUAN |
| Transnational identities and language use: Experiences of Chinese international students and returnees | Jimei LI |
| The Impact of Online Nationalistic Cyberbullying in the Chinese Online Context on the Cultural Perception of Adolescents and Young Adults | Linsen YANG |
Selected publications
Jiaohua: Chinese Ideas and Practices of Moral Transformation.
(Springer, 2025)
Handbook on Class and Social Stratification in China
(Edward Elgar Publishing, 2016)
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Publications
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Books
- Goodman, D., Blecher, M., Guo, Y., Rocca, J., Saich, T. (2022). Delete_Class and the Communist Party of China, 1921-1978: Revolution and Social Change. United Kingdom: Routledge. [More Information]
Edited Books
- Guo, Y. (2025). Jiaohua: Chinese Ideas and Practices of Moral Transformation.. Singapore: Springer. [More Information]
- Blecher, M., Goodman, D., Guo, Y., Rocca, J., Saich, T. (2022). Class and the Communist Party of China, 1921-1978: Revolution and Social Change. Abingdon: Routledge. [More Information]
- Blecher, M., Goodman, D., Guo, Y., Rocca, J., Tang, B. (2022). Class and the Communist Party of China, 1978-2021: Reform and Market Socialism. Abingdon: Routledge. [More Information]
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Book Chapters
- Guo, Y. (2025). Introduction. In Yingjie Guo (Eds.), Jiaohua: Chinese Ideas and Practices of Moral Transformation., (pp. 1-15). Singapore: Springer. [More Information]
- Guo, Y. (2025). Shaping the Mind Through Education: Jiaohua in the Construction of Xi Jinping's New Era. In Yingjie Guo (Eds.), Jiaohua: Chinese Ideas and Practices of Moral Transformation., (pp. 189-205). Singapore: Springer. [More Information]
- Guo, Y. (2023). Australia's China Discourse: Equivalential Identities and Bilateral Relations. In Mobo Gao, Justin O'Connor, Baohui Xie, Jack Butcher (Eds.), Different Histories, Shared Futures: Dialogues on Australia-China, (pp. 49-64). Singapore: Palgrave Macmillan. [More Information]
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Journals
- Guo, Y., Garrick, J. (2020). China's 'Socialist Rule of Law' and the Five Heroes of Mount Langya. Australian Journal of Asian Law, 20(2), 333-348.
- Guo, Y. (2019). From Marxism to nationalism: The Chinese Communist Party's discursive shift in the post-Mao era. Communist and Post-Communist Studies, 52(4), 355-365. [More Information]
- Guo, Y. (2018). Bringing politics into class analysis: state power and class formation in post-Mao China. Australian Journal of Political Science, 53(3), 370-384. [More Information]
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2025
- Guo, Y. (2025). Introduction. In Yingjie Guo (Eds.), Jiaohua: Chinese Ideas and Practices of Moral Transformation., (pp. 1-15). Singapore: Springer. [More Information]
- Guo, Y. (2025). Jiaohua: Chinese Ideas and Practices of Moral Transformation.. Singapore: Springer. [More Information]
- Guo, Y. (2025). Shaping the Mind Through Education: Jiaohua in the Construction of Xi Jinping's New Era. In Yingjie Guo (Eds.), Jiaohua: Chinese Ideas and Practices of Moral Transformation., (pp. 189-205). Singapore: Springer. [More Information]
2023
- Guo, Y. (2023). Australia's China Discourse: Equivalential Identities and Bilateral Relations. In Mobo Gao, Justin O'Connor, Baohui Xie, Jack Butcher (Eds.), Different Histories, Shared Futures: Dialogues on Australia-China, (pp. 49-64). Singapore: Palgrave Macmillan. [More Information]
2022
- Guo, Y. (2022). Between revolution and reform : class, class struggle, and land redistribution. In Marc Blecher, David S G Goodman, Yingjie Guo, Jean-Louis Rocca, Tony Saich (Eds.), Class and the Communist Party of China, 1921-1978: Revolution and Social Change, (pp. 80-107). Abingdon: Routledge. [More Information]
- Blecher, M., Goodman, D., Guo, Y., Rocca, J., Saich, T. (2022). Class and the Communist Party of China, 1921-1978: Revolution and Social Change. Abingdon: Routledge. [More Information]
- Blecher, M., Goodman, D., Guo, Y., Rocca, J., Tang, B. (2022). Class and the Communist Party of China, 1978-2021: Reform and Market Socialism. Abingdon: Routledge. [More Information]
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2020
- Guo, Y., Garrick, J. (2020). China's 'Socialist Rule of Law' and the Five Heroes of Mount Langya. Australian Journal of Asian Law, 20(2), 333-348.
- Guo, Y. (2020). From Destruction to Reconstruction: China's Confucian Heritage, Nationalism, and National Identity. In Carol Ludwig, Linda Walton, Yi-Wen Wang (Eds.), The Heritage Turn in China: The Reinvention, Dissemination and Consumption of Heritage, (pp. 89-110). Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press. [More Information]
2019
- Guo, Y. (2019). From Marxism to nationalism: The Chinese Communist Party's discursive shift in the post-Mao era. Communist and Post-Communist Studies, 52(4), 355-365. [More Information]
2018
- Guo, Y. (2018). Bringing politics into class analysis: state power and class formation in post-Mao China. Australian Journal of Political Science, 53(3), 370-384. [More Information]
- Guo, Y. (2018). Local elites in post-Mao China. In Yingjie Guo (Eds.), Local Elites in Post-Mao China, (pp. 1-16). Oxon: Routledge. [More Information]
2017
- Guo, Y. (2017). The Impact of Chinese National Identity on Sino-U.S. Relations. Joint U.S. Korea Academic Studies, 28(2017), 145-160.
2016
- Guo, Y. (2016). Handbook on Class and Social Stratification in China. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing.
- Guo, Y. (2016). Introduction: class and stratification in the People's Republic of China. In Yingjie Guo (Eds.), Handbook on Class and Social Stratification in China, (pp. 1-18). Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing. [More Information]
- Guo, Y. (2016). State power as a determinant of life chances. In Yingjie Guo (Eds.), Handbook on Class and Social Stratification in China, (pp. 85-106). Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing. [More Information]
2015
- Guo, Y. (2015). The class politics of the Chinese Communist Party. In Not known (Eds.), Handbook of the Politics of China, (pp. 271-287). TBC. [More Information]
2013
- Sun, W., Guo, Y. (2013). Unequal China: The Political Economy and Cultural Politics of Inequality (Paperback). London and New York: Routledge. [More Information]
2012
- Guo, Y., Hou, S., Smith, G., Martinez-Pacheco, S. (2012). Chinese outward direct investment: Case studies of SOEs going global. In John Garrick (Eds.), Law and Policy for Chinas Market Socialism, (pp. 131-143). Oxon, UK: Routledge.
- Guo, Y. (2012). Classes without Class Consciousness and Class Consciousness without Classes: The Meaning of Class in the People's Republic. Journal of Contemporary China, 21(77), 723-729. [More Information]