Part I: Knowing the Other.- Chapter 1. The CCP, the PRC and Modernity (Mobo Gao).- Chapter 2. Othering China in Australia: Bilateral Relations, Mutual Learning, and International Sociability (Yingjie Guo).- Chapter 3. Knowledge, Power, and Dialogue After and About the Rise of China: A View from Hong Kong (Daniel F. Vukovich).- Chapter 4. Australia Higher Education and the Future of the Common Good (Greg McCarthy).- Chapter 5. Australia’s China Literacy and China’s Australia Literacy: misassumptions on both sides and implications for bilateral relations (Dan Hu).- Chapter 6. The Poverty of China Literacy in Australia and the False Promise of Ontological Security (Chengxin Pan).- Part II: Legitimacy and State Capacity.- Chapter 7. Different Histories, Shared Futures (Justin O’Connor).- Chapter 8. Reflections: Notes from afar (Michael Dutton).- Chapter 9. Explaining the CPC’s legitimacy: A State-centred perspective (Tao Xie).- Chapter 10. Minzhu: What Does Democracy Mean to the People’s Republic? (Baohui Xie).- Chapter 11. The ideological nature and political character of Chinese politics (Axel Dessein).- Part III: Soft Power and Cultural Exchange.- Chapter 12. Soft power, cultural diplomacy and foreign interference (Jocelyn Chey).- Chapter 13. China Threat, Australian Challenge: Recognizing differences, building futures (David Goodman).- Chapter 14. Contemporary Chinese perspectives of Australia: A thematic analysis of Chinese “we-media” (Jack Butcher).- Part IV: Trade and Geopolitics.- Chapter 15. The Role of National Security in Australia-China Relations (Colin Mackerras).- Chapter 16. Australian interdependence versus dependence (David Morris).- Chapter 17. Australia’s trade exposure to China: a critical assessment of the threat (James Laurenceson).- Chapter 18. The unit-systemic dynamics and China-Australia Strategic Partnership (Lei Yu).- Chapter 19. The Role of National Security in Australia-China Relations (Colin Mackerras).- Chapter 20. What Are the External Perspectives on Australia-China Relationships (Kerry Brown).