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• Biography/ Background

  Professor Mobo Gao was born and brought up in a small Chinese village where there was no electricity until after he left the village. Gao did all kinds of farm work in the village, such as collecting night soil, cleaning pigsty and pushing a wheelbarrow. Gao did not leave the village until he went to Xiamen University to study English. He then went to the UK and had studied at Wales and Westminster universities before he completed his Master and doctorate degrees at Essex. Professor Gao has working experience at various universities in China, UK and Australia and has been visiting fellow at some of the world's leading universities, including Oxford and Harvard. Professor Gao teaches Chinese language as well as Asian studies courses. Professor Gao's charismatic style of lecturing was considered "legendary" at the University of Tasmania where he had worked before he was appointed the Director of the Confucius Institute at Adelaide in 2008. Professor Gao's research interest includes studies of rural China, contemporary Chinese politics & culture, Chinese migration to Australia and the mass media. Professor Gao's publications include four books and numerous articles. His latest book The Battle of China's Past: Mao and the Cultural Revolution is a reassessment of the Mao era and the Cultural Revolution.

• Publications

  Selected Publications

   

  Books

   

   

  Gao Village Revisited: Life of Rural People in Contemporary China, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, in press, 2018.

   

  Constructing China: Clashing Views of the People’s Republic, London: Pluto, 2018.

   

   

  茅芦聵氓庐露忙聺聭茂录职氓聟卤氓聮聦氓聹聥猫戮虏忙聺聭莽聪聼忙麓禄莽麓听忙聫聫茂录聦 translation of the English version of Gao Village: A Portrait of Rural Life in Modern China, translated by 莽芦听氓掳聭忙鲁聣, 茅娄聂忙赂炉盲赂颅忙耸聡氓陇搂氓颅娄氓聡潞莽聣聢莽陇戮茂录聦2013.

  The Battle for China’s Past: Mao and the Cultural Revolution, London: Pluto, 2008.

  Gao Village: Rural Life in Modern China, (London: C. Hurst  & Co. (Publisher) LTD; Hawaii: Hawaii University Press; Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press; Bathurst: Crawford House Publishers, Australia, 1999, reprinted in paperback by Hawaii University Press in 2007.

  Mandarin Chinese: An Introduction, Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 2000, reprinted in 2003.

  A Reference of Mandarin Chinese, Brisbane: XACT Publications, 1999.

   

  Book Chapters

   

   

   

   

  “Collectivism”, in Christopher Solace, ed., The Afterlives of Chinese Communism, Australian National University Press, in press.

   

  “Collective agriculture in the Era of Mao”, in Forrest Zhang and Heather Zhang eds., Routledge Handbook of Rural China, 2018 in press.

   

  “English language Hydra as Trojan horse within PRC” in Pauline Bunce, Robert Phillipson, Vaughan Rapatahana, Morrinsville and Ruani Tupas, eds. Why English? Confronting the Hydra (Multilingual Matters, U.K.) 2016: 242-254.

   

  “Mao Zedong (Mao Tse-tung)” in Immanuel Ness and Zak Cope eds., The Palgrave Encyclopaedia of Imperialism and Anti-Imperialism, UK: Palgrave Macmillan, 2016, pp, 154-163.

   

  “Is Value Diplomacy for Real or a Cover for Realism?” in Chengxin Pan and David Walker eds., Australia and China: Challenges and Ideas in Cross-Cultural Engagement, China Social Sciences Press, 2015, pp 219-235.

   

   

  “China as a ‘Problem’ and Australian Politics”, with Greg McCarthy as the first author in Chengxin Pan and David Walker eds., Australia and China: Challenges and Ideas in Cross-Cultural Engagement, China Social Sciences Press 2015, pp 289-307

   

  “The Cultural Revolution: class, culture and revolution” in Guo Yingjie, ed., Handbook of Class and Class Stratification in China, Cheltenham UK and Northampton MA USA: Edward Elgar, 2015, pp. 44-58.

  2015.

   

   

   

   

  “Media Malpractice in China and Grassroots Professionals in Three Dilemmas” (with Xie Baohui as the first author) in Andressen Curt, Mubarak Rahamathulla and Wang Xiaoyi, Sustainable Development in China, Routledge: 2013, pp.93-110.

  “Transitional Rule of the Hu-Wen Leadership in China: a Case Study of Liu Xiaobo,” in Joseph Cheng ed., An Assessment of the Hu-Wen Leadership, City University of Hong Kong Press, 2012, pp. 175-192.

  “What are the implications in learning at Australian Universities if and when the centre of the world has shifted to Asia?” in Kate Cadman and Xianlin Song, eds., Bridging Transcultural Divides: Teaching Asian Languages and Cultures in a Globalising Academy, 2012茂录聦 pp. 29-47.

  &濒诲辩耻辞;猫楼驴忙耸鹿盲赂颅氓聸陆莽听聪莽漏露莽职闻盲禄路氓聙录猫炉聺猫炉颅,” (value discourse of China studies in the West), in Wang Hui and Wang Zhongzhen, eds., Remapping: An Asian Studies Series, Vol 2. 2012, pp 140-164.

  “Netizenship and Its Implication on Democratization in China”, in Joseph Cheng, Democratization in China since the June the Fourth 1989, Hong Kong: city University Press, 2011, pp 151-176.

  &濒诲辩耻辞;盲赂颅氓聸陆氓聬炉猫聮聂盲赂聥莽职闻忙掳聭盲赂禄忙闻聫猫炉聠氓陆垄忙聙聛盲禄楼氓聫聤氓陆联氓聣聧莽聪碌氓颅聬氓陋聮盲陆联盲赂聤氓聟鲁盲潞聨盲赂颅氓聸陆氓聨聠氓聫虏莽职闻盲潞聣猫庐潞&谤诲辩耻辞; (the ideology of democracy under the shadow of Enlightenment and the debate on Modern Chinese history in the e-media), in Zhong Xueping and Liu Kebin, the Hangzhou Conference Proceedings, Hangzhou: Zhejiang University Press, forthcoming.

   &濒诲辩耻辞;氓聬炉莽篓聥茂录职盲赂聙盲赂陋氓聠聹忙聺聭氓颅漏氓颅聬氓聟鲁盲潞聨盲赂聝氓聧聛氓鹿麓盲禄拢莽职闻猫庐掳氓驴聠&谤诲辩耻辞; 茂录聦盲赂聝氓聧聛氓鹿麓盲禄拢茂录聦氓聦聴氓虏聸茂录聦 忙聺聨茅聂聙盲赂禄莽录耸茂录聦氓聦聴盲潞卢茂录职盲赂聣猫聛聪氓聡潞莽聣聢莽陇戮茂录聦2009, 92-103茅隆碌茂录聢&濒诲辩耻辞;Start on a journey: memories of a child from rural China, in Bei Dao and Li Tuo, (eds.) the Seventies,  Beijing: Sanlian chubanshe, 2009, pp. 92-103.

  “Mao: the Unknown Story: An Intellectual Scandal,” in Gregory Benton and Lin Chun, eds., Was Mao Really a Monster?, Routledge Contemporary Chinese Series,  Routledge, 2009, pp. 119-134.

  &濒诲辩耻辞;茫聙聤忙炉聸忙戮陇忙聺卤茂录职茅庐庐莽聜潞盲潞潞莽聼楼莽职闻忙声聟盲潞聥茫聙聥&尘诲补蝉丑; 莽聼楼猫颅聵莽声聦莽职闻盲赂聙氓陇搂茅聠聹猫聛聻&谤诲辩耻辞; (Mao: the Untold Story: An Intellectual Scandal), in Gregory Benton and Lin Chun, eds., 氓聜鲁猫篓聵茅聜闻忙聵炉忙聺聹忙聮掳茂录聼&尘诲补蝉丑; 忙碌路氓陇耸氓颅赂猫聙聟猫漏声茫聙聤忙炉聸忙戮陇忙聺卤茂录职茅庐庐莽聜潞盲潞潞莽聼楼莽职闻忙声聟盲潞聥茫聙聥(Biography or Fabrication—Overseas Scholars on Mao the Untold Story), Hong Kong: Dafeng chubanshe, 2009, pp.188-213.

  &濒诲辩耻辞;氓聬炉莽篓聥茂录职盲赂聙盲赂陋氓聠聹忙聺聭氓颅漏氓颅聬氓聟鲁盲潞聨盲赂聝氓聧聛氓鹿麓盲禄拢莽职闻猫庐掳氓驴聠&谤诲辩耻辞; 茂录聦盲赂聝氓聧聛氓鹿麓盲禄拢茂录聦氓聦聴氓虏聸茂录聦 忙聺聨茅聂聙盲赂禄莽录耸茂录聦茅娄聂忙赂炉茂录职莽聣聸忙麓楼氓陇搂氓颅娄氓聡潞莽聣聢莽陇戮茂录聦2008, 81-92茅隆碌茂录聢&濒诲辩耻辞;Start on a journey: memories of a child from rural China, in Bei Dao Li Tuo, (eds.) The Seventies,  Hong Kong: Oxford University Press, 2008, pp. 81-92.

  “Chinese What Chinese: The Politics of Authenticity and Ethnic Identity,”  in Lee guan Kin, ed., 猫路篓猫露聤莽耸聠莽声聦盲赂聨忙耸聡氓聦耸猫掳聝茅聙聜 (National Boundaries and Cultural Configurations), 氓聸陆氓庐露莽耸聠莽声聦盲赂聨忙耸聡氓聦耸氓聸戮氓聝聫莽鲁禄氓聢聴 氓聧聴忙麓聥盲潞潞忙耸聡盲赂聸盲鹿娄, Singapore: Centre for Chinese Language and Culture and Global Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd, Nanyang University of Technology, 2008, pp. 257-287.

  “China and Capitalism: If Market Capitalism Is Good for the West, Why Is Capitalism with Chinese Characteristics Bad?” Critical Perspectives on China's Economic Transformation, Introduction by Hari P. Sharma, Delhi: Daanish Books, 2008, pp. 81-86.

  “The Question of Land: An Alternative Model to Modernity?” in Joseph Cheng, ed., Challenges and Policy Programmes of Chinese Next Leadership, Hong Kong: City University of Hong Kong Press, 2007, pp. 413-434.

  茅聴聹盲潞聨茫聙聦忙耸聡氓聦耸氓陇搂茅聺漏氓聭陆茫聙聧莽职闻猫篓聵忙聠露茫聙聛忙聙聺猫聙聝氓聮聦莽聢颅猫芦耸茂录职猫搂拢猫庐聙茫聙聦忙碌漏氓聤芦茫聙聧猫漏卤猫陋聻 (Memories of the Cultural Revolution: Deconstructing the Holocaust Discourse), in Song Geng ed.,s Globalization and Chineseness: Postcolonial Readings of Contemporary Culture

  (氓聟篓莽聬聝氓聦耸猫聢聡茫聙聦盲赂颅氓聹聥忙聙搂茫聙聧茂录职莽声露盲禄拢忙耸聡氓聦耸莽职闻氓戮聦忙庐耸忙掳聭猫搂拢猫庐聙), Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press, 2006, pp. 247-260.

  “Introduction”, in Eric Shaoquan Zhang, The Impact of ELT on Ideology in China (1980-2000), Shanghai, Central China Normal University Press, 2006, pp. 1-10.

   “Chinese Media Coverage of 9/11”, with Ming Liang, in Tomasz Pludowski, ed., How the World's News Media Reacted to 9/11. Essays from Around the Globe, Spokane, WA: Marquette Books, 2007, pp 186-205.

  &濒诲辩耻辞;盲鹿娄氓聠聂氓聨聠氓聫虏氓聮聦茅芦聵氓庐露忙聺聭&谤诲辩耻辞;, (Writing History and Gao Village), in Luo Gang, 2004 氓鹿麓忙聙聺忙聝鲁忙耸聡茅聸聠  (Collected Writings on Ideas in 2004), 忙隆聜忙聻聴茂录职氓鹿驴猫楼驴氓赂聢氓陇搂氓聡潞莽聣聢莽陇戮 2004, pp. 266-273.

   “The Rise of Neo-Nationalism and the New Left: A Post-Colonial and Postmodernism Perspective” in Leong Liew and Shaoguang Wang, eds., Nationalism, Democracy and National Integration in China, London: Routledge/Curzon, 2004, pp. 44-62.

  “The Great Wall that Divides Two Chinas and the Rural/Urban Disparity Challenge,” in Joseph Cheng, ed., China's Challenges in the Twenty-First Century, Hong Kong: City University of Hong Kong Press, 2003, pp. 533-557.

  &濒诲辩耻辞;猫驴聬莽聪篓莽卢卢盲赂聙猫炉颅猫篓聙忙聺楼氓颅娄盲鹿听莽卢卢盲潞聦猫炉颅猫篓聙,” (Learn the Second language by Using the First Language), in Zhang Dexing and Li Xiaoqi, eds., 茅聵聼盲禄楼猫聥卤猫炉颅盲赂潞忙炉聧猫炉颅莽职闻忙卤聣猫炉颅忙声聂氓颅娄莽听聪莽漏露 (Teaching Chinese to Students Whose Mother Tongue is English), 氓聦聴盲潞卢茂录职盲潞潞忙掳聭忙声聂猫聜虏氓聡潞莽聣聢莽陇戮, 2002, pp. 296-308.

  “Influence of Native Culture and Language on Intercultural Communication: the Case of PRC Student Immigrants in Australia,” in Jens Allwood and Beatriz Dorriots, eds., The Diversity of Intercultural Communication, Papers in Anthropological Linguistics 28, Boteborg: Boteborg University, 2002, pp. 33-53.

  &濒诲辩耻辞;盲禄聨盲赂聙盲赂陋忙聻聛莽芦炉氓聢掳氓聫娄盲赂聙盲赂陋忙聻聛莽芦炉茂录职忙聵炉氓聬娄猫炉楼氓聛聫忙颅拢盲赂聙莽聜鹿氓闻驴茂录聼&谤诲辩耻辞; (From One Extreme to Another: Is It Time to Adjust the Swing of the Pendulum?), in Yang Jianli, ed., 莽潞垄猫聣虏茅聺漏氓聭陆氓聮聦茅禄聭猫聣虏茅聙听氓聫聧茂录聢Red Revolution and Black Rebellion茂录聣Boston: Twenty-First Century Book Series Foundation for China in the 21st Century, 1997, pp. 17-34.

  “Welfare Problems and Needs for Migrant Workers in South China,” Chapter 6, in Wing Lo and Joseph Cheng, eds., Social Welfare Development in China, Constraints and Challenges, (Chicago: Imprint Publications), 1997, pp. 101-120.

  “Self-Reference Materials: A Grammar Hand Book,” in Mary Farquhar and Penny McKay eds., China Connections: Australia Business Needs and University Language Education (Canberra: National Language and Literacy Institute of Australia), 1996, pp. 246-257.

  “Migrant Workers from Rural China: Their Conditions and Some Social Implications for Economic Development in South China,” in David Schak ed., Entrepreneurship Economic Growth and Social Change: The Transformation of Southern China, (Queensland: Centre for the Studies of Australian and Asian Relations), 1994, pp. 21-38.

   Articles

  “Capitalism with Chinese Characteristics and the Hegemony of Neoliberal Discourse in China”, Eszmélet – Consciousness Hungarian Quarterly Journal of Culture and Social Critique, forthcoming

   

  “The Tree May Prefer Calm but the Wind Will Not Subside”, The China Quarterly

  March 2018, Volume 233 p 230-242.

   

   “Whither Rural China? A Case Study of Gao Village”, The China Quarterly, 2017: pp. 23-43.

   

  “Sojourners or Settlers: A Critique of the Cultural Perspective on 19th Century Chinese Migrants to the British Colonies”, Asian Studies Review, Vol 41, No 3., 2017: 389-404.

   

  “Vital Factors for Chinese Rural Development: The Reach of the Sate and Lineage Identity in Villages Local Governance”, Journal of Asia Pacific Economy, 2017, No 4, pp 547-559. DOI: 10.1080/13547860.2017.1307022, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13547860.2017.1307022

   

  “Is a Non-Capitalist World Possible?. The China Quarterly, 223, 2015, pp 807-813.

   “wenge, wenge lishi, wenhua geming wenhua huadong”(The Cultural Revolution, History of the Cultural Revolution, Cultural Revolution and Cultural Activities, “ ,pipan yu zai zao (Critique and Transformation) , no 16, September 8th 2012, http://critiqueandtransformation.wordpress.com/2012/09/.

  "盲禄聨氓炉鹿茫聙聤忙耸陆莽聬聟茫聙聥莽聪碌猫搂聠氓聣搂莽职闻盲潞聣猫庐潞莽聹聥盲赂颅氓聸陆忙耸聡氓聦耸忙掳聭忙聴聫盲赂禄盲鹿聣莽职闻氓聸掳氓垄聝&谤诲辩耻辞; (the Dilemma of Cultural Nationalism in China as Seen from the Debate on the TV Drama Shi Lang), Portal, Vol 4, No 1 (2007), Special Issue: The Revival of Chinese Cultural Nationalism, http://epress.lib.uts.edu.au/ojs/index.php/portal/article/view/355/356.

  ‘Decoding Historical Scripts in Chinese: the Tasmania Chung’s from Xinhui’, with Wu Qianlong as the first author, Journal of Chinese Australia, no. 2 (October ) 2006,http://www.chaf.lib.latrobe.edu.au/jca/ issue02/14WuGao.html.

  “Media Ownership: One Case Studies and Two Perspectives,” The International Journal of Humanities, Vo. 2, No. 3, 2004-2006: pp. 2103-2112.

  “Chinese biographical and Memoir Writings about Mao, the Cultural Revolution and the Emerging Counter Acts in the E-Media,’ China Study Group, HTTP://WWW.CHINASTUDYGROUP.ORG/INDEX.PHP?ACTION=FRONT2&TYPE=VIEW&ID=174,  2006.

  “China and Capitalism: If Market Capitalism Is Good for the West, Why Is Capitalism with Chinese Characteristics Bad?”, China and Socialism Roundtable, (invited contributor) Critical Asian Studies, Vol. 37, No. 3 (September 2005), pp. 469-472.

  &濒诲辩耻辞;忙聨搂氓聢露, 猫聡陋莽聪卤, 氓聙戮氓聬聭盲潞聨忙颅拢盲鹿聣&谤诲辩耻辞; (Control, Freedom, Tendency and Justice), 猫炉禄盲鹿娄 茂录聢Readings茂录聣, Vol, 12, 2003, pp 99-107.

  “National Sovereignty versus Moral Sovereignty: the Case of Australian Press Reporting of Taiwan,” with Stephanie Donald and Eric Zhang, Asia Media Vol. 30, No. 1, (2003): 22-30.

  “Debating the Cultural Revolution: Do We Only Know What We Believe?” Critical Asian Studies, 34:4 (2002), pp. 419-434.

  “Moral Conflicts Reflected in the Love Stories of Jingju,” (with Jingrui Guo as the first author), Asian Studies Review, Vol. 25, No. 4 (December) 2001, pp. 499-522.

  “The Trojan Horse of English Language Teaching: The Contribution of ELT to the De-Radicalization of Political Discourse in China,” (with Eric Zhang as the first author) China Information, Vol. XV, No. 2 (2001), pp 114-130.

  &濒诲辩耻辞;盲鹿娄氓聠聂氓聨聠氓聫虏盲赂聨茅芦聵氓庐露忙聺聭&谤诲辩耻辞; (Writing History and Gao village), in 猫炉禄盲鹿娄 (Readings), No. 1 (January) 2001, pp. 9-16.

  &濒诲辩耻辞;盲潞潞忙聺聝茂录职氓娄聜盲陆声氓聫聂猫炉麓茂录聼&谤诲辩耻辞; (Human rights: what is the narrative?) Dushu (Readings), No. 7, (July) 2001, pp. 71-76.

  “Depoliticisation in the Field of English Teaching in China: A Comparative Study of Two English Course Books,” (with Eric Zhang as the first author), Pacific Asian Education, Vol. 12, No. 1, 2000, pp. 60-74.

  &濒诲辩耻辞;忙耸聡氓聦耸氓陇搂茅聺漏氓聭陆莽潞陋氓聫虏猫庐潞忙耸鹿忙鲁声茂录职猫炉闻氓聸聻氓驴聠氓陆声&谤诲辩耻辞; (The Chinese Cultural Revolution and Historiography: On Memoirs), The Hong Kong Journal of Social Sciences, No. 16, Spring, 2000, pp. 151-166.

  "Sino-US Love and Hate Relations." Journal of Contemporary Asia, vol.30: 4 (Oct.) 2000, pp. 547-561.

   “Influence of Native Culture and Language on Intercultural Communication: the Case of PRC Student Immigrants in Australia,” Intercultural Communication, No. 4, (November) 2000, <http://www.immi.se/intercultural/nr4.htm>, pp. 1-12.

  “China in Transition: Issues and Debates,” Bulletin of Concerned Asian Scholars (USA), Vol. 32, No. 3, (July-September) 2000, pp. 53-57.

  “Manufacturing of Truth and Culture of the Elite,” Journal of Contemporary Asia (Manila), vol. 29: No. 3 (mid-August) 1999, pp. 309-327.

   “Factional Politics in the CCP: A Case Study of the Rise and Fall of Li Qinglin,” China Report (New Delhi), Vol. 35, No. 1, 1999, pp. 41-59.

  “Chinese Reality and Writings by Chinese Expatriates,” Bulletin of Concerned Asian Scholars, Vol. 30, No. 3 (July-September) 1998, pp. 61-68.

  “Rural Situation in Post-Mao China and the Conditions of Migrant Workers: the Case of Gao Village,” Bulletin of Concerned Asian Scholars, Vol. 30, No. 4, (October - December, 1998), pp. 70-76.

  “From Student to Citizen: A Survey of Students from the People’s Republic of China” (PRC) in Australia,” (with Liu Xian), International Migration Quarterly Review (Oxford and Malden), Vol. 36, No. 1, 1998, pp. 27-48.

  “A Report on Education in Shenzhen in the Early 1990s,” (with Colin Mackerras), Pacific - Asian Education (Canberra), Vol. 9, No. 2, 1997, pp. 7-20.

  “Hai wai hua ren xue zhe wen ge tuan tao zhi wo jian” (Commentary on the Studies of the Cultural Revolution by Overseas Chinese Scholars), Ming Pao Monthly (Hong Kong), Vol. 31. No. 12, 1996, pp. 97-99.

  “The Plight of Migrant Workers in South China,” China Rights Forum (New York), (Summer) 1996, pp. 42-45.

  “The Ghost that still Prowls the Land: The Legacy of Mao and Chinese attitudes,” The Hong Kong Journal of Social Sciences, No. 7, (Spring) 1996, pp. 140-158.

  “Asian languages in Australia,” The Babel (Adelaide), Vol. 31, No. 1, (April-June), 1996, pp. 14-17.

  “The Circular Rural Development and the Possibility of a Breakthrough: A Case Study of Gao Village,” The Copenhagen Journal of Asian Studies (Copenhagen), No. 10, 1995, pp. 40-68.

  “Memoirs and the History of the Cultural Revolution,” Bulletin of Concerned Asian Scholars, Vol. 27, No. 1, (1995) pp. 49-57.

  “Maoist Discourse and A Critique of the Present Assessment of the Cultural Revolution,” Bulletin of Concerned Asian Scholars, Vol. 26, No. 3, (1994) pp. 3-21.

   “The Sharp End of China's Economic Boom,” China Rights Forum (New York), (Spring) 1994, pp. 12-27.

   "On Their Own: The Plight of Migrant Workers," China Rights Forum (New York), (Fall) 1994, pp.  4-28.

  "Dou as a Wide Scope Quantifier," Australian Journal of Linguistics (Canberra), Vol. 14, No. 1, 1994, pp. 39 - 62.

  “QR at S-Structure and the Function of Dou at Its Process,” Proceedings of Leiden  Conference for Junior Linguists, (The Netherlands: University of Leiden), 1990, pp. 1-18.

  “Democracy, What Democracy? China's Road to Modernization,” China Report, Vol. 28, No. 1 (Jan.-March) 1992, pp. 13-26.

   

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