CV
- Associate fellow, Asia Pacific Programme at Chatham House, London
- Co-editor, Journal of Current Chinese Affairs
- Former Professor of Chinese Politics and Director, China Studies Centre at the University of Sydney, Australia
- Former Senior Fellow and then Head, Asia Programme at Chatham House, London
- Former First Secretary at the British Embassy in Beijing, then Head of the Indonesia, Philippine and East Timor Section, British Foreign and Commonwealth Office
- Former Director, Europe China Research and Advice Network (ECRAN)
- President, Kent Archaeological Society
- Author of twenty books on China