ASPI-Hewlett Packard Defence and Security Lunch - Ambassador Chen Yuming

22 February, 2012 -- Defence and Security Luncheons

His Excellency Mr Chen Yuming, Ambassador of the People's Republic of China

The Boathouse by the Lake, Canberra

Mr Chen Yuming was born in Guangdong in July 1956. He began his diplomatic career in 1976 and has seen service in Romania, Lithuania and the United Nations (New York). These representational duties have been complemented by appointments, including at senior ...

Presentation to RAN Sea Power Conference 2012

01 February, 2012 -- Speeches

Australia plans to acquire a wide range of naval vessels in the decades ahead at a total cost in the tens of billions of dollars. Since the late 1980s, the trend has been to rely on domestic production for a historically high share of the naval program. This paper weighs the high costs of this trend against the oft-...