Seven days with no sleep, no peace, a blizzard of ideas, personalities and language. It made foie gras of my previously fairly healthy mind, force fed on a diet of eureka moments, chilli and the occasional beer. As a self-proclaimed Sinophile who has not had a decent bowl of dandanmian in seven years, ACYD gave me the opportunity to talk with the people who are currently doing the deals, framing the big questions and pioneering new aspects of the Australia-China relationship. More importantly, I ate frog, sang karaoke, practiced tai chi, cracked bad jokes, exchanged cringe worthy dance moves and pretended to be sophisticated with a group of truly excellent young and youngish people from Australia and China. By the end of the week, I was like an eight year old being dragged home from the Easter Show, tired, emotional, but thinking of every type of scheme I could imagine so I could stay in China with my new friends just a little longer.
FENG Shenghao/冯晟昊 (2012 Chinese Delegate)
It’s funny when I just count the days. The whole ACYD activities only went on for five days, but it has since become a referencing point for me ever since. Hardly a day or two go by without hearing interesting things from the delegates and organisers. And the circle just keeps getting larger and larger. I never could imagine meeting so many interesting people who share similar interests with myself. The ACYD is like Facebook, Twitter, Youtube, Weibo, Wikipedia, Big Bang Theory and all the good stuff combined and squeezed in a 3-dimensional reality bombshell – it’s ADDICTIVE, but in a good way.
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Keynote Address by Jing Ulrich at the 2012 Australia-China Youth Dialogue, China World Hotel
Jing Ulrich, JP Morgan’s Managing Director and Chairman of Global Markets, China, explains the measures being undertaken by Beijing to reenergize its economy, which no longer enjoys double-digit growth. Ulrich remains optimistic about the future of her country of birth, predicting a rebalancing of the economy as the spending power of the Chinese consumer grows.
Special thanks goes to Will McCallum from Asialink, University of Melbourne for the production of this video.
For those in China, please click here for the YouKu (优酷) embedded version.
2012 Australia-China Youth Dialogue Official Documentary
This is the official documentary for the 2012 Australia-China Youth Dialogue that was held in Beijing and Chengdu, China from 19-24 October 2012.
ACYD was founded to address these concerns, and promote frequent and meaningful engagement and more sophisticated cross-cultural understanding among Australian and Chinese youth. Since 2010, ACYD has brought young leaders from Australia and China together with key experts and decision makers to discuss key aspects of the bilateral relationship.
Special thanks goes to Will McCallum from Asialink, University of Melbourne for the production of this video.
For people in China please view the video here.
ACYD Alumni Update from Dinner at the Spicey Temple
On Thursday the 6th of June ACYD Alumni based in Melbourne caught up at Spice Temple in Melbourne to meet delegates from other years and catch up. It's tremendous to see how everyone is going post ACYD! Huw Pohlner is heading to Oxford on a Sir John Monash Scholarship, Hayley Ward is heading to Beijing to begin work at the Australian Embassy, Phil Wen is heading to Beijing to become the next Age and Sydney Morning Herald correspondent, Fiona Lawrie is starting Thirst Australia's operations in Melbourne, Andrew Nicholls is heading to Hong Kong with DLA Piper, Wesa Chau is running in the Federal Election for the seat of Higgins, and Henry Makeham is off to Hong Kong to start as a lawyer with US law firm, Sidley Austin. Stay tuned for updates from Shanghai and Beijing in the coming months.
For any details on ACYD Alumni events please contact Fiona Lawrie, the ACYD Alumni National Coordinator (Australia), at fiona.lawrie@acyd.org.au. or Ann Wang, the ACYD Alumni National Coordinator (China), at ann.wang@acyd.org.au
CHEN Sheng/陈胜 (2012 Chinese Delegate)
ACYD 2012 gave me an ideal opportunity to get to know more than 40 young people from different fields and industries. With ever increasing political, economic, educational, cultural, and NGO engagement between China and Australia, I learned about the issues that concern young people, what hopes they have for the future and what promises they will fulfil. I found the opportunity to speak frankly and sincerely with expert scholars and executives with long experience in Sino-Australian relations immensely beneficial.
I sincerely hope that ACYD will continue to grow, opening a new channel for communication and interaction between China and Australia and especially between the young people of the two countries.
2012 ACYD给了我了解四十多位来自各行各业年轻人的绝佳机会，通过他们进而知道了在日益增多的中澳政治、经济、教育、文化、NGO交往中，年轻人都在关注什么、他们对未来的世界有哪些期盼又在践行着哪些承诺。更重要的一点是，能够直接与ACYD邀请的二十多位长期从事中澳双边事务的专家学者、企业家进行开诚布公的交流，让我受益匪浅。
ACYD Alumni Melbourne Dinner - Thursday 6th June
All Melbourne based ACYD Alumni and friends of ACYD are invited to join a dinner to meet delegates from other years and catch up with friends made during the ACYD. Date: Thursday 6th June, drinks from 7pm, dinner from 8pm Location: Spicy Temple, Riverside at Crown, South Bank (website: spicetemplemelbourne.com) RSVP: to hayley.ward@acya.org.au essential before COB Tuesday 5th June.