Colin Mackerras is Fellow of the Academy of the Humanities of Australia, and Professor Emeritus and Honorary Director of the Tourism Confucius Institute, Griffith University. He won a Special China Book Award 中华图书特殊贡献奖. His research focuses on Chinese history, theatre, minority nationalities, Western images of China and Australia-China relations. Among his numerous publications are China in Transformation, 1900-1949; China in My Eyes, Western Images of China Since 1949 and Western Perspectives on the People’s Republic of China, Politics, Economy and Society.