Mr Ming Hwa Ting

Biography/ Background

Ming Hwa Ting is a doctoral candidate at the Centre for Asian Studies, the University of Adelaide. He is also the inaugural Bill Cowan-Barr Smith Library Fellow, and a member of the Pacific Forum-CSIS ‘Young Leaders' program. He has presented at various international conferences, most recently at the 18th New Zealand Asian Studies Conference, Wellington, in July 2009 and at the 6th International Convention of Asia Scholars, Daejung, South Korea, in August 2009. His previous works have been published by Academia Sinica, Australian Political Studies Association, and the New Zealand Asian Studies Association. He has been teaching at the School of Politics and the Centre for Asian Studies since 2007 at the University of Adelaide.

Awards & Achievements

• 2009
  Bill Cowan - Barr Smith Library Research Fellowship
  
• 2008
  Pacific Forum-CSIS Travel Grant
  
• 2007
  International Postgraduate Research Scholarship
  Adelaide Scholarship International
  Academia Sinica Visiting Scholar Travel Grant
  University of Adelaide Research Abroad Scholarship
  
• 2005
  John F. Kennedy Memorial Scholarship for Politics
  Executive Dean's Outstanding Academic Achievement Award
  
• 2004
  United Nations Prize
  Executive Dean's Outstanding Academic Achievement Award

Teaching Interests

• Asia and the World
• Introduction to Chinese Society and Culture
• Introduction to Comparative Politics
• Introduction to International Politics
• Governing Greater China
• Research Project for Chinese Speakers

Research Interests

• Southeast Asian politics
• International Relations theories [English School theory]
• Comparative Politics

Publications

Forthcoming Manuscripts

Manuscripts under Consideration/Forthcoming

1. Ting, Ming Hwa."India and China as Rising Powers: Intersection Policies of Two Rising Powers." In Foreign Policies and Diplomacies in Asia: Changes in Practice, Concepts, and Thinking in a Rising Region, edited by Matthias Maass. Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press, 2010 ;forthcoming]. 
2. Ting, Ming Hwa. Singapore’s Foreign Policy: Beyond Realism, Boulder, Lynne Rienner, 2010.
3. Ting, Ming Hwa. “Terrorists, Criminals, and Drug Cartels”, Counterterrorism: From the Cold War to the War on Terror, edited by Frank Shanty, Santa Barbara: ABC-CLIO, 2011 [forthcoming].
4. Ting, Ming Hwa. "Green Technologies: Rare Metals", America Goes Green, edited by Kim Kennedy-White, Santa Barbara: ABC-Clio, 2011 [forthcoming].

 

Book Chapters

1. Ting, Ming Hwa. “Chinese Culture and Plagiarism: A Convenient Cause for an Inconvenient Issue at the Academy.” In Bridging Trans-cultural Divide: Teaching Asian Languages and Culture in a Globalising Academy, edited by Kate Cadman and Song Xianlin. Adelaide: Adelaide University Press, 2010. (Forthcoming, accepted 25 October 2010)

Journal Articles

1. "Rituals and Identity: Voting and Elections in Singapore", Taiwan Journal of Democracy, vol. 6, no. 2, pp. 101-124.
2. "The Periodic Table of Interstate Competition: US, China, Japan and the Contest for Rare Metals", Global Asia, vol. 5, no.3, September 2010, 58-63. URL: http://www.globalasia.org/V5N3_Fall_2010/Ming_Hwa_Ting.html
3. "Singapore-India Relations: A Return to History", Austrian Journal of Southeast Asian Studies, vol. 2, no. 2, December 2009, 122-144. URL: http://www.seas.at/aseas/2_2/pdf/ASEAS_2_2_A7.pdf
4. "Singapore-Malaysia Relations: An English School Analysis", New Zealand Journal of Asian Studies, vol. 11, no. 11, December 2009, 172-198.
5. "New Power Dynamics in Southeast Asia: Next Generation Thinking about U.S. Strategy toward East Asia" Issues and Insights, vol.8, no. 15, September 2008.
   URL: http://www.csis.org/media/csis/pubs/issuesinsights_v08n15.pdf
   [multi-authorship]
6. "Letter to the Next Taiwanese President on the Economy", Issues and Insights, vol.8, no.1, August 2007.
   URL: http://www.csis.org/media/csis/pubs/issuesinsights_v08n01.pdf
   [co-authorship]
7. "The Benign and the Belligerent: Re-framing Taiwan's Role in Southeast Asia", Asia-Pacific Forum, vol. 38, Dec. 2007, 49-74.
   URL: http://www.rchss.sinica.edu.tw/capas/publication/newsletter/N38/38_01_03.pdf

Working Papers and Policy Briefs

1. "All that Glisters is Not Gold: Australia and Rare Metals", Indo-Pacific Governance Research Centre, Policy Brief Series, May 2011. URL: http://www.adelaide.edu.au/indo-pacific-governance/policy/Ming_Hwa_Ting.pdf 
   Also available at Australian Policy Online, URL: http://www.apo.org.au/research/all-glisters-not-gold-australia-and-rare-metals
2. "Canaries in the Mines: Significance of Sino-Indian Interaction in Myanmar", Brussels, European Institute for Asian Studies, Briefing Paper Series, February 2010.
   URL: http://www.eias.org/documents/EIAS_Briefing_Papers_February_2010.pdf

Also available at http://www.europesworld.org/NewEnglish/Home_old/PartnerPosts/tabid/671/PostID/1223/CanariesintheMinesSignificanceofSinoIndianInteractioninMyanamar.aspx

Conference Presentations

1. 18th Biennial Asian Studies Association of Australia Conference - "Rituals and Identity: Voting and Elections in Singapore". 5-8 July 2010, Adelaide, University of Adelaide.
2. 6th International Convention of Asia Scholars - "Canaries in the Mines: Observing the Nature and Effects of Chinese and Indian Rise in Myanmar". 6-9 August 2009, Daejeon, Korea.
3. 18th New Zealand Asian Studies Society International Conference - "Singapore-India Relations: An English School Perspective".
   Victoria University of Wellington, 6-8 July, 2009, Downtown (Pipitea) Campus.
4. "Singapore- Malaysia Relations: Beyond Realism", Refereed paper delivered at the Australian Political Studies Association Conference, 6-9 July 2008, Hilton Hotel, Brisbane, Australia.
   URL: http://www.polsis.uq.edu.au/apsa2008/Refereed-papers/Ting.pdf

Media Commentary

1. "Extracting Rare Eaths in the Pacific", East Asia Forum, 4 August 2011. URL: http://www.eastasiaforum.org/2011/08/04/extracting-rare-earths-in-the-pacific/
2. "China's Rare Earth Motives", The Diplomat, 6 June 2011. URL: http://the-diplomat.com/new-leaders-forum/2011/06/05/chinas-rare-earth-motives/
3. "Rare Metals after the Japanese nuclear crisis", East Asia Forum, 14 May 2011. URL: http://www.eastasiaforum.org/2011/05/14/rare-metals-after-the-japanese-nuclear-crisis/
4. "Australia must have a Clear Policy on Managing its Rare Metals Reserves", The Australian, 19 January 2011. URL: http://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/opinion/australia-must-have-a-clear-policy-on-managing-its-rare-metals-reserves/story-e6frg9if-1225990583050 Rated 4 out 5 green cells [translates to very interesting article] in The Australian Smart Edition
5. "China and the Supply Chain of Rare Metals: Table of [Dis]Content", East Asia Forum, 11 November 2010. URL: http://www.eastasiaforum.org/2010/11/11/china-and-the-supply-chain-of-rare-metals-table-of-discontents/
6. "The New Spice War: China, Japan, and Rare Metals", East Asia Forum, 21 April 2010.
    URL: http://www.eastasiaforum.org/2010/04/21/the-new-spice-war-china-japan-and-rare-metals/
   Also available at: http://www.thejakartaglobe.com/opinion/next-great-spice-war-may-be-fought-over-rare-metals/370911
7. "The Chinese Leaving China", On Line Opinion, 11 January 2010. URL: http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=9902
8. "Taiwan's Place in International Space", On Line Opinion, 4 January 2010. URL: http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=9871                                  

Also available at: 

• http://www.educationnews.org/earth/19485.htm
• http://www.solomonstarnews.com/viewpoint/private-view/1629-taiwans-place-in-the-international-space

    4.  "The Impact of Copenhagen", Taipei Times, 8 December 2009  

URL: http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/editorials/archives/2009/12/08/2003460424

Creative Works

1. "hodie mihi, cras tibi", Diversion Press 2010 Poetry Anthology [forthcoming 2011]

Media Interviews and Mentions

1. ABC Radio National Chinese Service, 《时事追踪》July 21, 2011 URL: http://www.abc.net.au/ra/chinese/articles/s3274970.htm
2. ABC Radio National, "China's rare earths quotas still causing concern", Connect Asia, 20 July 2011, URL: http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/connectasia/stories/201107/s3273769.htm 
3. Advertiser, "First Person", 26 June 2010 [CareerOne Supplement]
4.  Danielle Demetriou, Monocle, "The Rare Metals Detectives", 26 June 2010, URL: http://www.monocle.com/monocolumn/2010/06/26/the-rare-metal-detectives/
5. Australian Library News, "Inaugural Bill Cowan Barr Smith Library Fellow", Issue 363, 5 March 2009, URL: http://www.booksellerandpublisher.com.au/files/ALN050309.pdf

 

Professional Associations

• Pacific Forum-CSIS 'Young Leaders' Program
• Golden Key International Honour Society

Entry last updated: Wednesday, 24 Aug 2011