Contact Details
p: +61 2 9514 3106
f: +61 2 9514 3400
Location
Faculty of Law
Cnr Quay St & Ultimo Road
Haymarket NSW 2007
Room# CM05B.04.49
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Mailing Address
UTS:LAW
P.O. Box 123
Broadway NSW 2007
AUSTRALIA
Areas of Expertise
› International Trade Law
› Chinese Investment Law
and Constitution
› Mediation and Arbitration
› Insurance and Regulatory
Regime, China
› Corporate Governance
Current Teaching
79203 Business Law and Ethics
78026 Business and Law in China (6cp)
78118 Business and Law in China (8cp)
Further Qualifications
Notary Public (NSW); and Mediator, China Council for the Promotion of International Trade (Henan)
Academic Profile
Dr Thomas Chiu has long combined his part-time teaching role at UTS with his consultancy practice in the business, commerce and government sectors (specializing in China and international trade law issues). He has held honorary Professorships at the China University of Political Science and Law in Beijing; at Zhengzhou University in Henan; and at the Tianjin Normal University in Tianjin, China.
Dr Chiu has a leadership role in the Australian Chinese community and acted for that community to take legal action against the One Nation Party for racial discrimination and other related issues. Thomas has also been a consultant to the Refugee Review Tribunal.
Since 2000 the Asian Development Bank commissioned him as an International Legal Expert to review and rewrite the insurance and regulatory law of the China Insurance Regulartory Commission as well as the Pension System of Mongolia. From 1998 to 2004 Thomas had served as a member of the Australia-China Council, the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade.
Current Research Activities
Public Private Partnership for infrastructure projects in China
Social economic and legal issues, China
Recent Grants, Publications & Conference Papers
Beijing Olympic 2008, Special Broadcasting Services (SBS) Australia “live talk back radio broadcasting Cantonese programme from 2025 -2125 on 8 August 2008
Public Private Partnership for infrastructure projects in Tianjin 2008
Natural Disaster Fund for China 2008
Weekly commentary on Australia-China’s socio-economic issues 2008 (Sing Tao Daily Australia)
"Foreign Strategic Investors in the Chinese Banking Market: Cultural Shift or Business as Usual?" 22.1 Banking & Finance Law Review (Winter 2006/7) Toronto Canada. Co-authorship with Dr. Colin Hawes
"Flogging a Dead Horse? Why Western-Style Corporate Governance Reform Will Fail in China, and What Should Be Done Instead". 20.1 Australian Journal of Corporate Law 2006 Co-authorship with Dr. Colin Hawes