Xi Jinping securing his third term as general secretary of the Chinese Communist Party was the last straw for Victor Zeng.
Mr Zeng, 26, who grew up in a remote town in Xinjiang province before moving to Melbourne to marry his husband, became an Australian permanent resident about 18 months ago.
With Mr Xi cementing his position as China's unchallenged leader at the CCP's National Party Congress in October, he now feels war with Taiwan and a return to a state-run collective economy is imminent.