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Ye Xue, Research Associate, Australian National University

Chinese students are becoming more politically active in Australian elections – but it comes at a risk

Chinese international students in Australia have become more politically engaged in recent years, particularly when it comes to student politics on campus.

Even the major Australian political parties are now engaging with Chinese students in federal and state election campaigns.

In fact, over the past decade, politicians in electorates with large Chinese-speaking communities have started to view recruiting Chinese international students as indispensable in order to better communicate with their constituencies.

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