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Chinese-Aussies slam coalition's 'unfair' welfare move

The Australian-Chinese community is uneasy after Opposition Leader Angus Taylor said he plans to axe welfare benefits from non-citizens.

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China’s new literary star had 19 jobs before ‘writer’ – including bike courier and bakery apprentice

Delivering parcels is just one of the 19 different jobs Hu Anyan cycles through over 20 years, as tracked in his Chinese bestseller I Deliver Parcels in Beijing. He also tries his luck working as a convenience-store clerk, a cleaner and in a bike shop, a warehouse, a vegetable market…

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PM's China stance hailed by Taiwan despite criticisms

The prime minister used a six-day trip to China to signal a willingness to boost Australia's trading ties while balancing concerns over Beijing's aggression.

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China’s ‘nightmare’ youth revolution was lit by its neurotic authoritarian leader, Mao Zedong. What can we learn from it?

In the 1960s and 70s, the youth of the United Kingdom, the United States and Australia rebelled by protesting against the Vietnam War, trying psychedelic drugs, embracing free love and discovering the Beatles. Meanwhile, what their contemporaries in China were getting up to was just as transformative.

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Libs admit Chinese diaspora failings on listening tour

The opposition leader has met with senior Chinese community leaders to hear how the party can rebuild trust with the diaspora following its election loss.

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Chinese-Australian voters were key to Labor’s win in 2022. Are some now swinging back to the Liberals?

Chinese-Australian voters were pivotal to Labor’s win in the 2022 election, with the swing against the Liberals in several key marginal seats almost twice that of other seats.

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‘We’re all trained to be good obedient children, but what do you want?’ Delving into the inner lives of women in neoliberal China

Yuan Yang is what migration academics call a “1.5 generation migrant” – meaning she was born in her country of origin and then migrated to another country as a child.

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Best books of 2023: our experts share the books that have stayed with them

We asked 20 of our regular contributors to nominate their favourite books of the year. Their choices were diverse, intriguing and sometimes surprising. Whether you’re looking for something relaxing or stimulating, educational or enchanting, this selection is a great way to plan your summer reading – or simply add to…

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More work to do: how Chinese-Australians perceive coverage of themselves and China in Australian media

Australian media have significantly increased their reporting on the People’s Republic of China (PRC) and Chinese-Australian communities in the past few years.

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Chinese migrants believe Australian media fuels hostility towards them, study shows

Reports about China’s ‘influence’ made public more suspicious of Chinese-Australian communities, according to 70% of respondents to UTS survey

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Australian foreign policy is traditionally hitched to the US – but the rise of China requires a middle path for a middle power

Few nation-states have been shaped by their underlying physical geography and location in the world quite as much as Australia.

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Friday essay: what the migrant workers who made my iPhone taught me about love

Ten years ago, a group of images on a popular Chinese website caught my attention. They showed young rural migrant workers in intimate, though not overtly sexual situations: talking quietly, holding hands, kissing, embracing, or simply sitting close to each other with their limbs intertwined.

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'The media normalises war-mongering': how Chinese Australians respond to talk of war in mainstream media

Early this month, the Daily Mail published a story online implying three Chinese men taking photos at the Avalon Airshow in Melbourne were spies. After complaints and an open letter condemning the paper for racially profiling the Chinese communities and throwing around baseless accusations, the story disappeared from the Mail’s…

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