As the election looms, different parties are trying to court the state’s Chinese-Australian voters. Some approaches have been more genuine, and successful, than others. Click to read more. Continue reading
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 site… Continue reading
How Western governments decide to deal with TikTok could have massive ramifications for relations with China. Click to read more. Continue reading
Australian journalists have adopted a ‘cold war’ mindset on China. And as it turns out, warmongering may be a sound business strategy. Click to read more. Continue reading
US President Donald Trump’s recent moves against Tiktok, the popular video-sharing platform, have been widely seen as part of a new “tech Cold War” between the US and China. Trump has cited security concerns to justify his targeting of TikTok. But the use of the platform by those seeking to… Continue reading
Chinese Australians are feeling the heat, whether they support China or Australia Chinese migration to Australia has always been an essential part of Australian multicultural history. Various diasporic Chinese communities in Australia have played important roles in Australia’s political, social, cultural and economic maturations. Yet now their loyalty to Australia… Continue reading
Social Media + Society Volume: 6 issue: 1, Article first published online: February 7, 2020; Issue published: January 1, 2020 Abstract With the number of Mandarin-speaking migrants on the rise in Australia and the centrality of Chinese social media platforms among a large majority of this cohort, it is time that we examined… Continue reading
Special Issue: Rethinking Trans-Asia Media Media International Australia Wanning Sun University of Technology Sydney, Australia Jing Han Western Sydney University, Australia; Special Broadcasting Service (SBS), Australia Abstract If You Are the One (IYATO) is China’s most popular television dating show. Since Australia’s Special Broadcasting Service (SBS) bought it 6 years… Continue reading
Australian media’s coverage of China has shifted to adversarial journalism. To change this status quo requires leadership and serious action. Over the past couple of years, there has been a very noticeable shift in the Australian media’s coverage of China. This is a shift from a kind of journalism that… Continue reading
The Australian government has indicated that “diaspora communities” are crucial to Australia’s public diplomacy mission to promote the country abroad. It has also identified online and social media as essential “public diplomacy tools”. But in terms of projecting an attractive image of Australia to potential tourists, students and investors in… Continue reading
