In 1993, China successfully broke the Western sanctions imposed due to the 1989 Tiananmen Massacre. Then joined the WTO and seized the opportunity window of 20 to 30 years. China decided to change Australia by offering the Guandong LNG contract in 2003. In 2004, China developed an “all around diplomacy” on Australia, s strategy of full silent invasion to secure Australia as a “stable resources supply base” of China.

Port Darwin’s lease, Sam Dystyari case, taking over of massive land and infrastructures and high technologies by China proved the Australian system is not operating well. China controlled the Chinese community organizations and have exploited them for its own agenda. Australian Chinese media are controlled by China. Confucius classrooms are taking away young souls of Australian future. A real patriotist should care about this nation instead of apologizing to the evil Communist Regime.

If you care about racism against Chinese Australians, pls help defend the freedom and interests of pro-democracy Chinese. Those who are pro-CCP should be sent back to China which they love more.

Australia doesn’t need more China apologists, but need national interest and universal values defenders.

Hi Mr Argall, in relation to your comment, I would like to throw in my 2 cents in the form of some simple personal experience. I came to Australia as a young child with my parents in the early 90s. At the time there was a truly limited understanding of China/Chinese people within Australian society (also due to the comparatively less number of Chinese migrants at the time). At school, I was picked on for my accent and called chin-chong chinaman by other kids, amongst other things. During those days, if your English is not fluent, some Aussies will just look down on you (my parents would have been on the receiving end quite often).

Fast forward 30 or so years, Chinese is now the most popular language taught as a second language at schools. Our education ministers are encouraging Chinese to be taught at all schools. Chinese/Lunar new year is now widely celebrated around Australia. Many places you go to there are Chinese signs and even at my children’s school, newsletters are handed out in both English and Chinese. New Chinese migrants to Australia (especially older migrants from family reunions visas) can get by without learning much English at all due to many facilities/services which are now all available in Chinese. I recognise that many of this is driven by economics and trade with China, but there is also an underlying genuine interest in China, it’s culture and people through continued awareness and education from the various Australian governments over the years. I can also breathe easy knowing my children will never have to endure some of the things my parents and I went through 30 years ago.

If you feel there is a general air of racism towards China, then it would probably be due to negative feelings towards the CCP generated by media reports over recent 1-2 years. Whilst I strongly believe the mainstream should not conflate CCP with China/Chinese people (which the CCP purposely does all the time), this does not take away the fact there are valid concerns uncovered by these media reports, which should be taken seriously by policy makers. We cannot simply shy away from such an important debate due to risks of increasing negative feelings towards China. If there is truly an increase in racism due to this (not just negativity), then academics, elites and policy makers of this country must adjust the means/language used to ensure CCP and China/Chinese people are not conflated. Australia needs to find a balance in the on-going discussions, however, influence/interference (of which there are many documented and well substantiated cases) on Australian soil should not be tolerated.

The problem has components..
1. the failure of Government to direct changes to industry type (with the two exceptions of gambling and higher ed as foreign exchange earner).
We could have had the world’s leading softyware industry had Button and Hawke and Cook listened.

2. low taxation as % of GDP which causes politicians to seek non-taxation raising solutions to economic growth. Hence the emphasis on Foreign Full fee students for funding higher education, and, immigration as a vehicle of economic growth.

3. inability to take a national pride in our own products

4. blind commitments to free trade when tariffs woyld be a good solution to a number of problems.

In the case of China, a loyal diaspora coupled with the above makes us vulnerable, and, we must blame ourselves.