Culture

Is Chinese-language media truly a security threat?

December

By Wanning Sun and Haiqing Yu

Note: This article appeared in the East Asia Forum Quarterly, vol.15, no.3, July - September 2023.

First-generation PRC migrants and social cohesion: Views on news about the PRC and Chinese-Australians

December

Executive Summary

This report investigates responses and reactions by first-generation Mandarin-speaking migrants in Australia from the People’s Republic of China (PRC) to news stories about the PRC and about Chinese-Australian communities in English-language Australian digital, print, television and other media.

Drawing on three focus groups, a quantitative survey of 689 respondents and 20 in-depth interviews, this report seeks to understand the implications of these first-generation migrants’ views on news reporting for social cohesion in Australia.

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

December

By Wanning Sun

Note: This article appeared in The Conversation on August 30 2023.

What does well-being actually look like in multicultural Australia?

December

By Wanning Sun

Note: This article appeared in Crikey on August 16 2023.

A treasurer’s main job is to manage the economy and worry about inflation rates, minimum wages, tax cuts, the cost of living and similar metrics — presumably because they will negatively affect the well-being of Australians if managed badly.

First-generation PRC migrants and social cohesion - Report launch | WEBINAR

December

Over the past decade, and especially since 2017, there has been an exponential increase in the Australian English-language media’s reporting on the People’s Republic of China (PRC) and Chinese-Australian communities.


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Australia may ban WeChat – but for many Chinese Australians, it’s their ‘lifeline’

December

By Wanning Sun

Note: This article appeared in The Conversation on July 21 2023.

One morning in February 2021, I was woken by a WeChat call from my brother in China. Mum had died the previous night, he told me. I wasn’t shocked to hear about Mum’s death – she had been very ill for a couple of years.

Who leads and brokers opinion on Australia’s WeChat

December

By Haiqing Yu and Wanning Sun

Note: This article appeared in the East Asia Forum on July 8 2023.

How Chinese citizens see the world — and Australia

December

By Wanning Sun

Note: This article appeared in Crikey on June 19 2023.

Why banning WeChat would be unthinkable for Chinese-Australians

December

By Wanning Sun

Note: This article appeared in Crikey on May 17 2023.

Digital Chinese-language media in Australia: Impact, influence and insights | WEBINAR

December

For first-generation migrants from the People’s Republic of China (PRC), Australia’s Chinese-language media assumes a significant role in their daily efforts to negotiate the political, social and cultural challenges experienced on daily basis. This role has increased in importance during the current period of heightened tensions between Australia and the PRC.


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December
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