Culture

By Wanning Sun

Note: This article appeared in Crikey on May 8 2024.

As the situation in Gaza continues to polarise the Australian public, ‘social cohesion’ has become a key phrase in political debates about how the government should respond to the ongoing crisis.

By Wanning Sun

Note: This article appeared in Crikey on February 9 2024.

By Wanning Sun

Note: This article appeared in Crikey on January 22 2024.

By Wanning Sun and Haiqing Yu

Note: This article appeared in the East Asia Forum on November 25 2023.

By Wanning Sun

Note: This article appeared in Crikey on October 18 2023.

By Wanning Sun and Haiqing Yu

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

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.

By Wanning Sun

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

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.

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.