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INTERVIEW: Know thy neighbours—Asian Australian Studies helps you know thyself

  • Dr Tseen Khoo & Dr Mridula Nath Chakraborty,

COVID-19 is having a significant impact on Australia’s complex social and cultural relationship with Asia and its own Asian Australian communities.

From ‘human nature’ to ‘sex’: sexualising ‘xing’ and reimagining sex in Chinese 中文

  • Yahia Zhengtang Ma,

The Chinese character ‘xing’ (性 ) has had varied usage and multiple meanings across time.

The 2019 Australian federal election on WeChat Official Accounts: Right-wing dominance and disinformation

  • Fan Yang & Associate Professor Fran Martin ,

The WOAs studied were saturated with content supporting the Coalition, which evolved into rampant disinformation.

The future of ‘Ghost Island’ and the enduring legacy of late President Lee Teng-hui

  • Dr Roger Lee Huang,

What Taiwan’s democracy means today is deeply connected to the actions of the late President Lee Teng-hui.

‘The Golden Country: Australia’s Changing Identity’ by Tim Watts

  • Emerita Professor Carol Johnson,

Australians need to reimagine traditional Australian identity to build a new, egalitarian one.

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