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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.

Suicide, under-employment and poverty: the gendered impacts of COVID-19 in Japan

  • Associate Professor Nana Oishi,

The socio-economic impacts of COVID-19 have been significant in Japan and have particularly affected the lives of women.

COVID-19 in the Middle East: A perfect storm 中文

  • Ian Parmeter,

COVID-19 will exacerbate the Middle East’s manifold problems that predated the pandemic.

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.

Why Australian universities are reliant on international students and international students are so vulnerable 中文

  • Professor Kanishka Jayasuriya,

The COVID-19 pandemic has led to a crisis for international students and Australia’s public universities.