Federal Member of Parliament Alan Tudge said the Morrison government’s harsh language towards Beijing lost the Liberal Party votes from the Chinese Australian community in Victoria. “I think the Chinese Australian vote was very significant and went against us hard,” he told Sky News Australia on May 23. “I’ve looked pretty closely around Box Hill…

The president of a global Chinese democratic advocacy group has criticised Liberal MP Alan Tudge for saying the Morrison government’s strong language towards Beijing lost the Liberal Party votes from the Chinese Australian community in Victoria. President of the Federation for a Democratic China Chin Jin, who has experienced first-hand the atrocities of the Chinese…

The language skills of Chinese Australians are underused in Australia’s public service as the country faces an increasingly complex relationship with China, according to a Lowy Institute report released on Monday. Only 2.6 percent of Australian public service employees had Chinese heritage, compared to 5.6 percent of the general Australian population, and only 2.2 percent…