Category: Huang Xiangmo

Australians View the Chinese Regime Negatively but Not the Chinese People: Survey

According to Pew Research Center, despite the worsening relations between Australia and China, most Australians hold negative views toward the Chinese regime rather than its people. The survey report released on Sept. 26 asked Australians to describe—in their own words—the first thing that comes to mind when they think of China. The researchers analyzed the…


Western Australia’s China Syndrome

Commentary The issue of Australia’s relationship with China has been raised several times during the federal election campaign. Last month, it emerged that that the government of the Solomon Islands, which lie only 2,000 kilometres (1,250 miles) off Australia’s north-east coast, had agreed to enter into a security deal with China. There has also been…


Ex-Labor MP Tried to Cover-Up $100,000 Donation From Chinese Billionaire: Corruption Body

Former state Labor MP, Ernest Wong, engaged in “serious corrupt conduct” by trying to hide the source of an AU$100,000 (US$71,830) donation to the Australian Labor Party (ALP) in 2015, according to the chief anti-corruption body of the country’s most populated state, New South Wales (NSW). The Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) also found that…


NSW Labor Leader Chris Minns Expresses ‘Regret’ Over CCP-Funded China Trip

New South Wales (NSW) Opposition Leader Chris Minns has expressed regret over a trip to China in 2015 that was bankrolled by an organisation linked to controversial political donor Huang Xiangmo whose close ties to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) led Australia’s spy agency to cancel his visa and declare him unfit to hold an Australian…


ATO Wins High Court Case Against Alleged CCP Influencer Huang Xiangmo

Australia’s High Court reinstated a worldwide freezing order on Chinese billionaire political donor Huang Xiangmo over his $140 million tax bill, which has been pursued by the Australian Taxation Office (ATO). Huang Xiangmo is a controversial figure in Australia after news that Australia revoked his permanent residence visa in 2019 caused widespread media coverage. Among…


City Council Election in Australia Subject to Pro-CCP Interference

Two candidates for council elections in Sydney have said that pro-Chinese Communist Party (CCP) groups are maligning them after an unofficial leaflet campaign designed to scare Australian Chinese voters was uncovered. The unauthorised leaflets were distributed in the Ryde Council area of Sydney targeting ethnically Chinese voters, and call for people to support candidates Bin…


Australian Shadow Home Affairs Minister Meets With United Front-Linked Organisation

Australia’s Shadow Home Affairs Minister has met with an organisation linked to the United Front Work Department (UFWD), the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) main foreign influence body. In mid-September, Kristina Keneally, the Australian Labor Party’s home affairs spokesperson, was nominated to run in the multicultural federal electorate of Fowler in Sydney’s southwest. On Oct. 19, she…


Sanction CCP-Linked Billionaires

Commentary Hong Kong’s political reward to billionaire Huang Xiangmo, an alleged agent of Chinese influence previously active in Australia, indicates a need for tougher laws in democracies. As Hong Kong strikes 97 percent of its voters from its voting registers and devolves into a satrapy of Beijing, it has rewarded Huang a top political post. He…