Over 300 people gathered in the Adelaide suburb of Joslin in South Australia on Tuesday to protest the opening of a controversial Chinese consulate in the suburb. The protest, organised by the East Turkistan Australian Association, was joined by several groups, including Falun Gong practitioners, Uyghur Muslims, and the Tibetan Buddhist communities. Hong Kongers, Vietnamese, Joslin residents, politicians, and representatives of Australian farmers and industries impacted by Beijing’s trade restrictions also attended the protest. Rex Patrick, an independent South Australian Senator, spoke at the protest to criticise the Chinese regime for human rights violations, imprisonment of Australian journalists in China, and its trade retaliation and cyber-attacks on Australia. He also took aim at South Australian Premier Steven Marshall for attending the opening. “We have the premier of South Australia, Steven Marshall, rolling out the red carpet in circumstances where it’s just simply inappropriate. He’s actually sleeping with the enemy,” Patrick …