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[lych470]

Folks who are familiar with the Australian political scene may recall that, after China-Australia relations sank to new lows amidst the bellicose rhetoric of the Morrison government (2018-22), there was a backlash from Chinese Australians at the 2022 election that contributed to a change in government. The Liberal party acknowledged the alienation of Chinese Australians from the Liberal brand in its official review of the 2022 loss, and has since spent the last three years trying to regain their confidence. Those efforts appeared to be bearing at least some incremental fruit, until the final week of the recent election campaign where Liberal Senator Jane Hume blew it all up by accusing volunteers (of Chinese descent) for other political parties of being Chinese spies.

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article provides the most extensive account I have read of how that all unfolded:

There are also more Chinese-Australian MPs in the new parliament. Sally Sitou, Gabriel Ng, Sam Lim, etc. Shit maybe I should join the ALP as well. At least us wumaos in Australia won't be going camping anytime soon.

Comrade Gordon is getting too cocky and is about to blow his cover!

I'd rather see Comrade Gordon Chang revert back to his usual prattle of the impending Chinese collapse. It feels too much like a reverse jinx.

 

[siegecrossbow]

Literally 1984 confirmed!

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[LCR34]

There are also more Chinese-Australian MPs in the new parliament. Sally Sitou, Gabriel Ng, Sam Lim, etc. Shit maybe I should join the ALP as well. At least us wumaos in Australia won't be going camping anytime soon.


I'd rather see Comrade Gordon Chang revert back to his usual prattle of the impending Chinese collapse. It feels too much like a reverse jinx.

Comrade Chang and Comrade Pinkov. Best sleeper agent ever

 

[Lethe]

There are also more Chinese-Australian MPs in the new parliament. Sally Sitou, Gabriel Ng, Sam Lim, etc. Shit maybe I should join the ALP as well. At least us wumaos in Australia won't be going camping anytime soon.

When Labor announced that Penny Wong was going to be foreign minister, I was concerned, given that much of Australian "foreign policy" involves posturing about China, and the Labor party's positioning on that subject, that her appointment would bring out some ugly racist sentiments about her Chinese heritage, questioning her loyalties, etc. Thankfully, that doesn't seem to have happened. Even the One Nation crowd seems to have left that angle alone. It helps that she is by all accounts very good at her job, and an excellent public speaker who chalks up wins with every interview.

 

[lych470]

When Labor announced that Penny Wong was going to be foreign minister, I was concerned, given that much of Australian "foreign policy" involves posturing about China, and the Labor party's positioning on that subject, that her appointment would bring out some ugly racist sentiments about her Chinese heritage, questioning her loyalties, etc. Thankfully, that doesn't seem to have happened. Even the One Nation crowd seems to have left that angle alone. It helps that she is by all accounts very good at her job, and an excellent public speaker who chalks up wins with every interview.

Penny Wong got all the politically correct buff possible. Let's see:

- She's a woman
- She's half-Asian (Malaysian Chinese from her father, English from her mother)
- She's a lesbian (came out in 2002, married her wife in 2024)
- She's a Christian (attends Uniting Church)

She's just Chinese enough and just white enough to not upset anyone, really.

 

[LCR34]

When Labor announced that Penny Wong was going to be foreign minister, I was concerned, given that much of Australian "foreign policy" involves posturing about China, and the Labor party's positioning on that subject, that her appointment would bring out some ugly racist sentiments about her Chinese heritage, questioning her loyalties, etc. Thankfully, that doesn't seem to have happened. Even the One Nation crowd seems to have left that angle alone. It helps that she is by all accounts very good at her job, and an excellent public speaker who chalks up wins with every interview.

Penny is not mainland Chinese. She's born in Malaysia. There's difference. Not all Malaysian Chinese align to China (CCP) too. Some are actually very anti CCP and siding Taiwan (DPP).

 

[lych470]

Penny is not mainland Chinese. She's born in Malaysia. There's difference. Not all Malaysian Chinese align to China (CCP) too. Some are actually very anti CCP and siding Taiwan (DPP).

Heritage aside, Penny Wong is of the Labor Left. Of course, being Labor Left doesn't really mean much these days (see their continued support for Israeli genocide in Gaza), but speaking *very* broadly at least she shouldn't be as rabidly anti-CPC as most other politicians from Western countries.

 

[tokenanalyst]

The guy want his jet.​

 

[lych470]

The guy want his jet.​

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Didn't Jiang Zemin order a 747 from the US as China's equivalent to Air Force One, and the plane was so riddled with bugs that it basically was rendered inoperable?

I'm getting the exact same vibes 20 years later.

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A 767, rather. Can't imagine China ever ordering a Boeing jet for official purposes ever again.

 

[siegecrossbow]

The guy want his jet.​

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Misread it as F-47.