Australian journalist Cheng Lei, who was arrested and jailed in China three years ago, has released her first public statement describing the harsh conditions of her imprisonment and how much she misses Australia.
There will be plenty who will argue “weelll she’s not really one of us is she?” but that only serves to tear apart our multicultural values
I disagree. I think, like the referendum, this issue is shining a light on the minority of people in Australia who don’t share our multicultural values. The people who say “she’s not one of us” never shared our national values.
That will, absolutely, tear apart relationships in Australia short term, however I think it will make Australia stronger in the long run. It’s easier to deal with the racist fucks in this country when we know who they are.
Power plays like this demonstrate to that nobody in China is untouchable and furthermore a foreign citizenship is worthless even if you obtain one.
Surely what it demonstrates is once you have foreign citizenship, don’t go back to China? That’s not good for the Chinese economy.
I disagree. I think, like the referendum, this issue is shining a light on the minority of people in Australia who don’t share our multicultural values. The people who say “she’s not one of us” never shared our national values.
That will, absolutely, tear apart relationships in Australia short term, however I think it will make Australia stronger in the long run. It’s easier to deal with the racist fucks in this country when we know who they are.
Surely what it demonstrates is once you have foreign citizenship, don’t go back to China? That’s not good for the Chinese economy.
I don’t even think it’s necessary to go that far. This should be “don’t work in a political position in/for China”.