The China Dream: Tensions with
Australia
TX 31/8/2021
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DATELINE
BUMPER |
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VO - PTT Jen in Chinatown |
I’m
Jennifer Wong, a journalist and comedian.
The experience of being Chinese in Australia is something I’ve observed and written about for almost 20 years. And as someone who grew up in Sydney in the ‘90s, my sense of feeling
welcome in this country has wavered over time.
These days, Australia and China are at loggerheads. SBS: The trade tussle between Canberra and Beijing continues” SBS: “drums of war are beating” PM: The Chinese Government should be
totally ashamed
So, I'm keen to understand what it's all about. |
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VO PTT 100 anniversary images
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EVERYDAY THERE’S TALK OF
CHINA’S RISING POWER CONFLICT OVER TAIWAN AND PRESIDENT XI JINPING’S
CHINA DREAM. IN THIS TWO-PART SPECIAL, I’LL
EXPLORE WHAT THIS ALL MEANS.... Kiff: it's like a bad marriage. FOR AUSTRALIANS… Yun:
It was quite blatantly racial profiling. FOR THE CHINESE…. BJ voxie: Australia is not very friendly to
China. AND THE WORLD…. Xi: "Long live
the great, glorious and heroic citizens of the People's republic of
China!" |
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PROGRAM
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THE CHINA DREAM Jennifer Wong, Colin Cosier,
Simon Phegan Change
title PART 1: TENSION WITH AUSTRALIA |
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MARTIAL ARTS SCHOOL |
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LOCATION TITLE: |
HENAN, CHINA |
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NATIONAL ANTHEM CARDS MARTIAL
ARTS |
MARTIAL ARTS [00:10:52] Arise, ye who refuse to be slaves! [00:10:57] With our flesh and blood, [00:10:59] let us build a new Great Wall! [00:11:03] The Chinese nation is now facing its
greatest danger, IF CHINA’S NATIONAL
ANTHEM SOUNDS LIKE A BATTLE CRY… IT IS. The song’s lyrics
date back to the Japanese invasion in the 1930s. [00:11:20] Braving the enemies' fire! March on! [00:11:24] Braving the enemies' fire! March on! [00:11:28] March on! March on! On! |
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SPEECH & MARTIAL ARTS CARDS MARTIAL
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These are words the school students take to
heart. The Yue Fei Martial Arts School is producing warrior citizens. [00:17:45] TRAINER:
Salute. [00:17:46] TRAINER: Hands down. [00:14:22] KIDS:
YAH! Yue Fei was a 12th
century Chinese general, and these days he’s a folk hero... his name is
synonymous with loyalty and patriotism. [00:07:16] KIDS:
Yue Fei Martial Arts School, the rise of the East. [00:07:27] KIDS: Able with pen
and sword, students excel the world over. [00:07:48] To serve
the nation with dedication, to fulfil the dream of China. [00:08:08] Onward and upward, forever!
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NATIONALISM
EXPAINED BY YUN AND DR FENG |
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1 July pictures |
This fighting spirit is at the core of President
Xi Jinping’s leadership. AND IT WAS ON FULL DISPLAY LAST MONTH AT
THE 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE CHINESE COMMUNIST PARTY Xi: “the Chinese people will never allow any foreign
forces to bully, oppress, or enslave us. Anyone who dares try to do that will
have their heads bashed bloody against the Great Wall of Steel forged by over
1.4 billion Chinese people.” PRESIDENT XI JINPING IS PITTING CHINA
AGAINST THE REST OF THE WORLD, ENCOURAGING ALL CITIZENS to stand up for China's
interests at home and abroad. And it’s all in pursuit of something called
the China dream: Yun: (21:14) |
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Dr.
Feng (00:15:36): The
Party-state relies exclusively on nationalism as the tool for its legitimacy
//// from kindergarten up to university they are indoctrinated with the
narrative of the Chinese Party-state nationalism. |
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INTERVIEWS CARDS MARTIAL
ARTS SUPER: Ms Wang, Yue Fei Martial Arts School |
Teacher [00:51:29] We write it like this 6+y=10. Teacher [00:51:32] Y equals what? Students [00:51:36] 4 [00:51:39] So y = 10-6, right? [00:51:42] 10-6 =4. [00:51:46] So x=6, and y=4. [00:51:49] Right? [00:51:51] Yes. [00:47:07] TEACHER: Apply the substitution method to solve the linear
equation. VO: AT THE YUE FEI
MARTIAL ARTS SCHOOL STUDENTS ARE TAUGHT CORE SUBJECTS BUT THE CHINA DREAM IS
CONSIDERED EQUALLY IMPORTANT. MS WANG [01:20:27] We educate our children about the
patriotic spirit of Yue Fei. MS WANG [01:26:05] patriotism is a
compulsory subject in our school. MS WANG [01:24:20] Of course,
everyone should love their own country, right? [01:24:24] How can we not be patriotic? [01:05:19] GIRL: just like Yue Fei,
I will defend my family and my country. [01:06:32] BOY: Ever since I was a
little kid, my father told me to protect my family and my country. [01:11:35] BOY: Yue Fei defended
his family and his country. [01:14:26] GIRL: Because only when
you have a country can you have a home, and only when you well protect your
country can you have your home. It’s a message
they’ll take from the school to their careers. MS WANG [01:21:28] most of them are
to become soldiers to defend their country when they grow up. MS WANG [01:21:46] Their dream is
to defend their country, just like Yue Fei. And it’s clear what
some of these students want to be... [01:01:56] GIRL: a soldier. For others, a
different dream. [01:02:10] BOY: a movie actor. |
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Yue Fei play CARDS MARTIAL
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BUT ACTING
CAN ALSO BE PATRIOTIC PLAY [00:33:07] In 1126 A.D., the
Jin army invaded the Central Plains. [00:33:12] General Yue Fei began
his career as a warrior against the Jin army and defending his family and
country. [00:33:22] UPSOTS
– fighting etc. SONG: [00:38:13] Let us ride our
chariots and trample the Helan Mountains, [00:38:22] There we shall feast on
barbarian flesh and drink the blood of the Xiongnu. [00:38:31] Let us begin anew to recover our old empire, before paying
tribute to the emperor. |
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Recovering the old empire may be on China’s to-do list, but its WARRIOR
spirit can also be seen in its interactions with other countries. And Australia is
no stranger to that. |
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MELBOURNE |
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Flying SUPER: Kiff Saunders, Global Ballooning Australia |
I’M A LONG
WAY FROM CHINA GETTING
READY TO FLOAT THROUGH THE SKIES OVER MELBOURNE KIFF- IV Kiff: (00:00) Basically, we are now just blowing with the
wind. It's a bit
like running a tourism company in a pandemic. Jen (05:25): And can I ask how's business been in the last 12
months? Kiff (05:30): Oh, look, it's been traumatic. Jen (06:04): So how important were the Chinese tourists to the
market for you? Kiff (06:39): We had invested heavily in China. For the past six
years, we've been really streamlining behind Tourism Australia's push into
China, and it was very successful to the point where 50% of our business was
coming out of China. So when the government closed the border to China The closed borders have
devastated Kiff SAUNDERS’ tourism business. Now he fears there’s even more
to lose. |
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EXPLAINER:
BAD RELATIONS |
example: https://youtu.be/BFlf5wruUpY?t=269 ANDRES
PREVIEWS: https://f.io/NSWPQkHO |
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GFX explainer GFX:
$12.4b Source:
Tourism Research Australia |
Before COVID-19, Chinese tourists brought in 12.4 billion dollars a year. But there’s concern those tourists won't come back in the same numbers,
thanks to a spat where insults have gone back and forth between the two
countries Tensions began in 2018. GFX
HEADLINE: Huawei and ZTE handed
5G network ban in Australia) But
after Canberra demanded an investigation last year into the origins of
COVID-19, relations plummeted even further. GFX:
Payne “[5:03] I do think that relationships between
China and its partners, Australia and China, will be changed in some ways” The
fallout: Australia lost about 20 billion
dollars in exports of goods to China. GFX:
lobsters, wine, beef) Since
then, relations have only worsened.
Headline: China says 'weak' Australia would be first hit in a war over Taiwan Zhao Lijian: Australia
has repeatedly taken wrong words and deeds on issues involving China's core
interests and major concerns, [12:11] PM: It’s an absolute outrageous and
disgusting slur. And last
year Beijing warned its citizens not to travel here as tourists, even
when borders re-open. GFX
HEADLINE:
China warns citizens
to avoid Australia over racism |
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BALLOON AGAIN |
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Actuality |
KIFF- IV Kiff (19:29): So this is one of the special magnificent things
that you will not do anywhere else in the world, folk. Is drift through the
buildings of a city of 4.5 million people. Jen (15:21): Kiff, what do you think of the trade spat between
China and Australia? Kiff: (15:52) I think the
geopolitics is well above my pay grade, but it's confusing. We have been
encouraged for the past six years to get into China, to create relationships,
to attract business. And I think anything that then just shuts that down is
really- it's hard to understand as a business. Kiff (14:26): // We're
friendly. We're kind. We're safe. We're willing to go out of our way, and I
think that we- it gets a bad rep when it's been politicized or there is this
kind of throwing rocks across the fence at each other. Bi-lateral
relations are so bad, Canberra can’t even get Beijing on the phone. Kiff (22:20):// it's like a bad marriage. It's just disrespectful
and doesn't achieve anything. I think that's really
important if you going to try and achieve anything, then you've got to
be able to come to the table with understanding of the other person's
position. Jen (13:56): What would the loss of Chinese tourists mean to
Australia? Kiff (14:04): Kiff: (14:59) Because I love
the Chinese. I love them as a traveler. Kiff: (14:41) I mean the
politics are not the people. Kiff (23:44) So it's, it's a political problem, not a
national problem in all of this. So don't make it about the national. Don't
turn it into suspicion or these people are not good. Kiff: (24:18) It pains me. It really hurts me. |
LANDING
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Landing upsot D2_ARRI [00:52:51] JEN: that was incredible I've never been in
the sky like that before and what a place to have a conversation about China
Australia relations |
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YUN @ HAPPY’S |
CHINA DREAM |
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CANBERRA |
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Happys |
I want to find out more about why the relationship between China and Australia
has hit rock bottom. SO I’M MEETING YUN JIANG - CHINA POLICY ADVISER AND EDITOR OF
THE ANU CHINA STORY …WE’RE MEETING AT A CANBERRA INSTITUTION – THE CITY’S
OLDEST CHINESE RESTUARANT |
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YUN INTERVIEW SUPER: Yun Jiang, The China Story, ANU
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YUN IV -
MULTICAM Jen: (17:37) Yun it's been an eventful year for China and Australia, but what's really going on? What's China thinking, what's Australia thinking? Yun: (26:39) From China's perspective it sees itself as a great power, that it can throw its weight around and Australia is only a middle power. Australia should be basically more considerate of China's interests. Jen: (26:56) Respectful even? Yun: (26:58) Yeah. That's
right. That's China's perspective. But from Australia's perspective, although
China is a rising power, Australia is more aligned first with United States
as the ally and with the western democracy in terms of its values. And
China's rise in some ways challenges or threatens that kind of value. Jen: (19:14) Help me understand
the China component a little bit more. For example
with Xi Jinping's thinking, how does it compare to the thinking of previous
leaders in China? Yun: (20:14) When Mao died, Deng came into power and Deng, his focus is basically on getting China to become rich. And for that it's basically biding his time. He didn't want to throw his weight around causing other countries to suspect China's rise. Jen: (20:36) So to keep a low profile. Yun: (20:38) To keep a very low profile, exactly. For Xi, he's sense is that China's time has arrived and that China is now rich enough and the next stage is to become powerful. For that he looks at what the United States is doing and basically emulate his tactics based on what other great powers have been doing. |
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EXPLAINER: WOLF
WARRIOR |
Upsot: building blows up. VO: One way that China has been exerting power – is through what’s
been called “wolf warrior diplomacy.” Upsots - VO: The term comes from a popular movie franchise about a Chinese
special forces soldier, who battles against foreign enemies PTC: It’s basically China’s version of Rambo. UPSOT: VO: With wolf warrior diplomacy, Chinese diplomats don’t hold
back. China spox 1:
"The United States is the biggest destroyer of
international order. China spox 2:
The U.S. is ill, but still pretends to be a doctor, China spox 1: Japan and
Australia are promoting the so-called “China threat” theory, maliciously
slandering and attacking China. For years, the Chinese Communist Party has fiercely defended itself
against foreign comments about its most sensitive subjects, such as: Human rights abuses of Uighurs in China’s Xinjiang province The eroding of freedoms in Hong Kong Taiwan's independence And the militarisation of the South China Sea Now, China
does more than defend itself. [36.58 - 37:05] - Movie Upsot – bayonets wolf. |
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LOCATION TITLE: BG: UTS, Broadway |
SYDNEY |
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To help me understand Wolf Warrior diplomacy,
I’m meeting another China expert DR FENG Upsot: greetings |
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SUPER: Dr. Feng Chongyi, China Studies, UTS ORIGINAL TWEET: https://twitter.com/zlj517/status/1333214766806888448 |
Dr. Feng (00:24:45): Because the state ideology for the time being under
Xi Jinping was that A significant push
came last year. After the release of a
report into alleged Australian war crimes, a Chinese diplomat tweeted out
this crude, doctored image. PM
[0.03]: the repugnant post made today, of an image, a falsified image, of an
Australian soldier threatening a young child with a knife. A post made on an
official Chinese Government Twitter account /// is truly repugnant. It is
deeply offensive // The Chinese
Government should be totally ashamed of this post Jennifer: (28:14) Is that an example of wolf warrior
diplomacy? Dr Feng (00:28:17):///
that is a typical case. IN OTHER WORDS, IT’S A TIT FOR TAT AND CHINA’S MESSAGE TO AUSTRALIA IS
- MIND YOUR OWN BUSINESS |
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BEIJING VOX
POPS |
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LOCATION TITLE: BG: The Forbidden City |
BEIJING |
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CARD BJ VOXIES BJ VOXIES GV |
Every day, Australian newspapers seem to have stories about China as
the enemy. But what’s the flip side to this? What do people in China, or at least
Beijing, think of Australia? BJ VOXIES 13:01 Person 5: sand, ore,
right? (13:10) Australia exports its sand and ore to many regions in the
world, right? Is that right? 15:56 Person 6
– Australia … kangaroo, kangaroo and raccoon, just
these two. While it’s surprising
to learn that the north 36:51 Person
12a – Not very friendly to China. 36:52 Person
12b – Australia is not very friendly to China. 36:55 Female
interviewer – Why not? 36:56 Person
12b – Australia is not friendly to China. 36:56 Person
12a – We don’t know. 36:59 Person 12a – We think Chinese
is quite nice and hospitable, (37:09) IT HASN’T ALWAYS BEEN LIKE THIS. AUSTRALIA USED TO HAVE A GREAT
REPUTATION 25:28 Person 9 – Australia … the beach, Sydney Opera House. And many
of my colleagues and friends prefer to study in Australia. (25:36) Ahhh yes, students. |
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EXPLAINER:
INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS |
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SYDNEY |
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USyd pics |
VO: The next target in the trade war is feared to
be education... and it’s a big one. |
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GFX Explainer |
PTC: International students are Australia’s 4th largest export after
coal, iron ore and gas. (GFX: Coal $77b, Iron Ore $69b, Gas
$49b, International education $37.6b) Source: International
Education Association of Australia And
Chinese students are by far the most important market. (GFX:
China 28%, India 15%, Nepal 7%) Source: International Education Association of
Australia ( So, when
Beijing warns students - not to come to Australia, there’s $12b at stake. (GFX:
$12b) Source: National Security College, ANU |
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VO: China says
Australia is not safe for students because of racism And there are reports
that Chinese education companies are being told to dissuade students from
choosing Australia as a study destination. |
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ANU STUDY HUB |
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LOCATION TITLE: BG: Shanghai
skyline |
SHANGHAI |
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ANU study hub – INTRO CARDS ANU HUB - REV 03 |
ANU HUB - REV 03 UPSOT: [01:16:05] HAOYI: Are you staying here for the holidays? [01:16:07] F: Not
sure. I'm looking for an internship. [01:16:12] H: That’s
just one month, right? [01:16:13] F: It has to be in Shanghai. I haven’t got one yet. Are you
going to do an internship? [01:16:19] H: Me? I don't think I will. Flora and Haoyi are
both enrolled at the Australian National University. They should be in
Australia...but they’re locked out by our border restrictions. Instead, they’re in
Shanghai, working out of a study hub which ANU has set up for students stuck
abroad. Hi Wendy good morning. It’s not Canberra, but it’s something. |
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Jen is at Sydney Uni, |
Zoom: Ring, ring |
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ANU study hub – FLORA IV CARDS: ANU HUB - REV 01 |
JEN: Hi
Flora, what are you studying? ANU
HUB - REV 01 FLORA (16:01): I have study finance, Master of finance in Australia and I
have, I haven't been to Australia yet. JEN: If the borders were open now, would
you come to Australia? FLORA (22:05): Yeah, of course. If the
border is open, I will go to Australia immediately because I have the real
campus life. FLORA (21:26) And so it's very important
for me to make new friends with other countries through the university life. |
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So Flora hasn’t been scared off by
government warnings about racism. And Haoyi’s already done a semester of his
political science degree in Canberra – and he wants to come back too. HAOYI (39:12): Basically, the life back in
Canberra is quite wonderful. HAOYI (38:57): I do miss the time I spent
with professors talking with them, discuss with them about my research. (38:35) but you can't interact with
professors face-to-face personally, Flora and Haoyi are prime examples of
what’s at stake. Sure, students bring big bucks. But they’re not just a
commodity. What we risk missing out on is RELATIONSHIP BULIDING IF
THE BAD BLOOD CONTINUES STUDENTS MIGHT LOOK ELSEWHERE FOR THAT EXPERIENCE JEN: If you can’t come back to Australia,
would you look to study elsewhere? HAOYI
(48:51) yeah, of course. JEN:
well, I hope things change and you get to come back here. HAOYI:
(50:24) Yeah, I hope so. Thank you. |
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YENEE |
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LOCATION TITLE: BG: drone |
SYDNEY |
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GFX Explainer Jen walks through Chinatown. |
Australia and China
are not getting along. The spat has seen
the Chinese government warn its people not to come to Australia because of racism
and violence against Asians. The Australian government says
there’s nothing to see here, but is our government wrong and theirs right? A bunch of recent reports say YES.
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GFX: 1.
Show racist
graffiti: COVID-19 CHINA DIE 2.
VIDEO: LIB 180420 RACIST ATTACKS PKG
[0:01 – 0:07] 3.
84.5% of Asian Australians
discriminated against during COVID. Source: ANU:
Asian-Australians hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic |
A Lowy Report found that a
third of Chinese Australians had been called offensive names in the first
year of COVID-19. GFX 1 And a quarter said they’d been
physically threatened or attacked. GFX 2 It’s not just Chinese people
who’ve been targeted. Other Asians have been too, because
racists can’t tell us apart. GFX 3 |
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YENEE SUPER: Yenee, Lawyer |
Yenee is Chinese,
and like most Asian Australians, she’s experienced racism since she was a
kid, but lately it’s gotten a lot worse. 01:35:10
YENEE: When when I first moved to the area, I noticed that the bus stop,
there was a sign that said 'no more Asians'. Um, and
just saying we shouldn't allow more Asians in. And I was just a bit like
what's suburb Have I moved to? 01:33:51 YENEE:
So when COVID kicked off in late February, every
time went to the bus stop. There was this blonde woman who would say very
viciously to me "fuck off". 01:45:26 JEN:
And what happened to you at work? 01:36:04 YENEE:
So, um, when Donald Trump was labeling the coronaviruses Chinese flu, and he
was told that it was racist, he said, it's not racist. It's from China. Um,
colleagues 01:36:24 YENEE:
I just felt really embarrassed, but I couldn't kick up a fuss because I
didn't want to seem too sensitive, 01:36:51 YENEE:
I don't want to any attention to be drawn to, um, my race and I just thought,
why can't I just get on with life? but
thankfully I've left that workplace. |
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YUN |
Abetz |
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What happened to Yenee unfortunately happens
everywhere, even at Parliament House. At
a Senate Committee last year, Yun Jiang experienced this very publicly. Even though she’s been an advisor to the
Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet. She was one of three Chinese Australians who
were asked THIS question... |
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ABETZ
MOMENT |
LIB 221020 ABETZ
CHINA PKG_SBS_ID_11797892 @ 0:12. ABETZ:
“Can I ask each of the three witnesses to very briefly tell me whether they
are willing to unconditionally condemn the Chinese Communist Party
dictatorship?” The question has been described as McCarthyism. YUN IV -
MULTICAM Yun:
(45:59) It was quite
blatantly racial profiling. Yun: (47:23) It definitely felt
to me like a loyalty test. That I have to choose between China and Australia and I have to condemn China in order for my
views to be accepted by everyone there. That is something that really saddens
me, that people would really think that is necessary. Jen: (46:18) And what did you say when you were asked to unreservedly denounce the Chinese Communist Party? LIB 221020 ABETZ
CHINA PKG_SBS_ID_11797892 YUN: “I don’t think it’s fair to force all Chinese
Australians to take a position or political action when similar requests are
not being made to other Australians.” YUN IV - MULTICAM - Jen: (48:21) With the trade wars between China and Australia at the moment and also things like, you open the newspaper and there's a headline about China and Australia going to war for example, do you think that we've come to a moment that can be compared to the Pauline Hanson moments, in 1996, where there's this us versus them situation? Yun: (48:43) Luckily I was not in Australia in 1996. Jen: (48:46) Oh it was a great time. You missed out. |
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Pauline Hanson
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Pauline: “I believe we are in danger of being
swamped by Asians. ” VO: At the time, I remember feeling that this
speech gave a lot of people permission to be openly anti-Asian – and it feels
like we’re back there again now with anti-Chinese sentiment. Yun: (49:48) already I am
hearing people are basically being asked to pick a side. They're saying,
"War is coming, it's immanent, you better show your loyalties, pick a
side. Publicly announce whose side you are on." It feels strangely a
little bit like which you read about, about cultural revolution. You can't keep
silent, you have to always denounce, even if it is
your relative, you have to denounce someone. You don't even have the liberty
of staying silent. This is a very, very toxic environment we're in right now. JEN: Okay. And what's actually
at stake here when we are talking about these two countries not
getting along, do you think? Yun (01:05:32): There is a lot of dimensions. There's a economic dimension of the trade war having effect on
certain industries, there's people to people links especially with
Chinese-Australians and Chinese international students getting
stuck in the middle and then there is also the geo-political question of the
future, the international structure is going to be. I forgot what the question was. Jen (01:06:02): What's at stake? Yun (01:06:02): What's at stake. And lastly yes.
It is a question of what's the future we want for the world and for ourselves. Xi: “No one should underestimate the great
resolve, the strong will, and the extraordinary ability of the Chinese people
to defend their national sovereignty and territorial integrity." |
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CREDITS: Delivery checklist |
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NWT |
Next week on Dateline: Next week on Dateline, part two of The China Dream: With talk of war over Taiwan, what do the Taiwanese think of China’s
threats to take it over? And how do they feel about
their identity and future? And up next, The Feed. |