As China-Australia relations deteriorate, an Australian poll shows that 37% of Chinese-Australians believe they have been treated less well or differently because of their ethnic background. Of the more than 1,000 Chinese people surveyed, 18 percent reported having experienced physical threats or attacks in the last year because of their ethnic background. The survey also showed that 67 percent of Chinese Australians surveyed supported targeted sanctions against “Chinese Communist Party officials involved in human rights violations.
According to a survey conducted by the Lowy Institute for International Policy, an Australian think tank, the deterioration of relations between China and Australia, coupled with the poor control of the Communist Party’s virus Epidemic, has led more than one-third of Chinese-Australians surveyed to say they have been discriminated against in the past year, and two-thirds of those surveyed believe this is related to the Chinese government’s decision to impose sanctions. The survey was conducted by a sample of 1,040 respondents, with 52% citing tight diplomatic relations as a key factor.
The survey sample of 1040 respondents included Australian citizens, permanent residents and long-term visa holders.
Of the more than 1,000 people of Chinese descent surveyed, 18 percent reported having experienced physical threats or assaults during the past year because of their ethnic background.
According to the Roy Institute for International Policy poll, 67 percent of Chinese-Australians surveyed support targeted sanctions against “Chinese Communist Party officials involved in human rights violations. Just under a third of respondents believe that the Australian media’s coverage of China is fair and balanced.
There are currently 1.2 million people of Chinese background in Australia, with the majority coming from mainland China, followed by Hong Kong, Taiwan and Malaysia.
According to the survey, most Chinese residents feel a sense of belonging in Australia, and 46 percent of respondents are concerned about China’s influence on the Australian political process, compared to 82 percent of the Australian population.
AFP reports that bilateral relations between Canberra and Beijing authorities are now at a decades-long low. The two sides clashed over a number of issues in 2020, including Australia’s dissatisfaction with the Chinese Communist Party’s crackdown in Xinjiang and Hong Kong, and criticism of the Communist Party’s lack of transparency in response to the Chinese Communist virus. China has used punitive sanctions to crack down on Australian exports of a range of products.
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