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Richard McGregor

Reset relations with Chinese Australians

Australia’s diverse Chinese community, caught in the crossfire of a policy transition as China changes under Xi Jinping, should not be treated as a monolith with suspect loyalties.

Australia has dramatically reset China policy in recent years, with an overhaul of its national security settings and the passage of new laws to combat foreign interference at home.

Now might a good time for a different kind of reset, this time for the Chinese Australians who’ve been caught in the crossfire of an often brutal policy transition.

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Richard McGregor is a senior fellow at the Lowy Institute in Sydney.

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