https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/lifestyle-culture/article/3213950/asian-australians-fear-red-alert-warmongering-will-fuel-rise-racist-hate

Is the Australian government doing anything about this?

dk

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On Thursday, 23 March 2023 at 12:58:42 UTC+11, Dan Koren wrote:

https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/lifestyle-culture/article/3213950/asian-australians-fear-red-alert-warmongering-will-fuel-rise-racist-hate

Is the Australian government doing anything about this?

dk

Nobody much reads or notices headlines in newspapers these days. As for red warmongering, Australia has always been aware of China as a threat, much more economically than of any physical threat. At the moment the Albanese government is attempting to
repair an icy period between the two countries, but I wouldn't say that ordinary people have any type of agenda against the Chinese, as they have established a solid presence here and are generally considered as valued and useful citizens. Our Minister
for Foreign Affairs Senator Penny Wong, herself an Asian but born here in Adelaide, is generally doing a good job wrt China.

The Chinese that come here now are never short of money, and if there is a slight criticism of them, they buy property here and help maintain and raise property prices. Which in this country, as in many others, leads to a manifestation of a shortage of
rentable/buyable property, and the introduction of tent cities recently.

But as for racism against Chinese citizens - nothing is happening outside of the normal xenophobes that inhabit most countries. Any consternation and racism might well be directed against China as a country, but not against Chinese citizens that live
here.

Ray Hall, Taree

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On Wednesday, March 22, 2023 at 8:12:35 PM UTC-7, raymond....@gmail.com wrote:

On Thursday, 23 March 2023 at 12:58:42 UTC+11, Dan Koren wrote:

https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/lifestyle-culture/article/3213950/asian-australians-fear-red-alert-warmongering-will-fuel-rise-racist-hate

Is the Australian government doing anything about this?

Nobody much reads or notices headlines in newspapers
these days. As for red warmongering, Australia has always
been aware of China as a threat, much more economically
than of any physical threat. At the moment the Albanese
government is attempting to repair an icy period between
the two countries, but I wouldn't say that ordinary people
have any type of agenda against the Chinese, as they have
established a solid presence here and are generally
considered as valued and useful citizens. Our Minister for
Foreign Affairs Senator Penny Wong, herself an Asian but
born here in Adelaide, is generally doing a good job wrt China.

The Chinese that come here now are never short of money,
and if there is a slight criticism of them, they buy property
here and help maintain and raise property prices. Which in
this country, as in many others, leads to a manifestation of
a shortage of rentable/buyable property, and the introduction
of tent cities recently.

But as for racism against Chinese citizens - nothing is happening
outside of the normal xenophobes that inhabit most countries. Any consternation and racism might well be directed against China as a
country, but not against Chinese citizens that live here.

Thanks for reviewing and providing context. I
like Penny Wong. She is a really smart person.

dk

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On Thursday, 23 March 2023 at 15:37:17 UTC+11, Dan Koren wrote:

On Wednesday, March 22, 2023 at 8:12:35 PM UTC-7, raymond....gmail.com wrote:

On Thursday, 23 March 2023 at 12:58:42 UTC+11, Dan Koren wrote:

https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/lifestyle-culture/article/3213950/asian-australians-fear-red-alert-warmongering-will-fuel-rise-racist-hate

Is the Australian government doing anything about this?

Nobody much reads or notices headlines in newspapers
these days. As for red warmongering, Australia has always
been aware of China as a threat, much more economically
than of any physical threat. At the moment the Albanese
government is attempting to repair an icy period between
the two countries, but I wouldn't say that ordinary people
have any type of agenda against the Chinese, as they have
established a solid presence here and are generally
considered as valued and useful citizens. Our Minister for
Foreign Affairs Senator Penny Wong, herself an Asian but
born here in Adelaide, is generally doing a good job wrt China.

The Chinese that come here now are never short of money,
and if there is a slight criticism of them, they buy property
here and help maintain and raise property prices. Which in
this country, as in many others, leads to a manifestation of
a shortage of rentable/buyable property, and the introduction
of tent cities recently.

But as for racism against Chinese citizens - nothing is happening
outside of the normal xenophobes that inhabit most countries. Any consternation and racism might well be directed against China as a country, but not against Chinese citizens that live here.

Thanks for reviewing and providing context. I
like Penny Wong. She is a really smart person.

dk

Small edit. Penny Wong was born in Malaysia, and came to Adelaide when she was about 8 years old. She speaks Malay, Chinese, and English.

Ray Hall, Taree

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On 3/22/23 8:12 PM, raymond....@gmail.com wrote:

On Thursday, 23 March 2023 at 12:58:42 UTC+11, Dan Koren wrote:

https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/lifestyle-culture/article/3213950/asian-australians-fear-red-alert-warmongering-will-fuel-rise-racist-hate

Is the Australian government doing anything about this?

dk

Nobody much reads or notices headlines in newspapers these days. As for red warmongering, Australia has always been aware of China as a threat, much more economically than of any physical threat. At the moment the Albanese government is attempting to

repair an icy period between the two countries, but I wouldn't say that ordinary people have any type of agenda against the Chinese, as they have established a solid presence here and are generally considered as valued and useful citizens. Our Minister
for Foreign Affairs Senator Penny Wong, herself an Asian but born here in Adelaide, is generally doing a good job wrt China.

The Chinese that come here now are never short of money, and if there is a slight criticism of them, they buy property here and help maintain and raise property prices. Which in this country, as in many others, leads to a manifestation of a shortage of

rentable/buyable property, and the introduction of tent cities recently.

But as for racism against Chinese citizens - nothing is happening outside of the normal xenophobes that inhabit most countries. Any consternation and racism might well be directed against China as a country, but not against Chinese citizens that live

here.

Ray Hall, Taree

Thanks, Ray. On our visits to Oz to see our daughter and her family (now including a new grandson), I have not observed any anti-Asian prejudice.
In fact, I haven't observed much prejudice period. I don't doubt there
is some, but less than most countries, including, alas, my own (for
complex reasons).

Bob Harper

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On Thursday, March 23, 2023 at 12:58:42 PM UTC+11, Dan Koren wrote:

https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/lifestyle-culture/article/3213950/asian-australians-fear-red-alert-warmongering-will-fuel-rise-racist-hate

Is the Australian government doing anything about this?

dk

I might add to Ray's comments - with which I agree 100% - that the two newspapers cited are the mouthpieces of Australia's bourgeois left in Sydney and Melbourne, and are the least likely to promote 'racist hate' or 'sexist' hate or any other kind of
hate, save for conservatives and Catholics.

Andrew Clarke
Canberra

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Andrew Clarke schrieb am Sonntag, 26. März 2023 um 16:34:47 UTC+2:

On Thursday, March 23, 2023 at 12:58:42 PM UTC+11, Dan Koren wrote:

https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/lifestyle-culture/article/3213950/asian-australians-fear-red-alert-warmongering-will-fuel-rise-racist-hate

Is the Australian government doing anything about this?

dk

I might add to Ray's comments - with which I agree 100% - that the two newspapers cited are the mouthpieces of Australia's bourgeois left in Sydney and Melbourne, and are the least likely to promote 'racist hate' or 'sexist' hate or any other kind of

hate, save for conservatives and Catholics.

Andrew Clarke
Canberra

What would be your opinion, as an Australian, about "covid interment camps"? Reminds me a bit of China...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mGFdWcJU7-0

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Andrew Clarke schrieb am Sonntag, 26. März 2023 um 16:34:47 UTC+2:

On Thursday, March 23, 2023 at 12:58:42 PM UTC+11, Dan Koren wrote:

https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/lifestyle-culture/article/3213950/asian-australians-fear-red-alert-warmongering-will-fuel-rise-racist-hate

Is the Australian government doing anything about this?

dk

I might add to Ray's comments - with which I agree 100% - that the two newspapers cited are the mouthpieces of Australia's bourgeois left in Sydney and Melbourne, and are the least likely to promote 'racist hate' or 'sexist' hate or any other kind of

hate, save for conservatives and Catholics.

And save for the unvaccinated?

Love these leftist newspapers that love to shit on christianity and idolize islam (see their uncritical articles about Ramadan)... I mean, logically, if you criticise Islam you are ofc a racist, since Muslims obviously are a race...

Andrew Clarke
Canberra

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On Sunday, March 26, 2023 at 8:33:12 AM UTC-7, Marc S wrote:

What would be your opinion, as an Australian, about
"covid interment camps"? Reminds me a bit of China...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mGFdWcJU7-0

How does this "remind" you of China? Have you ever
been there?

dk

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On Monday, March 27, 2023 at 2:33:12 AM UTC+11, Marc S wrote:

What would be your opinion, as an Australian, about "covid interment camps"? Reminds me a bit of China...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mGFdWcJU7-0

As an Australian, I have no idea about who is what in the Federal Republic of Germany, although I think it unlikely that Mutti Merkel was directly responsible for hospitals in Frankfurt an der Oder or the city police in Munich. I would, if required be
prepared to look such things up. So I was surprised to read that the then Federal Prime Minister, Scott Morrison, was being held responsible for public health administration in Queensland or policing in Melbourne. In this country, such matters are the
responsibility of the State and Territory governments. So whenever I read comments about Mr Morrison's being a fascist - usually misspelt - or a Marxist Leninist I could easily predict that utter rubbish was to follow.
Similarly it was interesting to watch reports in such intellectual cess-pools as Rebel News, and to compare them to what actually happened. One key word here was the use of the word "children" which was generally used to mean adolescents under the legal
age of adulthood (18 years) but was generally used to imply that the "Australian police" had been constantly firing rubber bullets at small children on their way home from primary school. One splendid report referred to children being physically removed
from their mother's arms by armed police and herded into a sports complex, where they were forcibly vaccinated, resulting in three children dropping dead on the spot. In reality, this was a voluntary free vaccination service offered to senior high school
students. The children who had been fired upom with rubber bullets were similarly adolescents participating in an illegal march in the middle of the Melbourne central business district, whose leaders refused to obey legal requests from the Victoria
police.

The Covid KZ Lagers were set up by the State Governments in Queensland and the Northern Territory, with another I believe in Victoriaia. These proved to be something of a panic move, they were little used, and the governments responsible are now
scratching their heads about what on earth to do about it.

Incidentally, the states with the harshest COVID restrictions -Western Australia closed its border - were all run by the leftish of centre Australian Labor Party. In the case of Victoria, that party has been returned to government with an increased
majority.

Andrew Clarke
Canberra

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On Wed, 22 Mar 2023 18:58:39 -0700, Dan Koren wrote:

https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/lifestyle-culture/article/3213950/asian-australians-fear-red-alert-warmongering-will-fuel-rise-racist-hate

Is the Australian government doing anything about this?

dk

Paywall, or did you not look beyond the headline?

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On Sun, 26 Mar 2023 07:34:45 -0700, Andrew Clarke wrote:

On Thursday, March 23, 2023 at 12:58:42???PM UTC+11, Dan Koren wrote:

https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/lifestyle-culture/article/3213950/asian-australians-fear-red-alert-warmongering-will-fuel-rise-racist-hate

Is the Australian government doing anything about this?

You want to outlaw criticism of China?

I might add to Ray's comments - with which I agree 100% - that the two newspapers cited are the mouthpieces of Australia's bourgeois left in Sydney and Melbourne, and are the least likely to promote 'racist hate' or 'sexist' hate or any other kind of

hate, save for conservatives and Catholics.

The Left is least likely to promote racial hatred or sexism?
Is that supposed to be funny?

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On Sunday, March 26, 2023 at 7:19:12 PM UTC-7, Pluted Pup wrote:

On Wed, 22 Mar 2023 18:58:39 -0700, Dan Koren wrote:

https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/lifestyle-culture/article/3213950/asian-australians-fear-red-alert-warmongering-will-fuel-rise-racist-hate

Is the Australian government
doing anything about this?

Paywall, or did you not look
beyond the headline?

No paywall as far as I can tell.

I do not have a subscription to
SCMP, and I read it all the time.

Maybe they don't allow Pluteds
to read their paper and to make
bigoted retarded hyperconservative
ultrareactionary brainfucked imbecile
comments.

dk

PS. I do have subscriptions to any
newspapers whatsoever, and I do
not pay a penny to read most of
their articles. You need to learn
how to use cookies, rather than
eating them.

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On Sunday, March 26, 2023 at 7:35:37 PM UTC-7, Pluted Pup wrote:

On Sun, 26 Mar 2023 07:34:45 -0700, Andrew Clarke wrote:

On Thursday, March 23, 2023 at 12:58:42???PM UTC+11, Dan Koren wrote:

https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/lifestyle-culture/article/3213950/asian-australians-fear-red-alert-warmongering-will-fuel-rise-racist-hate

Is the Australian government doing
anything about this?

You want to outlaw criticism of China?

"I" Do not want anything. Did I say I did?

I am only asking what the Australian
government is doing about the matter.

The stuff below is something I did not
write -- where did you pick it? Apparently
you are so pluted you cannot even copy
and paste accurately. Please see your
neurosurgeon promptly to have your
head unpluted.

I might add to Ray's comments - with
which I agree 100% - that the two
newspapers cited are the mouthpieces
of Australia's bourgeois left in Sydney and
Melbourne, and are the least likely to promote
'racist hate' or 'sexist' hate or any other kind of
hate, save for conservatives and Catholics.

The Left is least likely to promote racial hatred
or sexism? Is that supposed to be funny?

What an imbecile!

dk

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On Sunday, March 26, 2023 at 7:58:27 PM UTC-7, Dan Koren wrote:

On Sunday, March 26, 2023 at 7:19:12 PM UTC-7, Pluted Pup wrote:

On Wed, 22 Mar 2023 18:58:39 -0700, Dan Koren wrote:

https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/lifestyle-culture/article/3213950/asian-australians-fear-red-alert-warmongering-will-fuel-rise-racist-hate

Is the Australian government
doing anything about this?

Paywall, or did you not look
beyond the headline?

No paywall as far as I can tell.

I do not have a subscription to
SCMP, and I read it all the time.

Maybe they don't allow Pluteds
to read their paper and to make
bigoted retarded hyperconservative
ultrareactionary brainfucked imbecile
comments.

PS. I do have subscriptions to any
newspapers whatsoever, and I do
not pay a penny to read most of
their articles. You need to learn
how to use cookies, rather than
eating them.

BTW neither SCMP nor the Straits
Times nor Asia Times require paid
subscriptions to read most articles.
Just register for a free account. A
few "premium" articles are reserved
for paid subscribers, however it is
child's play to work around that
paywall.

I highly recommend all 3 above as
balanced, thoughtful sources of
news and editorials, as well as
by far the most knowledgeable
sources of insight into China,
other than some expensive
Sinology websites.

https://asiatimes.com/
https://www.scmp.com/
https://www.straitstimes.com/

dk

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