News

Abetz committee shuts down critics

Top Chinese community leader highly critical of Eric Abetz silenced by Senate committee, while pro-Trump Chinese media outlet welcomed to make public comment EDITOR’S NOTE: After publication of this article the Senate released a transcript […]

Economy

Big bounce!

Australian building approvals surged in September while residential property prices recorded their first gains in five months 2 November 2020 | Marcus Reubenstein Australian residential building approvals have surged by 15.4 percent in September, well […]

News

ASPI’s Broadcasting Corporation

Is ABC management complicit in letting senior on-air talent promote the Australian Strategic Policy Institute, and its sponsors, without declaring conflicts of interest? 28 October 2020 | Marcus Reubenstein Two senior correspondents at Australia’s national […]

News

ASPI’s forced labour links

The Australian Strategic Policy Institute—the think tank which reports extensively on China human rights—is being funded by corporations which have used forced prison labour 12 October 2020 | Marcus Reubenstein (Image: Wendy Alvarez/APAC News) The […]

News

ASPI strategy pays off

Think tank leading push for increased Australian military spending collects $214,500 “management advisory service” fee as Prime Minister announces massive new Defence Budget   ASPI rakes in millions of dollars from Commonwealth Government contracts while […]

Chinese

草率的报道与无力的道歉

7NEWS向华裔商人道歉,但伤害会就此结束吗? 2020年6月29号 | Marcus ReubensteinCLICK HERE FOR ENGLISH VERSION Seven Network向澳籍华裔商人理查德·袁发表道歉,并从7NEWS网页上删除了一篇报道,该报道不实指责他对4月份一架从中国武汉飞抵悉尼的货运航班有不当行为。 这篇报道发布于2020年5月1号,标题为Cash, Coronavirus and baby formula: The truth about Wuhan’s mercy flight to Australia(现金、新型冠状病毒和婴儿配方奶粉:武汉爱心航班的真相),由资深记者凯莉·伯克(Kelly Burke)撰写,其在加入Seven之前,拥有17年在Sydney Morning Herald和1年在Sydney’s Daily Telegraph的工作经验。 未披露的和解 袁极力否认7NEWS的指控,并将此事交由律师处理。上周,他的代表和网站出版商Seven West Media的律师达成了庭外和解。 虽然财务和解的细节保密,但Seven West […]

Comment

Sloppy journalism and a weak apology

7NEWS apologises to Chinese-Australian businessman but will the damage end there? 29 June 2020 | Marcus Reubenstein The Seven Network has issued an apology to Chinese-Australian businessman Richard Yuan, and removed a story on its […]

Business

Cultivating the relationship

The story of Australia’s $1.1 billion wine exports to China is far from an overnight success, its bedrock is a deep cultural understanding and personal relationships cultivated over many years 17 May 2020 | Marcus […]

Chinese

澳大利亚媒体为种族主义漫画道歉

澳大利亚媒体The Australian Financial Review 因刊登含有种族歧视意味的漫画而向犹太人道歉,那么澳籍华人什么时候也能收到道歉呢? 2020年6月15日 | Marcus ReubensteinCLICK HERE FOR ENGLISH VERSION The Australian Financial Review为漫画家大卫·罗(David Rowe)的一幅漫画刊登了长篇道歉文,在这幅漫画中,澳大利亚联邦国库部长乔什·弗莱登伯格(Josh Frydenberg)的形象被许多人认为带有反犹太色彩。 漫画中的弗莱登伯格长着 “鹰钩鼻”——这种夸张的面部特征在20世纪早期、第二次世界大战和大屠杀期间通过反犹太人的出版物在欧洲流行开来。 他手持一根货币符号的棒子,并且还戴着犹太男性戴的传统圆顶小帽(yarmulke)。弗莱登伯格是犹太人,但他从不在公众场合戴这种圆顶小帽。 这幅被发布在大卫·罗推特上的漫画,招致了众多的批评和犹太族领导人的愤怒。 于是所属于Nine Entertainment (旗下拥有Sydney Morning Herald和The Age) 的该报纸发布了一篇道歉长文。 半个道歉 这份报纸写道:“罗和The Financial Review都为上周末AFR Weekend上刊登的漫画造成的无意伤害和冒犯行为道歉。同时,The Financial […]

Comment

AFR can apologise for racial offence

The Australian Financial Review rightly apologises for cartoon amidst claims of anti-Semitism… don’t hold your breath for admission of ever offending Chinese-Australians 15 June 2020 | Marcus Reubenstein (Image: David Rowe/AFR) The Australian Financial Review […]

Business

Chinese take-away foreign investment

Despite government policy moves aimed at tightening access for Chinese foreign investment, the latest reports show Chinese investors are already shunning Australia 9 June 2020 | Marcus Reubenstein It’s been less than a week since […]

Chinese

美国动乱影响中澳关系

美中的紧张关系受特朗普政治提议而引发的全美暴乱趋于缓和 2020年6月4号| Marcus ReubensteinCLICK HERE FOR ENGLISH VERSION 近几个月,澳大利亚发觉自己被夹在最重要的战略盟友与最重要的贸易伙伴之间的紧张关系中。 贸易问题已经表现在中国对澳大利亚大麦出口施加高昂的进口税和暂停四家牛肉出口商的许可证上。 与此同时,美国总统唐纳德·特朗普和国务卿迈克·蓬佩奥(Mike Pompeo)一直在毫不留情地攻击中国。 如今,随着警察暴力致死非裔美国男子乔治·弗洛伊德(George Floyd)事件的发酵,美国约140个城市爆发了抗议、骚乱和抢劫活动。 特朗普现在正面临着他总统任期内最大的国内考验。挑起新的中美矛盾是不太可能了,因为如果他利用中国问题来“分散”对美国问题的注意力,他将会被对手利用此事进行抨击。 JOIN THE CONVERSATION APAC News Webinar “US Civil Unrest and what it means for China-Australia” Tuesday 9 June 2020, 6:00pm-7:00pm (AEST) click […]