Recent research explores how women with non-native English accents — specifically Mandarin — fare in the Canadian job market.
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The Chinese Exclusion Act and other discriminatory measures had profound and lasting impacts on Chinese women and families in Canada.
Multicultural communities could be crucial to the Voice referendum, given their size and breadth. The ‘yes’ campaign will need to mobilise at the grassroots level to be successful.
As the fastest-growing racial group in the US, Asian Americans form an important voting bloc and could play a key role in swing states, write two political scientists.
Jess Ho’s acerbic, sad, funny memoir of combines a compelling critique of the Melbourne food scene that became her family with memories of a traumatic childhood.
Opportunities for social mobility, rather than simply economic incentives, have generated emigration from China to countries like Ghana.
Sugar has deep links with slavery in the US, but Black workers weren’t the only ones affected. In post-Civil War Louisiana, Chinese workers also toiled cutting and processing cane.
Cultures around the world say ‘thank yous’ in many different ways. Two communication scholars explain what these expressions can reveal to us.
Chinese-Canadian journalist Edith Eaton documented anti-Asian racism in Canada in the late 19th and early 20th century. Over 100 years later, not much has changed.
The Australian government has dropped protections for language programs at a time when universities are announcing plans to end Asian languages courses. That’s a mistake in the Asian Century.
The recent arrest of a Chinese-born scientist at MIT raises questions about the value of international science collaboration and its impact on the American innovation system.
In Inner Mongolia, China’s new bilingual education policy comes at the expense of Mongolian language and culture.
It’s not clear how individuals are being targeted. And while they’re mostly high-profile people, that doesn’t mean there’s no lesson for the average person to take away.
According to a recently conducted survey, Chinese citizens hold very high levels of satisfaction with the performance of their national government during the pandemic.
Fear of COVID-19 has sparked some to react with violent racism towards Asian Americans and Canadians. This is not the first time fear of disease has led to outbreaks of violent anti-Asian racism.
Public criticism of the Chinese government’s handling of coronavirus shows that the Chinese people can overcome both strict censorship and a gaping class divide when they get angry enough.
Patriotism means pride in country, but what are we proud of? A former national park ranger suggests that visiting historic sites can remind Americans of the heritage, good and bad, that they share.
WeChat is now a must for politicians. How they can best harness it to win key votes is a trickier question.
There’s been a growing number of students taking up the language in schools across the UK.
Asian Australians experience high levels of racism. Almost six in ten Asia-born Australians report having had experiences of discrimination when trying to rent or buy housing.
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Associate Professor of Political Science, Brock University
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Associate Professor in Urban Geography, The University of Melbourne
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Lecturer in Japanese Studies, University of Sheffield
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Pro Vice Chancellor Research, Western Sydney University
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Associate Professor of Linguistics, University at Buffalo
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Senior Lecturer in Social and Cultural Geography, Western Sydney University
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PhD Candidate, School of Social Sciences and Psychology, Western Sydney University
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Lecturer in Education, Goldsmiths, University of London
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Pro-Vice-Provost East Asia, UCL
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Professor, School of the Environment, The University of Queensland
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Lecturer in Business Ethics and CSR, Monash University
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Research assistant professor, Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University
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Doctoral Researcher in Chinese American Literature, University of Sussex
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Associate Professor of Human Geography, The University of Queensland
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Associate Professor (Teaching) of Spatial Sciences, University of Southern California
