The Chinese Communist Party have shown us who they are multiple times over the years and we should take that very seriously as a nation, Senator James Paterson tells Q+A after the nation's actions this past week in the Taiwan Strait.
, which China still claims to be a state within its territory.
"Over the past five years, we have suffered record levels of foreign interference and espionage and the Chinese government is the primary culprit of that. "The Australian government's position is that we support no unilateral change to the status quo," Mr Conroy said. "I was concerned, like many people, by some of the language used by the ambassador [on Wednesday], but we just have to move past it."
That's not just in relation to sanctions on trade but also how Australians of Chinese heritage are viewed in the community, and Q+A audience member, teenager, Jun Gao said he had felt the sting during the pandemic and again now, due to escalating tension with China."I've felt the effects of the tumultuous COVID-19 pandemic and now rising tensions within the South China Sea. What can be done to destigmatise the Chinese-Australian population?" he asked the panel.
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