More notorious for its detention centre, this Australian territory is also home to a culturally rich population.
On a tiny dot perched 1550km north-west of Australia, life is roaring at this time of year. One of Australia's seven external territories, Christmas Island — which sits off the coast of Western Australia — is the nation's only jurisdiction to mark Lunar New Year with a public holiday.
Australia then expressed an interest in acquiring Christmas Island in 1958 and so the island was excised from Singapore and sovereignty was transferred — including Australia paying £2,800,000 as compensation for lost phosphate revenue. Taiwanese-born 40-year-old Kim Sung grew up in Taiwan’s Taichung City, but by the time she turned 18, she'd lost contact with her family including her sister, following a difficult upbringing.
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