Professor Jia Gao

Asia Institute, Faculty of Arts, University of Melbourne

Politics & Society

Australia needs to embrace ‘Asianness’ as part of ‘Australianness’

COVID-19 has seen a surge of anti-Asian racism in Australia, but Australians need to update their national identity in line with the changing reality

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