Empires of the Sun

Publisher:
UTS Epress
Publication Type:
Journal Article
Citation:
Cosmopolitan Civil Societies: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 2011, 3 (1), pp. 65 - 85
Issue Date:
2011-01
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The Chinese have been Australias Other since before Federation, and a major driver behind both the creation and abolition of White Australia. The complex and multiple layers of engagement of the Chinese (an omnibus term with many strands and contested perspectives which the paper will explicate) in the Australian political system, from the government to government machinations, to their involvement in a wide range of political parties, indicates something important occurring that transcends the problematic of multiculturalism. The paper argues they help us understand the challenges of globalised post-multicultural politics
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