Author Archives: Haiqing Yu

About Haiqing Yu

Haiqing Yu is Associate Professor and Vice-Chancellor’s Principal Research Fellow in the School of Media and Communication, RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia. She is a critical media studies scholar with expertise on Chinese digital media, communication and culture and their sociopolitical and cultural impact in China, Australia and the Asia Pacific. She is currently working on projects on China’s digital expansion and influence in Australasia, Chinese-language digital/social media in Australia, the social implications of China's social credit system, and social studies of digital technologies in the Chinese context.

Chinese Australians’ take on anti-Chinese racism in Australia. Part 3 of a series on racism.

By Haiqing Yu | On 24 June 2020

In the age of weaponised racism, Chinese Australians have taken on the moral duty of telling Australia stories well.

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HAIQING YU. China in a Time of Change

By Haiqing Yu | On 13 December 2019

“Social Credit”: China’s Automated Social Control and the Question of Choice The social credit system of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) has attracted worldwide attention.

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HAIQING YU. Chinese students in Australia and our responsibility

By Haiqing Yu | On 10 September 2019

The discourse on China’s influence in Australia has recently shifted its focus to Chinese students on Australian university campuses. They are seen as pro-Chinese Communist Party nationalists who sing the Chinese national anthem and shout profane abuse at pro-Hong Kong-protest … Continue reading →

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HAIQING YU. Inside the world of the Chinese shoppers who are unnerving Australians.

By Haiqing Yu | On 13 August 2019

Reports on daigou (personal shoppers) in Australia have evoked mixed feelings about Chinese presence and influence in Australian everyday and economic lives.

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