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Wing Kuang @wingkuang.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

So idk who else you can ask DFAT to turn to for interpreting - and shouldn’t it be even more shocking that Australia, which has the leading translation and interpreting sector across the world, only has 4 AIIC Mandarin-English interpreters? What’s wrong with skill migration and Asia literacy lol

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Wing Kuang @wingkuang.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

On The Oz’s take on PM’s interpreter: here’s an interesting fact I learned when studying interpreting There’re only FOUR conference interpreter for Mandarin and English accredited by AIIC (the global top accreditation body, super hard to get into it) and probs 3 of them aren’t Australian

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Wing Kuang @wingkuang.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Producing this miniseries within our China Rules series has made me so happy - it helps me combine my both journalistic and academic brains on China. How could you not follow the money when reporting on China???? podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/t...

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Money (That’s What I Want): China’s New Investment Regime

Podcast Episode · The Little Red Podcast · 28 August · 39min

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Wing Kuang @wingkuang.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

also got told that not every MP would do this - friend mentioned when they became citizen in Andrew Giles’ electorate (when he’s immigration minister) they didn’t get a card like this. Anyway I will keep this autograph from Tanya Pilbersek!!

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Wing Kuang @wingkuang.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Thanks Tanya, I happen to also cover those matters you look after, so let’s stay in touch via your media team, I guess

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Wing Kuang @wingkuang.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

I have worked with good editors who paid immediately after the editing process, publishing the piece two months later, which I’m completely fine. But this year I also have a piece that’s now I have no hope it’d be published or paid, as the editor told me every Monday “I would check” and never did it

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Wing Kuang @wingkuang.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

This is a new editor I work with and now I really really regret giving this piece to them, when another outlet told me they’d be interested but I ditched it (because I felt they’d would be very slow to pay me). I’m not rich!!! I can’t just wait for two months for you to prioritise your in house work

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Wing Kuang @wingkuang.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

I’ve been freelancing for two years and I have never been so frustrated with this recent work. I pitched in May and the editor didn’t check my draft until the end of June, and then I rewrote the piece for for god’s sake, tomorrow is August and they still haven’t responded to me.

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Wing Kuang @wingkuang.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Dear editors, our time as freelancers is equally important as yours and your in-house. If you aren’t giving double pay, then either edit my story and pay me (and you can schedule it whenever you want), or tell me directly that you aren’t taking it so that I can sell it somewhere.

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Wing Kuang @wingkuang.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

Do you know which Australian book is the most popular among Chinese diaspora to gift families overseas “to learn about Australia”? If I were head of DFAT who read this piece, I would order an audit on where we’ve wasted the millions of $$$ on soft power sydneyreviewofbooks.com/essays/livin...

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Living in Australia, Reading in Chinese | Sydney Review of Books

After English, Mandarin and Cantonese are two of the most widely spoken languages in Australia. Late last year, Wing Kuang spoke with two booksellers in Sydney and Melbourne to pull back the curtain o...

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Wing Kuang @wingkuang.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

If they teach me how to negotiate with Australian managers to stop paying me as a fresh graduate that would be great

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Wing Kuang @wingkuang.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

New: Australia’s Human Rights Commissioner calls for an inquiry into transnational repression, following Guardian’s report of a Chinese student allegedly being jailed for six years for joining protests in Sydney: www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

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Student’s alleged jailing in China over Australian pro-democracy protests sparks calls for inquiry

Human rights commissioner says student’s jailing highlights the ‘growing risks of transnational repression’ in Australia

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Wing Kuang @wingkuang.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

New from me: a Chinese student at University of Sydney went missing and allegedly has been sentenced to six years in China, for participating in protests in Australia, including solidarity protests for China’s ethnic minority groups: www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

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Student allegedly jailed in China for six years after taking part in pro-democracy protests in Australia

Exclusive: The Australian government has been urged to take stronger action to protect overseas students from political repression

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Wing Kuang @wingkuang.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

New from me for ABC News on a rare shared interest between Australia and China: a pint of good craft beer. …and what we can learn about the actual economic situation in China right now, as well as how young Chinese people respond to it. www.abc.net.au/news/2026-04...

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How craft beer is changing China, one schooner at a time

On a midsummer night last year, I took a sip of lager at a craft beer pub in my hometown in China's south. But this was not just a beer. It was a cultural symbol that shows just how much China's gen Z...

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Wing Kuang @wingkuang.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

我搞了个中文播客，专门讲澳洲生活，现在出了第二集，讲租房，也浅谈了房屋危机的问题，欢迎订阅！ podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/%...

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Jarrod Watt @jaywatt.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

This is a substantial story from @wingkuang.bsky.social - one the Murdoch mullahs of angertainment will flock to for a distraction that ticks many of their culture wars. A crackdown on the Darian Gap has pushed many people fleeing China to turn to Australia. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

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Australia refuses to say how many Chinese nationals are arriving by boat, saying it may damage bilateral relations

Exclusive: Indonesia reports growing number of attempts by Chinese nationals to organise boat journeys, as Australian authorities refuse to reveal details

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Wing Kuang @wingkuang.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

Exclusive from me: Australia refuses to reveal how many Chinese nationals have reached Australia by boat since 2024 citing damage to bilateral relations, but public records in Indonesia show many Chinese have tried to arrive by boat — but failed: www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

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Australia refuses to say how many Chinese nationals are arriving by boat, saying it may damage bilateral relations

Exclusive: Indonesia reports growing number of attempts by Chinese nationals to organise boat journeys, as Australian authorities refuse to reveal details

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Wing Kuang @wingkuang.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

好的！你还会组团去玩吗下半年？我在等护照！感觉下半年可以报名你的出国团了！

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Wing Kuang @wingkuang.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

你去墨尔本啦？下次来找你

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Wing Kuang @wingkuang.bsky.social · 21/02/2026

putting politics aside, it’s very impressive that Ted O’Brien speaks such fluent Mandarin.

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Wing Kuang @wingkuang.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

A very cute piece I did for @SBSNews this Lunar New Year - on first-Gen migrants heading back to Asia for LNY and experiencing culture shock 'I want to taste everything': Why millions of people make this annual pilgrimage www.sbs.com.au/news/article...

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'I want to taste everything': Why millions of people make this annual pilgrimage

As many Asians living in Australia return to their ancestral homes for Lunar New Year, what awaits them can be surprising.

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Wing Kuang @wingkuang.bsky.social · 15/02/2026

New from me, and omg look at this great lead image from SBS graphic design team: How to set boundaries and manage family expectations during Lunar New Year www.sbs.com.au/news/article...

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How to set boundaries and manage family expectations during Lunar New Year

From dinner-table arguments to loneliness, experts weigh in on some of the challenges families can face during the Lunar New Year.

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Wing Kuang @wingkuang.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

NEW from me: Lawmakers around the world are trying to stamp out image-based abuse, but ubiquitous and evolving technologies make regulation difficult. www.sbs.com.au/news/article...

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'Are we holding creepy men to account?': The loopholes in image-based abuse laws

Lawmakers around the world are trying to stamp out image-based abuse, but ubiquitous and evolving technologies make regulation difficult.

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Wing Kuang @wingkuang.bsky.social · 12/01/2026

Like idk, Ofc hiring managers want cheap but good labour, but if AI is replacing early career jobs, and so managers only want 10yr+ experienced people, where should people like us (5-9yrs) to go? Should we just disappear?

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Wing Kuang @wingkuang.bsky.social · 12/01/2026

In 2025 I ran for two jobs that said they were for early career/fresh grads. One said I was overqualified and not fresh grad enough (which is fair, and good on them for keeping the criterion). The other one hired a journo with 10yr+ experience. WTF.

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Wing Kuang @wingkuang.bsky.social · 05/01/2026

New from me: how a group of angry Chinese farmers spent a year and finally succeeded in getting Beijing to implement tariffs on Australian beef: www.sbs.com.au/news/article...

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Why has China introduced new tariffs on Australian beef?

An expert says the impact of China's new tariff is "hard to assess", but Australian exporters may have found their way out.

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Wing Kuang @wingkuang.bsky.social · 25/12/2025

Great detail in this story: no police looked into the racist poster until someone working in public health (and hence understand the bureaucratic system) took it to police multicultural liaison officer, and they did probe into it and actually found the suspects: www.smh.com.au/national/nsw...

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Veronica’s shop was targeted by racist hate. This is how her community responded

CCTV footage shows two men placing a placard in front of the pharmacy that read: “No Asian slum-city in St Marys.”

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Wing Kuang @wingkuang.bsky.social · 17/12/2025

New from me on the latest discussion on gun law reform following the Bondi terror attack: 'Different blind spots': Where are the gaps in Australia's gun laws? www.sbs.com.au/news/article...

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'Different blind spots': Where are the gaps in Australia's gun laws?

The Bondi Beach massacre has renewed focus on Australia's gun laws, nearly three decades after the Port Arthur reforms.

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Wing Kuang @wingkuang.bsky.social · 14/12/2025

Approaching 30 as a Chinese means in your group chat where every else is above 30, you don’t share reels about Xmas, but tips from Fengshui guys on what to watch out for in 2026

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Wing Kuang @wingkuang.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

Finally!!!! I passed the certification test for Chinese to English!!! That means I can now produce court-qualified translation for Chinese and English!! Are you looking for a journo who can do investigation AND certified translation? Now you know who you can talk to 👀

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a kermit the frog is dancing in a living room .

ALT: a kermit the frog is dancing in a living room .

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Wing Kuang @wingkuang.bsky.social · 30/11/2025

Please please please report this story just like how you will do with Robodebt; with disaster recovery; with your typical approach to government negligence. Otherwise you are doing what chinesr state media is doing right now: phrasing it as a culture war btw HK and China.

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Wing Kuang @wingkuang.bsky.social · 30/11/2025

The whole China-HK distinction is just part of the implication of the event, but that’s NOT what people are concerning. They are questioning about if there’s negligence. Get the facts right before you publish analysis to suggest there’s a culture war.

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Wing Kuang @wingkuang.bsky.social · 30/11/2025

Because it explains why so many chinese mainlanders, esp those who observed/took part in White Paper protests in 2022, are triggered by this incident, because White Paper also started with a fire in Urumqi where gov locked up the building for Covid-zero.

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Wing Kuang @wingkuang.bsky.social · 30/11/2025

But it’s because so far besides the arrests, theres no gov response to if theres negligence on residents’ complaint around safety issues 12 months ago. They are concerning if bamboo scaffolding is used to cover up alleged government negligence. This is important to distinguish…

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Wing Kuang @wingkuang.bsky.social · 30/11/2025

I’ve been monitoring online discussions from Hong Kong about why HKers consider blaming bamboo scaffolding is a gov spin, and I think many AUS media have got it WRONG. They think it’s a spin NOT because they see bamboo scaffolding as a tradition that distinguishes HK from China.

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Wing Kuang @wingkuang.bsky.social · 22/11/2025

I actually have a list called “the managers and editors who I will work for free for a year, if one day they decide to launch their own companies/outlets”, for how they have stood up for me in the past

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Wing Kuang @wingkuang.bsky.social · 12/11/2025

Would be interesting to know how this development will affect the energy policy, or whether the current energy direction covers this

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Wing Kuang @wingkuang.bsky.social · 09/11/2025

That’s why I’m moving only at 33…I think that’s when I would prefer spending a year in a place just by myself hahahahaha

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Emily C. Hughes @emilyhughes.bsky.social · 09/11/2025

pre-writing a devastating obituary for your enemy is god-tier hating of a kind you don’t often see anymore. renaissance haterism. beautiful stuff.

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Wing Kuang @wingkuang.bsky.social · 09/11/2025

As someone who likes cold weather, I really hope that by 33 I can move to either Canberra or Hobart

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Nick Feik @nickfeik.bsky.social · 08/11/2025

1/ wtf is going on at Home Affairs? I’ve lost count of the number of offshore detention-related scandals 2/ check out how hard the whistleblower tried to alert authorities, only to be ignored 3/ both Labor and Lib govts have actively turned a blind eye to this corruption. Prob the NACC too.

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‘Mind-boggling’: Whistleblower reveals how global bikie boss won Nauru security deal

A former soldier recruited to support an Albanese government deportation plan wants an inquiry after finding a gang had infiltrated the border security operation.

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Wing Kuang @wingkuang.bsky.social · 01/11/2025

*Two months before 2025 ends

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