Chinese Immigration and Australian Politics

Jia Gao is Professor at the Asia Institute, the University of Melbourne. He has produced wide-ranging publications in both English and Chinese, including the following books: Chinese Activism of a Different Kind (2013), Chinese Migrant Entrepreneurship in Australia from the Early 1990s (2015), and Social Mobilisation in Post-Industrial China (2019).

• 1. Post-multicultural realities distorted by pre-multicultural ideologies.- 2. Australia’s new immigration selection tetralogy.- 3. Chinese entrepreneurialism and Australia’s China-dependent economy.- 4. Australian responses to the rise of Chinese immigration.- 5. Chinese as voting blocs in Australian politics.- 6. Integration-inspired community activism and pushing the bamboo ceiling in Australia.- 7. Established elites challenged by the historical shift towards Asia.- 8. Conclusion: Getting back on the track of nation-building.