Stronger Support Needed so Chinese-Australians Can Freely Criticise Beijing: Academic

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Armed policemen patrol during the opening session of the National People’s Congress at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on March 5, 2025. Lintao Zhang/Getty ImagesAustralians, including politicians, have nothing to fear from speaking out against Beijing, according to the director of the Australia-China Relations Institute, Professor James Laurenceson.Speaking at the Brisbane Dialogues along with Australian journalist Cheng Lei, who spent almost three years in a Chinese prison when working as a business reporter for the state-run TV station CGTN.

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