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Editor's note
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In March this year, University of Technology Sydney associate professor Chongyi Feng was detained in China and kept from boarding his flight home to Sydney. He was then interrogated by authorities for ten days before being allowed to return to Australia. In this powerful piece, the expert in intellectual and political development in China writes of his personal experience, outlining the extent of Chinese “soft power” in Australia and why he believes it must be resisted.
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China’s ‘soft power’ extends far and wide in Australia.
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Chongyi Feng, University of Technology Sydney
The communist state exercises 'soft power' in Australia in myriad ways, and it is vital that it is resisted.
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