The Chinese community group, the consulate and the Labor Premier (theage.com.au) The WA government appointed two pro-Beijing community leaders to a new paid advisory council
In February, his government appointed Dr Edward Zhang and Dr Ting Chen, as the only two Chinese community representatives, to his 15-member multicultural council
ScoMo better be quick to call out China for foreign interference !!! Our sovereignty, democracy, freedoms, are at stake from being undermined by chinese pro-Beijing community leaders ! Get the G7 to sanction the WA gov for dealing with the chinese on trade immediately ! The gov can't be seen to kawto to the pro-chinese community leaders ! WA Premier Mark McGowan, centre, with former Chinese consul-general Dong Zhihua, second from right. Australian Chinese Times owner Edward Zhang and Chung Wah president Ting Chen stand behind him, first and second from right.
Chen praised McGowan for his “very good comments” on the state of the China-Australia relationship. He said Australia “will benefit from a stable China” and that Prime Minister Scott Morrison “needed to concentrate more on domestic issues than on international issues”.
A spokeswoman for the WA government said China accounted for 56 per cent of the state’s exports in 2020.
