Daniel Teng

2 weeks ago | theepochtimes.com | Daniel Teng

News AnalysisWith over 1.3 million Australians identifying as having Chinese ancestry, the question of how Chinese-language social media shapes elections has become a major topic, particularly as the official race for the 2025 election kicks into high gear. While not all of the 1.3 million individuals are necessarily fluent in Mandarin, that hasn’t stopped China-based platforms from gaining a foothold down under.

2 weeks ago | theepochtimes.com | Daniel Teng

The Port of Darwin in northern Australia is under the microscope once again as both major parties promise to divest the piece of infrastructure from its Chinese owners. The contentious 99-year lease of the port to Chinese company Landbridge has been the subject of on-and-off inquiries, raising the question of whether Australia should cut out its Chinese owners. Landbridge is heavily linked to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP).

1 month ago | theepochtimes.com | Daniel Teng

SHEN YUN PERFORMING ARTS REVIEWSMar 17, 2025SHARE3/17/2025Updated: 3/17/2025GOLD COAST, Australia—In an era of “greige“ interior design, or the standard teal-orange hue of blockbuster movies, film producer Annie Kinnane says Shen Yun Performing Arts offers a vibrancy rarely seen today. In describing her experience seeing the classical Chinese dance and music performance at the Gold Coast Arts Centre on March 15, Ms. Kinnane said the traditional costumes donned by dancers on stage stood out.

1 month ago | theepochtimes.com | Naziya Alvi Rahman |Daniel Teng

News AnalysisAnalysts are calling for cooler heads to prevail, and not for immediate panic over the Trump administration’s decision not to give Australia an exemption to 25 percent tariffs on imported steel and aluminium. When news dropped of the move, the ASX lost 1.5 percent of its value, and Labor cabinet ministers mobilised to denounce the tariffs.

2 months ago | ntd.com | Daniel Teng

Commercial flight paths between Australia and New Zealand have been disrupted after Chinese warships began preparing to fire live ammunition as part of an apparent military exercise. The three People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) vessels have traversed the Australian coastline for the past week with no indication of their motives, and came within 150 nautical miles (277 kilometres on land) of Sydney on Feb. 19.