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1 week ago | 
phys.org | Fan Yang |Dan Dai |Luke J Heemsbergen |Stevie Zhang
This election, social media has been a major battleground as candidates try to reach younger voters. As Gen Z and Millennials now make up the dominant voter bloc in Australia, securing their support is more electorally important than ever.
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2 weeks ago | 
theconversation.com | Fan Yang |Dan Dai |Luke J Heemsbergen |Stevie Zhang
This election, social media has been a major battleground as candidates try to reach younger voters. As Gen Z and Millennials now make up the dominant voter bloc in Australia, securing their support is more electorally important than ever. This effort has also played out on Chinese social media platforms, namely WeChat and RedNote. Thousands of Australians use these apps, often as a main source of news. The RECapture research team has been tracking political activity on these platforms for years.
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Sep 26, 2023 | 
msn.com | Stevie Zhang
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Sep 26, 2023 | 
abc.net.au | Stevie Zhang
Chad Booc was just 27 when he was killed. A volunteer teacher with the Philippines' Indigenous Lumad people, Mr Booc was a vocal activist on and offline, speaking up for Indigenous land rights and against harmful mining projects. "He was really young, he was really funny," said Mitzi Jonelle Tan, a youth climate activist, recalling Mr Booc as a mentor and friend.
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Sep 13, 2023 | 
abc.net.au | Joyce Cheng |Stevie Zhang
Joe Yang is a 35-year-old doctor in one of China's public hospitals. He earns about 15,000 RMB ($3,200) a month and that figure would be even lower if it didn't include commissions he receives from drugs salespeople for selling their medications to his patients. Over the course of a year, commissions average out at around 5,000 RMB ($1,083) a month, roughly a third of his total income.
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Aug 31, 2023 | 
msn.com | Stevie Zhang
Tears stream down Rebekah's face as she looks out at rolling green hills from what is meant to be the master bedroom of her dream home. She's spent her life savings on this project. The problem is, the house doesn't have walls or a roof. Instead, the two-storey frame is falling down, and, after being exposed to the elements for months, it now resembles a rubbish dump.
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Aug 4, 2023 | 
abc.net.au | Stevie Zhang
On a Friday night, Haruka suddenly found herself in desperate need of the "morning-after pill" after having sex with her husband while ovulating. WARNING: This story contains content that readers may find distressing. "I have never been able to get [him] to use contraception," she said. Haruka said her husband had also pressured her to stop taking birth control, just one of the ways he "abused" and "dominated" her in their marriage.
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Jul 25, 2023 | 
abc.net.au | Erwin Renaldi |Stevie Zhang
Members of Malaysia's queer community have reacted angrily after the frontman of UK pop band The 1975, Matty Healy, kissed a male bandmate and criticised the country's anti-LGBT laws onstage at a Kuala Lumpur festival. The Malaysian government cancelled the remaining two days of the three-day Good Vibes Festival after the band's show on Friday night, and the organisers now face a police investigation.
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May 2, 2023 | 
futhn.com | Stevie Zhang
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May 1, 2023 | 
thechinaproject.com | Stevie Zhang
According to championship rules, the first to reach 7.5 points in the 14 scheduled games would win — but the two players came to a 7-7 draw. They went into tiebreaker playoffs on Sunday, consisting of shorter-format games with 25 minutes each at the start and 10 seconds added for every move played. The first three of these rapid games came to tense draws.
