Yongbei Tang
Yongbei Tang is an Australian journalist and a Tasmanian Greens candidate for the Hobart City Council.[1]
Career[edit]
Tang was raised during the Chinese Cultural Revolution, and began her journalistic career for a newspaper in Hainan.[2] She moved to Australia in 1996.[2] Tang is the editor of Tasmania Chinese News magazine and the news website Chinese News Tasmania.[3] She is also a Mandarin correspondent for SBS Radio.[3]
Tang holds a voluntary position as the Tasmanian Consular Chinese Citizen Protection Liaison Officer for the Consulate-General in Melbourne.[4][3] She is the President of the Chinese Cultural Society of Tasmania (CCST).[3][5]
2018 Hobart City Council campaign[edit]
Tang is a candidate for alderman with Hobart City Council, and during the campaign she was accused of being a member of the Communist Party of China, an allegation she denied.[4] Cassy O'Connor, leader of the Tasmanian Greens, alleged that Tang had improperly close connections with the Government of China.[6][7]
References[edit]
- ↑ "Hobart City Council Election 2018". Tasmanian Electoral Commission. Retrieved October 20, 2018.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Tang, Yongbei (November 12, 2014). "Talking Point: Chinese blown away by Tasmania's freedom and lifestyle". The Mercury.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Nguyen Ly, Mimi (October 16, 2018). "Chinese Say They 'Do Not Endorse' Local Candidate With Alleged Links to Chinese Communist Party".
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Denholm, Matthew R. (September 26, 2018). "I am not a member of the Chinese Communist Party: Hobart council candidate". The Australian.
- ↑ Mather, Anne (November 19, 2014). "President Xi Jinping's visit to Tassie dominates Chinese media President Xi Jinping's visit to Tassie dominates Chinese media". The Mercury.
Chinese Cultural Society of Tasmania president Yongbei Tang said the Chinese loved the shot of the swaddled devil.
- ↑ Gillman, Sarah. "Racist attacks on Yongbei Tang disgusting, but criticism of Chinese connections stand". ABC News.
- ↑ Henriques-Gomes, Luke (October 4, 2018). "Tasmanian Greens leader accused of 'racist dog-whistling' as party split over China". The Guardian.
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