Regulating Pacific Seasonal Labour in Australia
Memo #18 – Developed economies throughout the Asia Pacific region are grappling with how to design immigration policies that balance domestic concerns about labour shortages with respect for human rights and the need to maintain good bilateral relations with sending countries. In 2008, the Australian government piloted a scheme for bringing seasonal workers from four Pacific Island countries (Papua New Guinea, Kiribati, Tonga, and Vanuatu) to fill the gaps in Australia’s horticultural industry.
American Tutelage, Chinese Disillusion, and the “Turning Point” in Early 20th Century Chinese Journalism
Memo #6 – In recent years, at least three prominent Chinese news agencies, Xinhua, CCTV, and People’s Daily, have announced that they were “going global.” All of them are now providing news coverage in various languages to global audiences. The motivation behind the move is to provide what Chinese officials and intellectuals have described as “better” and “more objective” coverage, especially of China itself.