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How Australian universities must tackle racism against Chinese students

  • Dr Wesa Chau, Dr Wilfred Yang Wang, Dr Juerong Qiu & Dr Andrew Duecher,

Our research indicates that Chinese international students have difficulty reporting racism to their universities.  We also find that Chinese international students lack confidence that their

Gelao: A highly marginalized language of China

  • Prof. Yancheng He & Prof. Yongxian Luo,

The Gelao language may be left without native speakers in just two to three generations, but researchers are trying to preserve it.

Language maintenance among the Baduy of western Java, Indonesia

  • Prof Eri Kurniawan and A/Prof Michael Ewing,

The language and culture of the indigenous Baduy people of Indonesia is facing pressure from outside influences. Researchers are trying to help.

A stateless language: The linguicide and suppression of Kurdish across borders and dialects

  • Ziba Akbari,

The survival of Kurdish language/s needs global recognition of linguistic diversity as essential cultural heritage.

China’s official common language gains further strength against minority languages

  • Dr Alexandra Grey,

Government bodies are adding new protections to the official Chinese language and reducing linguistic diversity.