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Writing a wrong is a bitter irony
Misunderstood facts and an insult to boot leave bad taste from book on local lingo.
Minimum wage disputes: Is it worth the fight in Newcastle?
China’s entrepreneurs have invested heavily in Newcastle for decades, but their investment continues to be threatened by unions’ minimum wage demands.
Grappling with ‘Chineseness’ in SA
For self-styled SABCs (South African-born Chinese), fitting in has been a constant challenge eagerly embraced.
A sporting start
Exactly 100 years ago a Chinese YMCA lecturer had a dream — that one day China would host the Olympic games.
‘No BEE for those who didn’t fight’
Black economic empowerment and affirmative action are not meant for Chinese people - no matter what apartheid did to them.
‘Ching Chong’ like the K-word
Chinese South Africans lived an oppressed twilight existence under apartheid, never really accepted by any group.