https://www.scmp.com/rss/510257/feed Serena Coady is a Malaysian-Australian journalist based in London. She has written for The Independent, Business Insider, Vox, i-D, Refinery29, Metro, The Sydney Morning Herald and Harper’s Bazaar. Her aerial photography book, How Women See the World, was published in 2019. en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com By the 1850s, the opium wars had devastated China and brought the Qing dynasty (1644-1912) to the verge of collapse, while far to the south a gold rush had led to a period of unprecedented economic growth. Setting out towards a faraway fortune, nearly 40,000 Chinese men left home for “Xin Jin Shan”, or New Gold Mountain, also known as Australia. Highland towns such as Bendigo and Ballarat were full of new arrivals. Chinese immigrants proved highly adaptable in the booming state of Victoria,... https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/long-reads/article/3140275/half-chinese-half-white-australian-mixed-race?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/long-reads/article/3140275/half-chinese-half-white-australian-mixed-race?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 09 Jul 2021 20:15:11 +0000