More and more Chinese in Australia, many people have this feeling, according to the last census, Chinese in Australia has exceeded 1.21 million.
When went abroad represented a kind of honor, and when we really went abroad, is the life abroad really so proud?
For so many years in Australia, are we really respected, praised and respected because of the large number of Chinese people?
In fact, the so-called large number of people, but only our wishful thinking. In other words, our advantage in numbers comes from my comfort.
1.2 million Chinese in Australia do not have the so-called "escape from their native land," only choose to stay in a strange country and work hard; 1.2 million Chinese in Australia do not have the so-called "dream-chasing success," they just insist on running on the way to dream-chasing without stopping. Most of the Chinese in Australia still maintain the same hard-working and hard-working spirit at home. Obviously, like the local people, they are living a busy life. In study, in doing all kinds of work to make money, in supporting the family. But in fact, how easy to integrate with the local.
The only thing to show off, perhaps, is Australia's air, cut to negligible benefits, and open education for children. A lot of people emigrate for their children's education, but you should know that district houses, training courses, elite schools, etc., are also piled up with money.
Even more, some of the first generation of older immigrants, who vigorously resisted understanding the changes in the country in recent years, stubbornly and firmly told themselves that the country was as poor and backward as it was in the past, and that it was quite different from Australia. It was the right choice to try to comfort yourself.
At the same time, they make great efforts on the Internet to showcase Australia's complete crush on China from values to education, health care, infrastructure and so on, and to claim their immigration status, thus demonstrating their absolute correctness.
But we all know that Australia's attitude towards Chinese immigrants is not serious, seriously, the Chinese in Australia is equivalent to a second-class citizen at most.
Workplace ceiling, discrimination can't be avoided.
1: what did the Chinese sacrifice in employment in Australia?
Mr. Qian: I can't tell whether it's heartfelt satisfaction or a kind of Q-style comfort
In an interview, Mr. Qian said: "I am now a regular car sales representative, is the most basic sales staff." But after all, it's a formal job. And I used to be the general manager of a big company in China. I also know the former Xinhua News Agency reporter, and now also do car sales. To be pessimistic, I think the so-called success here is that after months of learning how to write a resume, sending hundreds of resumes, and then after a number of interviews, I finally found a job that I didn't condescend to do at all at home.
Sometimes I wonder if Australia is so much higher than our native country that we skilled immigrants can be treated as worthless, Mr. Qian said. Some friends say, no matter what, as long as they are happy, do not care what others say. In fact, I think if you take this view, then there is no need to distinguish between Australia and China.
Because according to this point of view, the quality of life depends entirely on their own psychological factors, and has nothing to do with objective conditions. No matter where you live, just adjust your mind.
In fact, ask yourself, am I really happy now? Whether from the heart of satisfaction or a kind of Q-type comfort. I even have a lot of friends because of the fall of talent, feel the teaching, from there to find a kind of comfort. Thinking that everything was arranged by God, he gradually became numb.
Ms. Zhao: the thing that fears getting fired most is that this kind of thing will come back to me
In Australia, no matter what kind of work you do, you don't dare to slacken any bit, because the fate of unemployment falls on anyone at any time, Ms. Zhao said. I knew a Chinese immigrant who had worked as a top executive in state-owned enterprises, and although he had found a well-paid job in Australia, he was horrified by the nosebleeds of a company when it was hired, but eventually did not escape the fate of being laid off.
Another engineer, fearing dismissal, had an anxiety disorder. One night he was suddenly awakened from his sleep by a great sense of discomfort. He felt a sharp contraction in his abdomen, stuffy chest, shortness of breath, and was finally taken to the hospital by an ambulance.
I have had this painful experience myself. I was stunned when I was called to the office by the manager early in the morning and told, "Today is your last day."
The experience of being fired, left a deep shadow in my heart, lingering for a long time. Many times of unemployment not only put me in financial trouble, but also hit my self-esteem and self-confidence. I was deeply immersed in the feeling of inferiority for years and was unable to extricate myself from it. From then on, as soon as the manager told me to go to the office, the heart will play drums.
At the end of the interview, Ms. Zhao said half-jokingly: in fact, if I had chosen not to go abroad, then I was the only one who fired someone else, and where did I get someone else to fire me.
2: Australia's inescapable workplace ceilings
The Australian workplace has a term for Asian descent-the bamboo ceiling.
Perhaps many people have not heard of it. The so-called bamboo ceiling means that many Australian companies, management, and decision-making positions are completely closed to Asian faces, regardless of nationality and ability, and they only look at their appearance. Will determine the upper limit of your development.
A survey conducted jointly by the Australian Human Rights Commission, the University of Sydney Business School, the Western Pacific Bank, PricewaterhouseCoopers and Telecom Australia shows that Australia's power classes, such as senior leadership positions, are similar to CEO, federal councillors. University presidents and so on, for Asian, African-American and other people of non-European origin, this passage is basically closed, known as the "bamboo ceiling."
Tim Soutphommasane, an Australian federal racial discrimination expert, said that while more than 10% of the Australian population is currently non-European, "in the Australian management culture, in some senior management positions, The Anglo-Celtics are still the default, but the Asians are considered to be suitable only for the role of office clerks. "
It is reported that of Australia's 200 largest listed companies, 77% of CEO is Anglo-Celtic, and 18% is European. Less than 5 percent are non-European backgrounds. Soutphommasane said: "it is clear that this is not taking full advantage of multiculturalism, and it will be very difficult for Australia to make a big difference in the long run."
If you think the above data is not enough to explain the problem, let's look at another set of data:
1. According to a 2013 study by (Diversity Council Australia), Australia's diversification council, Chinese Australians are facing such a situation in private companies, with only 1.9% being promoted to managers and 4.2% becoming executives!
2. The Australian state has also done a study that shows that Chinese Australians often need to submit about 68% more documents to get a job than British Australians do!
3. Although Asians make up 12% of Australia's population, they have only four members in the Commonwealth Parliament. Of the 83 chief secretaries of the federal government department, only three are of Asian descent. There is only one Chinese leader in 17 government departments across Australia!
What does that mean? in Australia, it's hard for Asians to get into the so-called upper class. Many Australians "consciously" define Asian-American faces as "logistics workers." Management in many companies says Asian-Americans are sensitive and suitable for supporting work, providing expertise or implementing a strategy for something, but not well suited to developing a strategy.
epilogue
Although the number of Chinese in Australia has increased to 1.21 million, or more, in the eyes of Australians, we are still a minority, a marginalized group, and we have spent a great deal of effort going abroad and trying to stay in Australia. What exactly is it?
Is it really just for fresh air?