Chinese-Australian real estate billboard defaced with Anti-Asian posters in Sydney

A poster declaring "No more Asians," "It's not the face of Australia" and "We speak English," was found covering the faces of Chinese Australian real estate agents on an outdoor billboard ads in Sydney's North Shore.

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The "No More Asians" poster was found at the Sydney construction site on Monday night owned by Chinese Australian Property Investor Yancheng Wang Source: Supplied - via SBS Mandarin

A Chinese Australian property investor tells SBS Mandarin that he found the following poster stuck to his billboard advertisements at a construction site in Ryde on Monday night.
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Source: supplied by SBS Mandarin audience
The black and white poster runs a long list of racial accusing and calls to "Stop Incoming Asians," "Stop Asians applying for Public Housing Assistance," and "Stop Asians Illeagally [sic] Using Concession Cards."

At the end, it calls to "Save Australian culture," and claims "Australia is Asia."

The Chinese investor Mr Yancheng Wang, whose property site was featured on the billboard ads, tells SBS that it was the second time he found this poster on his billboard.

Mr Wang says he reported it to the police last time but that nothing was done.

"It makes me angry and upset at the same time," says Mr Wang.

Mr Wang says he does not know who the perpetrators are and finds that the poster does not fit with his own experience of living in Australia. 

"I always think Australia is a friendly country," he says. "My business has also been following local laws and regulations."

The incident comes as one of the biggest ever surveys conducted on racism and prejudice in Australia, commissioned by SBS along with Western Sydney University, finds that one in five Australians has experienced racism in the last 12 months.

The survey was undertaken for a new SBS documentary, Is Australia Racist? one of a number of programs to be shown on SBS from Sunday 26 February to Sunday 5 March as a part of #FU2Racism Face Up To Racism Week – a week during which SBS will explore, expand and challenge Australia’s understanding of racism and prejudice today.

#FU2Racism Face Up To Racism week airs on SBS from Sunday 26 February to Sunday 5 March. Watch the trailer below:


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Published 15 February 2017 4:30pm
Updated 23 February 2017 12:46pm
By Heidi Han
Source: SBS Mandarin


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