Taiwanese Australians: Difference between revisions

Starting from 1976, Australia began to consider the Taiwanese to be nationals of the ROC (Taiwan), making a distinction between them and the [[Chinese people|mainland Chinese]] living in the PRC, but considering both people groups to be ethnic-Chinese.<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Taiwanese Culture – Taiwanese in Australia|url=https://culturalatlas.sbs.com.au/taiwanese-culture/taiwanese-culture-taiwanese-in-australia#taiwanese-culture-taiwanese-in-australia|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2019-04-06|website=Cultural Atlas|language=en}}</ref> making a distinction between them and the [[Chinese people|mainland Chinese]] living in the PRC, but considering both people groups to be ethnic-Chinese. The [[White Australia policy|White Australia Policy]] had been completely abolished by 1973, and so Taiwanese (and mainland Chinese) immigration to Australia had been gradually increasing since then.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://archive.homeaffairs.gov.au/about/corporate/information/fact-sheets/08abolition#c|title=Fact sheet – Abolition of the 'White Australia' Policy|website=archive.homeaffairs.gov.au|access-date=2019-04-06}}</ref> The Australian Government specifically targeted Taiwanese nationals for immigration during the 1980s;.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com.au/books?id=Uw_ld2wXjo4C&pg=PA27&lpg=PA27&dq=Business+migration+program+1981&source=bl&ots=RSvPoGv5zE&sig=ACfU3U1XbyHEFmoLEB8uJo_JyIBM3eVT1Q&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiVj9f837vhAhVUfysKHSwsBd44FBDoATAJegQIBhAB#v=onepage&q=australia&f=false|title=The Chinese Diaspora: Space, Place, Mobility, and Identity|last=Ma|first=Laurence J. C.|last2=Cartier|first2=Carolyn L.|date=2003|publisher=Rowman & Littlefield|isbn=9780742517561|language=en}}</ref> simultaneouslySimultaneously, there was an influx of mainland Chinese immigration to Australia during the 1980s due to the PRC relaxing its immigration policies.