A fascinating account of anti-Chinese racism and neo-Nazis in Perth by Crispian Chan. Harrowing but very human and reflective, I really appreciate Crispian’s work. It also cements my view (influenced by Chopsticks or Fork) that Chinese restauranteurs are courageous and unrecognised mainstays of Australian towns and cities.
In early 2004, Chinese restaurants across Perth started to burn again.
Three fires in the same night. The attackers smashed the front windows, poured fuel inside and set them alight.
The attacks were eerily similar to what happened to my family years earlier except that, this time, news vision showed close-up shots of swastikas spray-painted on the front of the buildings
