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Originally Posted by AndrewJ
You mean Shanghai 
I have lived in that area ( inner east ) for 25 years and it has changed dramatically.
Some real estate agents now have 90% chinese staff and brochures with no english in them at all. One reason i was told they buy in this region ( other than good capital appreciation ) is it gets a place at one of the good schools, and they will spend what is required on a house to get that spot for their kids.
Andrew |
As far as the make up of the population, I still think Singapore is a good comparison. Many Chinese and Indians, with a few Europeans and other Asians.
I live in the mentioned area, and now get handwritten letters from
Chinese investors/investment companies. The local agent now lists in Chinese as well as English. Balwyn High School is now roughly 90% Chinese. So much so that I would not feel comfortable sending my kids there. This kind of thing is often sold as being 'multiculturalism', but when it is just one country completely dominating, that's a buy out, not multiculturalism. There's no other phrase for it.
This is all government policy, and for the most part legal. But we need to have a serious think about what we want Australia to look like in 50 years time.