Kai Feng
Kai Feng is a journalist with the ABC's Asia Pacific Newsroom.
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China is facing a contaminated cooking oil crisis. Is Australia at risk?
By Gavin Butler and Kai Feng
Australia has been importing cooking oils from one of the companies implicated in a food safety scandal in China, the Department of Agriculture has confirmed.
Visa fees for international students double, sparking outrage
By Libby Hogan and Kai Feng
The Australian government is doubling the cost of student visa fees for international students, prompting outrage from student representatives who say that the price hike will drive potential students to competitors.
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These are the uncomfortable questions that many young Asians brace themselves for during Lunar New Year
By Kai Feng and Angelica Silva
For some young Asians, Lunar New Year isn't as rosy and celebratory as many people believe. It's also a time when they are grilled by parents, grandparents, uncles and aunties about why they're not married yet, or if they are married, why they don't have children yet.
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'Money makes the devil work': Inside the deadly working conditions of Indonesia's nickel industry
By Hellena Souisa, Kai Feng, and Sally Brooks
Chinese companies invest billions in Belt and Road nickel refining projects in Indonesia, but for people working on the frontline, conditions can be deadly.
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Why some Australians are hopeful about Indigenous issues even though the Voice was rejected
By Jason Fang and Kai Feng
Like many Australians, Aboriginal elder Hassan Gardiner is very disappointed that Australia rejected a Voice to Parliament on Saturday, but he is also hopeful with what it has achieved.
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Would you spend $200,000 on a pair of sneakers you can't even wear? Here's why some people do
By Kai Feng, Jarrod Fankhauser, Declan Bailey, Olivia Ralph & Steven Viney
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Would you spend $200,000 on a pair of sneakers you can't even wear? Here's why some people do.
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While floods ravage northern China, people are wondering — where is President Xi Jinping?
By Kelly Wu and Kai Feng
China's president Xi has not visited the places devastated by the two weeks of torrential rain and flooding, which has angered and confused many people.
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Images of a baby's scratched face shocked parents. So what can be done to prevent childcare injuries?
By Nicholas Ning, Kai Feng and Erin Handley
Shocking images of a 10-week-old baby covered in scratches inflicted by another child at a Melbourne childcare centre have sparked cause for concern among parents this week. So, what can parents do to prevent injuries at childcare?
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Fears over 'absolute control' as Chinese city pays thousands of workers in digital yuan
By Kai Feng
Starting this month, thousands of workers in a Chinese city will be paid their wages entirely in digital yuan, in what has been described by the central government as a "milestone" for the currency.
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Beijing has banned 2,000 imports from Taiwan — but there's one product they won't touch
By Joyce Cheng and Kai Feng
China has blacklisted more than 2,000 Taiwan-made products in the wake of Nancy Pelosi's visit, but the self-ruled island's most important export — microchips — is not one of them.
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'Why is this so addictive?': How an everyday Chinese activity went viral on TikTok
By Kai Feng and Emma Lawson
The phenomenon has attracted tens of millions of fans leaving many confused trying to figure out who this man is, and what his "followers" are doing.
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Here's how I plan to stop the pandemic from ruining my Lunar New Year celebrations
By Kai Feng
I live in Australia but my parents and extended family live in Inner Mongolia. This Lunar New Year I'm determined not to let the pandemic again ruin the two most important parts of our celebrations: family reunion and good food.
Xi'an, city of 13 million people and home of China's famous terracotta warriors, locked down as COVID cases spike
By Tracey Shelton, Kai Feng and wires
Authorities in China order 13 million people into lockdown in neighbourhoods and workplaces in the northern city of Xi'an after a localised outbreak of COVID-19.
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The song on Radio Australia that changed former Chinese soldier Jian Guo's life
By Kai Feng
When Chinese-Australian artist Jian Guo joined the People's Liberation Army during the peak of the Sino-Vietnamese War, he and his comrades used to listen to Radio Australia illegally. That's how he heard the song that changed his life.
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Why Chinese Australians aren't rushing to return to China even when our borders reopen
By Kai Feng
China is adhering to its COVID-zero policy and that could leave many Chinese Australians who are eager to go back facing a tough choice.
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Crew trapped at sea due to China's ban on Australian coal reunite with family after seven months
By Kai Feng
Forced to anchor in China's Bohai Sea for more than seven months, Indian seafarers on a cargo ship loaded with 160,000 tons of Australian coal are celebrating their return home.
China is telling its citizens not to go home for Lunar New Year amid new COVID-19 outbreaks
By Kai Feng and Jason Fang
Tong Gong usually goes back to her hometown during China's Lunar New Year holiday — but with China fighting new coronavirus outbreaks, she's staying put this year.
Billions of masks are thrown away during the coronavirus pandemic – where do they end up?
By Natasya Salim, Hellena Souisa, Kai Feng and Max Walden
There are growing fears for the environment and public health in parts of Asia as the COVID-19 pandemic leads to huge amounts of medical waste — sometimes ending up in waterways that people use for drinking.
'Leave us alone': What stranded seafarers are saying about China's trade war with Australia
By Kai Feng
Intensifying trade tensions between China and Australia are now leaving seafarers in limbo, as dozens of ships remain stranded near the Chinese coast.
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'Watch AFL and support a team': How one taxi ride inspired a migrant's lifelong love of footy
By Kai Feng and Sean Mantesso
While Chinese Australians were among the first to play Australian rules football, they are underrepresented in the game today. There are some in the industry who are working to change that.
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More than 600m tourists travelled in China last week, but it has fewer new local COVID cases than Australia
By Kai Feng
Tourism is back in China, with a national holiday known as Golden Week injecting $96 billion into the economy. So how has the nation avoided a catastrophic new coronavirus outbreak?
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Coronavirus isn't going anywhere — the same can't be said for China's travel lovers
By Kai Feng
Overseas travel may be out of the question, but around 600 million people are expected to go touring inside China this week — despite the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
China tells Australia to 'protect the rights and interests' of Chinese citizens
By Tracey Shelton and Kai Feng
China says Australia should "face up to its problems" and protect the safety and rights of Chinese nationals after earlier warning its citizens it was not safe to travel or study in Australia due to "racist incidents" during the coronavirus pandemic.
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'Not a princess, but a warrior': How migrant women are challenging gender stereotypes
By Erwin Renaldi, Kai Feng, Michael Li and Samuel Yang
Li Zhuang never thought she would overcome her fear of flying, but now she is taking to the skies with spectacular aerobatic stunts.
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