Who’s Afraid of the Little Red Book

After dinner, Alice, a Chinese immigrant in Australia, sat on the couch and opened the Xiaohongshu app on her phone. After moving to Melbourne from Adelaide last year, Xiaohongshu had been Alice’s go-to for trending restaurants and cafes, and would soon become an information hub for pet care after she adopted a puppy, also through … more

Stepping Stone for Migrants? The Reality of Chinese Food Delivery Apps in Australia

Located in the heart of Sydney’s inner west, Burwood Chinatown has branded itself as a modern Asian food paradise that provides the ‘best authentic Asian street food’.[1] Unlike its counterpart in Sydney’s CBD—which centres on a pedestrian laneway that begins and ends with two 50-year-old red ceremonial gates—the younger, vibrant Burwood Chinatown is a two-level … more