Letters | Antipathy towards China is splitting overseas Chinese communities and arousing suspicion towards them

There is no doubt the conflict between pro-Beijing and pro-Hong Kong students at the St Lucia campus of the University of Queensland (“Hong Kong and mainland China students clash at rally at Australian university”, July 24) will corrode beyond repair the lingering trust towards and among Chinese people in Australia.

University appointments of Chinese diplomats (“University of Queensland faces heat for naming Chinese diplomat Xu Jie as faculty member”, July 26), donations to further China’s geopolitical ambition (“Chinese political donations to be probed by Australian anti-corruption watchdog”, July 31) and high-roller gamblers receiving preferential treatment (“Australia orders probe on allegations of special treatment for Chinese gamblers at Crown Resorts casino”, July 31) incite acute community anger that has embroiled the Australian-Chinese community residing here for many generations. I, who identify as a member of the latter partisan group, now face acute suspicion, expressed in glares and physical avoidance as I share sidewalks and buses with others.