Wing Kuang
@wingkuang.bsky.social
Freelance journalist, audio producer, NAATI interpreter for Cantonese.
📻: Little Red Podcast, NüVoices, Initium Reports, All The Best, SBS News, etc.
📰: The Saturday Paper, Al Jazeera English, Guardian Australia, etc.
📧: wingkuang.journalist@gmail.com
📻: Little Red Podcast, NüVoices, Initium Reports, All The Best, SBS News, etc.
📰: The Saturday Paper, Al Jazeera English, Guardian Australia, etc.
📧: wingkuang.journalist@gmail.com
NEW from me:
Lawmakers around the world are trying to stamp out image-based abuse, but ubiquitous and evolving technologies make regulation difficult.
www.sbs.com.au/news/article...
Lawmakers around the world are trying to stamp out image-based abuse, but ubiquitous and evolving technologies make regulation difficult.
www.sbs.com.au/news/article...
'Are we holding creepy men to account?': The loopholes in image-based abuse laws
Lawmakers around the world are trying to stamp out image-based abuse, but ubiquitous and evolving technologies make regulation difficult.
www.sbs.com.au
February 3, 2026 at 10:59 PM
NEW from me:
Lawmakers around the world are trying to stamp out image-based abuse, but ubiquitous and evolving technologies make regulation difficult.
www.sbs.com.au/news/article...
Lawmakers around the world are trying to stamp out image-based abuse, but ubiquitous and evolving technologies make regulation difficult.
www.sbs.com.au/news/article...
In 2025 I ran for two jobs that said they were for early career/fresh grads. One said I was overqualified and not fresh grad enough (which is fair, and good on them for keeping the criterion).
The other one hired a journo with 10yr+ experience. WTF.
The other one hired a journo with 10yr+ experience. WTF.
January 12, 2026 at 12:54 AM
In 2025 I ran for two jobs that said they were for early career/fresh grads. One said I was overqualified and not fresh grad enough (which is fair, and good on them for keeping the criterion).
The other one hired a journo with 10yr+ experience. WTF.
The other one hired a journo with 10yr+ experience. WTF.
New from me: how a group of angry Chinese farmers spent a year and finally succeeded in getting Beijing to implement tariffs on Australian beef:
www.sbs.com.au/news/article...
www.sbs.com.au/news/article...
Why has China introduced new tariffs on Australian beef?
An expert says the impact of China's new tariff is "hard to assess", but Australian exporters may have found their way out.
www.sbs.com.au
January 5, 2026 at 7:59 AM
New from me: how a group of angry Chinese farmers spent a year and finally succeeded in getting Beijing to implement tariffs on Australian beef:
www.sbs.com.au/news/article...
www.sbs.com.au/news/article...
Great detail in this story: no police looked into the racist poster until someone working in public health (and hence understand the bureaucratic system) took it to police multicultural liaison officer, and they did probe into it and actually found the suspects:
www.smh.com.au/national/nsw...
www.smh.com.au/national/nsw...
Veronica’s shop was targeted by racist hate. This is how her community responded
CCTV footage shows two men placing a placard in front of the pharmacy that read: “No Asian slum-city in St Marys.”
www.smh.com.au
December 25, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Great detail in this story: no police looked into the racist poster until someone working in public health (and hence understand the bureaucratic system) took it to police multicultural liaison officer, and they did probe into it and actually found the suspects:
www.smh.com.au/national/nsw...
www.smh.com.au/national/nsw...
New from me on the latest discussion on gun law reform following the Bondi terror attack:
'Different blind spots': Where are the gaps in Australia's gun laws?
www.sbs.com.au/news/article...
'Different blind spots': Where are the gaps in Australia's gun laws?
www.sbs.com.au/news/article...
'Different blind spots': Where are the gaps in Australia's gun laws?
The Bondi Beach massacre has renewed focus on Australia's gun laws, nearly three decades after the Port Arthur reforms.
www.sbs.com.au
December 17, 2025 at 3:32 AM
New from me on the latest discussion on gun law reform following the Bondi terror attack:
'Different blind spots': Where are the gaps in Australia's gun laws?
www.sbs.com.au/news/article...
'Different blind spots': Where are the gaps in Australia's gun laws?
www.sbs.com.au/news/article...
Approaching 30 as a Chinese means in your group chat where every else is above 30, you don’t share reels about Xmas, but tips from Fengshui guys on what to watch out for in 2026
December 14, 2025 at 3:50 AM
Approaching 30 as a Chinese means in your group chat where every else is above 30, you don’t share reels about Xmas, but tips from Fengshui guys on what to watch out for in 2026
Give this piece a read pls. And thanks to the author for speaking up!
www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/comment/topi...
www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/comment/topi...
Confronting university harassment: ‘You’re dumb, but you’re a pretty girl’
Sitting in my mandatory coding workshop, I felt a spray on the back of my neck. As the thick smell of men’s deodorant spread and sank into my clothes, I saw my tutor slip the can back into his bag bef...
www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au
December 13, 2025 at 3:11 AM
Give this piece a read pls. And thanks to the author for speaking up!
www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/comment/topi...
www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/comment/topi...
Finally!!!! I passed the certification test for Chinese to English!!! That means I can now produce court-qualified translation for Chinese and English!!
Are you looking for a journo who can do investigation AND certified translation? Now you know who you can talk to 👀
Are you looking for a journo who can do investigation AND certified translation? Now you know who you can talk to 👀
a kermit the frog is dancing in a living room .
ALT: a kermit the frog is dancing in a living room .
media.tenor.com
December 5, 2025 at 1:19 AM
Finally!!!! I passed the certification test for Chinese to English!!! That means I can now produce court-qualified translation for Chinese and English!!
Are you looking for a journo who can do investigation AND certified translation? Now you know who you can talk to 👀
Are you looking for a journo who can do investigation AND certified translation? Now you know who you can talk to 👀
I’ve been monitoring online discussions from Hong Kong about why HKers consider blaming bamboo scaffolding is a gov spin, and I think many AUS media have got it WRONG.
They think it’s a spin NOT because they see bamboo scaffolding as a tradition that distinguishes HK from China.
They think it’s a spin NOT because they see bamboo scaffolding as a tradition that distinguishes HK from China.
November 30, 2025 at 1:35 AM
I’ve been monitoring online discussions from Hong Kong about why HKers consider blaming bamboo scaffolding is a gov spin, and I think many AUS media have got it WRONG.
They think it’s a spin NOT because they see bamboo scaffolding as a tradition that distinguishes HK from China.
They think it’s a spin NOT because they see bamboo scaffolding as a tradition that distinguishes HK from China.
I actually have a list called “the managers and editors who I will work for free for a year, if one day they decide to launch their own companies/outlets”, for how they have stood up for me in the past
November 22, 2025 at 1:57 AM
I actually have a list called “the managers and editors who I will work for free for a year, if one day they decide to launch their own companies/outlets”, for how they have stood up for me in the past
Thanks Guardian for letting me try court reporting this year…and look like more on the way next year…
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Lanlan Yang pleads not guilty to all charges over crash of $1.5m Rolls Royce SUV in Sydney’s east
Lanlan Yang’s case has attracted attention from Chinese Australian community and on social media due to her lavish wealth and speculation about her background
www.theguardian.com
November 14, 2025 at 10:07 AM
Thanks Guardian for letting me try court reporting this year…and look like more on the way next year…
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
So basically some of them earn their income from migrants, and some of them are migrants too
www.smh.com.au/politics/nsw...
www.smh.com.au/politics/nsw...
Engineer. Teacher. Postie: The neo-Nazis who rallied in Sydney
Those who gathered on Saturday include a personal trainer, an English-as-a-second-language teacher and a former bar manager who is facing DV charges.
www.smh.com.au
November 12, 2025 at 10:07 PM
So basically some of them earn their income from migrants, and some of them are migrants too
www.smh.com.au/politics/nsw...
www.smh.com.au/politics/nsw...
Would be interesting to know how this development will affect the energy policy, or whether the current energy direction covers this
November 12, 2025 at 7:37 AM
Would be interesting to know how this development will affect the energy policy, or whether the current energy direction covers this
Reposted by Wing Kuang
pre-writing a devastating obituary for your enemy is god-tier hating of a kind you don’t often see anymore. renaissance haterism. beautiful stuff.
A Sharon Begley byline, almost 5 years after her death.
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
James Watson, dead at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers
James Watson, the co-discoverer of the structure of DNA who died Thursday at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers.
www.statnews.com
November 9, 2025 at 12:55 AM
pre-writing a devastating obituary for your enemy is god-tier hating of a kind you don’t often see anymore. renaissance haterism. beautiful stuff.
As someone who likes cold weather, I really hope that by 33 I can move to either Canberra or Hobart
November 9, 2025 at 12:15 AM
As someone who likes cold weather, I really hope that by 33 I can move to either Canberra or Hobart
Reposted by Wing Kuang
1/ wtf is going on at Home Affairs? I’ve lost count of the number of offshore detention-related scandals
2/ check out how hard the whistleblower tried to alert authorities, only to be ignored
3/ both Labor and Lib govts have actively turned a blind eye to this corruption. Prob the NACC too.
2/ check out how hard the whistleblower tried to alert authorities, only to be ignored
3/ both Labor and Lib govts have actively turned a blind eye to this corruption. Prob the NACC too.
‘Mind-boggling’: Whistleblower reveals how global bikie boss won Nauru security deal
A former soldier recruited to support an Albanese government deportation plan wants an inquiry after finding a gang had infiltrated the border security operation.
www.theage.com.au
November 8, 2025 at 4:06 AM
1/ wtf is going on at Home Affairs? I’ve lost count of the number of offshore detention-related scandals
2/ check out how hard the whistleblower tried to alert authorities, only to be ignored
3/ both Labor and Lib govts have actively turned a blind eye to this corruption. Prob the NACC too.
2/ check out how hard the whistleblower tried to alert authorities, only to be ignored
3/ both Labor and Lib govts have actively turned a blind eye to this corruption. Prob the NACC too.
Two more months before 2025, and this feature is still the best of 2025 I’ve read so far. Theres just some magic about this piece that makes me ponder a lot as a writer:
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Google Maps changed the way we get around. It all began in a spare bedroom in Sydney
This weekend the mapping platform turns 20 – and Stephen Ma is writing himself and his friends back into its origin story
www.theguardian.com
November 1, 2025 at 9:45 AM
Two more months before 2025, and this feature is still the best of 2025 I’ve read so far. Theres just some magic about this piece that makes me ponder a lot as a writer:
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Sorry but as someone who’s trained under the Chinese Gaokao system it’s very absurd to read about the QLD Augustus and Caesar saga
Wouldnt you have to study them together in order to understand how Roman Empire was founded??????????
Wouldnt you have to study them together in order to understand how Roman Empire was founded??????????
October 30, 2025 at 4:48 AM
Sorry but as someone who’s trained under the Chinese Gaokao system it’s very absurd to read about the QLD Augustus and Caesar saga
Wouldnt you have to study them together in order to understand how Roman Empire was founded??????????
Wouldnt you have to study them together in order to understand how Roman Empire was founded??????????
Got told by parent of a high school friend who’s visiting AUS today that “you are very impressive - you moved to a foreign country, studied, and now work there. You build your own life from nothing here.”
Oh gosh yes, I’m indeed impressive😭
Oh gosh yes, I’m indeed impressive😭
October 25, 2025 at 10:28 AM
Got told by parent of a high school friend who’s visiting AUS today that “you are very impressive - you moved to a foreign country, studied, and now work there. You build your own life from nothing here.”
Oh gosh yes, I’m indeed impressive😭
Oh gosh yes, I’m indeed impressive😭
I feel that even I’m now older I still have that personality of fighting, so I think probs next year I will still be a journo. But I do constantly have existential crisis when I realise I’m in a industry that isn’t ready to accept my existence. You do constantly feel you shouldn’t exist
October 23, 2025 at 5:46 AM
I feel that even I’m now older I still have that personality of fighting, so I think probs next year I will still be a journo. But I do constantly have existential crisis when I realise I’m in a industry that isn’t ready to accept my existence. You do constantly feel you shouldn’t exist
Just before I turn 29, I ticked the box that my Chinese friends in Australia all had before they quit news and began doing comms: being both under qualified and overqualified. Let’s see if I indeed can’t break the curse that no female intl student-turned-journo could work more than 5yrs in AUS
October 23, 2025 at 4:03 AM
Just before I turn 29, I ticked the box that my Chinese friends in Australia all had before they quit news and began doing comms: being both under qualified and overqualified. Let’s see if I indeed can’t break the curse that no female intl student-turned-journo could work more than 5yrs in AUS
CALL OUT: Are you an Australian who now lives in Asia or works in Asia-related jobs, after falling in love with Asian cultural products? I’m working on a feature for SBS News and I’m keen on having a chat with you! 📧: wing.kuang@sbs.com.au
October 21, 2025 at 10:30 PM
CALL OUT: Are you an Australian who now lives in Asia or works in Asia-related jobs, after falling in love with Asian cultural products? I’m working on a feature for SBS News and I’m keen on having a chat with you! 📧: wing.kuang@sbs.com.au
So I’ve spent a year trying to not do journalism…but I still ended up doing some creative projects that reflect my own thinking about the J-word.
And in this one, I challenge lots of stereotypes that I think those inside the industry hold about migrant stories: allthebestradio.com/featured/the...
And in this one, I challenge lots of stereotypes that I think those inside the industry hold about migrant stories: allthebestradio.com/featured/the...
#661 The Love Game -
So what do gaming and immigration have in common? The Love Game by Wing Kuang In our second story from the Jesse Cox Audio Fellowship 2025, Wing Kuang guides us through a love story of two gamers —on...
allthebestradio.com
October 15, 2025 at 8:22 AM
So I’ve spent a year trying to not do journalism…but I still ended up doing some creative projects that reflect my own thinking about the J-word.
And in this one, I challenge lots of stereotypes that I think those inside the industry hold about migrant stories: allthebestradio.com/featured/the...
And in this one, I challenge lots of stereotypes that I think those inside the industry hold about migrant stories: allthebestradio.com/featured/the...
A story I wrote on transnational repression for SBS News yesterday:
At senate estimate on Wednesday, Home Affairs have detailed efforts to help counter targeted efforts from foreign governments to intimidate and harass members of diaspora communities in Australia: www.sbs.com.au/news/podcast...
At senate estimate on Wednesday, Home Affairs have detailed efforts to help counter targeted efforts from foreign governments to intimidate and harass members of diaspora communities in Australia: www.sbs.com.au/news/podcast...
Court to decide on pro-Palestinian protest at Sydney Opera House | Morning News Bulletin 9 October 2025
A court is set to decide if pro-Palestinian protest at Sydney Opera House will go ahead; A man's been charged with starting the deadly Pacific Palisades fires in January; And in netball, The Diamonds ...
www.sbs.com.au
October 9, 2025 at 4:40 AM
A story I wrote on transnational repression for SBS News yesterday:
At senate estimate on Wednesday, Home Affairs have detailed efforts to help counter targeted efforts from foreign governments to intimidate and harass members of diaspora communities in Australia: www.sbs.com.au/news/podcast...
At senate estimate on Wednesday, Home Affairs have detailed efforts to help counter targeted efforts from foreign governments to intimidate and harass members of diaspora communities in Australia: www.sbs.com.au/news/podcast...