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By Elly Duncan
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Source: The Feed, Sydney University
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Cheng was born in Victoria, went to high school there, then went to uni there – but when he’s searching for a job people still ask him, ‘Do you have permanent residency?’
“I’ve noticed if I used the name ‘Cheng’, people automatically assume I’m a foreigner,” says Cheng.
You can read the full version of this story in English on SBS's The Feed program here.
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