CHINESE – VICTORIA

Teaching Mandarin in Victorian schools, student exchange top of China strategy

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Original article by Chip Le Grand
The Age – Page: Online : 17-Sep-25

Closer education links with China will be a key part of the Victorian government’s so-called ‘China Strategy’. Premier Jacinta Allan has signed a memorandum of understanding during a personal meeting with China’s Minister for Education, Huai Jinpeng. The agreement includes a student exchange program at the primary, secondary and tertiary levels, while Victorian students will learn Mandarin. Allan has also announced that China’s Trina Solar has received approval for a $435m battery project in Victoria. However, she has declined to comment on a transport announcement that she is slated to make later this week, and whether it will include Chinese investment in the Suburban Rail Loop project.

CORPORATES
VICTORIA. DEPT OF PREMIER AND CABINET, CHINA. MINISTRY OF EDUCATION, TRINA SOLAR LIMITED

Chinese developers spend $56m on Melbourne sites

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Original article by Larry Schlesinger
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 31 : 6-Jan-16

Three residential development sites in Melbourne were sold to Chinese developers during the Christmas 2015 holiday period. The transactions included the sale of a 6,000sq m site in the suburb of Oakleigh for $A28m, while an office building in South Melbourne fetched about $A15m and a two-storey office building in St Kilda Road was sold for $A13.7m. At least 800 apartments are expected to be developed on the three sites.

CORPORATES
CBRE PTY LTD, VIAPAC AUSTRALIA PTY LTD, GUANGDONG CARRINGTON REAL ESTATE GROUP, YONG HALL PTY LTD, SPACIOUS GROUP