I looked like everyone else. But I can’t be Chinese.

The Adelaide Festival Centre’s new OzAsia festival celebrates Australian artists with Asian heritage and cultural collaborations with our nearest neighbours. Photographer and storyteller William Yang writes about his new show, China, based on his travels there, and his discovery that he is a stranger in his own motherland. ... I was born in North Queensland, a third generation Australian-born Chinese, and I was brought up in the Western way. ... Eventually, in my mid 30s, I embraced my Chinese heritage. I did this when I became interested in Taoism, a Chinese philosophy. Friends at the time describe me as becoming born-again Chinese. Read Article

By William Yang