Australian government quietly suspends new working holiday visa applications for Chinese nationals

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Nathan Que quit his job in China and waited 10 months for a chance to come to Australia for a once-in-a-lifetime working holiday. But now he feels "cheated" by the government, along with tens of thousands of other working holiday seekers from China. Mr Que said many of them had been pondering the same question — "is China being targeted?" For many young people around the world, a working holiday visa is seen as a precious chance to experience life in Australia. In 2015, the program opened to 5,000 Chinese applicants annually under a free trade agreement between Australia and...