Ballet legend Li Cunxin releases memoir 14 years after Mao's Last Dancer success
Li Cunxin publishes The Lucky Son. This book is his long-awaited follow-up to his 2003 international bestseller Mao's Last Dancer.
Stabbings, overdoses and fires have happened at Australian immigration detention centres, likely putting the federal government in breach of workplace safety laws. The US prison company MTC won the $2.3 billion detention contract in late 2024.
Multiple serious incidents have occurred since. Six detainees went to hospital from stabbing injuries in August.
On 10 September a detainee overdosed and needed treatment. Villawood immigration detention centre had eight fires between February and May.
The federal safety regulator is Comcare. Comcare said the department fails to manage violence, aggression, illegal drugs and improvised weapons.
- 14
- Years between memoirs
- 2003
- First memoir publication year
- Artistic director
- Queensland Ballet role
- Penguin Random House
- Publisher
Why it mattersHis story follows an amazing life across continents. It gives readers insight into resilience, redemption and the costs of ambition.
AustraliaLi Cunxin transformed Queensland Ballet into a world-class organisation; his memoirs document an important chapter of Australian cultural life and Chinese Australian experience.
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