Wealthy would-be Chinese immigrants may be the next group to face new residency rules in Australia. Last month, the government announced plans to increase the requirements for citizenship, with a stronger emphasis on English proficiency. 

As CGTN's Greg Navarro reports, about 90 percent of people who apply for the significant investor visa program - which requires people to bring a minimum of 5 million Australian dollars (3.7.million US dollars) into the country - are Chinese, many seeking to move to Australia for a better lifestyle. 

Australia tightened the rules to the visa in 2015, which included barring potential immigrants from direct property investment. 

The country has seen a rise in nationalist, anti-immigration politics from the far right in recent months, as Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull’s more centre-right government has struggled for popularity. 

Last month, Turnbull announced the scraping of a temporary foreign worker visa, and a tightening of requirements for citizenship. 

While it is unclear when or how the requirements for the significant investor visa might be tightened, one government official hinted that there might be a greater emphasis on English proficiency, saying that “the expectation from the Australian community is that migrants have competent English.”