A young girl sits on stage, her hair in plaits, her hands in fists.

For a year, the 60-kilogram bronze statue representing Chinese comfort women has been in the garage of Chinese Australians for Peace president Jimmy Li.

On Saturday, at a commemoration of the 80th anniversary of the end of World War Two, she was unveiled to fanfare and original Chinese music composition and dance, but she remains without a permanent public home. By night, she would be back in the garage.

Jimmy Li is the president of the Chinese Australians for Peace Association. The association is hoping to secure a place where the Chinese comfort woman statue can be permanently displayed. Credit: Photograph by Chris Hopkins

Comfort women, according to the United Nations, is a euphemism for hundreds of thousands of

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