well written articlke, Thanks Ross.

MAIN message is we must learn a lot from this 'chai-na' led virus global crisis its time to rest the global clock both economically and politically. Some of the articles coming out of this shut-down induced crisis. (see last weeks https://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=20811).

The left media, ( NYtimes, Guardian, 'heir-BC' et al) have been feed us raw Chai-na propaganda, they too need to be held accountable after this crisis is on the way out in 6 months time!

While we're getting the boot in China is the only major country increasing its coal consumption. Think about that as the next huge glacier slides into the sea. Coronavirus like SARS appears to be from animals normally not consumed by humans anywhere else. One bowl of bat soup (or whatever) could have lead to thousands of human deaths.

Nor do we have social credit or re-education camps for hundreds of thousands like the Uighurs. I believe part of the appeal of Australian university education for Chinese students was the chance to immigrate. Now that's looking shaky. The rise and rise of China could be self limiting.

China = lies, blackmail, threats, cheating, and menace. Let's move away, now.

Amazon, ebay, etc. need to add a 'made in Australia/ USA' filter on product searches.

Australia needs to make itself affordable again in order to divorce from China.

individual,

That's right. First step is to blow up the stupidly high minimum wage, and get our 700,000 unemployed working. They have been idle long before the China virus, but our crazy politicians would rather import workers.

progressive pat,

Yes. But it's the price people look at, not where it's made.