It is helpful for Australia to know that dictator for life Xi's arrogance and aggression has brought about consensus on China between the Democrat administration and Republicans.

Perhaps the Chinese know something about covid-19 that the rest of the world doesn't? And that using our vaccine and theirs, could produce a super strain of vaccine-resistant covid-19? China's credibility in this area leaves a lot to be desired as does their trustworthiness! About as far as Neil Armstrong could kick the moon?

If PNG allow a new Chinese city to be built on our doorstep? Then allow migration of around a million from China to there? We will have no choice but to muscle up our military and buy nuclear-armed missiles aimed at PNG?

None of this will end well! For no other reason than we a governed by, I believe, craven nitwits, who are focused on the next election cycle, almost to the exclusion of all else?

No visionary projects to turbocharge the manufacturing sector, no leaning out toward cooperative capitalism that would give us jobs, jobs, jobs, and a competitive export edge over China?

Particularly if our manufacturing sector was powered by MSR thorium/MSR waste burners! As would genuine tax reform manifesting as a 15% unavoidable flat tax coupled to a very generous tax-free threshold!

Getting back into bed with someone intent on owning you and yours (for the modern equivalent of forty pieces of silver) is not the answer!

The aforementioned is and there is not a minute to waste!
Alan B.

ttbn,

Bogan Australia only has itself to blame for letting all the dishonest and untrustworthy politicians, bureaucrats and business people drag us all into the clutches of the Chinese.

We have all fallen into the Chinese trap.

Or as a Chinese business woman in Sydney was overheard saying: "Aren't the Australians dumb!"

Yes, Mr O, But I think she (Sydney Chinese woman) would have been referring to (science and rational logic free) tin-eared, gormlous Aussie pollies, who can be easily manipulated and bought for hypothetical pennies?

And for what it is worth, an opinion shared by millions of (what's the F...ing use) breath wasting, Australians!?
Alan B.

There is a "spine" looking for a "backbone" - Australia where are you?