Stiff cheese for PNG; they wanted China, they've got it. Australia needs missiles pointing in that direction.

They don't need the building just yet, they're just planning ahead which is something not really understood by our bureaudroids & wannabe Uni experts !

This is PNG's problem not ours. PNG invited the Asian giant into its territory, hoping, one supposes, to use it to leverage greater funding from Australia in some form of economic blackmail? And given that is so? Our reply should be, no thanks.

If you want to do a deal with the devil for your heart and soul? Then that's your choice! Simply put, we're not in the business of pulling PNG's (a cargo cult) irons out of a fire she lit!

If you don't want to be a new Tibet? then you should invite China to leave! As should S.I.

We will not be financially manipulated by clearly corrupt cargo cult cohorts!
Alan B.

Get an Australian building company to have a look at the site
on the QT if necessary and give the PNG a quote to fix the building.
If successful and possible it would be noticed all around the Pacific.
It might be that China Railways is still the owner.
Even so if the company reccomended the building be demolished that
would raise a lot of questions.

A great deal of buildings constructed in China are pretty shoddy, why would anyone expect better quality construction in another country by Chinese builders.

Get an Australian building company to have a look at the site
on the QT if necessary and give the PNG a quote to fix the building.
Bazz,
Even with China's backing they couldn't afford that.