'Inasmuch as Beijing desires China to become an Asian geostrategic superpower with the territorial reach to match, it should realise that the rest of Asia comprises Sovereign states that will not tolerate grand Chinese imperialism'.

Yep, thank god for that, assuming there is one.

It's ironic that China's supposed 'imperialism' is condemned while the U.S., the world's biggest imperialist nation, spreads all over the world at will and few voices are raised in protest.

We, the gullible, servile people 'down under', are being programmed to accept one country's rampant rabid imperialism and reject the intentions of another power which simply needs more room to grow.

Hypocrisy it is called!

yeah sure david.

But why then is the concern by Asian neighbours with China?

Why is they want the US on their side?

"But why then is the concern by Asian neighbours with China?" asks Chris innocently!

Perhaps it's because the U.S. is stirring them up, Chris, telling them it will be on their side in any future war with China.

Wherever the U.S. goes, there is war and destruction followed by occupation. Have you ever realized this, Chris?

It’s boiled down to the fact that Non Democratic China is evil, no matter what China argues it is not believable. The West simply cannot accept that other country can prosper without adopting the Liberal Democracy system of government.
China will not wast times instead buying times. Let see how it looks in 10-20 years from now.
Maybe China will ‘implode’ as predicted 15 years ago? Then we are all living in peace and harmony with USA.

Given a choice between two sets of “rampant rabid imperialism”, most people would pick the US against China’s “intentions” any day.

Not that the America-haters need to worry too much about an Obama/socialist America anymore. The man is a totally against anything America once stood for, and that should be of huge concern to Australians. Obama cannot even run his own country, let alone the rest of the world.

Even with Republican presidents who claimed to uphold the American ‘way of life’, the US hasn’t won a military stoush since it was sent scuttling from Vietnam. And, the Republican Party is on the level of our own weak – and getting weaker – apology for a ‘conservative’ party, lead by a wimp.

Given the fact that all Australian politicians barely mention our defence these days, have actually cut back on defence spending, and seem more concerned about the sexual antics of a couple of defence force members, there are more important things for Australian to worry about than comparing another western country – which, at the very worst has no evil intentions against us – to one which is evil, full stop: China.