Yes. The bowing down to China's "sensitivity" is pure cowardice. China's government is made up of human trash, recently accused of selling the organs of specially executed political prisoners and members of the Falun Gung. The Chinese government has a penchant for murdering its own citizens. Maoism is alive and well. Australia's connection to such an evil bunch is nauseating.

Ttbn.
100% on that one. Our forebears rose almost as one to insist the new commonwealth Government of Australia introduce the White Australia policy for good reason.
It was always aimed at the Chinese. As time passed, it was used to prevent all coloured immigration. But it was never the original intention of the act.

Yes and given the comparisons cited. the only thin actually motivating corporate behavior, is the bottom line/ever upward profit curve?

Calling Mr Dastyari, international trunk line call for you, from the elephant in the room?
Alan B.

"White Australia policy" was aimed at Mao Tse Tung, the son of Mao Yichang, a wealthy farmer and landowner. .developing political ideas from pro-western literature at the time of Federation.

In 1911 Mao began further education in the Hunanese capital of Changsha, where he came under the influence of republicanism, and became an admirer of republican revolutionary Sun Yat-Sen the fascist running puppet of Mussolini.. Seeing himself as an intellectual, he became heavily influenced by classical liberalism, and joined John Howard's Gang of Four Gangbusters. The Argentine kidney-bean soup was his favourite corruption with Chile sauce dictators followed by Philippines drug warlord paper tigers and ozzie paper cats.

Nick...excuse me, you failed to mention the master Chinese puppet, Bob Carr in your historical record, stemming from before the White Australia policy. Is that because our Bobby is a homosexual?

Well it is very modern history to now be a master Chinese arse licker, for personal advantage, (and our Bob has had a lifetime of licking arse), and totally ignore glaring historical facts, such as the White Australia policy.

And I too am bewildered with comment in the Australian newspaper, it's quite schizoid on China, and if I were a Chinaman reading the Australian, I wouldn't know what to think.

Stay focused Nick..

Unconfirmed reports indicate Beijing mole cells joined Mafia "Castro"
in Cuba to smuggle white sugary substances from Guantanamo Bay terror cells using Obama's tax-free fast patrol pivots. Bob Carr wants to burn the joint.

Hi 'Nick. In early 1989 I married a Chinese National. Several months later, when Tank Man appeared on the evening TV, my then wife stood up, red with apoplexy and shouted : "Those bastards, they should be shot !"

In our lounge room at that time was a young Chinese couple who had recently escaped from Chinese officials cracking down on the pro democracy movements at their university in Guangzhou. I, along with the young couple, were extremely embarrassed and shocked to discover in such dramatic fashion, that my wife supported the official Chinese government line.

It later turned out that my ex had been working for the Chinese...(long story I won't go into here), but suffice it to say my dearly beloved turned out to be a red hot, fervent Maoist, Little Red Book carrying, real deal Chinese Communist. I shall never forget the experience.

What concerned me then and still does today, is that despite the passing of time and the information we have on Chinese ideologies, philosophies and practices, this does not deter the arse lickers Dan mentions. We saw it with Rudd and it perpetuates throughout Australian politics and politicians. So should we ask instead: “Do you, the Australian government who say you represents us, under a so called ‘mandate’ – do you support the Chinese government’s policies and practices ?”

Taking their answer(s) if ever you received one back, would you then compare their answer to their track records/public comments/party platform on issues like organ harvesting, political interference, bribes etc ?

It seems and appears that politicians are only interested in what post politics will gain them personally through the connections made whilst in politics.

Senator Harradine boycotted the joint meeting of Chinese President Hu Jintaoa who addressed Australia’s democratic parliament. .

“Australia moved to a system of bilateral human rights dialogue with China in 1997 when China threatened trade sanctions for any countries sponsoring the annual United Nations Human Rights Commission’s resolution on China.

“These dialogues avoid confronting human rights violators like China in order to protect commercial opportunities."
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It appears that Chinese investors are developing Capital Hill and Debt Mountain with local labor.