Calling people who object to China and the Chinese threat to Australia ‘racist’ is juvenile and ignorant. The juvenile and ignorant themselves are the ones conflating the Chinese government, a totalitarian Communist government, with ordinary Chinese people who, in their own country, are more at risk from the CCP than we are. The Chinese government executes about 3,000 of their own citizens every year. The vast majority of Chinese citizens are NOT Communists, nor is the majority Han Chinese population of Taiwan; and don’t forget the Hong Kong Chinese, who are now virtually prisoners in their own country, and under constant threat from Bejing. Chinese students are an unknown quantity to most of us, but it is certain that many of them are under the influence of the Chinese Communist Party.

Everything in China is under the control of the CCP, and it is stupid to pretend that China is a normal country with which we can have the same relations we do with other countries. China is an aggressive potential enemy of Australia and the Free World, which if allowed, will cut us off from our main ally, the United States of America.

ttbn,

It will be interesting to see what happens to China in the wake of the Wuhan Bat Soup Virus pandemic.

I image a lot of countries will begin to distance themselves from China in order to minimise their contact and develop opportunities to establish self-reliant economies.

This will set Chinese ambitions back and it will be interesting to see if this results in an aggressive China intent on taking things by force if it cannot get it by trade.

I like Jared Diamond's description of the Chinese nation as an invasive species. I prefer to call them simply parasites.

Hiya Joe "loudmouth2"

Your thought "Trump's presidency is a bit like a high school choosing the dumbest jock as head prefect, because his father donates big-time."

Is a gem.

It has has brightened up my day with hope that the Corona-Trump is just a 4 year long disease that the world (including America) didn't deserve!

Roll on November and a Biden win. Biden may be elderly. But if Biden, like many Presidents, surrounds himself with a good team, it will be a better world.

Cheers

Pete

Mr. Opinion,

The UK is talking about distancing itself, and the much maligned President Trump is well aware that the economic war is the opening phase of the Chinese Communist Party’s intent to pit itself against America for the dominance of Asia and the Pacific (therefore Australia). PM Morrison and the other jokers in Canberra appear to be unaware, or they don’t care. Morrison is only interested in the lazy man's way to extra GDP at the expense of locals - mass immigration, no matter where from.

Notice how the lying media have labelled young healthy people going to the beach or park as Covidiots. As usual their lies and fake news is evident for all to see. The real idiots are the healthy young ones locked up with no sunshine and not visiting their parents.

runner,

Please go and mingle if you want because we need all the lab rats and guinea pigs we can get. I think it is a good idea that people (lab rats and guinea pigs) like you are willing to sacrifice their lives so that people like me can survive.

I've been told that loosening the restrictions now will result in a second wave of the virus and that the second wave will be a lot worse than the first wave.

Do you know how people die from the Wuhan Bat Soup Virus? Their lungs fill with water. They cannot fight it because there is no treatment and they have to puncture the lungs and drain the water out to help them survive.

Go you little lab rat and do your thing!