Poor Papua New Guinea will learn in a matter of decades, maybe much sooner, the dangers of working with China.

China, led by the CCP, is merely for China.

PNG will soon be on the receiving end of one of China's principal exports: environmental degradation.

But PNG can always profit by leasing naval ports to China.

And when Solomon Islands, Vanuatu and Fiji see the money that can be made they too can start leasing naval ports to China.

And when they run out of naval ports to lease to China they can sell it land for army and air force bases.

There'll be a lot of wealthy big men in Melanesia before long.

What we have to realise is that PNG is just a practice run for the CCP in preparation for its assault on Australia. We also have to realise that our deadhead government is not going to do anything about it.

The authors tone of "its all Australia's fault/missed opportunity" is shameful and incorrect. I have watched and listened to colleagues in many fields of expertise try to assist PNG. They invariably give up in despair. PNG is not a normal population due to tribalism, corruption and a lack of drive. Maybe China might (in fact will) try to tame PNG and maybe it might find their approach to domination might meet its first real challenge....

ttbn,

I disagree with you there.

I think Scott Morrison et al have come to realise they have been playing into China's hands over the past 30 years.

They thought they could profit from China while at the same time containing it. But China has no intentions of being contained. Much like Germany under Hitler had no intention of being contained in its quest for Lebensraum.

China sees SE Asia and Oceania (including Australia) as its own Lebensraum.

To understand what is going to happen to us in the not too distant future we need to understand and analyse China's intentions in terms of its expanding nation-statism.

Scott Morrison might just go down in the history books as the prime minister who had to surrender his country to China.

When we witness a government response to Chines aggression in Hong Kong right now, I shudder.
In fact I shudder at most responsive acts of the Australian government.

Australian governments have neutered themselves with rank hypocritical acts of kowtowing to China. One major convenience towards easy government, is flogging off the farm. This includes anything and everything, even if nailed down, such as domestic housing.

I don't want to hear from now on, such exhibitions of hypocrisy, through criticism of our close neighbors penchant to follow suit.

What a sick joke they are.

For three years in a row, Australian governments wasted precious resources of parliamentary time in vain discussions among themselves, outdoing each other with debates on the madness of gay marriage.

Already the gear-up to import the poor little dispossessed Chinese from Hong Kong, is showing signs of going down the same path.

Quite frankly, I hope China simply romps in to our neighbourhood and buys it all out, as it does in Australia with complete government support and total approval, listening to no criticism of its actions from those on the ground who will suffer from the stupid of it.