The anti-Chinese mythology in this sad little echo chamber is becoming increasingly hysterical! It seems you're all trying to outdo each other with your ever-exaggerated horror stories and doomsday predictions. A little perspective would go a long way, not that I expect it to make the least bit of difference to the misinformation being peddled here!
For starters, China is not buying up the country. China is our ninth largest foreign investor and accounts for only around 2% of total foreign investment in Australia. US, UK and Belgium investment accounts for more than 50%. If anyone 'owns' our country, it's certainly not the Chinese.
Secondly, China has long suffered US military aggression and incursion and is finally and very understandably starting to push back. And now, thanks to Morrison's chumming-up to Trump and our sycophantic mimicking of America's bully-boy tactics, we're also feeling the heat of China's impatience. Very few other countries have the same problems ... the vast majority have long maintained cordial and cooperative relationships with China.
Finally, China is not interested in invading Australia. Its long history clearly demonstrates it to be a peaceful nation, something which could never be said of our US ally.
Some of you need to seriously reflect on your racist and ignorant demonising of a country you clearly don't understand. If we needed any reminder of how puerile it all is, "Mr Bau Wau and Miss Me Au" certainly provided one!

Bronwyn,

We can all see that you belong to the pro-China camp.

Your knowledge of history seems faulty and I find it difficult to believe that you have a knowledge of world history that would allow you to form an accurate picture on the contemporary Chinese nation-state. In fact I doubt you would even understand what is meant by the term 'nation-state'.

That's exactly the patronising type of response I'd expect from you, Mr Opinionated! I'd have far more respect for you if you actually attempted to rebut the points I make, instead of just telling me I'm wrong. Any lazy prat can do that!

Bronwyn,

Who are you to call anyone here racist?

AS for your brief summary of one factor, FDI, that is really a very ordinary summary of the CCP's real and potential threats.

It is you that will be on the wrong side of history, as the Western world ultimately (and rightfully) unites to check the power aspirations of the CCP

Bronwyn. I find I have to agree with Mr Opinion. And that your extremely biased, Friend to China position is fundamentally flawed! Go migrate there if you are not already posting from there? We don't understand China? What's there to understand?

China will not tolerate our critique on anything, regardless of whether our information is factual! If It thinks it is going to bully boy Australia into accepting its human rights record or allow it to turn Australia into a Southern state of imperial China. It and you are very much mistaken!

The more that this approach is used the less likely we are to kiss and make up! We will just take our trade goods and commercial needs elsewhere.

As will many other democracies just needing half an excuse for doing likewise? Stop blaming us for your's and China's shortcomings! The lack of understanding is all yours and theirs.

We Aussies will always call a spade a spade without fear or favour or just how big and powerful the new bully on the block is! Get used to it!

We will not be economically blackmailed into submission! Ain't ever going to happen!

You have a nice day now you hear.
Alan B.

I would like to add to the statements by Chris Lewis and Alan B above by saying that I caught Stan Grant being interviewed this morning and he said that China is a problem because it is reasserting itself as the centre of the world in which it holds hegemony over all other nations and peoples and demands others to be subservient to China.

He cited Thucydides' to demonstrate how the China-US power struggle is played out between the two big powers and everyone else must bow to them.

Grant alluded that Australia should go with America because to go with China Australia will have to become just a vassal state of China.

Those in The Forum's pro-China camp like Bronwyn, Foul-Mouth, Foxy, Bazz, mhaze, etc. would have us go with China because it would be an expression of anti-racism, which is in line with their humanist agenda.

I say to those people 'Wake up! China is the problem."