"I don't support Trump, and in fact I don't support Biden,"

Yep. If you don't have the intellectual wherewithal to make a choice, you can't be wrong, n'est pas? OTOH you're opinion then has all the substance of a fart in a strong breeze.... and is just as welcome.

Dropped the whole Chinese navy thing...again. Good call.

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"Even Dutton believes it is important for the government to raise concerns and grievances with China."

Its always right, never wrong, to talk to others - even rivals.

"China will always be a poisoned chalice for Australia given our entire political class's obsession with money/trade over the realities of a disgusting Communist dictatorship that no self-respecting democracy should have a bar of."

In the same way as it was wrong for Australia to mix up economics and politics in regards to the old South African regime, its also wrong to confuse our need to trade with China with our need to be cognisant of the threat China represents to our civilisation.
Sell 'em all they'll take, remembering always who we are dealing with.ie after you've shaken hands, count your fingers.

Always remember that one of the reasons Japan felt the need to invade South-East Asian in 1941 was the fact that we and the US has tried to sever them from global trade. We should learn from past lessons.

There are loads of other countries to trade with, none of whom get away with beaking all the WTO rules that China signed up to, but has ignored ever since.

Communist China is an evil outlaw that we did well enough without until the U.S. talked everyone into letting them in, with the belief that China would 'westernise'.

Instead the West, particularly Australia, is getting more like China under Green Labor; and nothing will charge under the wet Liberals.

Communist China is definitely not a great mate to have.

China provides a mere 8% of the UN's overall budget, but its influence is very disproportionate to that measly contribution. For example, China runs 4 of the 15 specialised agencies, while the U.S., which contributes 3 times more than China and more than 185 out of the 193 member states COMBINED, leads just one.

Also, the weaky-wet UN turns a blind eye to breaches of the WTO charter; ignores Chinese slave labour, hidden subsidies, its intellectual property theft, and market restrictions against other members.

No wonder Communist China treats piss weak Australia and its helpless government the way it does.

And how is that?

Please explain.

Currently the Premier of the People's Republic of
China Li Qiang is a guest of the Australian Government.

It's the first visit to Australia by a Chinese Premier
since 2017.

The relationship between China and Australia is a
challenging one. However being part of the multi-lateral
organizations such as APEC, East Asia Summit and the G20
helps maintain our two way trade stability.

China is our largest trading partner. The government
currently is maintaining it's position on China very
carefully while looking after our own sovereignty and
stability.

Hi Foxy,

China is very important both economically and strategically to Australia, the negativity from the far right poster is counter productive nonsense and would not serve Australia's interests at all. One of the better achievements of the Albanese government has been their foreign policy, which in general I agree with. Although I believe we should be far more independent in regards to our relationship with the United States. I'm totally against the purchase of nuk subs, I see that as a belligerent act on our part, costly and ineffective.