Joe,

You might be right: they could move in anytime, the totally untrustworthy mob they are. I was just giving the benefit of the date, old softy that I am.

o sung wu,

Nice of you to say so. There is, of course, no way in the wide world that a Communist dictatorship can be trusted with anything.

Hasbeen,

True. Many Australians no longer understand democracy, or they no longer want it, preferring as they do mob rule and childish shouty shouty.

I've noticed on the news that the protesters are becoming more violent which I think is the signal to the Chinese Communist Party to send in the troops to prevent further violence and destruction. It's a traditional Chinese remedy to re-balance the world bringing order and restoring yin-yang and idea of One China.

The Chinese have recently bought the 17,000 acres across the river from me. It has many agricultural industries including thousands of acres of river flat fully irrigated farm land, extensive green & shade houses, & some good grazing land.

Some areas are subject to flood in extreme years, but it also has a couple of thousand acres of high land, not much good for agriculture, which will make a great housing estate beside the river.

Do you reckon I should start studying Mandarin Joe, or am I too old to bother.

Just a question, why would the Chinese bother buying all the land they are, if they had thoughts of invading us? With the trillions of US dollars they now have, they can simply buy the place, if they want it, & we let them.

Unless they see it as a useful way of reducing their population, & ours, any shooting conflict with us would be damaging a huge part of this country they already own.

Yuyutsu as I said you obviously don't understand democracy.

Dear Yuyutsu,
It's obvious that you do not come from a humanities background but do you really need to advertise it.
Posted by Mr Opinion

Obviously I don't come from a humanities background either, & I am very proud of having avoided that stupidity. Hell if I did I might be spouting the sort of rubbish Opinionated does.

Dear Hasbeen,

One of the reasons China might give to justify an invasion of Australia is to protect its economic interests. Japan used a similar reason to justify its invasion of colonial SE Asia viz to protect its source of natural resources. The more it owns, the more it has to protect, and subsequently the greater the justification for invading Australia. It's the politicians, bureaucrats and business leaders who have put us in this position. Trump might be the oddest president in US history but he definitely knows not to let China get a foot in door to the extent that Australia has let it.

Dear Hasbeen,

The fact that you don't come from a humanities background explains why you know very little about anything outside of vocational and commonplace activities. When it comes to topics on history, archaeology, sociology, anthropology, etc., etc., etc., you would be best to leave it to those with knowledge in these areas. A good listener is appreciated just as must as a good advisor.