Mr O,

Predicting the future is risky at the best of times.

runner,

I don't see why he believes anyone is "making out" China to be anything, when everything about the CCP is on public view and initiated by them. He has reasons for what he says, I suppose. Maybe he will share them with us. I have asked him if he is Chinese himself, but he didn't respond.

Hey ttbn,
I think the actions of the US are morally reprehensible, that's why, and you lot have got your blinkers on.
I mean they tried to stage a coup in Venezeula a couple of weeks ago and the left could've gone apeshit over that, but they said little you know why?

Because democrats also profit from these wars.
The media could've gone nuts over it, but the only time they don't stoke division between the left and right and go all TDS is when its in support of US foreign policy.
The whole thing is as fake as a piece of Maccas cheese.

Do you not think the US and Israel aided Islamic State to try to remove Assad?
Do you not think they gave them the chemical weapons to use and blamed it on Assad? They did.
Do you think they aren't stealing Syrian oil and aiding the rebels of Idlib, - the remnants of Islamic State i.e. their proxy army? They are.

They've been conducting collective punishment on the people of Venezuela, Syria, Yemen etc. - starving these nations out, stopping medical supplies.
Tens of thousands dead.
And you so called Christians champion this runner?
If so your Christianity is as fake as Macca's cheese too.
Shameful.

This is the country that murdered 500,000 babies for WMD's that never existed.
Do you support that too?
I think not.

I wont support any dirty filthy underhanded crap from any nation.
US, China or even our own.
Capiche?

US foreign policy don't change no matter what President.
The US is a rogue nation that uses theft, murder, biowarfare, terrorism and collective punishment to achieve its goals.
It survives off the lifeblood of other nations.
It even used the coronavirus pandemic to further it's own war agenda.
- Never let a good crisis go to waste -

- And saying so doesn't mean I support China.

Oh, on the issue of Darwin Port:
I think we probably should consider taking it back and annulling the agreement.
You can't have rights to our ports and play trade wars at the same time.
Contract voided.
Too bad so sad.

Don't worry we have ScumO's glove puppet Simon Birmingham ready to give some third rate Chinese flunky a real talking to. The only problem is the third rate Chinese flunky wont pick up the phone!

The latest communique from Commander ScumO' to General Donald on progress of the China War;

To the Commander in Chief from Commander ScumO';

The Chinese have captured all of our sea and air ports, roads, towns and cities. Taken control of 100% of our land mass, advanced as far south as Macquarie Island. They have defeated our army, navy and air force, taken the entire population prisoner. Myself and Lieutenant Glove Puppet only remain, at command HQ in the centre of the Simpson Desert. The two of us will launch a counter offensive any day soon, and drive the red devils out of AUSTRALIA! VICTORY IS AT HAND! Got to go now the guards are bring our bowl of rice for dinner. Only if we had a telephone and we could call the red devils and explain their situation, I'm sure the Chinese would understand the perilous situation they are in

Foxy,

You say "Predicting the future is risky at the best of times."

But we have to take a punt at what lies around the corner. The ancients had the Delphic Pythia and people came from all over the known world to ask her about the future.

We want to control our future and we are all guilty of trying to predict what is going to happen in our world. It's in our nature. Even something as simple as gambling is an offshoot of our predilection with inventing the future.

When it comes to things like world events we can use the accumulated knowledge of our researches in all the Arts things like history, sociology, philosophy, archaeology, anthropology, etc., to guide us in our predictions. But of course there can be more than one outcome and we will get lots of disagreement on what all of our knowledge is actually telling us.

My assessment is that China is heading down a similar path to the one Japan took and that this will lead to a major war over territories in the SW Pacific. I think China will overrun SE Asia, Australia, and Oceania, incorporating them into a restored Chinese empire, this time controlled by the CCP.

I would like to hear your prediction. What do you think might happen?