Dear Chris,

I grew up in the western suburbs of Sydney.
My father worked in a rubber factory and died
of a massive coroner at the age of 52. So don't
put me in any "elite" class. What any of us
achieve is simply through hard work and of course
lots of family support.

The point being made about China is - that if our
government understands better who they're dealing
with and how to deal with them - our government will
be better equipped to handle things.

Anyway, lets try to keep this debate on a higher level.
Without it becoming personal.

Yuyutsu,

I most certainly won't be putting my life on the line.

I live in Sydney and I have already become accustomed to living in a Chinese city, which is how I would best describe Sydney. A few more million Chinese in Sydney won't change the demographic landscape.

So best of luck. For myself, I'll be at home watching it on TV.

Dear Mr. Opinion,

If, God forbid, China succeeds in invading Australia,
then there are just three places you could be in,
and Sydney is not one of them:

1) Up in heaven.
2) Down in hell.
3) In some outback mine as a slave, in chains, digging ores for the Chinese and never seeing sunlight ever again.

But yes, some parts of you may indeed continue living in Sydney, like your heart, your liver, your kidneys and your corneas which could well sit at the home of some rich Chinese and watch it all on TV.

I think there is a misapprehension that you need to understand China to win. You don't need to be able to understand your opponent to win at chess, you just need to be able to understand chess.

When it comes to national security the rules are pretty simple. Bulk up your armed forces and form alliances with reliable allies so that you outnumber your enemy.

One thing I haven't seen anyone touch on here is the aid budget (you may have, and I could have missed it because I'm not following this thread all the time).

China is buying all sorts of relationships in the Pacific, including in PNG. Jeff Wall's articles on this site are detailing this. Along with an increase in the military budget there needs to be either an increase in the aid budget, or a redirection to our Pacific neighbours.

At the same time you'd better hope Donald Trump wins the election. The alternative is an incompetent and corrupt party that will degrade the US's ability to be a counterbalance to the CCP by undermining it's self belief, waste treasure trying to export democracy to countries that need to find it for themselves, and de-industrialising, pandering to a green/left environmental agenda.

Yuyutsu,

Too late to be worrying about it now.

Dear Mr. Opinion,

«Too late to be worrying about it now.»

Fortunately PM Scott Morrison as well as seemingly all other members in this forum, think differently. I hope you have your cyanide pill ready, but the rest of us shall not give up the good fight.

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Dear Graham,

Without any joy, it does not matter who wins the US elections - America is already defeated in this WW-III, you only need to observe how they succumbed in disarray to the first Chinese shot, COVID-19. Seeing how all Trump can offer to fight the virus is Hydroxychloroquine and drinking disinfectants, what will he suggest when China actually bombs American bases and aircraft carriers with super-sonic shells, then blockades and besieges America itself? drinking rhinoceros horn-powder for virility perhaps? American soldiers in general are unruly, mostly come from poor classes, are beset with racial issues and have a low morale.

But while America is a lost cause, we do have many other friends and together, let us pray for God's deliverance so by His grace alone we can beat China and free their own people as well from CCP tyranny.

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"Lo, thou trustest in the staff of this broken reed, on Egypt; whereon if a man lean, it will go into his hand, and pierce it: so is Pharaoh king of Egypt to all that trust in him." [Isaiah 36:6]