concern and strategy about the CCP would already be occuring in secret.

pretty obvious.

Does not need public talkfests. Anyone with any reasonable knowledge or interest about the CCP would know what is going on, except those in la la land like the humanities.

Great to see the Brits reconsidering Huwaei.

That reminds me I need to go through the politics journals to see how Aust's supposed great universities have been going with the Chinese issue since many of them also now print in chinese.

there are some good articles out there supporting Australia to back the US, mostly from strategic experts that have a much better grasp of reality.

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/10357718.2019.1632261?src=recsy

last paragraph sums it up nicely

"In this new era of prolonged and comprehensive competition with China, Australia needs to be willing to pay a greater premium for America’s continued leadership in the Indo-Pacific which still remains its best option for continued security and prosperity".

Chris,

Going by this news item today it looks like you have got your wish for a Cold War against China:

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-07-15/australia-set-join-india-us-japan-malabar-naval-exercise-china/12455576

The US and its allies have just upped the stakes with a containment strategy to halt China's predatory expansion.

Mr O,

I think that this approach was inevitable.

After all, how much can a koala bear.

Chris,

Imagine what it will be like in Australia now that we have a Cold War with China.

With several million Chinese in Australia there will obviously be a lot of wariness in the local community. There'll be a lot of reds under the bed now.