Chris,

Leaving the goods looks reason aside you are saying that you were granted entry to a PhD program on the basis of your 1st class honours degree.

What was the award and major for your honours work?

Dear Saltpetre,

I love your take on the Australian identity.
Life is a bowl of cherries - just make sure
you spit out the pits.

it would be lovely if people would do to each
other what spring does with cherry trees.
(smile).

MR O, unlike many Greeks, I try not to live in the past.

you should know how one gets a Phd scholarship. Pretty logical really. they go to be students who apply with best marks.

How else should they award scholarships? Throw a dart, draw a number?

Honours thesis was on need for high-tech manufacturing

Mr O, FYI, I don't think having any qualification makes any difference when talking about policy issues.

I would respect your many great opinions even if you only completed year ten.

Cheers

I hope you are prepared for the coming defeat of the filthy CCP.

The West is the best, forget the rest

Chris,

You make the mistake of only putting responsibility onto the CCP as if they are a bunch of baddies who have hypnotised the entire Chinese nation-state into doing their bidding.

It's like just blaming the Nazi Party for the conduct of the war by Germany during WW2. If that had been the case the Allies would never have had to turn to denazification programs after the war.

No, we must hold the Chinese nation-state responsible for what China is doing and stop just blaming one particular group. Like Nazi Germany, it is the leaders and their followers who should be held to account.

No mistake Mr O.

When the CCP sets up a surveillance states, crushes any dissent from people, and rewards loyalty to the party apparatus, you cannot blame the people.

Solid try though, but your argument is seriously flawed.