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Apologies for the typo. The last word should
be - "ideologues" not ideologies.

Foxy,

Did you see Mr Opinion's 10 point plan for placating the Chinese?

Foxy,

In case you missed it here is Mr Opinion's 10 point plan for placating the Chinese:

1. Permit Huawei to operate unrestricted in Australia.
2. Rescind proposed federal legislation aimed at preventing Victoria and WA from signing up to China's Belt & Road Initiative.
3. Allow the Chinese to have unrestricted purchase rights to Australian industries and natural resources.
4. Ban Australian media from saying anything derogatory about China's strategic policies.
5. Withdraw Australian military from exercises in the South China Sea.
6. Rescind any alliances Australia has with the US and Japan.
7. Cease commenting on Chinese ambitions for Hong Kong and Taiwan becoming unified with the PRC.
8. Permit free migration for tens of millions of Chinese to Australia and allow them access to Australian business and property markets at a 50% discount.
9. Elevate former(?) affiliate of the CCP Gladys Liu to the position of Leader of the Liberal Party and Prime Minister of Australia.
10. Make Soot and the Boys crawl naked on their hands and knees to Emperor Xi and kiss his feet and plead for his forgiveness.

Hi Paul

I think forced "neutrality" invites Australian appeasement.

Australia's response do Authoritarian China's greatest military buildup since Japan in the 1930s involves at least 3 choices, eg:

1. to continue strongly in the Quadrilateral US-Japan-India alliance system http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quadrilateral_Security_Dialogue

OR

2. continue strongly in the Quadrilateral AND Do an Israel ie. building up a self-reliant conventional and nuclear weapon deterrent

OR

3. become "Finlandised" by China, effectively meaning Appeasement http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finlandization which seems to be increasingly trading on China's terms.

Pete

plantagenet,

You forgot to mention our 4th choice: Mr Opinion's 10 point plan for placating the Chinese:

1. Permit Huawei to operate unrestricted in Australia.
2. Rescind proposed federal legislation aimed at preventing Victoria and WA from signing up to China's Belt & Road Initiative.
3. Allow the Chinese to have unrestricted purchase rights to Australian industries and natural resources.
4. Ban Australian media from saying anything derogatory about China's strategic policies.
5. Withdraw Australian military from exercises in the South China Sea.
6. Rescind any alliances Australia has with the US and Japan.
7. Cease commenting on Chinese ambitions for Hong Kong and Taiwan becoming unified with the PRC.
8. Permit free migration for tens of millions of Chinese to Australia and allow them access to Australian business and property markets at a 50% discount.
9. Elevate former(?) affiliate of the CCP Gladys Liu to the position of Leader of the Liberal Party and Prime Minister of Australia.
10. Make Soot and the Boys crawl naked on their hands and knees to Emperor Xi and kiss his feet and plead for his forgiveness.

Paul, surely you understand why Huawai is such a touchy subject ?
Your policy would amount to a political surrender to the Central
Kingdom. China has already given its list of demands on Australia.
Are you suggesting we comply with those demands ?
China does not consider Australia to be a sovereign country.
Do you ?