Poor old Dicky Marles, so 'in' with the CCP, has been described by his Beijing mates as no better than his "extremely anti-china' predecessor Peter Dutton". Do you think that the Albanese Socialists might now get the message that there is simply no hope of dealing with the Chinese Communist Party?

Marles is not Dutton. He has been quiet and polite. I think that he has said what needs to be said, without heat, and with no aggression. Yet, these nasty Reds have accused him of being one of Canberra's "most aggressive actors against China”.

Marles has surrendered Australia's sovereignty to America, says the CCP, wanting him to surrender it to them, naturally.

We cannot fight this bully. We must walk away while we can.

We sold out to America long ago as their "Coalition of the Willing" lap-dog to pander to their financial and political interests in the Middle East to our great cost. It's no secret we saw ourselves as their 52nd State and Deputy Sheriff.

Now as the USA continues to decline in both areas we leap back to now line up against China and continue to provoke them against our own best interests, despite the USA moving in to grab our lost trade deals. So much for consistency.

At best, Dutton is only keeping the seat warm for whatever viable new leader the Liberals decide to dredge up when the dust settles. They are in complete disarray and nobody really knows what they stand for any more, especially since they have drifted further and further to the right.

Chest-beating and scare-mongering may have played well for Abbott but those days have long passed as national priorities are changing. The more they play that card, the longer they will continue to be irrelevant as an alternative government, particularly as evidence of their previous mismanagement comes to light.

Our country is full of Chinese people.
Do you think they don't watch TV or hear what we say about them?
Of course they think our country is hostile to theirs. IT IS.

'Marles pushes for the US to help contain China'

http://www.skynews.com.au/australia-news/politics/defence-minister-richard-marles-no-better-than-his-extremely-antichina-predecessor-peter-dutton-says-beijing/news-story/b98d803970728649dbe03ae7af74c897

WTF do you expect ttbn when we talk this way and have this attitude towards them?

It is not Chinese people here, or in China. It is the Chinese Communist Party, a threat to us and its own people.

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« It is not Chinese people here, or in China. It is the Chinese Communist Party, a threat to us and its own people »

Well said, ttbn - and might I add : "the communist party under the autocratic rule of Xi Jinping.

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Dear Banjo Paterson,

Is that the same party whose series of autocratic leaders have driven such an economic boom in a country which had so much poverty, but now consumes Australia's resources at such rate that we enjoy one of the highest standards of living in the world?

Authoritarian capitalism looks like being highly successful and attraction for populations in many countries, even wealthy ones, who are now elevating hard right parties either into power or at least into consideration.

I don't think this country has it in itself to push back too hard on China, we like what they are buying and we like what they are selling far too much.