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Not only the South China Seas but those Commies are not content with that alone. Now they are trying to muscle into our backyard in the the Indian/Pacific region. Is this the reason for the big defense spend by Sco Mo.. Scotty from Marketing Bruce? While this chest beating by Oz is good for our pride it does make us a greater target.. and we are a massive target with long coastlines to defend. and that worries me. Can we always rely on our major ally and protector the US of A. Perhaps that is the conundrum now facing our government.

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As if those Commies are not satisfied infecting the world with its Wuhan virus they are about to unleash another possible pandemic on the Free World. A new Chinese strain of swine flu has health experts very very concerned as it is believed to have characteristics of the 1918 flu which took an estimated 40million human lives!!!

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Ever felt we are being used as guinea pigs, Swannie?

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It is a very real possibility Mups. Destroy the Free World without firing a shot with a two pronged attack. Kill em off with pandemics and destroy their economies with nefarious cyber hacking.

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That should have read 40 million lives Mups. I was just out by a touch

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Hi

Why would China unleash a Pandemic which affects their finances more than everyone else?

The big impact of this is a Global realisation that we have become far too reliant on China and that supply chains need to be shortened to reduce that dependency.

It will take time to reduce this dependency, but every major economy in the World is going to do it.

The Chinese are going to be the big losers in this, not immediately, but certainly in a decade.

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The next world war will likely be either nuclear (so sayonara planet) or it will be without a shot fired. What I mean by this is the commies have the ability and appears also, the inclination to destroy western economies thru cyber hacking. They have already shown how they can kill hundreds of thousands of westerners and play havoc with our economies, by releasing a pandemic onto us.

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I agree. The Free World has the collective ability to bring China to its knees by not buying anything from them. Since making themselves a world economic power by pillaging western nations they have become used to living an affluent lifestyle. Well not the peasants but the elite. If they see us in the west suddenly not buying their 'sweat shop-priced' goods then they may come to heel. It is a big if I know as we in the west has given them the money to produce almost everything they need. I am hearing that the Commies are the worlds largest producers of iron ore.. the main ingredient of steel. Yet they import 60/70% of their needs from Australia. Why you ask. Because we have a superior quality iron ore than the Commies. So if Aussie iron ore supplies were to dry up they can still produce their own to make steel.

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It's in the UK news that Australia is buying missiles.
Not only missiles Lindyloo. It is a comprehensive and unprecented defence buy.

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Australia is working on a scheme to provide safe haven to Hong Kong residents after China’s “very concerning” decision to push ahead with the controversial new security law.

The Australian prime minister, Scotty from Marketing, said on Thursday this country was “prepared to step up and provide support”, although his cabinet was yet to finalise the details, including whether the scheme would include a pathway to permanent settlement.

Scotty’s confirmation that Australia is set to follow the UK in providing support to fleeing residents comes a day after authorities arrested hundreds of protesters in Hong Kong.