Why are the Chinese so interested in Tasmania?

[bob10]

Food for thought. It's a concern for me that the entire Tasmanian board members of Australia's biggest dairy farm, now owned by the Chinese, resigned over governance issues.

COMMENT: Why are the Chinese so interested in Tasmania? (https://www.msn.com/en-au/news/australia/comment-why-are-the-chinese-so-interested-in-tasmania/ar-AAyqnU5?ocid=spartandhp)

[bob10]

Trying to think of the last tourist development to include palliative care. Can't, really.

'I share Australian values': Chinese-Australian developer hits back at foreign ownership fears in Tasmania (https://www.msn.com/en-au/money/company-news/i-share-australian-values-chinese-australian-developer-hits-back-at-foreign-ownership-fears-in-tasmania/ar-AAyzGeN?ocid=spartandhp)

[bob10]

Does China’s new mega-wharf pose a threat to Australia? (https://www.msn.com/en-au/news/australia/does-china’s-new-mega-wharf-pose-a-threat-to-australia/ar-AAyJEKD?ocid=spartandhp)

[bob10]

"That's not bribery, that's diplomacy. Australia does it." Some home truths from Vanuatu.

How China tried to shut down Australian media coverage of its debt-trap diplomacy in the Pacific (https://www.msn.com/en-au/news/australia/how-china-tried-to-shut-down-australian-media-coverage-of-its-debt-trap-diplomacy-in-the-pacific/ar-AAyZkkC?ocid=spartandhp)

[bob10]

Radio Australia shuts down , China starts up.

Beijing wants to strengthen relationship with PNG, while Chinese broadcasters take over old Radio Australia frequencies - Pacific Beat - ABC Radio Australia (http://www.abc.net.au/radio-australia/programs/pacificbeat/china-shortwave/9897668)

[bob10]

Australia looking to the Pacific.

Australia is busy making friends in the Pacific to try to muscle China out - Politics - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) (http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-06-25/australia-looks-to-muscle-china-out-of-the-pacific/9899464)

[bob10]

oops

[bob10]

Why did Sri Lanka foolishly give China a 99 year lease on a new port? Wait, we did some thing similar with Darwin...….

Hambantota: “the Chinese port” (https://www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpreter/hambantota-the-chinese-port)

[bob10]

Why are we so naïve , or is it just chasing the almighty dollar.

Chinese hackers crack into ANU in major national security breach (https://www.msn.com/en-au/news/australia/chinese-hackers-crack-into-anu-in-major-national-security-breach/ar-AAzEuBK?ocid=spartandhp)

[bob10]

Australia, PNG, Solomon Islands sign off on undersea cables, China objects

Australia, Solomon Islands, PNG sign undersea cable deal amid criticism from China - China power - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) (http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-07-12/australia-solomon-islands-png-sign-undersea-cable-deal/9983102)

[bob10]

A New Battle for Guadalcanal, This Time With China - The New York Times (https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/21/world/asia/china-australia-guadalcanal-solomon-islands.html?emc=edit_mbau_20180722&nl=&nlid=8453466920180722&te=1)

[bob10]

Now West Africa.

Xi Jinping, Senegal, and China’s West Africa drive (https://www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpreter/xi-jinping-senegal-and-china-west-africa-drive)

[bob10]

I'm reminded of the old Chinese saying, something like " you have the clocks, we have the time. " Or something like that.

China's Belt and Road stirs up local anxieties -
Nikkei Asian Review (https://asia.nikkei.com/Spotlight/Beyond-the-Silk-Road/China-s-Belt-and-Road-stirs-up-local-anxieties?utm_source=taboola&utm_medium=refferal&utm_campaign=BA%20AU%20RSS&utm_term=%7Bcampaign_id%7D&utm_content=RSS)

[bob10]

Opinion | The Secret Ingredient to China’s Aggression? Sand - The New York Times (https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/31/opinion/china-spratly-islands-sand.html?emc=edit_mbau_20180801&nl=&nlid=8453466920180801&te=1)

[bob10]

‘We Cannot Afford This’: Malaysia Pushes Back on China’s Big Projects - The New York Times (https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/20/world/asia/china-malaysia.html?emc=edit_mbau_20180820&nl=morning-briefing-australia&nlid=8453466920180820&te=1)

[bob10]

China building first modern military outpost in Afghanistan to fight terrorism | South China Morning Post (https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy-defence/article/2161745/china-building-training-camp-afghanistan-fight)

[bob10]

China has transformed its military to 'fight and win wars', Pentagon warns - China power - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) (http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-09-02/pentagon-report-on-chinas-military-contains-warnings-australia/10148162)

[bob10]

Are we sleepwalking to World War III? - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) (http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-07-14/sleepwalking-to-world-war-three-stan-grant/8710390)