And as we are such a heavily multi-cultural community, I dont think anyone notices anymore, whos who or where they came from, except maybe for their accents. Chinas Per-Capita GDP has Led to a Drastic Reduction in Poverty., http://www.gallup.com/poll/166565/one-five-worldwide-living-extreme-poverty.aspx, [12] Jemima Garrett and staff. Your contribution to help with the running costs of this site will be gratefully accepted. And we are afraid of China? It is at this point that the historical element as well as the dangers for other actors particularly Australia in the A-P region and the invasion scenario to which Lambie alludes can be introduced. News By Simon Green Assistant Editor (Digital) 15:20, 15 FEB 2019 Updated 20:17, 15 FEB 2019 Video Loading United Australia Party leader warns of Chinese takeover The question that can now be asked and the one that returns to the core of this article, is will this result in an invasion of Australia? Another important contributing factor, which a possible adversary is likely to take into account, is the combined fighting potential of the ADF. Don't miss a thing! http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/jacqui-lambie-refuses-to-apologise-for-warning-of-chinese-invasion/story-fn59niix-1227038207396. Sociologist Steven Pinker has demonstrated that in fact violence has been reducing over the millenia. It is safe to assume that in the event of a large-scale invasion of mainland Australia, the ADFs response capacity would be overstretched beyond any reasonable expectation of waging effective defensive operations. [11] An historical comparison can be made here which befits the Wests pattern, and in doing so offers the growth of China another perspective and the inherent dangers for the West. Notify me of follow-up comments by email. Sydney: Murdoch Press. Image: Li Gang/Xinhua via Getty Images. New York: Monthly Review Press, 2002, 217. Despite its massive standing force, including noticeable improvements to its amphibious assault element, it is not fit to conduct a successful cross-strait amphibious invasion of nearby Taiwan (Chinas number one strategic and operational priority), let alone engage in a long distance strategic hypothetical such as an invasion of Australia. War is inevitable. When it comes to assessing a countrys fighting potential on a comparative basis, a number of major contributing factors needs to be taken into account. By Alan Dupont. The End of History and the Last Man. These past weeks have seen Clive Palmer MP berate the Peoples Republic of China (PRC) government and other (Chinese) that have had business dealings with him. This was followed by a further dictum from his colleague Senator Jacqui Lambie speaking about the potential of a Chinese invasion and whats more, she has refused to withdraw her comment. The creation of the Sovereign Guided Weapons and Explosive Ordinance Enterprise is supposed to address some of these concerns. The shock of this state-of-affairs resides in Western nation-states and Western European-centric nations Australia and America, and to some extent Japan are included is included in this mix have been privy to, over the past several centuries is watching the slow but sure rise of Western Europe as a force. As Europe became a force it has incrementally been able to dictate its version of what government and governance should comprise of to the rest of the world. Britain robustly expanded beyond its own borders often usurping other nation-states, frequently through violence and colonisation in order to gain what it needed. Ill give a dollar to anyone who actually read all that. Returning to the initial centrepiece of Lambies argument and notion of whether Australia is in danger of being invaded in the traditional sense of the term. The evidence-base for this outcome is also in the history of the West. It is unlikely that the PLA will risk using its ageing strategic bomber force as a long-range offensive asset against Australia. In the process of the IRs momentum the British government had to meet ever greater demands from its populace. [4] http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-08-19/japan-expands-their-military-amid-growing-tensions-with-china/5672932 Australia Network News, 19 August,, 2014. The coming state-of-affairs for Australia will be one surviving the numerous upcoming protracted and friction-filled escalations and the ever-greater political and military demands China will inevitably make. Another Century of War? 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Firstly, China has insufficient capacity to wage long distance assault operations. The issue-at-hand remains that China would not invade Australia in the next decade because pax-Sino has not been on the ascent long enough; and has not been able to establish the required networks for a limited invasion of Australia to succeed. In fact it seems to misfire all over the place jumps back and forth in history . A new survey released Tuesday by the Lowy Institute, a foreign policy research group, found only a slim majority of Australians supported military action in the event of a Chinese invasion of . After all its our back yard. The time of this dominance is coming to an end, as China is on the rise. !! A significant part of the reason the rise of China, and the subsequent actions of the PRC government have become so chilling, and the reason the invasion word was used by Senator Lambie, is twofold. Whoops that cant be right. Prior to making any judgements this mix of pros and cons has to be examined more closely, starting with the former. Also our most northern city, Darwin (or Wolf Creek) is a complete joke ! The PLAN is still in the process of mastering out-of-area major battle group deployments. Or so it seems. Enter your email address to subscribe to The AIMN and receive notifications of new posts by email. The petrodollar became the currency in which oil and most other goods were traded internationally, requiring every central bank and major corporation to hold a lot of dollars and cementing the greenbacks status as the worlds reserve currency. A war . There is an accommodation that will need to be given over to China and a significant point to focus upon is to observe an historical element, and to realize within it lies a chilling and changing demographic. You can donate through PayPal or credit card via the button below, or donate via bank transfer: BSB: 062500; A/c no: 10495969. Be afraid and whatever you do, support your government!!! Its TERRORISM people. One thing is for sure, China does not need to invade Australia. http://www.hup.harvard.edu/catalog.php?isbn=9780674055445. Trillions of dollars would be dumped on the global market in a very short time, which would lower the dollars foreign exchange value in a disruptive rather than advantageous way, raise domestic US interest rates and make it vastly harder for them to bully the rest of the world economically or militarily. For peace to come about either locally or globally, a major reappraisal of Language and all the edifices of modern life are called into question. China to INVADE Australia? Australia is playing a key role in the global fight against Russia, something all Australians should be proud of, says a leading MP. Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, Paris: OECD, 2003, 258. If there is a war with China, it will most likely be over its efforts to reunite Taiwan with the mainland. Selling more and more of our assets (mineral companies and FREEHOLD farming land) is moving the country to a checkmate position with China controling its assets. Dr Strobe Driver reports. This has been done with unconditional fiscal contributions (loans). Given the absence of layered air defence capability (AD) in the ADFs order of battle, including long-range AD systems, in theory it can wage long-range missile strikes against our key land targets (defence installations, strategic surveillance communication facilities, possibly large population centres), even though it may risk escalation to an open confrontation with the United States. China must be offered a bigger role in the Asia-Pacific. The Age, Melbourne: Fairfax Publishing Ltd, 10 June, 2014, 16. [1] Jacqui Lambie refuses to apologise for warning of Chinese invasion. AAP/The Australian. It is pertinent to ask what will drive such an outcome. [9] Ezra Vogel. America, as a standalone country comprised at this time, 4.6% of the worlds population. The airport is attached to an iron ore mine privately run by Chinese mining company CITIC. The Chinese are already quietly invading us in droves, buying up huge amounts of property and investment. Try again. Hence, it can attack Australia by means of a sophisticated cyber offensive campaign, even without a formal declaration of hostile intent. It would be the nightmare from hell to contain. Sun 27 Feb 2022 00.26 EST First published on Sat 26 Feb 2022 19.57 EST The prime minister, Scott Morrison, has announced that Australia will provide funds for "lethal aid" to Ukraine's war. On April 25, the symbolic date of Anzac Day, when Australia honors its war dead, newly appointed Defense Minister Peter Dutton said a conflict with China over Taiwan shouldn't "be discounted,". Taiwanese . Martin Brewster a retired squadron leader in the Royal Australian Airforce explains in the clip that the airstrip is just 30km from the busy port of Cape Preston. There ya go. The relative ease of attacking mainland Australia comes from the geographical distribution of our major industrial and population centres, which are located within Australias littoral. Time and again it has been demonstrated that invasion does not work. Drop file here. And correspondingly, where to place the US? On the other side of the ledger we have people who deride any concerns as alarmist, the fish bowl syndrome. Australians must never forget how the 14 conditions delivered to Australia by China would change this nation forever. All of these instances have had the enduring effect of proving Western liberal-democracy is the most venerable and robust of all governments and governance. These are clear examples of preponderance and to believe China is not on a similar pathway modelled on British and American history is to deliberately ignore the evidence. And moreover, for the US Australia would not be the only game in town. Reflecting on this statement, a significant part of the reason the US lost the Vietnam War is that it was not the only game in town[13] as it was beset with domestic civil strife, had ongoing issues with the Soviet Union-Cuba alliance, and had European Cold War commitments as well as the space race. An Australia-China conflict will also adhere to the not the only game in town principle for the US and for Australians to believe that the US will see a conflict in the A-P region as important enough to warrant an immediate response is simply wrong. These are among the powerful predictions the world looks set to face as it comes to grip with new powers, financial slowdowns and emerging economies. [10] Angus Madisson. War with China is just a silly sensationalist drivel. China knows America is getting weaker by the day, owns most of the US debt and will demand America to pay back the debt or China will cripple America economically (no more cheap loans). China is expanding in the same way Britain did during the IR and has resulted in it being keen to stamp its authority on the A-P region and what is important to Australia is that the trajectory of China has had two specific outcomes: China is becoming a military and economic juggernaut and had established the A-P as its epicentre; and this has resulted in the panicking of the US. Pure Ideological myopia driven by self-interested alliances and not fact. China could invade Taiwan later this year, top Navy officer warns By Caitlin Doornbos October 21, 2022 12:14pm Updated 0 of 58 secondsVolume 0% 00:00 00:58 China could invade Taiwan as. It can also enhance themoral readiness and the determination of troops to fight and win under any circumstances, including unfavourable battle conditions (for example, in the absence of air superiority or sustained logistics). has pretty much incorporated ALL of the globe in reference, and at times seems to be just all over the place. This is where I place Australia with regard to China (providing it stays on its current foreign policy/policies pathway). China is a completely different because it has a pax-Sino in mind not unlike the pax-Britannica of the 1800s and it has embarked upon this in earnest from the mid-1990s and it has a centurys long plan. Recently the Obama administration has gone to great lengths to reassure Australia it is committed to keeping a geo-strategic and political presence in the region with a recent visit by Secretary of State Kerry and a reiteration of wanting to rebalance Asia. This guides the question of the optimal future force size, and the subsequent commitment to defence spending, as highlighted by Senator Jim Molan. Peace is said to be Wars opposite and everwhile the arming for war denies peace any opportunity of reality except in the mind of man. Maybe try deceptive lying capitalist pigs. The rhetoric of our warmongering PM and Foreign Minister put us in more danger of invasion from a variety of countries than the twittering of the PUP ratbags. But you cant do that, youre just a whining shitbag like the entire PUP. Writing in the national business daily, the Australian Financial Review, international relations specialist James Curran asks a different question.What lessons should Australia draw from Vladimir Putin's invasion for managing a comparable crisis in Taiwan? Francis Fukuyama would deem the collapse of communism to be the end of history,[7] which translates in simpler terms, to liberal-democracy as a form of government winning against communism. Copyright The Australian Independent Media Network 2014-2022 ABN: 44313698183. We use your sign-up to provide content in the ways you've consented to and improve our understanding of you. China will be a vastly different case to what the West has previously encountered and then dominated, as it has adopted the Wests interests in being a regional as well as global controller and therefore the case of China is completely different than what has gone before in the power-stakes of the twentieth century. Nuh still something wrong. 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