Commenced through their proxy in Solomons (pop ~700k vs China 1.45Bn) – knowing that Labor would not be “bi-partisan” – and that Govt would be unable to defend itself in the pressures of the campaign and against our dominant Green/Left media. Now China hardly lets ink dry on the Green/Labor election win and they are on their multi-archipelago Pacific “signing up bilateral agreements” with up to 10 Island Nations which they hope will make vast areas of the Pacific a Chinese lake.
Now China has a more user friendly Govt for their Southern Quarry we can look forward to more overt signs of increased Chinese penetration here.
Yep …
Some time ago, I asked the rhetorical question: “What will Australia’s reaction be when Beijing bribes Port Moresby ?”
The answer, of course, was to send Penny Wong to PNG expounding all the reasons that we’re just so much nicer.