Morrison digging a grave for Australia

Morrison digging a grave for Australia
https://asiatimes.com/2020/09/morrison-digging-a-grave-for-australia/

The linked article is not written by me, but sounds very much like what I have been blogging

Morrison with all his supporting ministers and mates, who are in favour of conflicts and confrontation with the goose that lays the golden eggs must go; the sooner the better, for the good and well-being of all Australians.

Does he understand the phrase “Lest we forget” other than words used on Remembrance Day? The phrase encapsulates the desire to remember the past tragedy and sacrifice and ensure that such bloody catastrophe never happens again.

In recent months, not only does he dip his hands in China’s pie, but also interferes in the affairs of the states especially Victoria and Queensland. He likes to be seen as the Big Brother, but he is far from being one for his uncompromising and undiplomatic style of leadership, just to put it mildly.

How is Australia going to fill the 800 billion dollars financial Black Hole? We, the Australians, cannot just live on eating our home grown barley and wheat, poured over with milk from our own farms, nutritious yet boring. We will be stripped off the lifestyle we have been enjoying for the past century.

Is Australia being bullied or forced into a corner politically, or held at ransom such that “we are either with them, or against them”? Without saying, the implied consequence of not being a team member is to deemed as an enemy. While life and death is in black and white, the decision to go to war is always in shades of grey. The winning strategy is not about killing the enemies, but to establish long lasting peace with minimum casualty.

Aggression provokes more aggression, and leads to wars and destruction. The ultimate destruction is the destruction of our civilisation.

Think peace and promote peace!

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Morrison digging a grave for Australia

Australia has ‘painted itself into a geopolitical corner’ with China, but what is Beijing’s trade endgame?

Australia has ‘painted itself into a geopolitical corner’ with China, but what is Beijing’s trade endgame?
https://www.scmp.com/economy/china-economy/article/3102228/australia-has-painted-itself-geopolitical-corner-china-what

Top politicians in power should not just surround themselves with advisers in finance, economics, defence, medical, communication, and sociology, but also a cool calm expert in psychology

I have been writing often about Australia PM Scott Morrison being a unrefined in dealing with diplomatic matters.

Let me put aside the way he handles China first, and go back to all those things he told Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews and Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk, how to run his state, criticising them for not opening the state borders. Morrison turned from beating his chest in the public telling all Australians that “we are all Melbournians”, to telling Andrews bugger-all the way he imposition of strict lockdown during the pandemic and BRI project.

Andrews stayed very cool almost all the time, with slight sign of irritation in his body language when drilled repeatedly by the press for things he had said many times at daily update. He always said he had good relationship with Morrison, not once he said an bad about the PM, and any state premiers and territory chief ministers.

Besides these, Andrews had not criticised or reprimanded his staff for their wrong doing in the public to cause them any embarrassment.

Morrison suffers from foot-in-mouth disease. His words come out faster from his mouth than he can think and analyse the consequence in his brain. What is said cannot be retracted, and cause long term damage, not only to his image, but also the well-being of all Australians during his term in office. It is very damaging to corner a tiger that it has no choice but to jump over the wall, so to speak. If China does not buy iron ore from Australia, they can easily turn to Brazil which has the second largest in reserved. Interestingly, China’s reserve is just after Brazil.

Is Australia the only English speaking country in the world that China’s students can go to learn this language, one that is not even originated here. Our closest neighbour New Zealand, and the motherland of English, England will welcome them to bring along the education pot of gold anytime.

As for barley, Australia’s close buddy the US has been supplying China since the dispute began. Australia’s peace time allies are great mates during good time, but many are no different from hawks and vultures, waiting for the right moment, to grab and tear a piece of this succulent trade meat. Money means the same in all languages, and smells good especially in tough economic times. Why is the need of a psychologist adviser? For Morrison, a child psychologist may be a better choice. Modern parenting technique is about open dialogue and continuous communication with the children. We encourage the children to be peace loving, not only to fellow human beings, but also the environment. Parents are not to put children down or reprimand them publicly. Parents are not allowed even to raise their voice or use a wooden spoon to hit meatiest part of the body known as the bum.

The child psychologist reckons all these will affect the children’s development and makes them to be aggressive and hate rather to love.

Morrison can easily arrange an audio or video meeting with China to iron out the problems. Australia needs not to kowtow to China or eat humble pie.

Only great leader talks Peace, NOT Wars. Only great leaders put the well-being if their people before anything else. Morrison does not like other countries tell him in public how to run Australia. Yes, indeed I am doing likewise critiquing him openly. If I have a choice, I definitely like to say all that I want to say behind close door.

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Australia has ‘painted itself into a geopolitical corner’ with China, but what is Beijing’s trade endgame?

Donald Trump could win the US election for the same reason he won last time

Posted to The Age (1/9/2920) on 2/9/2020 (not yet published by the newspaper)
Commenting on "Donald Trump could win the US election for the same reason he won last time”
https://www.theage.com.au/national/donald-trump-could-win-the-us-election-for-the-same-reason-he-won-last-time-20200901-p55r6r.html

Biden will not win this unlosable election. Trump is a fantastic marketer, and he understands the psychological needs of his followers, while Biden keeps missing the opportunities to hit hard on the key issues.

Trump has a good chance to win, and he will make himself the peace maker after the election. He has to rely on China for supplies, as well as a customer. Out of the blue, bilateral relationship will improve, and he will come out the winner not only in the US, but also the world. Along the way, Trump will leave a trail of economic disaster for the blind followers.

Australia, the lap dog of the US will be the biggest loser, and most of our key exports will be replaced by the US’ and other countries’. There will be plenty of barley to feed our stomachs and enough wine to drown our sorrow.

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Donald Trump could win the US election for the same reason he won last time

China avoids recession despite coronavirus, trade disputes

Posted to Facebook on 17/7/2020 at 12:17 AM
Posted to The Age (16/7/2020) on 17/7/2020 (Not published by The Age)
Commenting on "China avoids recession despite coronavirus, trade disputes"
https://www.theage.com.au/world/asia/china-avoids-recession-despite-coronavirus-trade-sanctions-20200716-p55cmv.html

The only way to fix a problem is to nip in the bud.

Australia has been dilly-dallying in cancelling the F1 Grand Prix race, stopping inbound overseas flights, locking down cities and suburbs, closing borders, continuously debating about compulsory wearing masks, etc.

The most laughable exemption that defies logic is the social distancing between the school children at school. This is in contrast with teachers having to adhere to the rule.

In addition, the governments can't agree on aiming at suppressing or eliminating the coronavirus outbreak!

Oh no, this is not a communist state; how dare the state government use the ADF personnel to manage the hotel quarantine? Well I doubt a soldier in China would dare to have sex with a person in quarantine at the hotel.

Are you listening? Trump says, "it's ok to change your mind".

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China avoids recession despite coronavirus, trade disputes

Liu calls out Andrews on Belt and Road

Posted to Facebook on 1/6/2020 9:18 AM
Posted to The Age (31/5/2020) on 1/6/2020
Commenting on "Liu calls out Andrews on Belt and Road"
https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/lack-of-transparency-liu-calls-out-andrews-on-belt-and-road-20200531-p54y21.html

Time and again, the loose canons, Deputy Sheriff and Gladys Liu, open their mouths at the wrong moment. Why do matters that involve China, our biggest trading partner, turn into brownie point scoring opportunity between the two opposing parties? Relationship is not developed when China is dragged in as a shooting target.

More than than 125 countries have signed up to the BRI, including our closest neighbour New Zealand. Shouldn’t these kind of discussion left to state MPs rather than a Federal member?

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Is Hong Kong American or Chinese territory? Beijing’s new national security law seeks to set that straight

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Commenting on "Is Hong Kong American or Chinese territory? Beijing’s new national security law seeks to set that straight"
hhttps://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/3085790/hong-kong-american-or-chinese-territory-beijings-new-nationa

Australian government should understand more about the reasons behind why China takes such action over Hong Kong before barking up the wrong tree again

Morrison's missteps on China have brought unnecessary grief

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Posted to The Age (21/5/2020) on 23/5/2020
Commenting on "Morrison's missteps on China have brought unnecessary grief"
https://www.theage.com.au/national/morrison-s-missteps-on-china-have-brought-unnecessary-grief-20200521-p54v6x.html

Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews has done a much better job than the Morrison’s clan including Dutton and Payne. No one needs to suck up or kowtow to China to spare the economic pain. Diplomacy to develop good relationship is the key to success to achieve a win-win situation.

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Farmer turmoil as China‘s hunger for Australia wanes

Posted to Facebook on 17/5/202011:46 AM
Posted to The Age (15/5/2020) on 17/5/2020
Commenting on "Farmer turmoil as China‘s hunger for Australia wanes"
https://www.theage.com.au/politics/federal/farmer-turmoil-as-china-s-hunger-for-australia-wanes-20200515-p54tiq.html

It only takes about half a century for China to rise from a poor developing country to what it is today - the second largest economy, a superpower with spaceship that reaches the dark side of the moon, high speed trains that connect major and smaller cities, largest port in the world, skyscrapers among the tallest in the world, etc.

How can that happen to China but not Australia? Australia is still talking additional runways in major airports, train track not well maintained to handle trains run at higher speed, let alone dreaming of high speed train, water supply that continues to cause interstate conflict, etc.

China was backed to the corner, some cities were attacked and occupied by the various countries after the fall of the last empire. In order to survive China supplied cheap labour, not imported workers, to produce goods for complacent countries perceived to be a class above. Soon these countries enjoyed cheap products, including high-tech devices and fashion, but lost the knack of hard work, and manufacturing skills. Compounding the problem is the squabble of political parties and divided national pride. Governments slow about the progress of the country and tend to forget the well-being of the people.

China had to start from ground up, determined and continues move forward.

Australians can be nationalistic, but it does not have the external pressure to make this a united nation. It is naive to make enemies instead of friends, because without trade with China, Australia cannot feed hungry stomachs. Cost of living will sky rocket if Australia relies on its labour force to do things at such relaxed pace. It is unimaginable that unions will rise again to rule the country.

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Once again we look like diplomatic amateurs on China

Posted to Facebook on 17/5/202011:46 AM
Posted to The Age (1/5/2020) on 1/5/2020
Commenting on "Farmer turmoil as China‘s hunger for Australia wanes"
https://www.theage.com.au/national/once-again-we-look-like-diplomatic-amateurs-on-china-20200430-p54oo6.html

The world is getting more and more dangerous to live in, and is facing complete destruction caused by aggressive, undiplomatic, self-centred, power hungry politicians.

Australia, with reasonably low fatalities in this pandemic, unless the second wave strikes hard, can become the world leader of peace and humanity, but its government chooses to be the Deputy Sheriff and know-tow not to China but to the US.

Printing money or keep borrowing are not the ways to get Australia out of financial wows after the pandemic. Australia is not the Gilligan’s Island, and needs injection of foreign investment and having other countries to buy its coal, iron ore, wine, education and tourism.

India has more coal than Australia and Russia holds the second largest reserve. As for iron ore, Brazil is still a very large exporter despite its production has fallen to 4th place in the last quarter.

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Canberra to call Beijing's bluff over economic boycott threat

Posted to Facebook on 29/4/2020 1:21 AM
Posted to The Age (28/4/2020) on 29/4/2020
Commenting on "Cambridge scientist suggests virus did not originate in Wuhan"
https://www.theage.com.au/politics/federal/canberra-to-call-beijing-s-bluff-over-economic-boycott-threat-20200428-p54nw0.html

Australian government howls like a wolf in a wolf pack, because it does not want to be left out, especially when big brother bully US is calling for an international inquiry into the origins of coronavirus.

The three Amigos from Australia, a country with a democratic political system - Scott Morrison, Peter Dutton and Marise Payne, have been pointing fingers at China so adamantly, prejudging China of committing the biggest international crime without giving China the presumption of innocence.

Morrison is the first world leader to call for a ban on China's wet markets. Payne suggested China withheld information regarding the spread of the virus, while Dutton said "China needs to 'answer questions' on the virus origins after unsubstantiated reports from the US that it was grown in a lab in Wuhan and accidentally escaped."

What if the origin is not Wuhan, but from the US or another country? Will US allow international scrutiny while the pandemic continues to kill more than 2,000 a day in the country?

In 2009, Australia had a record number of 631,935 international student enrolment, but in 2012 it fell to 515,813. The decline was not global event, but it was due to change of Australian government policies. The students went to other countries like UK, Canada, Germany, etc.

International students need more than education. They also need accommodation, food, recreation, etc.

There is a very strong competitor which can offer a place for the international students, as well as with great tourist destinations, and that is New Zealand which is more than a lovable country, but also has a down-to-earth and kind Prime Minister.

I have been a keen traveller and I know there are many countries that can offer plenty of places of interest to visit. Australia will stand to lose plenty if it does not play the card right.

Chinese people are very different from people in many countries - a lockdown in Wuhan means a complete lockdown. The people understand societal good comes before individuals'. When China is being bullied, the citizens unite, because patriotism kicks in.

Australia will be badly financially wounded after the pandemic and needs a lot of money to fill the financial blackhole.

I doubt Beijing is bluffing, because many countries just love to supply China anything and everything in order to fill the empty coffers.

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