Politics China insults Australia

[colin traveller]

That time when Mad Max called it ...

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[primer]

He so racist.

 

[digrar]

Wine really isn't that big a deal. Chinese never bought wine based on quality but on the picture on the bottle and whether it made them look "successful". The Chinese market for wine is tiny compared to that of the UK and US.

Likewise China can't afford to scorn Australian iron ore for long, they don't have any good alternatives.

It's still a lazy $1.28 billion for the calendar year, with a hefty 35 per cent share of the Chinese market.

It's our good quality coal that they'll be needing sooner rather than later, making steel without it will be a bit of a mission otherwise.

 

[NZM305]

It's still a lazy $1.28 billion for the calendar year, with a hefty 35 per cent share of the Chinese market.

It's our good quality coal that they'll be needing sooner rather than later, making steel without it will be a bit of a mission otherwise.

I have no doubt that if the price of coal went up there would be people over here falling all over themselves to dig it up to sell to china

 

[Junglejim]

I have no doubt that if the price of coal went up there would be people over here falling all over themselves to dig it up to sell to china

"The capitalist will sell us the rope that we will use to hang them" - Lenin

 

[primer]

Bernie thought the same thing.

 

[Ivan le Fou]

Bernie thought the same thing.

And China makes you pay for the bullet.

 

[primer]

Covid is free of charge.

 

[TheKiwi]

"The capitalist will sell us the rope that we will use to hang them" - Lenin

of course it was Stalin who sold Nazi Germany enough rope to hang 27 million of the USSRs citizens showing that short term gain is not a uniquely capitalist problem.

 

[Ivan le Fou]

Schadenfreude as Chinese steel mills ask for help from Rio and BHP

China’s steel mills are asking BHP and Rio to change the way iron ore is priced. While the miners have surely made all the right sympathetic noises about the price surge, one suspects it wouldn’t have been heartfelt.

www.smh.com.au

 

[BravoZulu]

Schadenfreude as Chinese steel mills ask for help from Rio and BHP

China’s steel mills are asking BHP and Rio to change the way iron ore is priced. While the miners have surely made all the right sympathetic noises about the price surge, one suspects it wouldn’t have been heartfelt.

www.smh.com.au

"What the Lord giveth, the Lord taketh away"

 

[Junglejim]

Why not totally wean yourself off of China? it will hurt a lot in the beginning but I am sure it will be worth it in the end. I do not want it to sound offensive but for a first world it seems the Aussie economy is a bit third world in that its main exports are its minerals. Why not process all in country and make the Chinese or other pay... pay dearly

 

[primer]

Some called for a boycott after Tibet. As actual as an invasion can be.

 

[Deleted member 11302]

Why not totally wean yourself off of China? it will hurt a lot in the beginning but I am sure it will be worth it in the end. I do not want it to sound offensive but for a first world it seems the Aussie economy is a bit third world in that its main exports are its minerals. Why not process all in country and make the Chinese or other pay... pay dearly

That is easier said than done. A great many industries have become reliant on Chinese suppliers and service providers. The logistical chains in production are established and well in place. Under such circumstances it will take the political will, not to mention money, to rearrange the economic structure of the world towards bringing back industries to the West & perhaps try to develop other countries that are more reliable and don't have as many hostile designs on us.

I for one would like to see some of China's cultural softpower wings clipped:

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I must say Ted Cruz has recently become one of my favourite yankee politicians, the man has gone through an impressive arc, from your typical sleazy Republican to a man who has the balls to take unpopular positions and stand by them.

 

[TheKiwi]

It wouldn't take much for Australia to impose a 500% tarrif on the import of (for example) Great Wall vehicles.

 

[primer]

Only 23 per cent of Australians trust China to act responsibly in the world, a dramatic fall from 52 per cent just two years ago.

I doubt if such a poll exists in NZ. We're all melting pot progressive to even think about it.
Both US and Aust public have performed a 180 on china in that last few years . Before that they would publicly pillar the racist racist xenophobe.

 

[surfpunk]

That is easier said than done. A great many industries have become reliant on Chinese suppliers and service providers. The logistical chains in production are established and well in place. Under such circumstances it will take the political will, not to mention money, to rearrange the economic structure of the world towards bringing back industries to the West & perhaps try to develop other countries that are more reliable and don't have as many hostile designs on us.

I for one would like to see some of China's cultural softpower wings clipped:

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I must say Ted Cruz has recently become one of my favourite yankee politicians, the man has gone through an impressive arc, from your typical sleazy Republican to a man who has the balls to take unpopular positions and stand by them.

OT but I wonder how that happened... Trump emboldened some people to start standing for something? regardless, my response to every politician ever, when they say or do something I agree with, is always the same.... "they must be lying, someway, somehow..." I cant get over the feeling that every politician, no matter who, is some level of narcisstic sociopath....

 

[Ivan le Fou]

Only 23 per cent of Australians trust China to act responsibly in the world, a dramatic fall from 52 per cent just two years ago.

I doubt if such a poll exists in NZ. We're all melting pot progressive to even think about it.
Both US and Aust public have performed a 180 on china in that last few years . Before that they would publicly pillar the racist racist xenophobe.

I wonder, are these 23% 100% of Chinese origins?

 

[muck]

I wonder, are these 23% 100% of Chinese origins?

There's no need for that. My brother works in a company with strong business ties to China. He often sings their praise, and through him I've met many people who think like him. You don't bite the hand that feeds you.

 

[Ivan le Fou]

There's no need for that. My brother works in a company with strong business ties to China. He often sings their praise, and through him I've met many people who think like him. You don't bite the hand that feeds you.

Especially when the other one aims a gun at your head.


*I am jesting*