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Rudd's China advocacy distracted by defense minister's China links

World Mar. 27, 2009 - 03:00PM JST ( 5 )

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tclhMar. 27, 2009 - 03:56PM JST

That Chinese Australian developer is a she, and this "SHE" has strong link to high ranking officials of Chinese Government. Somebody in Defense Department hacked into this defense minister computer and leadked this information to the media. It is no small matter.
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BrunobearMar. 27, 2009 - 10:35PM JST

A return air trip from Australia to China cost about US$1,000. Years before Mr Fitzgibbon's party came into Government he was invited to China by a long time family friend who happens to be a successful Chinese business woman. Good for her, I say because she is eminently successful and could afford it far better than he could on a parliamentary back bencher's salary. Maybe it was just kindness on her part. I cannot imagine Mr Fitzgibbon do anything to harm Australia for $2,000 worth of airfares and some accommodation. China is not an expensive country to visit for goodness sake.

Mr Fitzgibbon, since becoming Defence Minister, has been putting the Australian Defence Department staff under close scrutiny, and some don't like the heat or the scrutiny. So one or more "spoof's" secretly enquired into confidential files, looking for something to embarrass him from his past and came up with this. I cannot imagine that there will be one Australian lying in bed tonight worrying about it, let alone thinking about it even.

The fact that Prime-minister Rudd, Treasurer Wayne Swan, and Defence Minister, Joel Fitzgibbon are building stronger ties for Australia with China is a good thing. Just as they will be working hard to build stronger ties with Japan and Australia's other major trading partners such as Asean countries in Sth East Asia.

Australian's seem to like everbody, what is wrong with that? Joe Hockey looks, talks and acts like a typical Sydney buffoon. As they say, if the hat fits, wear it! He is a former lawyer, need any more be said?
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OssanAmericaMar. 28, 2009 - 12:30AM JST

The entire free world agrees that a strong economic relationship with China is a good thing, the US, Australia, Japan, EU, etc. However, no one denies that while the economic side is good, the political and strategic is not; that China still remains an adversary and that both their global intelligence gathering network (read: stealing)as well as efforts to influence foreign governments is nothing to take lightly.
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tclhMar. 28, 2009 - 05:01AM JST

As a general rule ,to be successful in China you MUST have a link, stronger is better, to government power. If not ,your business will just go nowhere. China is an excellent expert in tieing up people, not with steel chains but with very very ,soft ,silky ropes.
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graftonMar. 28, 2009 - 07:49AM JST

Brunobear at 10:35 PM JST - 27th March

“I cannot imagine Mr Fitzgibbon do anything to harm Australia for $2,000 worth of airfares and some accommodation.”

I think that you might be being a little (perhaps deliberately) naïve here. The travel to & from China & the expense of being there may not amount to much. But that is only what can be seen. The reason for the trip are not the price of the trip & perhaps you are shining the light on what you want to be seen so as to avoid shining it else where. In life it is not that which is said that we need worry about, it is what is not said.