Originally Posted by
dr dre
Primarily the Chinese are starting flying school at airports to train their civil airline pilots. Not their military pilots, not use the airports to transport cheap goods or low paid workers into the country, not use them as bases for an armed invasion of the country. They are starting them solely to take advantage of Australia’s expertise in flying training and to make their civil aviation sector safer. There’s no nefarious intent.
Contrast that to the other foreign power with great influence in Australia. The one that imprisons it’s own citizens at a rate
5 times higher than China, that has interfered in the
elections of numerous counties, including
this one
Think the thin end of the wedge, and that both, not just one, are the problem. In fact, there are many more foreign governments active in Australia at the highest levels. Some have been here so long we don't even regard them as foreign or enemies.