Can't be too critical as I suppose there were nurseries on those three Warships.

Link.

Bloody hell.

I think we have to assume it wasnt STOLEN..

in which case  ... what they are doing is strange

but not illegal......if it makes feeding babies safer in China....and we seem to be able to produce the product without any problems......

why make a fuss about it?..

I noticed Chinese tourists buying up everything they could get their hands on in a chemist in Osaka last week. I was told they sell it online at a huge markup because Chinese don't trust domestic goods, including baby formula, diapers, etc

cods wrote on Jun 8^th, 2019 at 6:07pm:


Then it should be manufactured to sufficient quantity so as not to leave Australian consumers without ....

it should be done business to business as export trade usually happens  ......

not via Chinese military ships as a govt. grovelling back door expedience.

That's BS.

cods wrote on Jun 8^th, 2019 at 6:20pm:


It wasn't "watered" down ... it was contaminated with toxic substances.

None the less it doesn't sit well with all the underhanded supermarket rackets by Chinese nationals & whoever they recruit here buying up/cleaning out the supermarket shelves and containerizing it to send to China and now have Chinese warships visit Sydney on the pretense of crew R&R ..... and load them up with baby formula to take to China.

Smells of fish ... big time.

Gnads wrote on Jun 8^th, 2019 at 6:26pm:






come on dont let us sink so low we would deprive babies of decent food..

Giving this some more thought.

I have no idea how much of this product the Aussie manufacturer sends to China through their own exporting programme.  But.....

I guess they are laughing all the way to the Bank when the local shelves are denuded....they get to fill them up again!

Aussie wrote on Jun 8^th, 2019 at 6:33pm:


the demand for non-toxic personal products in China far outstrips the supply. that is why Chinese tourists do it far more than sailors.

So the purpose of Chinese Navy ships visiting Australia is to load up with baby formula, is that it cods?

Aussie wrote on Jun 8^th, 2019 at 6:38pm:


I can only assume they do. And can't keep up with demand.

Aussie wrote on Jun 8^th, 2019 at 6:38pm:


the problem is that we don't make enough enough to meet both theirs and our demand.

there are huge profits to be made. Those sailors aren't buying it for their private consumption, they're buying it to sell. Pay $25, sell it for $80 - $100 in china for little effort (there are website there that cater to this poo ... just post an add with a photo and wait for the orders.) ...not a bad turnover.

This is one example

https://www.businessinsider.com.au/meet-the-chinese-students-making-up-to-3000-a...

John Smith wrote on Jun 8^th, 2019 at 7:09pm:


Gawd.

Time to stomp on this crap, Mr Morrison.

It's no different to those who buy cartons of cheap cigarettes overseas for $1 a packet and then try to bring them here to sell for $10

Aussie wrote on Jun 8^th, 2019 at 7:32pm:


the only reason the restrictions on tobacco are working is because it could cost govts hundreds of millions in unpaid revenue to ignore it. If govt. taxed baby food the same as tobacco you'd see this stamped out quick smart (not that I advocate taxing baby food).

If there is nothing in it for the govt, they don't put in the resources.

Gordon wrote on Jun 8^th, 2019 at 7:52pm:


I do.  If one of my kids went to get that formula for my grandchild and found the shelf empty, I'd be pissed off.  You, Gordon?

Gordon wrote on Jun 8^th, 2019 at 8:19pm:


So...you are okay with the Chinese military machine sailing into Australia to get a truck load of stuff to flog to the poor plods in China and rip them off.  Fer kem.

Aussie wrote on Jun 8^th, 2019 at 8:24pm:


Is Gordon a tractor to Australia?

Other sailors come here spend their money drinking and whoring and its all good. The Chinese spend their money on baby formula and they are villains.

Aussie wrote on Jun 8^th, 2019 at 8:24pm:
Thats it, the Chinese diverted 3 warships to Australia to buy a few dozen tins of baby formula. No flies on you .

rhino wrote on Jun 8^th, 2019 at 8:55pm:


The funny thing about that returning from the ME story is that they would be back in China as quick or quicker than they were to visit Sydney. It's quite a detour.

This is good for Australian dairy farmers. We should be helping the Chinese buy as much as they want, instead of inventing conspiracies.

Setanta wrote on Jun 8^th, 2019 at 9:02pm:



I'll put up my stats right after you put up your stats on chinese boobies.

The west doesn't use wet nurses anymore choochoo ... they use baby formulae instead. Hence the dilemma.

And many women can't breast feed. It has, at least in Australia, little to do with fashion or wanting firm breasts. It's also not, not the best of my knowledge, through lack of trying.

Gordon wrote on Jun 8^th, 2019 at 9:08pm:


that's because you walk around with blinkers.

Gordon wrote on Jun 8^th, 2019 at 9:10pm:


That's what they are doing.

Gordon wrote on Jun 8^th, 2019 at 9:12pm:



not an original bone in your body 

Setanta wrote on Jun 8^th, 2019 at 9:16pm:


no stats there about breastfeeding rates choo choo ... try again. And this time try to stick to the topic.

Setanta wrote on Jun 8^th, 2019 at 9:19pm:



yet you were the one claiming chinese boobies don't work choo choo. I'm merely trying to ascertain where you got that detail from?

making it up again were you?

John Smith wrote on Jun 8^th, 2019 at 9:24pm:


No it was obviously sarcasm. How could one claim no Chinese boobies work any more? Are you really that thick? My point was why do they need formula when they have oppai, you claimed enough women can't breastfeed to make this formula shopping a viable industry.

Stats please.

Setanta wrote on Jun 8^th, 2019 at 9:29pm:



of course it was


you realise that sarcasm is difficult to pull of in the written language at the best of times ... and you are far from the anywhere near the best of times.

Setanta wrote on Jun 8^th, 2019 at 9:29pm:



what a load of rubbish. You either can't read or you're full of it. What I actually said was that it is a very profitable 'industry'. Not sure how you do your books, but in my books that's the opposite of not viable.

Setanta wrote on Jun 8^th, 2019 at 9:39pm:



alternatively, it's more likely that it's yours that's faulty.

Setanta wrote on Jun 8^th, 2019 at 9:39pm:



yes, in relation to the number of faulty Chinese boobies. You've failed to provide any such stats. I never claimed any boobies were or were not working in china .. that was all your doing. Then when that failed you tried pretending it was sarcasm. . Surely your dementia isn't so bad you can't recall your comment from less than 5 minutes ago?

John Smith wrote on Jun 8^th, 2019 at 9:46pm:


See the rest of the post. You are as bad at marking your own work as Greg and Mothra.

Setanta wrote on Jun 8^th, 2019 at 9:49pm:


I'm not marking my work choo choo, I'm marking your work ... and so far it's F's all the way for you

John Smith wrote on Jun 8^th, 2019 at 9:55pm:


Bull Mimo, I provided my stats of boobies in China, now provide yours of how many work as designed or not.

Setanta wrote on Jun 8^th, 2019 at 9:57pm:


once again for the mentally retarded ... I don't care about your stats for the number of boobies in china,  I care about your stats for bobbies that don't work in china. THAT was the basis of your comment.

Dnarever wrote on Jun 8^th, 2019 at 10:01pm:



Whilst I know it used to happen quite a lot ... i didn't think it was such an issue since the supermarkets bought in limits on the numbers you can buy. I'm surprised you've had that much trouble in the last 12 months

John Smith wrote on Jun 8^th, 2019 at 9:58pm:


Then you are ignoring where this conversation started and what it was about. You still haven't shown anything about malfunctioning oppai. So, since you don't have or at least won't want to provide what you know I can only assume the Chinese need this shyte because their women's boobies don't work. You can tell us why they need it? It's not a fashion thing apparently. There is no easy out for you here Mimo.

These work for me

Gordon wrote on Jun 8^th, 2019 at 10:16pm:


Not a fan of big tits. At all.

Many of you will remember members here accusing me of cybering with a girlfriend I had when I was in my teens, she asked me why I was not interested in her and why I never gave her the dick. She had huge tits, gross.

Dnarever wrote on Jun 8^th, 2019 at 10:22pm:


Did mum have breast feeding probs? Perhaps you can help Mimo.

Jasin wrote on Jun 8^th, 2019 at 8:26pm:


China owns the biggest dairy farm in TASMANIA & a few on the mainland & more than one in New Zealand.

Maybe they think the formula is theirs anyway. 

So the exported milk products are not classed as a foreign exports to attract tariffs .... it's classed as local .... what does that say to your Chinese invasion statement?

John Smith wrote on Jun 8^th, 2019 at 7:10pm:




can you not see a huge market for our very own manufacturing...??/ that amazes me...


we dont of course know what China thinks about all this???....maybe their baby food industry is huge over there... and what little of aussie formula that does get into the country has no impact on their own business'

come on this is so obvious  I am sure both govts are fully aware   and couldnt give a toss...

its baby formula not drugs or weapons of mass destruction....


sheeeeze.... have you ever read such a load of codswallop...

Gnads wrote on Jun 9^th, 2019 at 11:08am:


You can't understand how the Chinese appetite for their products could be a good thing for our farmers?

freediver wrote on Jun 9^th, 2019 at 11:47am:




you know I am wondering how many aussies sailors on a war ship would do that for aussie mums...if the boot was on the other foot...

cods wrote on Jun 9^th, 2019 at 11:52am:


You mean if they were concerned Aussie baby products were poisoning their children?

freediver wrote on Jun 9^th, 2019 at 11:47am:


Good grief ... but trying to expand has proven a dangerous game in the dairy industry.

The Chinese already own some of our biggest dairy farms & NZ's.

You continue to promote more & more dependence on Chinese export markets .... as an investor putting all your eggs in the one basket, is a move fraught with peril.

Why the insistence on everything Chinese when they own ports(Darwin), large/vast beef cattle grazing stations/ agricultural properties including the biggest cotton farm - Cubbie station.

Everything to do with Chinese ownership/investments & export markets is at saturation point.

freediver wrote on Jun 9^th, 2019 at 1:28pm:




well that would be the main point I am making   if the cases were the same...

I am not putting down our sailors   but as I said earlier..

I doubt very much Chinese sailors get as well paid as aussie sailors......

so if they can see a way to make a bit on the side  if it isnt ILLEGAL   so what?...

its for babies   I am all for healthy babies...no matter where they live..

why turn this into an ISSUE ??

   the Chinese navy must have asked the Australian media  to come on board a take pictures...

I dont see a thing wrong with it...its honest reporting...


..

can you believe we are the only ones who see   absolutely nothing wrong with this?...

cods wrote on Jun 9^th, 2019 at 2:54pm:


I did my professional job cods.  It is not the job of these sailors to nick baby formulae to sell on a black market in China to line their pockets.  The job they are paid to do is.....um......be sailors.

(I am amazed at how stuck some people are about what was really a minor case.  Gee, I'd blow your tiny mind if I told you some of the more gruesome ones cods.)