"If only the Chinese knew how Marx the CCP is making them look to us... (Only not Karl... more Groucho, Harpo, Chico, Gummo and Zeppo)."
Couple of Chinese running the local post office - I asked them which part they were from - Hong Kong.... very wise.. nice folk.. not sure - no rings so might be brother and sister...
More raw meat for the balcony:-
https://au.yahoo.com/news/the-china-crisis-australia-wont-be-able-to-escape-0404..."There is a potential military crisis on the horizon that "Australia won't be able to escape," experts warn.
China has vowed to reclaim a defiant Taiwan with the leader of the Chinese Communist Party, Xi Jinping, previously declaring he will take the country by force if necessary.
Australian Strategic Policy Institute Executive Director Peter Jennings fears Australia will have nowhere to hide if that happens.
Speaking on Sky News, he said the US would be drawn into any military escalation "and you better believe the United States will be expecting the help of its two key allies in the region – Japan and Australia – to play a role in the defence of Taiwan".
"This is something we won't be able to escape it seems to me," he said."
.. read more in link.. it's Yahoo News - safe to use...
Also met a Taiwanese SEAL once - twice as wide as me and same height and a face of granite - never smiled. Inscrutabre...
Also note that l'ennemi ancien, Japan, is being called on to take on some of the burden of defending Taiwan.
"GI in you wet trench near Taipei - someone is comfort your girl while you shiver and shake... how you Jodi back home doing while you wait to die? Mirrion of volunteer liberation army for Fascist Capitalist Occupied Territory of Taiwan on ship now to meet you.. very happy see you soon. US Air Force and Navy all gone now... only heroic Chinese force in South China Sea for you... onry yesterday captain of you last aircraft carrier commit suicide... then ship scuttle... no mo' air covah fo' you... some nice music from home help you sleep now...