#1 True enuff - Aussie-feared China in time has no qualms about dealing harshly or violently wid any Islamist threat to its interests, but right now e.g. Okinawa-Senkakus + SCS its focii/priority is reducing US power-n-influence in East-South Asia + "breaking out" of the "first island chain" vee US-Allies, NOT any Islamist threat to OZ + Kiwi-land [New Zealand].
At last check, China was attempting bilateral rapperochement wid Papua-New Guinea as per strategic natural resources includ "rare-earth" minerals. An [anti-US] PLA presence in Papua-New Guinea can certainly help the Aussies restrain the growing Islamist regional threat - THE QUESTION IS WHETHER AUSTRALIA WANTS THE PLA TO BE THAT CLOSE TO ITS SHORES. |
