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Stunning Interview Sees China Warn "23 Million Australians" That US Pact Now Makes Them "Target" For Nuclear Attack
2021-09-23
During an Australian TV primetime segment this week, the well-known China-based expert Victor Gao, who is vice president of the Center for China and Globalization and once served as communist leader Deng Xiaoping's translator, issued a chilling scenario and shock to his Aussie audience over the controversial AUKUS defense pact between the US, Australia and the UK.

Gao bluntly warned that the deal which will see Washington give Canberra nuclear submarine technology now makes all of Australia a target for nuclear strike:

"The watershed moment will be if Australia is armed with nuclear submarines to be locally produced in Australia, Australia will lose that privilege of not being targeted with nuclear weapons by other countries," Gao warned.
Posted by:The Walking Unvaxed

#11  "Victor Gao" English/Mandarin mashup for "Big Winner"
Posted by: Bubba Lover of the Faeries8843   2021-09-23 19:41  

#10  Sure it's weak. But then when observing Antifa, it's usually the pathetically weak that strike out in an unhinged fashion - much like most of your serial killers.
Posted by: Rex Mundi   2021-09-23 14:06  

#9  Nuts.
Posted by: Abu Uluque   2021-09-23 12:33  

#8  And the only response to that is nuclear deterrence.
Posted by: Angstrom   2021-09-23 12:15  

#7  At this point, I'm not sure we would retaliate based on China Joe's groveling to the Chinese.
Posted by: Silentbrick   2021-09-23 11:51  

#6  Is China suggesting that other other option is a minimal and survivable nuclear exchange? Because I always though that the US would probably attempt to sink mainland Asia if attacked with nukes and that would probably cause issues in Australia even if the Chinese didn't directly target them.
Posted by: ruprecht   2021-09-23 11:34  

#5  China flies 19 aircraft including fighters and nuclear-capable bombers into Taiwan's airspace as tensions build in wake of AUKUS pact
Posted by: Skidmark   2021-09-23 09:45  

#4  "Nice country you got there. Be a shame..." Of course, American pols now say this about Americans they don't agree with, so it's sort of become cliché...
Posted by: M. Murcek   2021-09-23 07:10  

#3  Paper tiger speak!
Posted by: Ethelred the Swank6539   2021-09-23 06:51  

#2  "The watershed moment will be if Australia is armed with nuclear submarines to be locally produced in Australia, Australia will lose that privilege of not being targeted with nuclear weapons by other countries," Gao warned.

A very, very weak threat indeed. Australia has long been in the PRC's targeting folders.
Posted by: Besoeker   2021-09-23 06:37  

#1  As if Australia is not already targeted.
Posted by: Airandee   2021-09-23 06:31  

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