/lit/ - Literature

>>12189298
>Why do they love the bush?
At best because its an imposing and unique aspect of the country. At worst because it provides a quick path to authenticity.

>>12189532
>The only drama with China is stupid seppos doing what they do and we misplacing our loyalty because we got upset with Dad during the war.
Dangerously misinformed, China has made a very concerted effort to dominate Chinese Australians and influence the political system here - and this is an aside to the mass issues theft of intellectual property.

China is not an ordinary country it is very controlling dictatorship in ways that are unimaginable in the West. Imagine the New York Times or Bloomberg being banned from reporting in the US or UK for revealing the wealth of the Trump or May family - even in India this would be seen as too far but in China its acceptable. Likewise its government has a much more direct and closer control over its larger companies than you will find in most countries - even India.

Already they have become major donors to politicans and political parties on both sides - to the comical point where a Chinese Australian politician was accused of being racist by an Anglo Australian in the pocket of the Chinese during the free trade negotiations.

When you combine this with the rise in ultra nationalism in China being stirred up by the government and multicultralisms failure to create a solid and new Australian identity and you have a recipe for disaster.

>>12189549
>. A more level-headed geopolitical stance would be to reduce dependency on the US / UK and instead focus on building ties with our regional neighbours.
Have you considered that the alliance with the US is a source of that independence do you think without the American alliance PNG would have been able to be spared from Indonesian imperialism?

I get it that Australia should make a point of not jumping into every foreign war but the idea that building ties with regional neighbors will advance the interests of the country holds no water.