China now #1 economy, page-144

A military force is no longer needed, it's just for show. Soft power through subverting elections and putting in power puppet candidates, controlling infrastructure, setting up a surveillance network makes it very easy to take over a country by stealth. Ignorant Australians won't even know until it's too late, it's ok, as long as they do what they told they can continue to think Australia is independent, aussie, aussie aussi, oi, oi, oi, blah blah. Just feed them beer, smokes and gambling.