"Chinese airlines are considering buying embattled Virgin Australia after the Morrison government refused to bail out the struggling airline. China Southern Airlines, China East Airlines and Air China are all in discussions about purchasing the carrier in a last-minute takeover in a bid to stop its 'catastrophic' collapse. Sources told the Courier Mail that the Chinese government-owned airlines were yet to make a formal offer."
How would that work?
One does have to seriously ponder whether the spreading of the Coronavirus from Wuhan will only serve to assist China in its bid to topple the US as the world "superpower"...as well as being able to "pick off" some companies at fire sale prices around the world. The moves they are making in the Pacific now taking advantage of the situation they created deserves attention.
Reports say that the CCP shut down domestic travel from Wuhan to the rest of China very quickly when the virus began to infect locals, but did not shut down International flights allowing infected people to leave Wuhan and fly to every other country in the world, taking the disease with them. It is almost as if the Chinese planned the release of the virus as they are now taking advantage of the fallout.
The Chinese already own the majority of Dairies in Australia, they fund many of our Universities, they own a large portion of our agricultural land and control many of our Abattoirs.
To allow the Chinese to control an airline would be foolhardy to say the least. They would only fly to the destinations that suits their agenda. The repercussions for Australia should China own a major transport operator would be impossible to predict, but they would be many...
