why would China need a spy base in Australia???????????
it's got a bazillion Chinese people here as residents free to travel anywhere in the country - they already own entire suburbs - - gees, I need to take a passport to go to Box Hill shopping centre now
the last thing they need is a spy base.
They are merely doing what some rising powers do - spread out bases a bit
Look at America - it's got bases all over the world - including across oceans from itself.
China at least is somewhere near it's own backyard here -------- it will want to, whether it knows it or not - set up a hegemony -- which can be a good thing for everyone if everyone is treated with respect.
I doubt if any Canadians go to bed at night worried that America is going to invade them - but, they probably go to bed at night feeling safe that no one is going to invade them BECAUSE America is next door.
What do we expect a rising economic power to do?? - when it goes from zip to number one economy on the planet?? ------------ don't increase it's reach at all?????????
