Comments by "Robert A" (@RobertAmer) on "ABC News In-depth"
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Many words used are "seems", "appears", "believe", "suspect", etc, but nothing is factual, and is mostly based on satellite images, and information from from groups with agendas. Perhaps there should have been something said about what brought about the construction or use of buildings as detention camps. Nothing is said about for example the East Turkenstan Liberation Organisation, which is a radical group indoctrinating the people in Xinjiang to the ways and methods of its associated group el Qaeda. This led to many bombings, countless deaths and injuries throughout Xinjiang and in other cities of China. So by no such mentions, this so called strategic policy institute appears to have its own agenda. My question would be, what is its agenda, set by whom and why?
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The talk of intrusion into Taiwan's Air Defence Zone by Chinese military aircraft, is absolute nonsense, as this Zone, which is only bring touted by the U.S., covers a substantial part of the Chinese mainland. As can be seen on many of the maps shown by western media, all these flights were in international airspace. However, it is okay for two U.S. and one British aircraft carriers along with an amarda of support ships to sail through the strait separating Taiwan and the mainland. It would therefore be apparent that whilst these ships remain in this area to intimidate China, the PLA airforce is likely to continue these sorties.
As for the use of the word "autocratic or autocracy", which is often used to describe China, it is time to think again. Yes, China has a single party government, which is headed by a secretary general, whom the west has given the name President, and results in the automatic use of this President being an autocrat. In actual fact, the governance of China is not much different to the west, other then there is little standing in the way of decision making. Let me remind you of the autocracy of almost every western nation whilst in a pandemic. You may not work, you must stay home, you are only allowed out for "x" number of hours per day, etc, etc, etc., at different levels of government. Also in the case of Australia, an Australian citizen must seek government approval to enter the country, and will likely be placed on a waiting list, with further covenants on arrival, regardless of where they have been. So think again before using this word to describe others who may have a different form of governance, simply to portray to the viewers a negative image of that country.
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@S2Tubes check facts, yes a border skirmish with India, who initiated it is unclear but the incident is minor by comparison. The islands as you mention are early warning detection in response to Obama encircling China with American military bases (again check your facts). Air space incursions again are minor but are not threats of war, and could well be compared to American military incursions over territory which is chinese controlled, used to antagonize and for propaganda purposes. Taiwan (formerly Formosa) was part of China prior to Japanese occupation of WW2, and in the peace settlement as arranged by USA with the Japanese, was excluded from territories to be returned to China, but is still known as China. It did not become Taiwan until some years later when occupied following the civil war. Most countries in the world do not recognise Taiwan as a separate nation, and thus its sovereignty is questioned by the Beijing Government, who look forward to one day reuniting the people of the two Chinas. As with most things in China, they will more likely wait out time for unification as they tend to do with most matters, and it is the western nations speaking of war, as well as initiating acts to provoke war, such as selling of missiles and military hardware to Taiwan (again do some fact checking). China has not threatened war against any nation that i know of, but will defend itself, unlike some western nations (again fact check).
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Smart Arrs he is a troll, having received many rubbish comments from him previously. Thanks for your support. To be honest, i am an Australian living in southern China province Guangxi, living in a rural town. So i know the people, i know their attitudes, and realise they are no different to western people other then their skin colour. They are amazingly clever and work very hard, most commonly working 10 to 11 hours per day, six days per week. They think very highly of countries such as Australia, but love their own country because it will always be the motherland. Their interest in other countries is to visit them, which is the same as many westerners wishing to travel overseas. Anyone can apply for and receive a passport, and everyone is free to travel where they like.
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What is all this about Chinese aggression and so called expansion? China is in a constant state of self defense. Why, because Australia does not agree with China's ideology. China's ideology is not being pushed onto the rest of the world, as it is unique to only China. It is only the west, and in particularly speaking of war, not in China. China wants to expand as an economic power, and its military expansion has been built for self defense capabalities. Time for the west to wake up, and in particular to American propaganda, moving from one situation to another, starting with Hong Kong, Tibet, Xinjiang and now Taiwan. Remember who was behind financing problems in Tibet, then Hong Kong, and if they had their way, the East Turkenstan Democracy Movement (which is alikened to financing al-Qaeda) in Xinjiang. Of course America has made a mint from selling military hardware to Taiwan, so to incite it any further is good for American arms manufacturing. Wake up Australia! We have nothing to gain and everything to lose, being led by supposed narrow minded experts, brandishing threats of war. They are totally irresponsible.
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To all the conspiracy theorists! The theories of 5G as a threat came from Russia, by its internet television network RT. Check it out and learn the truth. We began with 2G, then 3G, then 4G, and now 5G, however the average lifespan continues to increase. Only one country has 5G, as most of the world has fallen behind. America wants to be the country to control and roll out 5G, which it currently does not have, so will do everything it can, including lie, deceit and deception. This is the source of misinformation. Power comes from money, and America wants to control it.
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Let's be clear, Fan Bing Bing was found guilty of tax fraud, not evasion, which has nothing to do with your subject matter, and not related to a single event. It involved hundreds of millions of dollars from overseas,
FYI, all trains have provisions for wheelchairs, so these people are not invisible, and i have seen many. I have also seen many other people with disabilities in public, however there are many who remain home.
The report on the hypersonic missile is only that, just a report, totally unconfirmed, so should at this point, not even be a point of discussion. This was even beyond the knowledge of China's mainstream media, the Global Times, as confirmed here.
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It is apparent that there are many lunatics in Australian Media, who seem to be oblivious to anything happening beyond the Australian Border. Believe a man like Fauci, they are believing an apprentice. Instead, learn from someone like Zhong Nanshan, who was both the expert on SARS and Covid19. Hey, he understands English. None of these commentators understand or have any notion of this virus. It is extremely contagious, and can kill within two weeks, depending on the inoculin received. I live in China, have been watching this in China and overseas since 3rd January. I cannot believe the lack of support by the media, who seem to be preoccupied with clickbait, and have behaved irresponsibly. Oh, it should not be called Social Distancing, because there is nothing social about it. It would be more apt to call it Physical Distancing! This is its purpose.
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Let's think about the performance of Morrison and his Government from the country's position prior to his takeover.
He has clearly demonstrated anti China behaviour following briefings from the U.S., along with his favourite buddy, Peter Dutton (the Minister for War), and call him that because that is all he thinks about as Minister for Defence. Dutton has visited Washington on at least three separate ocassions, fir briefings at the White House, starting as Minister for Home Affairs. How many times has he been to or contacted China to fact check this briefing information. ZERO! The same goes for Morrison, who has had much opportunity, but no action.
As a result of his verbal diarrhea, lets not forget a Victorian Premier who had a similar problem, Australia has lost minimally a billion dollars worth of trade with China, with a relationship which has moved from Australian Naval ships visiting Chinese Ports, and military interaction between the two countries, to absolutely no contact between the two countries, other then to subscribe to abuse and accusation without fact checking and verification.
So what did Australia lose? As widely reported, 600 million dollars of Barley sales (now being supplied by the U.S.), a large quantity of beef sales (but not entirely, much of which is now supplied by the U.S.), Western Australian Rock Lobster (Tasmanian lobster was not included as a banned product), Australian Wine (which is loved by many chinese people), Black coal (but not entirely), and potentially LPG, for which China is Australias biggest customer, (which will likely be replaced with gas from new fields in Kazakhstan or somewhere close to this region). At no time during any period has any minister from the government gone to China to address these issues with the Chinese Government. So who has benefited and who has not. Clearly the U.S. has gained an additional billion dollars worth of sales, France has gained substantially with wine sales, with a spread of other countries gaining other sales, all of which is a net loss to mainly Primary Industry. Further, due to AUKUS, we are now an enemy of France. I am sure further advances with the anti China rhetoric every possible moment in Parliament could advance Australia's position with China to no imports at all.
There are numerous other issues that could be cited, but most importantly what is missing is communication, and the China hate (it can be heard in Morrison's parliamentary question time) should cease. Australia's position should be one of how do we recover what is lost, and what did we get from the U.S. as a result of being their lapdog? Likely U.S. military bases in the Northern Territory. This will make Australia the 51st State of the U.S., or has everyone missed that possible scenario? Think about it!
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@JK_JK_JK my god, some of you people actually believe the garbage such as all people who say positive things about China are part of the 50 cent so called army. I DO NOT GET ONE CENT!
I will let you into a secret. The U.S. is sponsoring many YouTube influencers, through the NED, by the State Department, to ramp up the negative rhetoric.
I am retired and live in China, and i loathe the absolute rubbish i see, including those who refer to the CCP, which is nonexistent. There is only the CPC which is short for the Communist Party of China. You see, there is no "Chinese" in the name, which is another western creation, another dig at China. I can assure you that western disinformation about China far outways anything i have seen from the people of China or even from YouTube creators on China disseminating positive information. So tell me why this is so? There may be some people who are paid as part of the so called 50 cent army, but i have never met one.
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China will continue to try to unite and unify the two Chinas peacefully. The current political party leading Taiwan at the moment is very heavily financed and coerced by the U.S.A., with it's leader having spent long periods in the U.S.A. Remember, Taiwan has only had a semblance of democracy since the KMT took it over in 1949, but after the introduction of elections, the U.S. has heavily financed Taiwan to be anti P.R.C., given its desire to reunify. These days, the KMT, currently the opposition party in Taiwan, is much more likely to agree to reunification, which the U.S. does not want. It should be noted however, that China is Taiwans largest trading partner, substantially greater then the U.S.
In reality, the U.S. is using the Taiwan issue for its own purposes in an endeavour to follow the RAND Report, to prevent China becoming the worlds number one economic power, to retain its hegemony over the world economy and the $US dollar. Remember, always follow the money!
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There is too much missing information here so that it is clear as to these events. Also there appears to be misreporting for the purposes of sensationalism by reporters. Missing information includes but not limited to a medical team sent to investigate the outbreak from Beijing on or about 31st December. The suppression of information was by the Wuhan medical authorities, because they did not know what the virus was. Dr Li did not make a public posting of information, which was in fact information of a pathology report of one of his patients which indicated the patient was infected with the SARS virus. He warned his students and his peers to be aware on a wechat group, which resulted in a screenshot by one person in the group who posted this to social media, which went viral. He was not picked up by the police, but was asked to come to see the police. The police in Wuhan have also been dressed down by the public security heads in Beijing, for lack of investigation. I live in China, and i have been watching these events unfold since late December/early January, so have become both aware and informed of this situation. I have always held a high opinion of four corners, and in particular of many matters which has brought to light, but am disappointed on the reporting of this event, which still has a long way to go. I hope you will acknowledge that perhaps your report was based on limited information that you had. However, if you really wanted to do research, you can find more then 6000 articles on this issue in a Baidu search.
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@travelpanda7267 the USA has enough cronies for its media follow through on, and to have field days on misrepresentation and misinformation, thus Paul Barry has a greater focus on Australian Media, being part if the ABC. There nothing in the 6 points you have made validate anything, as they are all either nonsense or allegations based without fact. Very quickly, bats are not sold in China, the lab is a research centre just as the CSIRO in Australia has one in Geelong. There was a massive spread of misinformation on the chinese internet which brought about censorship. The human to human transmission was known and advised to the world by both china and the WHO, in spite of USA claims. If information is known about the virus and its origin by any country, it should be shared. There is a president and his secretary of state spreading absolute garble, without evidence, while their own intelligence agencies publicly announce that there is no such information. This is the type of rhetoric which has been coming from these pretentious leaders since January, and see where America is now!
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@PropheticShadeZ I don't agree one bit with what has happened between Russia and Ukraine. However, as a result the price of oil is skyrocketing, thus it adds to inflation and hit everyone's hip pocket. I am trying to understand why the high oil price, given the US only imports 7% of its oil from Russia, and Germany has said no. So i am saying, one man calls for these sanctions, which has little effect on his country, and everyone else rightfully or wrongly follows. Additionally, when you think about it, cast your memory back to the low oil pricing during the pandemic. I recall the Australian Government stating that it would purchase a massive reserve of, and i can't think of the exact number, but i think it was 1 million barrels. So why has the federal government not stated its plans of alleviating pricing for the Australian public by release of some or all of this oil, or are they going to use it for political purposes to buy votes at the next election. Think outside of the square!
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Biden is the only one to claim that nuclear weapons will be launched by Russia. Putin has not stated in any of his speeches of the use of any of these weapons. So the danger here is Biden! And Russia's military is not up to the task? I suggest you watch this space over the next week. It is apparent your news is received from only one source, nothing being independent. You guys seem to have forgotten 8 years of war in the East of Ukraine. These points i make are clearly an indication of the level of censorship, limiting your ability to gain knowledge, or you are being very selective. As for the interview with the Lowie institute, consider the reality being Zelensky was meant what he said! If you guys were not so intelligent, i would claim you were presenting misinformation. But of course, you do have intelligence, thus you are obviously into spreading disinformation. Do a better job of research, and state both sides of what could be in discussions, a debate, rather then your one sided narrative.
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@sheavague7058 let me reiterate, the media tries to control the narrative, which maintains their influence. Some politicians, like Jacinta, are very good at recognizing it, and can deal with it, but some others cannot. In the US, the MSM divided the nation, thus resulting in Trumps loss, but was it based on honesty? Look who they have in charge now, a man who needs to be led around, required to carry notes as to what he should or should not do, and constantly needing to read "Q" cards. So they have a leader who is controlled. A puppet. By whom? The Neocons! Some call them the deep state. . I am getting distracted with your replies. So getting back to my point, questions should be clear, straight forward and without ambiguity.
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