CHINA CONTINUES ITS ASIAN EXPANSION - BRINGING THEM CLOSER TO AUSTRALIA'S DOORS - SIMILAR TO WHEN JAPAN EMPERIALISTIC EXPANSION IN WW2 - CHINA DOES IT DURING PEACEFUL TIMES WITH LOANS AND DEBT OR ISLAND GRABBING AS VANUATU THE NEXT VICTIM

ALARM bells rang through Australia yesterday over reports China was negotiating a military base less than 2000 kilometres from our border.

China and Vanuatu have both denied the Fairfax report, which claimed Beijing was eyeing a military base in the island nation, with global ramifications.
“No one in the Vanuatu government has ever talked about a Chinese military base in Vanuatu of any sort,” Foreign Minister Ralph Regenvanu told the ABC.
“We are a non-aligned country. We are not interested in militarisation.”
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The move prompted fears in Australia over Beijing’s aims for greater military influence in the South Pacific region.
But Beijing’s economic influence in Vanuatu remains undeniable, with China responsible for almost half of the island nation’s foreign debt.

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