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[Kim Holburn]

On 2021/07/30 9:41 pm, Stephen Loosley wrote:
> Kim writes,
> 
> 
>  > Most of the wars to come will be about water.
> Yes agreed Kim .. together with religion, the superficial cause for regional squabbles.
> 
> 
>  >> I think Australia should offer the Chinese a sizeable portion of our land. It would be
>  >> the most humanitarian gesture in history.
>  >
>  > No, just no.
> Yes, I fully expect this would also be the response of the current government. But one
> also expects they will be gone soonish. Who knows? This is a medium-term suggestion.
>  >  Mainland China is about the same area as Australia and in a similar way to Australia
>  > is mostly populated on the east side, the west is largely desert.  They don't need more
>  > land.  Most of our land doesn't have enough water.
> After centuries of Chinese land / resources management, apparently, they do need new
> lands, free of toxin, etc.  

Most of the west of China has very few people and is toxin free.

As for the toxin.  They put it there they need to fix it.  Why should they get to wreck their own land and just move somewhere else?

> Not so different from many areas of the world. And, apparently,
> with proper management of our supposed desert areas, together with sufficient top-end
> wet-season water (and geothermal-power desal-plants) Aussie deserts can be productive
> and indeed flourish with care. It would be a new start for the smart and talented Chinese.

You think they'd stop there?  Have you heard of the Brisbane line?  You want to give part of Australia away to a hostile 
totalitarian government?  Really?

> It certainly sounds like a win / win to me 😊

The land is owned.  I don't think the owners would view it as a win.
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