Could Australia become a colony of Communist China?
Nation First looks into China's strategic economic incursions into Australia.
Dear friend,
A silent takeover of Australia is happening, under the ignorant (or perhaps complicit) eye of the government (and this is of all political persuasions).
Chinese elites are swiftly becoming the largest foreign landowners in Australia, increasing their landholdings from 1.5 million hectares to a staggering 14.4 million hectares in just one year.
China’s focus on strategic assets like mines and agribusinesses raises significant concerns about economic control and national security.
As Chinese elites acquire majority stakes in Australian companies, they indirectly gain control over more land, posing potential risks to national security and citizen privacy.
Alarmingly, Australia has sold off essential ports, like the Port of Darwin which is leased to a Chinese company linked to the People’s Liberation Army.
There are genuine fears that Australia could effectively become a colony of China.
Millions of hectares of Australian soil are being sold to Chinese elites and that too at a rising pace.
In 2017, for instance, Chinese-owned land increased from 1.5 million hectares to 14.4 million hectares – a factor of 10 compared to the previous year.
Since 2020, Communist China has overtaken the United Kingdom to become the largest foreign land owner in the country.
Some leftists, being the useful idiots they are, might decry this takeover of land as simply alarmism.
They might argue that China only owns an ‘insignificant’ share of Australian land.
However, what they fail to take into account is the economic and strategic value isn’t the same for all land types.
A mine, an agribusiness, a busy waterway, or a potential development site are all going to be a lot more valuable than barren, empty land in the middle of nowhere, even if the latter is many times larger.
In particular, mining accounts for a disproportionate share (86 percent) of total Chinese investment flowing into Australia.
Beyond mining, every Australian knows of massive Chinese investment in the real estate market.
This, in turn, has come to drive prices far above the means of your average Australian citizen in many of our major cities.
In fact, the Chinese buyout of real estate dwarves the next nine foreign sources combined.
Trends indicate that the property situation might continue to worsen for your average Australian.
China’s real estate investment in the country has been growing at an astonishing rate lately.
There is also the insidious trend of indirect ownership.
What the Chinese elites are doing is buying majority stakes in Australian companies and by proxy, gaining ownership of land these companies buy.
So, on books, it looks like the land is locally owned but in effect, this is land being put to use for Chinese interest.
Today, a lot of Australian businesses, especially, in our energy sector, are actually owned by China.
This not only raises potential concerns relating to our national security but also the information privacy of our citizens.
A large amount of confidential data that these companies gather ultimately ends up in the hands of the Chinese government.
This isn’t just a hypothetical threat, it is highly likely some of these companies are already selling our data to the Chinese Communist Party, or simply letting it fall into their hands.
The Australian energy company, Alinta Energy, (owned by the Chinese Chow Tai Fook Enterprises) was, last year, caught breaching privacy laws, by allowing customer information to be stored overseas rather than in Australia (as per their legal requirements).
Even Australian ports have been effectively sold off to China – the most highlighted example being the 99-year lease of Port Darwin in the Northern Territory.
That lease is held by Landbridge, a Chinese company with deep ties to the People’s Liberation Army which is the armed wing of the Chinese Communist Party, and the principal military force of Communist China.
Last year, the ruling Albanese Labor Government recently decided not to bother reclaiming that port, despite public outcry about the lease.
Not that the preceding Morrison Liberal Government was any better.
When I served as a Federal Member of Parliament, I repeatedly issued calls for the reclamation of the Port of Darwin which fell on deaf ears.
As the chairman of the Parliament’s Joint Standing Committe on Trade and Investment Growth, I even delivered a report recommending that the port be brought back under Australian control.
Instead of just acting, the then government initiated a review into the lease that, sadly, simply whitewashed the whole thing and has allowed the Albanese Labor Government to not bother with reclaiming that port.
Unless we pressure our government to act, I fear that eventually, Australia will end up in a country that is little more than a colony of China, with its own citizens treated as second class.
Until next time, God bless you, your family and nation.
Take care,
George Christensen, with a Nation First staff writer
George Christensen is a former Australian politician, a Christian, freedom lover, conservative, blogger, podcaster, journalist and theologian. He has been feted by the Epoch Times as a “champion of human rights” and his writings have been praised by Infowars’ Alex Jones as “excellent and informative”.
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Foreign ownership in this country overused & capping should be placed on level allowable for local benefit for this country many nations use different names for organisations which may delude people into acceptance of their origins without proof of their bases which has been done in past as now seen Governments claim that these are investments to help us but truth has been hidden Stop foreign "investors" from gaining more foothold hereby questioning these big talkers or or official language will ne Mandarin nor English
A very good post, George. Foreign ownership is a huge problem, and the govts are turning a blind eye (or, as you have suggested, a complicit eye?) to this.
Indeed strategy is what it's all about. Whilst massive inland properties that run a lot of cattle or have mining ties are under Chinese rule now, don't forget the Port of Melbourne also has a large Chinese stake in it, whilst yet another Labor stooge, Dan, Dan the Garbage Man, was at the helm...