Comments on: Chinese Communist Party influence: Why the critics are wrong

By: Colin Robinson

Colin Robinson — Fri, 20 Apr 2018 06:35:01 +0000

Clive. Impugning my honesty does not save your argument. How and why is it possible for “proxies” or anyone else to “impose huge costs” on a publishing company by means of “legal action without merit”? If they can, doesn’t that imply there’s something wrong right here in Australia, with the way such legal actions work?

By: Clive Hamilton

Clive Hamilton — Wed, 18 Apr 2018 23:44:23 +0000

Colin. You have willfully misrepresented the news reports. Allen & Unwin stated that it had decided to pull publication because of its fear that Beijing would use its proxies to punish the company. As the SMH put it:
“But Mr Gorman said in the email, which has been obtained by Fairfax Media, that he was concerned about “potential threats to the book and the company from possible action by Beijing”.
The threats included (but were not confined to) vexatious litigation, that is, using its proxies to launch legal action without merit in order to impose huge costs on the company.
Please be honest in your commentary.

By: Colin Robinson

Colin Robinson — Sun, 15 Apr 2018 01:05:42 +0000

Clive Hamilton wrote: “Silent Invasion was almost not published in this country because publishers are afraid of punishment by Beijing.” According to a letter which Hamilton himself made public last November, Allen and Unwin decided not to publish because of concerns about possible defamation suits. Is Clive Hamilton saying that “Beijing” and/or its friends have some sort of special legal privilege, when it comes to taking defamation actions in Australian courts? If not, why so much fuss about a decision which Allen and Unwin made after reading the manuscript and considering their legal situation?

By: Nurmuhammad

Nurmuhammad — Fri, 13 Apr 2018 15:31:39 +0000

Australians should put this fact in their minds that China has been eying in Australia for long and in its filthy plan to make this Country as a sphere of its influence by mass migration, economic subjugation and political infiltration. East Turkistan ( today’s Xinjiang Uyghur Region of China) was a sharp example how China invaded 68 years ago; they did not wage war, rather came with falsified promises and long planned hidden agenda and today the vast country -land of resources, water resource and fertile lands are totally occupied by China.

By: George Farley

George Farley — Thu, 12 Apr 2018 02:04:54 +0000

Well said Clive; strength to your arm. It’s a great pity that the world turned a blind eye to China’s invasion of Tibet 60+ years ago. Rewarding bullies is never a good strategy.