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that was the Japanese assessment made before WW2 so the Japanese  were hell  bent to control India ( at least the part now known as Bangladesh  ),

 HOWEVER the US came here  and created several military  ( and supply) bases   AND we sided with the Allies  ( who had by then put sanctions on Japan )  so Australia was bumped up the priority list  , but they REALLY needed India ( Bangladesh ) for the rice ( to feed themselves )

 THIS time we have several US military facilities  INCLUDING an important  part of the missile  guidance system  , so China IF it mounts a major invasion force ( and i think they won't ) Australia would be one of several  targets ( Guam , Okinawa , the Philippines would probably higher priority )

 If China  reclaims Taiwan  , i think it would mount a defensive war   basically exhausting the US of troops and resources on Chinese soil  and THEN expand in the South China Sea  region after US was drained of offensive capability

 confounding factors ... would Vietnam   stay neutral or help China ??   , i suspect North Korea  would help China where it could  , either by attacking US bases in South Korea , or just restarting the Korean War ( which  is still  only a truce , currently )

for a totally bizarre twist  , maybe even the Taliban would help China  where it could ( it has a nice little stock-pile of weapons , NOW )

 am not sure Kevin 07  is all that popular with China now ( unless you compare him to Peter Dutton's relations with China )

 Albo is Albo , and the Chinese might accept him in preference to other ALP snakes in the grass

 but don't get too excited today's ALP are a bunch of corporate whores , half of them have never done a week's blue-collar work in their life  they are university-trained Fabian Socialists  ( as fake as the US Democrats )