[ifinnegan]

Back in 2003 Hu Jintao addressed Australia’s parliament and tacitly claimed Australia as Chinese.

“Back in the 1420s, the expeditionary fleets of China’s Ming Dynasty reached Australian shores.

For centuries, the Chinese sailed across vast seas and settled down in what they called Southern Land, or today’s Australia.

They brought Chinese culture to this land and lived harmoniously with the local people, contributing their proud share to Australia’s economy, society and its thriving pluralistic culture.”

https://www.smh.com.au/national/full-text-hus-speech-20031024-gdhnfs.html

[SeekAndFind]

RE: They brought Chinese culture to this land and lived harmoniously with the local people, contributing their proud share to Australia’s economy, society and its thriving pluralistic culture.”

So, why didn’t they stay?

[SeekAndFind]

Here’s a more relevant question -— is it Hu Jin Tao’s contention that whoever stepped foot in a place ( as vast as Australia ) has a claim to own the place?

Granted there were Native American Indians living in this land we now call the USA — but WHO actually claimed to own the ENTIRE lower 48 plus Alaska among the Indian tribes?

They were busy warring with each other and enslaving one another.

I am not familiar with the history of aborigines PRIOR to the arrival of Europeans so I do not know if one tribe lived in peace and harmony with another tribe then.

[Chad_the_Impaler]

Back in 2003 Hu Jintao addressed Australia’s parliament and tacitly claimed Australia as Chinese.

According to Gordon Chang, General Secretary Xi Jinping believes China is the only sovereign state. Under the principle of tianxia or All Under Heaven, all other nations other than China should disappear to be ruled from the center.