Dan Andrews is off to do the official kow-tow (literally 'knock-head' (on floor)) in China. Having signed Victorians/Australians up to Xi Jinping's Belt & Road in Oct 2019 (lot of suspicious maneuvering happened with China in Oct-Nov 2019), he's now off to see how much further he can make Australians dependent on a powerful totalitarian state.

When both sides of US politics are looking for ways to disentangle from China - Australia is running the other way. Shows you how deeply the CCP has its claws into Aussie politicians/media.

Vic Gov spokesperson: Since coming to government we've strengthened our ties with Victoria's largest trading partner (the CCP, a totalitarian regime). We don't always agree on everything, but we have a genuine relationship built upon strong social, cultural and economic bonds.

The thing is, i think they do agree on everything. Certainly never heard a word of reproach ever coming from Andrews's mouth.

We all know about the strong economic bonds - Australia would collapse overnight if there was a war with Taiwan due to economic dependence - but why do we have strong social & cultural ties with a fascist regime?

At least that explains Andrews' world-record draconian Covid restrictions on all basic freedoms - straight out of the CCP's cultural playbook.