[Enterprise]

Before I get accused again of blog pimping, this is not my intent. The salient point of this article is that THREE Chinese warships showed up unexpectedly at an Australian port. At first people thought it was some kind of show of force by the Chinese.

What happened was that the sailors from the three ships loaded the ships with baby formula and then the ships departed.

Make of it what you will.

[Cold Heart]

Interesting. Thanks

[Pontiac]

Make of it what you will.

I would be interested to know what the sailors make of it.

What do the captains of those ships make of it?

I can only guess that some high ranking members of government want only the best for their infants and are willing to embarrass their navy to get it.

[Leaning Right]

I don’t think the Chinese would be concerned by any of this. They play the long game. Any inconveniences or embarrassments along the way mean nothing to them.

[melsec]

It has been a thing here in Australia for quite a few years that a particular brand of baby formula has become prized by the growing Chinese middle class. So much so that many stores have limited the amount that can be bought per person so that people with infants can get hold of some. The company is attempting to increase production but atm cannot keep up with overseas demand

[ETCM]

Chinese warships that docked unexpectedly

BS. Warships do not arrive "unexpectedly". They require diplomatic clearance, port clearance, port services and more. People that needed to know, knew, period. Also, "dozens of boxes" of formula isn't exactly "embarrassing for China". It's just two or three sailors buying a small supply of better quality formula for their babies. If you want to be a blog pimp, at least steal some legit content.

[Jonty30]

If I had to guess what China is up to, it was probably testing Australia’s response system. Show up unexpectedly and go buy baby food and then sail away and see what Australia’s response would be. Pure provocation

Is Australia really going to shoot down a warship over baby food and create an international incident?

[central_va]

Buying local produced products and taking it back to the ship is normal behavior for sailors from all nations.

[csvset]

Do the sailors even have women? I hear that there is a severe shortage of women in China.

[Sloopy]

How do we know what was in the boxes? Just because the boxes are labeled? Could be anything.

[Tai_Chung]

I think it is more likely that the products will be resold at home at a great profit. I would be surprised if all they got was baby formula.

[Born to Conserve]

Directing traffic to paywall blogs — that’s low. I guess you have a revenue stream to fill, and FreeRepublic readers be damned.

I wish you bad luck.

[stuck_in_new_orleans]

Nobody cares about your blog