Dang! If we still have Christmas Islands we'll be rich!

Search for MH370 reveals a military vulnerability for China
100+ Reuters:

HONG KONG/BEIJING (Reuters) - When Chinese naval supply vessel Qiandaohu entered Australia's Albany Port this month to replenish Chinese warships helping search for a missing Malaysian airliner, it highlighted a strategic headache for Beijing - its lack of offshore bases and friendly ports to call on.

for fark?

in between australia and indonesia?

why the chinese navy wanna do target practice on those leaky refugee boats headed for Oz?