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Outrage as Chinese nationalist says Beijing should take control of Australia: 'The downfall of such a country is predetermined' China should OCCUPY Australia, propagandist claims READ MORE: How Albo secretly asked an Australian for comebacks to Trump By NICHOLAS WILSON, NEWS REPORTER, AUSTRALIA Published: 02:15 GMT, 4 November 2025 | Updated: 02:39 GMT, 4 November 2025 A Chinese propagandist has sparked outrage after claiming the superpower should take control of Australia, in part due to its colonial past. The furore began when the China hawk, who goes by the name 'BeijingDai', shared a map to social media on Saturday with Australia labelled as a 'Chinese vassal state'. New Zealand, Taiwan, Myanmar and the Solomon Islands would be given the same classification under the plans, while much of south-east Asia would fall under 'China's sphere of influence'. The self-described 'China patriot' said occupation of Australia would be a cost-effective alternative to direct occupation of the entire south-east Asian region. 'Southeast Asia has a huge population. If China conquers them, it will need to need them and develop them. This is a super hard task,' he wrote on social media... He added: 'However, annexing Australia is a very cost-effective deal.' 'Australia has over seven million kilometres of land and abundant resources, but its population is even smaller than that of Shanghai.' He claimed Australia's colonial history would make Chinese occupation not just cost-effective, but morally defensible. A map shared to social media by a Chinese propagandist shows a hypothetical scenario where Australia is classified as a 'Chinese Vassal State' A strategic expert said the plans were 'not serious' but spoke to the fervour of Chinese propaganda. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is pictured with Chinese President Xi Jinping 'Moreover, Australia, as a country was built on the basis of genocide of the local population, which lacks morality and legitimacy,' he wrote. 'In Chinese values, the downfall of such a country is predetermined.' The post, which had attracted nearly 500,000 views as of Tuesday morning, sparked outrage from viewers. 'If China invaded Australia, it would have the whole world coming back at them,' one user wrote. 'China may have a military force worthy now,but could they take on every country's military that is allies with Australia?' 'Despite what the propagandists may tell you, China is barely holding itself together,' another wrote. While the post says nothing of China's actual intentions, strategic defence expert Michael Shoebridge said it speaks to the fervour of Chinese propaganda. 'These ideas and posts are not serious proposals about China occupying Australia,' Mr Shoebridge told the Daily Mail. A Chinese fighter jet released flares in close proximity to a Royal Australian Air Force plane in international airspace over the South China Sea last month 'They seem much more to be some nasty byproducts of the fervent, aggressive and loud version of nationalism taught to the Chinese people through the Communist Party-directed education system.' Australia's uneasy relationship with its largest trading partner has come under increasing scrutiny in recent weeks, following a risky intercept of an Australian aircraft by a Chinese fighter plane. Last month, a Chinese fighter jet released flares close to a Royal Australian Air Force plane in international airspace over the South China Sea. It triggered a war of words between the two countries, with Australia lodging a diplomatic protest over the unsafe and unprofessional' act while China accused Australia of 'illegally intruding' its airspace. It sparked comparisons to a naval flare-up in February, when a Chinese taskforce conducted a live-firing drill in the Tasman Sea without warning before circumnavigating Australia's coastline. Some experts claim a regional conflict involving Australia and China is increasingly likely, with Taiwan among several potential flashpoints. Australian Strategic Policy Institute analyst Malcolm Davis recently put the odds of China invading Taiwan within three years at 50 per cent. An invasion of Taiwan would force Australia and its allies to decide whether to come to the island's defence, expanding the incursion into a broader conflict. A Chinese taskforce conducted a live-firing drill in the Tasman Sea in February before circumnavigating the country Jennifer Parker, expert associate at ANU's National Security College, believes the costs of a regional conflict to Australian life would be devastating. 'I think we need to say that the chances of conflict in this region are increasingly likely,' she told ABC's Four Corners program on Monday. 'We are likely to experience significant loss of life if there was a conflict of not only ADF personnel but civilian population. 'It means that the Australian way of life and this fundamental safety that we've all been born in, would absolutely change.' TaiwanChina Share or comment on this article: Outrage as Chinese nationalist says Beijing should take control of Australia: 'The downfall of such a country is predetermined' Add comment
