

Let’s hope wisdom and humanity prevail over dubious threats and fearmongering journalism. As Lavina Lee says: “Once war breaks out, the world will never be the same”. Instead of “red alert” how about “peace alert”? That’s the “psychological shift” Australia needs to “prepare for its near future” and meet its climate, economic and social challenges. I was born in Ukraine in 1940 and experienced the utter devastation of World War II and the loss of millions of people, all who were sons and daughters, mothers and fathers - the hurt of the people left behind is unfathomable. The human race has enough responsibilities to save the world from destruction, already caused by severe greed and excess. Let us all live in peace and cooperation.


The young people of both countries are the future of both countries. Culturally the people are similar and it would be easy to rebuild the kinship broken by a civil war between two ideologies. If Xi Jinping wants Taiwan back in a relationship with China he should start a “love offensive”: genuinely show respect, exchange cultural activities (“ Conflict over Taiwan could reach our shores”, March 8). Normal text size Larger text size Very large text size
