Oiwan Lam globalvoices.org Oiwan lam is a media activist, researcher and educator currently based in Hong Kong. Her Chinese writings are in inmediahk.net Reporters Without Borders (RSF), a prominent international press freedom watchdog, released its latest report on China, “The Great Leap Backwards of Journalism in China,” on
Eye Patch Jack pacificnarrations.substack.com Tena koutou, tena koutou, tena koutou katoa. Yes, how do you like this? This is my new Maori greeting that perhaps I shall use more, as I have recently found out that I am, by the New Zealand government’s definition, a member of
The Red Queen is seeing Red at Christmas Time, but it’s not Red Santa. He won’t be able to get in from the North Pole till well after December 25th when the whole event is over. A bit like the one million Kiwis overseas who can’t get
Dark Jester Shadow diplomacy is a new idea that has entered the public sphere. This is an extension of the concept of shadow government which I discussed in a previous article about ‘parallel polis’. The idea of a shadow government is one that is a fixture of European politics. It
Is China really destined to be the superpower of the 21st century? Is war with China inevitable? These are two interrelated questions, which, in my humble, non-“expert” opinion, can both be answered, “no”. With important qualifications, of course. The qualified answer to the first question is, “almost certainly not”
Geoffrey Miller Victoria University of Wellington – Te Herenga Waka democracyproject.nz Geoffrey Miller is the Democracy Project’s international analyst and writes on current New Zealand foreign policy and related geopolitical issues. He has lived in Germany and the Middle East and is a fluent speaker of German and Arabic.
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In my previous post, I argued that war with China was far from inevitable, especially if we could navigate the next few years in peace. Others are not so optimistic. Certainly, there are plenty of people in power warning of the possibility of war with China. But are they, like
Piers Morgan is livid that the sports world continues to allow men who claim to be women to compete in women’s sport. He’s absolutely right. British broadcaster Piers Morgan blasted transgender college swimmer Lia Thomas after she dominated earlier this week in collegiate meets, smashing records previously held
11th December 2021 There will be little narrative to today’s story. I will let the pictures taken on Friday speak for themselves. Friday 10th December was International Human Rights Day and was marked in Myanmar by a nationwide strike. Nearly all businesses — particularly those in the regions of Yangon,
Guy Hatchard PhD daragrennie.com Guy Hatchard PhD has a background in statistical analysis and was an employee of Genetic ID, a global safety testing and certification company. Vaccine Mandates On September 21st Jacinda Ardern emphatically claimed that those who refuse vaccination would face no penalties at all. Curiously Ardern
Edward Hadas brownstone.org Edward Hadas is a Research Fellow at Blackfriars, Oxford. His book on Catholic Social Teaching appeared in 2020 1. First Level of Explanation: Panic Over a few weeks of March 2020, the collective consciousness of Western nations moved from curiosity about the new virus in China
bicom.org.uk What happened: The Israeli Ministry of Defence held a ceremony yesterday marking the completion of building a new security barrier on the Gaza border. * The barrier took 3 and a half years to build and runs across the full length of the border, a total of 65km.
Guus Berkhout Guus Berkhout Emeritus Professor of Geophysics, Delft University of Technology Member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences President of CLINTEL Your Excellencies, Compared to global problems like poverty and health, climate change is a nonissue! Using computer models, alarmists frighten the world population already for
Sir Bob Jones nopunchespulled.com The above, an unbelievable Stuff headline yesterday with an underlying account how our Defence Minister, Peeni Henare, is “monitoring” the massive Russian troops build-up on Ukraine’s border. One can picture the scene in the Kremlin. A lackey bursts in to Putin’s office. “Terrifying
