8th July 2021 Last week we reported on the future of Telenor, one of the telecom companies in Myanmar. Telenor was wholly owned by Telenor of Norway and was independent of the Myanmar government. It wrote its investment down to zero and was considering selling it off. We forecast that
As the Chinese Communist Party celebrates its 100th anniversary, it’s putting on a big show of strength. President Xi Jinping is scarcely hiding his ambitions any more, conspicuously dressing up in a Mao Zedong cosplay and ranting threats at Taiwan and anyone else who dares stand in Beijing’s
7th July 2021 A convoy of 21 motorcycles taking food and other supplies to a refugee camp in Saw, Magway was ambushed by the military and destroyed. Their campaign of intimidation and bullying continues. In Yangon, a major fire broke out in Pazundaung township, on the fringe of downtown. Covid
The Morrison government is being pressured to kiss Beijing’s arse and beg forgiveness. Quisling state premiers and greedy corporates are practically begging the federal government to shut up and take China’s money. But, to their credit, the Morrison government are holding firm. On the defence front, the informal
Massimo Introvigne mercatornet.com Massimo Introvigne is an Italian sociologist of religions. He is the founder and managing director of the Center for Studies on New Religions (CESNUR), an international network of scholars who study new religious movements. Finally, here we are. The party for the Party starts, and what
If a make of aeroplane crashed every time it flew, no matter who was at the controls or the weather conditions, it would be grounded forever. Yet when it comes to certain political ideologies, there are many, many people who would happily ignore the smoking wreckage and queue for tickets.
As I warned yesterday, China is luring a starry-eyed and greed-blinded Jacinda Ardern into a debt trap that threatens New Zealand’s very sovereignty. Across the world, the CCP regime is using the “Belt and Road Initiative” to bring naïve and greedy governments under its heel. But it’s not
As The BFD has been reporting for over year, now, lockdowns are wrong. Not just wrong: wrong. Morally wrong. Evil. After all, the whole rationale for lockdowns was supposed to be “save lives”. But they haven’t. In fact, they’ve cost lives. The evidence has been quite clear from
6th July 2021 The National Unity Government (NUG) has released pictures of volunteers from Peoples’ Defence Forces (PDFs) in training with Southern Command. This is the 5th batch to undergo this training. The NUG defence minister sent a message to the ceremony expressing his thanks to ethnic armed organizations (EAOs)
Information Satire Ethno-Nationalist-Fascism Explainer Editor Auckland Law School academic Claire Charters, the author of He Puapua, has been contracted by the Scottish Government to prepare a similar report and pathway to self-rule by the indigenous chiefs of Scotland and their clansmen serfs. The report titled Och Aye The Noo! (Yes,
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Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern is clearly itching to sign New Zealand up to China’s “Belt and Road Initiative”. Ardern witters that the notorious scheme “has really evolved”, while Trade Minister David Parker urges New Zealand to “get on board”. All those billions of glittering yuan from Beijing are apparently
Simon Black sovereignman.com Simon Black, as James Hickman is more commonly known, is the Founder of Sovereign Man. He is an international investor, entrepreneur, and a free man. His daily e-letter, Notes from the Field, draws on his life, business and travel experiences to help readers gain more freedom,
4th July 2021 Well, it had to happen. With already poor health systems in place and the standards of medical care declining Covid cases are increasing throughout Myanmar. Accurate figures are difficult to come by as official figures seem to be dramatically understated. A training course for promotion candidates in
Orestes R Betancourt Ponce de León fee.org Orestes R Betancourt Ponce de León holds a Master of Public Administration from the Middlebury Institute of International Studies. He is a former research intern with the CATO Institute and currently specializes in the sector of international development. In his 1850 essay,
