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
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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,
Communications with and within Myanmar continue to be difficult, with the regime now looking at a policy of “whitelisting”. I know that my own communications with Myanmar have been getting more difficult recently. One of the many freedoms Myanmar people lost in the aftermath of the February 1 coup was
Chongyi Feng University of Technology Sydney Dr Feng Chongyi is Associate Professor in China Studies, University of Technology, Sydney and adjunct Professor of History, Nankai University, Tianjin. He is China’s first holder of PhD in contemporary Chinese history and served as head of China Studies at UTS for 11
Guyon Espiner has an article about John Key and his boot-licking relationship with the CCP and Xi Jinping. I’ll warn you now, you’ll need a bucket as it is extremely vomit-inducing: Many politicians in the West see China’s President Xi Jinping as a dangerous dictator
Geoffrey Miller Victoria University Of Wellington – Te Herenga Waka democracyproject.nz Geoffrey Miller is an international analyst at the Democracy Project. This weekend’s Otago Foreign Policy School will be another chance for foreign minister Nanaia Mahuta to explain the Labour Government’s foreign policy agenda. The Dunedin conference has
He is not so mighty yet that he is above fear; nay, doubt ever gnaws him J R R Tolkien, “The Lord of the Rings” 100 years ago, the first step was taken on the road to tens of millions of deaths and decades of misery for nearly ¼ of humanity.
National is committed to ensuring New Zealand shares the same diplomatic tools and capabilities as its Western counterparts, National’s Foreign Affairs spokesperson Gerry Brownlee says. Mr Brownlee’s Autonomous Sanctions Bill would allow a New Zealand government to impose sanctions on foreign individuals, entities or regimes responsible for situations
Dark Jester The new hate speech legislation is up for debate with public consultation over the proposal. My concern is how this particular legislation could potentially be weaponised by the Chinese Communist Party to suppress criticism and dissent, because the ambiguity of the ‘incitement to hatred’ clauses means the definition
Colin Rubenstein aijac.org.au There has always been a large degree of unreality in the distorted way Israel’s most unhinged critics have portrayed the Jewish state. Yet this unreality has arguably never been so apparent as it should be to all now, following last month’s installation of
The fall of British health secretary Matt Hancock is more than just another sordid saga of political dirty dalliance. Largely overlooked in the righteous furore is the shadowy role of spying by Chinese telcos. Make no mistake: Hancock thoroughly deserved the bollocking he’s got. At the same time that
29th June 2021 The many deaths viewed as collateral damage often go unreported. Below is a poignant picture of a much-loved citizen who died because of a lack of access to medical care. Swe died unexpectedly last week, one of many collateral victims of the coup. Swe was unable
When China’s “wolf warrior” diplomats huff and puff and denounce their critics, it all comes across to Western ears as just so much shrill hypocrisy. After all – China, lambasting America for human rights abuses? China, calling other countries “thin-skinned” and “hysterical”? Much of it is certainly calculated righteous
