World Politics
The Media Said Europe “Beat Back” COVID
Ryan McMaken mises.org Ryan McMaken is a senior editor at the Mises Institute. He has degrees in economics and political science from the University of Colorado and was a housing economist for the State of Colorado. He is the author of Commie Cowboys: The Bourgeoisie and the Nation-State in
Tech War With China?
Alexander Hall papundits.wordpress.com President Donald Trump’s WeChat executive order shows the war on Chinese subterfuge is bigger than just TikTok. Trump issued two different executive orders on Thursday evening: The “Executive Order on Addressing the Threat Posed by TikTok” placed a ban on TikTok from being used
Postcard from Canada: 07 August 2020
Geoff Corfield Geoffrey Corfield has been active in Conservative politics in Canada since 1976, both federally and provincially. But he won’t always write about politics because he has more experience with writing history and humour. He lives in London, Ontario, frequents used book shops, swims lengths, drinks beer, plays
India Slams Pakistan for Building China-Backed Dam
As the Wuhan pandemic sweeps the world, wrecking economies and straining societies to breaking point, China is desperately trying to buy friends. Surveys show that world opinion is divided on China. Not only do people in the US, Canada, Australia and Western Europe view China unfavourably, but so do those
A Free Taste of an Insight Politics Article
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Chinese Communist Party Praises Australia’s ABC
As you might know, I often refer to the ABC as “Australia’s taxpayer-funded leftist propaganda network”. It’s one thing to joke about it – but quite another when the Chinese Communist Party proves my point by singing the praises of the Ultimo Pravda. The ABC’s recent hatchet-job on
Foreign Minister Winston Peters Says China Needs to ‘Live up to’ Hong Kong Commitments
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Red Worm Eats at the Apple Isle
The signs of China’s economic reach are being felt even as far away as here in Tasmania – and so are the much darker signs of its covert political meddling. When the Van Diemen’s Land Company, Australia’s oldest dairy, and its farming land in the northwest of the
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New Zealand Suspends Extradition Treaty With Hong Kong
RT Hon Winston Peters Deputy Prime MinisterForeign Affairs The New Zealand Government has suspended its extradition treaty with Hong Kong and made a number of other changes in light of China’s decision to pass a national security law for Hong Kong, Foreign Affairs Minister Winston Peters says. “China’s
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Dashed Hopes and a Journalist Called Hopewell
Cathy Buckle cathybuckle.co.zw Dear Family and Friends, I write this letter from a bitterly cold Zimbabwe where tension is high and people are anxious. There are 300,000 civil servants in Zimbabwe. A month ago they were promised a “cushioning” allowance of US$75 a month for the
It’s an Election Year
Perry Trotter IINZ Politicking is well underway in NZ and, just as we did prior to the last election, IINZ has created a voter’s guide. It is pleasing to see two of the minor parties holding a strong pro-Israel stance. In contrast, the present Labour government’s track record