China is mounting an impressive and so far successful propaganda war trying to reset perceptions that they are to blame for the global COVID-19 pandemic. They are, of course, being assisted by global media who, despite months of calling the virus variations of the Chinese virus, are now lambasting Donald
It’s practically a re-run of HBO’s hit drama of last year, Chernobyl: an authoritarian regime magnifies what might have been a mere disaster into a potentially globe-threatening catastrophe, due to its obsessive secrecy and culture of cover-up, lies and blame-shifting. The only big difference is that the actual
In 1346 the Mongolian army brought the Black Plague to Europe. Laying siege to the Crimean port of Caffa, Jani Beg the leader of ‘the Golden Horde’ decided to catapult the infected corpses of his comrades over the city walls. Those citizens who escaped took the bacterium Yersinia Pestis back
John Daley Chief Executive Officer Grattan Institute This is longer than the usual Conversation article, so allow some time to take it in. Nobody likes talking about the COVID-19 endgame, but we need to choose one. The appropriate interventions – public health, government spending, and freedom of movement – all depend on
What do you know? Pollution levels are down, the sky can be seen over China and the canals in Venice are cleaner than ever in living memory. And what brought this about? The coronavirus pandemic. A real emergency, where thousands have already lost their lives, forced us to change our
For those too young to remember the actual events, last year’s mini-series Chernobyl was a horrifying lesson in what happens when a disaster meets an authoritarian state. Lies, cover-ups and incompetence combine to make the merely disastrous catastrophic. It’s a pattern that was borne out again and again
I am aware the virus is a killer. Who isn’t? What’s killing me is the wall to wall coverage on the topic. It’s like there’s nothing else happening and thanks to the overreacting by politicians trying to look tough, there pretty much isn’t. The popular
Lindsay Perigo solopassion.com The old adage that what doesn’t kill you will only make you stronger may never be truer in our time than in the case of the Corona Virus that is currently throwing almost everyone into hysteria and panic. First, even if Islamo-Marxist Merkel’s doomsday
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I guess this is what you can expect when you cosy up to terror-sponsoring nations who are also seriously affected with Coronavirus. Some reports suggest that Iran is in big trouble, but it has also affected their terrorist proxies: Multiple reports on Arab social media have alleged that Hezbollah leader
Before he noticed that China was staging a Silent Invasion of Australia, academic Clive Hamilton was claiming that the communist nation might well be the model state to tackle climate change. While democracies are hamstrung, supposedly, by the stupid ‘denying’ masses, authoritarian states like China can just snap their fingers
About thirteen minutes into the audio is the beginning of a discussion about China’s “magic weapons” and the three new cases of political interference in New Zealand. There are currently three investigations underway into China-backed political interference in New Zealand politics. Anne Marie Brady, Professor of political science and
Professor Anne-Marie Brady Supplementary Submission to the New Zealand Parliament Justice Select Committee Inquiry into Foreign Interference Activities, 2019 * Part One: Magic Weapons * Part Two: Leninist tactic * Part Three: Soft Power * Part Four: Making NZ Serve China * Part Five: Why NZ is of interest to China * Part Six: China’s
Professor Anne-Marie Brady Supplementary Submission to the New Zealand Parliament Justice Select Committee Inquiry into Foreign Interference Activities, 2019 * Part One: Magic Weapons * Part Two: Leninist tactic * Part Three: Soft Power * Part Four: Making NZ Serve China * Part Five: Why NZ is of interest to China * Part Six: China’s
