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China’s Tech and Finance Crackdown Is a Challenge to Western Ideas That Cuts across Developing World
Johannes Petry University of Warwick Johannes Petry is a political economist researching the changing dynamics of financial globalisation and its impact on the global norms, institutions and governance that underpin the global economy. China introduced new rules on November 1 that restrict the extent to which internet companies can collect
View from Your Window
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The Consequences of Possible Action against Iran: ‘Unprecedented’?
Perry Trotter The Advocate IINZ At the time of writing my June editorial, the 2021 Israel-Gaza conflict had recently concluded amidst a worldwide surge in antisemitism described by a number of commentators as “unprecedented”. Of course, for many, the conflict of May 2021 is now very much a thing of
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New PA Embassy in Tunisia Displays Huge Map of ‘Palestine’ Erasing Israel
Nan Jacques Zilberdik palwatch.org According to “direct orders and instructions” from PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas, the PA has established over 100 Palestinian embassies around the world. [Official PA TV News, Oct. 23, 2021] One such embassy is located in Tunisia. When staff and visitors arrive they are met with
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The Trans Wars of 2021: When ‘Words Are Violence’ and Real Violence Goes Unreported
Kurt Mahlburg mercatornet.com Kurt Mahlburg is a writer and author, and an emerging Australian voice on culture and the Christian faith. He has a passion for both the philosophical and the personal, drawing on his background as a graduate architect, a primary school teacher, a missionary, and a young
A School Tied a Mask onto a Disabled Girl’s Face
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,
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Will We Ever Get Angry about Jihadism?
In the US, a father whose daughter was raped by a “transgender” fellow student, is cuffed and bloodied after confronting school officials who covered up the crime. In Germany, holocaust survivors bring a former SS officer to tears, telling him that they “cannot forgive him”. In Israel, survivors shouted their
NZ Warship Upgrades Embroiled in Legal Battle with B.C. Shipyard
vancouverisland.ctvnews A legal battle is brewing between two of Canada’s largest defence contractors over upgrades to a pair of New Zealand navy warships in British Columbia. The companies, Lockheed Martin Canada and Seaspan Shipyards, were contracted by the New Zealand government to install new combat and surveillance systems