Difference is intrinsically good, a vital force behind creativity and innovation, and an essential ingredient for international competition. It becomes a negative force only when people or governments try to impose those differences on others, and this is not something China has done. I have a chronic, deep-seated discomfort with US President Joe Biden’s call for Continue reading »
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Ganderbal, India – The sun has just come out on a grey wintery afternoon and the snow-clad peaks of Harmukh are shining in the distance, casting sharp reflections over the horizon. When some rays fall on Rahila’s* face, sitting on the verandah of her home, she turns around and giggles. “It is too bright!” Winter Continue reading »
The good news for the Murdoch media is that it’s not the most distrusted brand in Australia – despite the efforts of its journalists. The bad news is that – according to the Roy Morgan Research Most Trusted and Distrusted Brands research – it is the fifth most distrusted behind Facebook, Optus, Telstra and Amazon. Continue reading »
The Assad regime is using the devastating earthquake to renew calls to lift sanctions, but critics argue that sanctions protect Syrians from the possible resurgence of war.
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Several developments in recent times suggest that T20 is a potential danger to cricket. The shortest of the game’s three main formats (there are also the Hundred and T10, but they have barely spread from their places of origin) has done much to promote cricket beyond its traditional support bases in the countries in which Continue reading »
When Ferdinand E Marcos was elected the 10th president of the Philippines in 1965, it was with the support of the United States. Laudatory articles about him appeared in the American media, and the US vice president, Hubert Humphrey, attended his inauguration. The US saw him as an amenable politician who was also popular, although Continue reading »
Journalists Matthew Knott and Andrew Tillett and other anti China hawks cultivated by Yamagami-san will be particularly disappointed that they will lose their anti China news feed as well as their sushi and sake. At Japan’s National Day Reception last Tuesday night, Yamagami-san made a long speech, in which he lauded former Australian PMs present Continue reading »
As the first anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine approaches and an escalation in the conflict on the ground seems likely with the passing of winter, it is appropriate to begin to think about the terms of a possible settlement. In the very unlikely event of overwhelming military victory for either side, real negotiations will Continue reading »
Shocking false narratives are concocted by the west to create animosity towards rivals, says 500-page study from University of London researcher. U.S. government bodies working with the western media created a massive “atrocity fabrication” industry to discredit China and other perceived enemies of the west, says a stunning new book to be published next month. Continue reading »
It would be a grave mistake for Beijing to respond in kind in the face of incessant provocations and escalations by America and its allies. Western countries, especially those in the Anglo-American sphere love to drum up exaggerated claims about China’s economic coercion and geopolitical threat. But compared to the often genocidal or starvation-level sanctions Continue reading »