China
Australia descends further into toxic relations with China despite a generous gesture by the new Ambassador
Australia descends further into toxic relations with China despite a generous gesture by the new Ambassador A badly timed but generous initiative by the new Chinese Ambassador Xiao Qian has not prevented the Australia-China bilateral relationship from sinking further into the mire. Global disasters and self-righteous and arrogant Australian leaders have not helped, to put Continue reading »
America Defeats Germany for the Third Time in a Century: The MIC, BARE and OGAM Conquer NATO
Why America is operating abroad to advance the interests of arms dealers, oil & gas, and Big Finance, and not its citizens.
Hysteria over China
On the 14 February I had an opinion piece published in the, CPC owned Global Times, which looked at the prospect of an improvement in relations between China and Australia. I gave little hope were Morrison to be returned and only a slightly better prospect were Albanese to become Prime Minister. I noted that Morrison Continue reading »
Cognitive dissonance fuels US antipathy to China
Cognitive dissonance, occurring when a deeply entrenched belief encounters countervailing facts, can cause the holder of the belief to deny or reinterpret the facts. The US, having long believed that only liberal democracies can ultimately succeed while authoritarian forms of government must fail, is reinterpreting the fact of China’s success. Cognitive dissonance, the phenomenon identified Continue reading »
Russia: A Recent History Lesson
Is the Wests triumphalist anti-Russian rhetoric based on historical delusions?
Ross Ashcroft met up with Professor of Slavic Studies, Vladimir Golstein, and Writer and Film director, Andrei Nekrasov, to discuss.
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Russia: A Recent History Lesson
Is the Wests triumphalist anti-Russian rhetoric based on historical delusions?
Ross Ashcroft met up with Professor of Slavic Studies, Vladimir Golstein, and Writer and Film director, Andrei Nekrasov, to discuss.
The post Russia: A Recent History Lesson appeared first on Renegade Inc.
PM’s playing of China card trashes national interest.
Geopolitics Recent rhetorical pyrotechnics reveal the dissolution of any prudent, rational, bipartisan dimension in the Morrison government’s China policy. Until mid-2021, Morrison refused to echo his ‘‘wolverine’’ backbenchers, cabinet colleagues and various advisers in and out of government. He said he would not indulge the ‘‘loud atmospherics’’ of the China debate. Now, he invites criticism Continue reading »
It is hard to dismount from a Tiger
The well-known Chinese proverb, “When you’re riding a tiger, it’s hard to get off” is a particularly apt description of Australia’s relations with China in 2022, the Year of the Tiger according to the Chinese calendar. Australia’s China policy is very simply expressed as to “stand up”, against its bullying and aggression. Any talk of Continue reading »
So was it the most-watched or least-watched Winter Olympics?
There were global campaigns from the United States to make the Beijing Winter Olympics the “least-watched” Winter Olympic Games in history. Yet the International Olympic Committee indicated these were the most-watched such games—a line happily echoed by Chinese people on social media and China’s state media. What’s the real story? As usual, simplification is misleading, Continue reading »
The Coming War on China
The Coming War on China is John Pilger’s most recent film – his 60th documentary and arguably his most prescient. Completed in the month Donald Trump was elected US President, the film investigates the manufacture of a ‘threat’ and the beckoning of a nuclear confrontation. Watch the film on Vimeo. When the United States, the Continue reading »