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International

Would Jimmy Lai Have Been Any Better Off In Britain?

BY NOAH KHOGALI Justice doesn’t always die in front of a firing squad. For Jimmy Lai, a 78-year-old British citizen, the Chinese Communist Party simply sent over a certificate that ensures he will likely die alone in a prison cell. Before the trial even began, the state issued a “certificate” under the National Security Law. In one letter, it abolished the jury and replaced twelve … Continue reading Would Jimmy Lai Have Been Any Better Off In Britain?

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Leipzig, Iran

BY PAUL T HORGAN Deng Xiao-Ping, The Butcher of Tiananmen Square, perhaps deserves some credit for the collapse of communism in Eastern Europe in the months following the massacre in the Chinese capital in June 1989. By coincidence this happened at roughly the same time as Ayatollah Khomeini died, but more on that later. Sending tanks to face pro-democracy protesters in Beijing, and slaughtering thousands, … Continue reading Leipzig, Iran

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Long Reads, Worldview

The Great Bifurcation

BY ALEX STORY Old Europe and the Americas are set on very different paths. Germany, France and the United Kingdom are visibly stuck. El Salvador, Argentina and the United States, on the other hand, are not. Politically, Germany and France have become difficult places to govern, to say the least. The fragile German three-party coalition government collapsed in November 2024 over the beleaguered country’s economic … Continue reading The Great Bifurcation

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Venezuela’s Bus Driver Hitler

BY DOMINIC WIGHTMAN Left and Right Denounce Venezuela’s Maduro – But Not the Authoritarians Illegitimate Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro, once a relatively obscure political figure, has now become a symbol of defiance against Western democracy. For more than a decade, he has presided over a country marred by economic collapse, human rights abuses, and political repression. Despite these failings, which have provoked condemnation from both … Continue reading Venezuela’s Bus Driver Hitler

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How Successful Would a Chinese Invasion of Taiwan Be?

BY PETER HARRIS It is a truism within military history that the outcomes of conflicts have been decisively affected, among other factors, by the terrain and climate in which the conflict occurred. Two of the reasons Tsarist Russia and the Soviet Union survived Napoleon and Hitler’s offensives respectively is because of the enormous size of Russian and Soviet territory which was impossible to subdue and … Continue reading How Successful Would a Chinese Invasion of Taiwan Be?

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On the Durham Report

BY DANIEL JUPP The Hillary Clinton campaign invented a conspiracy that didn’t exist to try and get a rival presidential candidate defeated. They then falsified ‘evidence’ by paying a former foreign spy to create a dossier. The heads of the FBI and CIA knew it was all an invention and not real. They met with departing President Obama and presented a report detailing that this … Continue reading On the Durham Report

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Hong Kong Dominates China’s 70th

BY MEI LIN CHAN The first of October 2019 will mark the 70th Anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China and Beijing is pulling out all stops for a day replete with fireworks, fanfares and a huge military parade.  To ensure all goes smoothly, authorities have been ramping up security in the capital (and online) for weeks. During rehearsals for a military … Continue reading Hong Kong Dominates China’s 70th

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Is calling a Westerner a 鬼佬 Gwei Lo offensive?

BY ANASTASIA CHOO A recent court case filed by a British worker (with dual Australian citizenship), Francis William Haden, against Leighton Contractors (Asia) for unfair dismissal and racial discrimination has ignited much debate and outrage from some quarters on Chinese social media. Haden claims he was referred to as “Gwei Lo” and excluded from projects and prevented from hiring fellow Australians to work on a … Continue reading Is calling a Westerner a 鬼佬 Gwei Lo offensive?

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Veritatis Splendor

BY PATRICK WIGHTMAN It appears that the words of the French leader Charles de Gaulle ring true today in Catalonia: “Patriotism is when love of your own people comes first; Nationalism, when hate for people other than your own comes first.” On the question of Catalan independence, the British press has tried its best to sell the public a “love story”: a democratic people, who … Continue reading Veritatis Splendor

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Rock & Hard Place – The Clintons

BY MIKE TOWERS Whether Hillary Clinton wins or not on Tuesday, it seems evident that the Democratic Party see her now as merely a get-over-the-line candidate. Whether it’s failing health or one of many brewing scandals that does for her, she hardly appears to have the necessary wind in her sails to last more than part of one term as President. This would leave her … Continue reading Rock & Hard Place – The Clintons

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