Donald Trump’s shock tactics on North Korea might just work
Published by The Guardian (3rd April, 2017) Song Byeok used to paint propaganda pictures for North Korea’s dictators. But when... Read Full Article
Forget fear and loathing: 15 reasons to celebrate the world in 2015
Published by The Independent (28th December, 2015) Who will mourn the passing of 2015? It seems such a grim year... Read Full Article
China’s economic growth is a force for good
Published by The Daily Telegraph (21st October, 2015) As Britain rolls out the red carpet for China’s president, draping the communist... Read Full Article
Sunny side up
Published in The Observer (February 23rd 2014) The Upside of Down by Charles Kenny (Basic Books) During the last United... Read Full Article
World hunger has fallen. Now what do we do about the planet’s expanding waistline?
Published in The Independent (January 11th, 2014) In the year of my birth China was engulfed in the worst famine... Read Full Article
The British professor fighting to save Africa’s elephants
Published in The Mail on Sunday (March 24th, 2013) As we set off from our overnight camp in the jungle,... Read Full Article
The man who turned amorality into an art form
Published in The Daily Mail (January 12th, 2013) When Tony Blair visited Beijing a few weeks ago to open a... Read Full Article
Forget aid and target inequality
Published in Prospect (November 9th, 2012) Should Britain give aid to India? For a hefty majority of people in this... Read Full Article
Why do we care more about pandas than a Briton’s very suspicious death?
Published in The Daily Mail (April 16th, 2012) The picture speaks volumes: a damning snapshot of British impotence and Chinese... Read Full Article
Wise men in Africa
Published in The Independent (January 1st, 2010) The Dragon’s Gift by Deborah Brautigam (OUP) The Chinese invasion of Africa is,... Read Full Article