Published by The Mail on Sunday (23rd November, 2025) I recently met a friend tormented by long Covid. A brilliant and brave journalist, Jose’s life has been devastated […]
China / Feature
My escape from China’s gulags after forced marriage to save my mother
Published by The Daily Mail (24th April, 2024) For brides around the world, their wedding day is meant to be a magic moment, often filled with family, friends […]
Business / China / World
Ministers must rein in the vultures
Published by The i paper (14th April, 2025) The emergency rescue of British Steel is a significant moment for this government, highlighted by the first Saturday sitting of […]
China / Covid19
Science is shamed by Covid blindness
Published by The i paper (27th January, 2025) “Three things cannot long be hidden: the sun, the moon and the truth,” said the philosopher Confucius, whose teachings shaped […]
China
Why isn’t China a pariah state?
Published by The i paper (6th January, 2025) A few days before Christmas, a Chinese ship started its engines in the freezing waters between Denmark and Sweden and […]
China / Covid19 / World
Lab leak theory is gaining ground
Published by The i paper (22nd January, 2024) Dominic Cummings is far from the ideal person to deliver warnings about dangers of misinformation, given his track record. Yet […]
China / Taiwan / World
A victory for democracy in Taiwan
Published by The i paper (15th January, 2024) Amid so much grim global news, something to celebrate. For the biggest election year in human history, which will see […]
China / Covid19 / World
Conspiracy of silence betrays our values
Published by The Mail on Sunday (7th January, 2024) It is more than four years since the World Health Organisation was tipped off about a mysterious new disease […]
China / World
A lesson in life’s fragility
Published by The i paper (26th December, 2023) The artists, booksellers, musicians and writers all knew each other well, so greeted each other warmly in the restaurant, cracking […]
China / North Korea / World
How to escape North Korea
Published by UnHerd (21st November, 2023) When Kim Seungeun first visited North Korea, he saw a barren land devastated by famine, its trees stripped by people desperate to […]