Published by The Mail on Sunday (29th January, 2023) The authors of two United Nations reports into the origins of the pandemic say they believe a laboratory leak […]
China / Covid19 / World
Devastated mourners forced to burn their own dead loved ones as China’s ‘zero Covid’ approach backfires
Published by The Sun (3rd January, 2023) After the man’s grandmother died from Covid, he went to a major crematorium in the Chinese city of Chengdu to sort […]
China / Covid19 / World
How the sudden lifting of China’s Zero Covid plunged the country into turmoil
Published by The Daily Mail (January 2nd, 2023) The man’s note to his neighbours was polite. He stated that his father had died in their Shanghai flat from […]
China / Covid19 / World
How Covid revolt swept across China
Published by The Daily Mail (November 28th, 2022) The blaze broke out in a residential high-rise building in Urumqi, a city in western China infamous for the repression […]
Aid / Economics / United States / World
Sam Bankman-Fried’s elitist altruism
Published by UnHerd (November 23rd, 2022) Elizabeth Holmes dressed in the same style every day: black turtleneck sweater, black slacks, and black low-slung shoes. This “uniform” underlined her […]
China / World
Hit China’s rich and powerful with sanctions – just like the Putin oligarchs
Published by The Mail on Sunday (4th September, 2022) According to the Chinese government, the primary human right is to have an enjoyable life – and nowhere demonstrates […]
China / Taiwan / World
Give Taiwan the same support as Ukraine
Published by The i paper (29th August, 2022) Three months into the pandemic, a senior official at the World Health Organisation was asked on video link by a […]
China / Economics / Taiwan / Technology / World
Why we should all pray China does not invade Taiwan
Published by The Mail on Sunday (28th August, 2022) The fertile fields surrounding Tainan, the former capital of Taiwan famed for its fireflies, food and hundreds of historic […]
China / Taiwan / World
Facing down the Dragon in ‘the most dangerous place on Earth’
Published by The Daily Mail (23rd August, 2022) Kneeling on the floor, Kate Wang pressed a bandage to stem the flow of blood from a nasty-looking wound, while […]
Technology / United States / World
Our age of false prophets
Published by The i paper (8th August, 2022) Nine days after Donald Trump was ousted from the White House by voters in the US, I found myself reporting […]
China / World
How Hong Kong was swallowed by the Chinese dragon
Published by The Daily Mail (30th June, 2022) For almost half a century, the glitzy Jumbo Floating Restaurant was one of Hong Kong’s best-known sights as it sat majestically […]