Conspiracy of thieves
Published by The Spectator (27th July, 2024) Autocracy, Inc – The Dictators Who Want To Run The World (Allen Lane)... Read Full Article
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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... Read Full Article
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... Read Full Article
In sucking up to China, Sunak and Cleverly risk looking as obsequious and naive as Cameron and Osborne
Published by The Daily Mail (31st August, 2023) Eight years ago George Osborne, then Chancellor of the Exchequer, took a... Read Full Article
Tanks stand ready on beaches where barricades jut from the sands – a dispatch from Taiwan front line so close you can see China across the bay
Published by The Daily Mail (11th April, 2023) Kinmen is a holiday destination with a difference: tanks are parked by... Read Full Article
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... Read Full Article
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... Read Full Article
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... Read Full Article
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... Read Full Article
Will China’s ‘Zero Covid’ crackdown ruin the Olympics?
Published by The Daily Mail (17th January, 2022) The timing could not be worse. Omicron has seeped into China on the... Read Full Article