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25.01.2022 VP Biden has made his choice on his running mate, and it is, as many reported (and, indeed, hoped), Kamala Harris. But who is she? Heres a pen sketch:

25.01.2022 How are President Trump’s claims of massive voter fraud going?

25.01.2022 https://www.wsj.com//if-he-loses-trump-will-concede-gracef I’ve been asked the same question at least a hundred times in the past week: If the president loses, will he participate in a peaceful transition of power? The question probably says as much about those asking it as the answer does about President Trump. Most of the inquirers are the same people who still don’t understand why nearly half the country voted for Mr. Trump. They still wonder if he somehow cheated his wa...Continue reading

25.01.2022 An overview of the significance of the departure of the journalists Birtles and Smith from China.

24.01.2022 A thorough study of why the COVID-19 Pandemic has had such a grip on the United States.

23.01.2022 Georgia as something of a Banana Republic, and its handling of the COVID-19 threat.

23.01.2022 We need to see past the headlines before we will be able assess the full import of this.

22.01.2022 Alexei Navalny case explored:

21.01.2022 For those who may have missed an article that has started a storm of controversy in the US.

20.01.2022 Boris Johnsons political lustre is beginning to dull. His defence of a captains pick trade advisor, former Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott, was not an astute move. Further, bungled algorithms for estimated secondary school results, an overhyped COVID-19 tracing app and other gaffs have not helped him to regain traction. Whats happened to Boris Johnson? Critics say the political animal is governing like the dog that caught the car.

20.01.2022 A thoughtful piece on Donald Trump and US politics:

20.01.2022 A major problem for the remainder of President Trump’s term.

19.01.2022 A curious anomaly in the Chinese body politic: liberally-minded people supporting conservatives in the West. https://www.nytimes.com//opinion/trump-chinese-liberals-bi For months, some of China’s best-known dissidents have served up a striking anomaly: While pushing for democracy and free speech at home, they have supported the re-election of Donald Trump, a president who has disdained democratic norms in the United States, sometimes even mimicking China’s leaders, for exam...Continue reading

19.01.2022 One has to feel very sorry for Vindman his only crime was to tell the truth at a hearing.

19.01.2022 The long reach of Chinas new National Security Law is explored in this article. It is a most concerning perspective for Hong Kong students studying abroad, or by distance learning. https://www.wsj.com//chinas-national-security-law-reaches- The effect of the new national-security law that China imposed on Hong Kong is extending far beyond the territory to American college campuses....Continue reading

18.01.2022 From the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, some rather disturbing insight into potential PRC intelligence-gathering in Australia:

18.01.2022 A further piece on the uncertain aftermath of the Najib Razak decision: Former PMs conviction may destabilise Malaysia The convction of former prime minister Najib Razak injects further uncertainty into Malaysias already unstable political landscape, and could trigger a snap election.

18.01.2022 The long-awaited result of former Malaysian Prime Ministers malfeasance is out. There is, however, a long way to go for many Malaysians before justice is served.

17.01.2022 The Navalny headache continues for Putin et co. Navalny posts photo, plans return to Russia Doctors have not ruled out long-term health issues after the Novichok poisoning.

16.01.2022 TikTok has, remarkably, become yet another sticking point between the US and China in their relations. I say remarkably because anyone who subscribed to, or has accessed, this seemingly innocuous app may well ask: whats the fuss? This article explores the matter.

16.01.2022 A valuable piece on China from the New York Times:

16.01.2022 Whatever one’s views on Aung San Suu Kyi’s attitude to the Rohingya, the rebuke to the democratic process in Burma this morning has been shocking, but all too familiar in the Burmese context.

16.01.2022 The Drive to 35! Troubling.

15.01.2022 Very good news on the COVID-19 front, but the outgoing Trump government seems intent on claiming the glory, except.... https://fortune.com//pfizer-vaccine-funding-warp-speed-ge/

15.01.2022 One of the major perpetrators of horrors with the start of Year Zero in Cambodia. To some Dutchs end came to soon, to others it couldnt come too soon.

15.01.2022 Its difficult to even imagine what Syrias civilian population has endured; those who have survived, that is.

15.01.2022 I hope that you, as I do, have been keeping a worried eye on what is happening in Beirut. The explosion there, now two weeks ago, has caused immense destruction to the city. The explosion was one-fifth the size of the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima. Half of the city has been damaged, there have been many deaths and injuries. Recovering from this disaster has been profoundly hampered by the parlous state of Lebanons polity and economy. Its vital that Beirut be helped to re...turn to some semblance of normality soon. For this reason, I have contacted a Lebanese-Australian friend to work out how best to provide help from such a distance, and in the most suitable way possible. The organisation best fitting this is, I gather, Care Australia. It has close links with people on the ground, and the best insight into some of the logistics. So please, together with me, think about whether youd like to help Beirut and its people through Care Australia. Thanks so much for reading this. Felix Patrikeeff, President AIIA (SA). https://www.care.org.au/appeals/beirut-explosion/

14.01.2022 The rise of conspiracy theories is a troubling feature of recent years, but 2020 has brought something of a perfect storm of these, with Viruses, and an already testy US Presidential election process providing a confluence of political factors emerging. The other virus Disease and disasters have long been fertile ground for conspiracy theories, but COVID-19 and the internet age have created a perfect storm.

14.01.2022 The economic impact of COVID-19 on Britain:

14.01.2022 Fascinating short film on Vespa Extreme sub-culture in Indonesia:

13.01.2022 Not a good way to start with a new US administration, but China seems to be in its own orbit.

11.01.2022 This makes very sobering listening....

11.01.2022 China is clearly feeling a very great amount of pressure. It continues to show that President Xis global strategy is not producing the results he had hoped for. Surprise surprise...[https://www.wsj.com//chinas-diplomatic-offensive-in-europe](https://www.wsj.com//chinas-diplomatic-offensive-in-europe) A Chinese diplomatic offensive to improve ties with Europe and counter U.S. influence has failed to yield clear gains so far....Continue reading

09.01.2022 President Trump and the issue of voting twice:

09.01.2022 Further circumstantial evidence as to why the Chinese Government may have decided to act against Australian journalists in China.

09.01.2022 A sobering, accurate account of the British Governments shortcomings in dealing with COVID-19.

08.01.2022 Behind the destructive blast in Beirut is an earlier story, of a ship and its (eventually) deadly cargo:

08.01.2022 The death has been announced of the person who was left with the task of charting the waters for the end of the Cold War. A Republican grandee.

08.01.2022 It may be that President Trump is already looking to the presidential race of 2024.

07.01.2022 The development of Shenzhen and it’s hinterland is a very important element in the evolution of South China. This promises to be a most interesting session.

07.01.2022 The China-US relationship is a key one in international affairs. This article explores Chinese perspectives on the coming presidential election in the US. Which of the candidates would China prefer to deal with?

06.01.2022 An article that asks whats next for the United States and the Pandemic, and the pictures not a pretty one.

05.01.2022 Here is a turn in attitudes to internal migration in China. Since 1979, and Deng Xiaoping’s opening of the Chinese economy, the Special Economic Zones acted as magnets for internal flows of people. https://www.wsj.com//china-migration-rural-return-xi-econo For decades, just about the only way for someone born in Dawan to make money was to follow the winding dirt road down from the mountain village and move to one of China’s big cities....Continue reading

05.01.2022 Bill Birtles (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) and Mike Smith (Australian Finacial Review) are two excellent Australian journalists on China. They also happen to be Australias *last* of our journalists based there. They appear to be the latest fall-out from increasingly strained relations between China and Australia.

04.01.2022 Meanwhile, in Beijing there will be scowls and growls.

03.01.2022 Now that the US Presidential Election is all but over, the big question is how President Trump will manage himself in the remaining weeks in office. There are a number of perspectives on this. Here is one such view. Also posted will be whether he will leave graciously, or otherwise. https://apple.news/Awt2niItETRmBdMtk1y18sQ

03.01.2022 The super explosion at the port in Beirut is explored here:

02.01.2022 For those following the Navalny affair:

02.01.2022 A powerful rendition of the Jimmy Lai case in Hong Kong, from the Wall Street Journal https://www.wsj.com//jimmy-lai-a-man-for-all-seasons-11597 Taped on the wall by my desk is a photo of Jimmy Lai in handcuffs. It was taken a week ago, the day 200 Hong Kong police raided his Apple Daily newspaper and arrested him. It is my most treasured photo of Jimmy, who also happens to be my godson, having been baptized in 1997 just before the handover of Hong Kong to Chinese sovereign...Continue reading

02.01.2022 The dark elements of the Russian polity dont hold their punches. Shocking, if the reports are accurate.

01.01.2022 A poignant footnote: