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A collection of 9 posts

Putin's Russian sacrifice at the Chinese altar

It is no secret that both Russia and China have long sought to wrest US hegemony away from the West and provide an alternative locus of supreme power. However, the ill-advised war in Ukraine has done more damage to Russia's hard and soft power than anything else NATO

Are China and Taiwan the next Russia and Ukraine?

Are China and Taiwan the next Russia and Ukraine?

As if Russia and Ukraine hasn't been a challenging enough conflict to manage, the bubbling political cauldron of Taiwan that China is threatening to knock over. This thorn in China's side has been a long time in the sharpening. So why now? Is Taiwan pushing the

China and the Environment: It's More Complicated Than You Think

China, in the run-up to COP26, was lambasted by media and political spin doctors, and thus by the general public. I meant to post this three weeks ago but forgot, though I managed to discuss it with Geoff Benson when he popped down for a spot of lunch the other

Trump Strong on (Taking Money from) China

This is an absolute shocker. Trump claims he is strong on China whilst in his first year of office alone takes $25million in shady money from China. Corruption. Swampy corruption. Well done to the NYT for doing this work to show the scale of disreputable, monumental-emolumental behaviour. https://www.youtube.

When This Pandemic Is Over, Let's Get Back to the Habit of Made in Britain!*

*Or whatever localised version of this you may see. These sorts of memes are popping up all over the place. To many of your friends or acquaintances on social media, these may seem intuitively sensible, and not racist and isolationist at all. But the people who created these memes almost

Western powers using Christianity to 'subvert' China, says religious official

This is something I have been wondering about over the years. When I used to debate God's existence with my Tippling Philosophers buddies (we've moved past that now as the main Christian thinker has pretty much deconverted), my then hardcore Christian friend used to bring up

Today's Bizarre News: Public Spanking for Poorly Performing Bank Trainees

Yes, you heard it right. The BBC reports: A video has surfaced online showing staff at a Chinese bank being publicly spanked for poor performance, sparking outrage. The video, first posted by the People's Daily, shows a man asking eight employees why they did not "exceed themselves&

Chinese nursery schools ban religion as little girl videoed reciting Quran

The Independent reports: A Chinese province with a large Muslim population has banned religion in nursery schools after a video of a little girl reciting the Quran was posted online. The government in the northwestern province of Gansu reiterated the fiercely secular communist government's rules forbidding the presence

Being skeptical about Chinese 'persecution' of Christians

Some of you may have heard news reports like this one from Yahoo News about a church being 'knocked down by the Communists'. This is how they report it: