China or USA – Hobson’s choice
In September 2021, the Chinese Ambassador to London was banned from the British Parliament since China had sanctioned some British MPs over their criticism...
Witches’ brew in Afghanistan
Afghanistan’s problem is that everyone wants it to be someone else’s problem!In the 1980s, Pakistan was a happy sidekick in the US war against...
India-Tibet-World The saga of convenient oblivion
In this piece on Tibet, I shall not go into its hoary past, nor recapitulate the events that led to its occupation by Communist...
China US relations, The strange marriage is over
China thinks it owns Russia, and sees it as a warehouse of raw materials for China’s industrial machine, and a fount of state-of-the-art military...
When science and ethics are undermined by avarice and ambition
Thailand and Indonesia's decisions to switch to other vaccines "could potentially puncture the image of success, bursting the bubble of effectiveness of Chinese vaccines,...
Witches’ brew in Afghanistan
Afghanistan is in a mess, it has become a witches brew, a fearsome mixture of untamed sex and brutality I begin with a quote...
