Japan and China: what’s going on?
“A plague on both your houses” might be an understandable reaction to the recent spat between China and Japan. The quarrel is over who has ownership of the uninhabited Senkaku (as they are called in...
View ArticleDealing with the basic facts: Interview with Noam Chomsky
Noam Chomsky is considered to be one of the world’s preeminent political and historical analysts. Author of over 100 books, and the 8th most cited author in history, Chomsky’s scorching critiques of...
View ArticleMerkel and Clinton in Beijing
“Merkel once took the lead among European leaders in meeting the Dalai Lama…(but now) Germany has the ability to lead a more independent diplomacy in global politics. It should not bury itself in old...
View ArticleChina’s Princelings of Capitalism
On 6th November, the world’s dominant superpower holds its Presidential election. Two days later, its main rival for that title begins the process of selecting the nine men who will lead it for the...
View ArticleChinese Presidential Elections
The formal recognition on 14 March of China’s new President Xi Jinping completed the country’s second formal political succession since the Communist Party (CCP) took power in 1949. The ballot itself...
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