Tag: china
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Jimmy Lai and the umbrellas of Hong Kong
First published on 4th January 2024 The umbrellas have been put away for the time being, but the arguments of where Hong Kong stands still have to be navigated. Jimmy Lai, the editor, founder and owner of Apple Daily is being charged under Hong Kong’s legislature with a whole plethora of charges, that range from…
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Its all in the air now the US election is over
It is all in the air with the US elective electing Trump to the presidency. Countries in Europe, China and right across the Middle East are wondering what his presidency will bring. For Europe it is about trade, for China it is about tariffs and for the Middle East it is about stability, all arguments…
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The Japanifacation of China, or not
There is an argument that China’s economy is entering a difficult phase dependent on growth. The worries concern prime industries but especially the property market and high end manufacturing, but the arguments in the FT and elsewhere is that China is entering a bubble where stocks, property and currency are overvalued, which doesn’t quite tally…
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China has not quite weaned itself off the black stuff
There is an argument in China that there should be harmony between nature and industry. But the fossil fuel that has industrialised China has been coal. China to its credit has argued that by 2060 it should be carbon neutral, but that does not explain the investment in coal powered power stations and as such,…
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Taiwan’s 2024 election
The 1984 Sino – British agreement that Britain and China had over the status of Hong Kong, and the agreement that there would be one nation and two systems, has galvanised the elections in Taiwan. Furthermore, the questions concerning identity and independence is also being reflected by the war in Ukraine, and the difficulties that…
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Jimmy Lai and the umbrellas of Hong Kong
The umbrellas have been put away for the time being, but the arguments of where Hong Kong stands still have to be navigated. Jimmy Lai, the editor, founder and owner of Apple Daily is being charged under Hong Kong’s legislature with a whole plethora of charges, that range from conspiracy to commit foreign collusion to…
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Weekend read… Empires
John Darwin argued that a formal empire could be defined by a sustained effort to assimilate a country to the political, economic or cultural system of another power. (John Darwin (1997) SS9.2). Britain a maritime power and China a land-based empire, initially took significant different approaches to the expansion of their empires and how these…
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COP 27
This article explores the concerns, events and questions that should be on the agenda at COP 27
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