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Nury Vittachi

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A denounced ‘red’ Zen Master dies a quiet hero for the world

GREAT ZEN MASTER Thich Nhat Hanh has just passed away at the age of 95. The news media is summing him up as “the father of mindfulness”, a spiritual exercise widely adopted in the secular world. But in Asia, and to those of us with long memories, he was much more than that. Thich Nhat…

January 22, 20220Comments ByNury Vittachi

News

Media and govt credibility plummeting: global survey

MEDIA CREDIBILITY IS dying at high speed—and trust in liberal governments is following in tandem, according to a new major global survey. Half of all respondents now view governments and media as “divisive forces in society”, said the huge study, which collected data from 36,000 respondents in 28 countries. But public confidence in executive-led governments…

January 19, 20220Comments ByNury Vittachi

Culture Videos

The General, the priest, and the young woman

A real-life mystery story from our podcast-style series of tales of ancient Asia Above is a two-minute video telling an amazing true story from the Shang Dynasty period of China's growth, more than 30 centuries ago. Click here to go to our YouTube channel

January 17, 20220Comments ByNury Vittachi

News

‘West should breed babies, build new Hong Kong’

UK RIGHTWINGERS WANT to generate thirty million new British babies to stop any forthcoming global leadership by Chinese people—and convert British seaside towns into “new Hong Kongs” to house them. The British campaigners are joining a US campaign to “breed” their way into maintaining Western dominance on the planet. “Save the West,” said Tom Harwood,…

January 17, 20220Comments ByNury Vittachi

News

Prankster scores big with fake “propaganda” card

A YOUNG BRITISH filmmaker in China is being celebrated today after playing a spectacular trick on the anti-China lobby. Curt McArdle, 27, is one of many people who have been labelled “wumao” (meaning “paid propaganda agent”) for daring to have said something positive about China: considered a terrible crime in much of today’s social media/…

January 16, 20220Comments ByNury Vittachi

News

US flights banned as HK sacrifices CNY fairs

OMICRON IS AIRBORNE now, forcing scientists in one of the world’s most Covid-proof cities to scramble for new measures. Hong Kong has banned all flights from the US, UK, Australia, Canada, France and the Philippines until February 4. Lunar New Year Fairs are all cancelled—a major sacrifice in a community for which the annual…

January 15, 20220Comments ByNury Vittachi

News Videos

Time to stop the demonization

Too many news outlets, large and small, are portraying China as Nazi Germany. This report can read below or viewed as a video. A New York Times writer today said Chinese efforts to fight Covid in Xi’an were reminiscent of the spirit of evil that led to the Holocaust. Seriously? Yes. From the…

January 14, 20220Comments ByNury Vittachi

News

Hong Kong primary schools to close on Friday

ALL PRIMARY SCHOOLS and kindergartens in Hong Kong will close from Friday onwards in a bid to stop a widespread outbreak. This follows the discovery of five local cases. This contrasts dramatically with responses elsewhere. In New York there are 30,000 cases and 37 deaths every day: and schools are staying open. The…

January 12, 20220Comments ByNury Vittachi

News

Kazakhstan operatives claim Hong Kong link

HYBRID WAR SPECIALISTS working in Kakakhstan say they studied the violent 2019 Hong Kong “revolution” attempt. Then they gathered experienced activists from the 2014 Ukraine revolution and flew to Almaty in Kazakhstan to prepare for the current mayhem in that country. We “studied the experience of protests in Hong Kong and other countries,” said Dzmitry…

January 12, 20220Comments ByNury Vittachi

Life

Titles of books about China say it all: video

In this short video, this publication's editor Nury Vittachi simply reads out the titles of books about China from the shelves and from Amazon's lists. The tone and wording are very revealing of attitudes. For more videos from our group, click here to visit our YouTube channel. T

January 12, 20220Comments ByNury Vittachi

Nury Vittachi

A denounced ‘red’ Zen Master dies a quiet hero for the world

Media and govt credibility plummeting: global survey

The General, the priest, and the young woman

‘West should breed babies, build new Hong Kong’

Prankster scores big with fake “propaganda” card

US flights banned as HK sacrifices CNY fairs

Time to stop the demonization

Hong Kong primary schools to close on Friday

Kazakhstan operatives claim Hong Kong link

Titles of books about China say it all: video

Starmer meets Xi today, hopes to rebuild UK’s relationship

Treasures from 800-year-old sunken vessel exhibited in Hong Kong

At the Great Wall, I learned how the Chinese dealt with their enemies