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Richard Cullen

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Why China has a father or ‘grandpa’ and the US has a commander-in-chief

Professor Wang Pei (汪沛教授), a young scholar at Hong Kong University, has recently published a new extended essay that draws on Jungian archetypes to investigate: “Hero and Father: Contrasting Leadership Styles in the USA-China Rivalry” (available here). AMERICA JUMPS THE RAILS Just over a year ago, at Fridayeveryday, I maintained that, “America bombs while China…

June 4, 20250Comments ByRichard Cullen

China news Opinion

A hillbilly White House and the wisdom of peasants

In 2016, US Vice President JD Vance published a best-selling memoir entitled “Hillbilly Elegy”. Curiously, he explained on the Fox News network recently that China’s pivotal influence on American consumption was due to the US borrowing “money from Chinese peasants to buy the things those Chinese peasants manufacture” (YouTube link here). Let's consider the sort…

April 23, 20250Comments ByRichard Cullen

Features News Opinion

America unhinged: it has become a danger to the world and itself

MORE THAN 15 MONTHS AGO, I explained how “America, itself, has verified that it is no longer a normal country” (see this link). Since I wrote that article, America’s grave political deformity has been stunningly ratified. NORMAL VS ABNORMAL Some Americans relish the idea of the US not being normal because they view it as…

April 3, 20250Comments ByRichard Cullen

News Opinion

You can literally commit mass murder and The Economist will give you a thumbs-up

Killed or maimed 100,000 people, mostly women and children? Supplied weapons for your mates to do that? No problem! The Economist will not downgrade your governance marks for such inconsequential sins. If you're a westerner, that is. Richard Cullen reports. The Economist, a leading British weekly, is a flagship Western media outlet which has championed…

March 7, 20250Comments ByRichard Cullen

News Opinion

Can Europe dare to do the smart thing, and partner with China in Africa?

Europe’s relationship with Africa encompasses significant grim history. Yet the continent is more central to how Europe’s future will look than ever. Meanwhile, China’s remarkably constructive relationship with Africa today presents a potential primary mode for substantially enhancing Africa’s prospects. This geopolitical fact also represents a crucial opportunity for Europe to partner with China and…

February 19, 20250Comments ByRichard Cullen

China news Features Opinion

Europe glares at China, hugs US and Israel: What’s going on?

Today, we are told, elites in Western Europe are “waking up to the malevolent influence of the Chinese regime”. At the same time, the conspicuously adverse, contemporary influence of the US and Israel in Europe prompts more “hug-ins” with this terrifying tag-team rather than any awakening. What is going on? Richard Cullen investigates. First: Europe…

November 28, 20240Comments ByRichard Cullen

Chinese history Culture Features Opinion

The extraordinary ‘warring states’ history of the global west

Yes, the west IS addicted to war. We may think that all nations or regions have a similar propensity to conflict - think of China's "warring states" period. But when we consider history, we find that the global west actually has a significantly higher propensity to take up arms against whoever it wants to. Richard…

October 3, 20240Comments ByRichard Cullen

Culture Hong Kong News Opinion

Hong Kong’s miracle public transport system reminds me why I love this place

The western grouches who back the hostile narrative about the city get the headlines, but the simple truth is that the place remains an enchanting wonder - and when you consider its public transport system, it's a genuine modern urban miracle, writes Richard Cullen VARIOUS PEOPLE HAVE expressed widely differing views on the radical,…

June 26, 20240Comments ByRichard Cullen

China news Features Opinion

America bombs while China builds: a brief history of global footprints

It is sometimes said that America bombs while China builds. What's the evidence, and where are the statistics? Richard Cullen takes us through a historical journey to look at exactly how we got to this point. LET'S EXAMINE THE ORIGIN and nature of the broad global footprints of America and China which are evident across…

April 25, 20240Comments ByRichard Cullen

Hong Kong News Opinion

Messages on Gaza vs Hong Kong show incredible hypocrisy

The world has been astonished at U.S. behavior in enabling the horrific destruction in Gaza, but that country still thinks it's fine to lecture Hong Kong for simply trying to break free of U.S. interference. Richard Cullen reports. VERY RECENTLY, leading British daily the Guardian ran remarkably informative side-by-side stories covering official United States perspectives…

April 7, 20240Comments ByRichard Cullen

Richard Cullen

Why China has a father or ‘grandpa’ and the US has a commander-in-chief

A hillbilly White House and the wisdom of peasants

America unhinged: it has become a danger to the world and itself

You can literally commit mass murder and The Economist will give you a thumbs-up

Can Europe dare to do the smart thing, and partner with China in Africa?

Europe glares at China, hugs US and Israel: What’s going on?

The extraordinary ‘warring states’ history of the global west

Hong Kong’s miracle public transport system reminds me why I love this place

America bombs while China builds: a brief history of global footprints

Messages on Gaza vs Hong Kong show incredible hypocrisy

China-Laos rail’s success defies Western media’s excessive negativity

Why China has a father or ‘grandpa’ and the US has a commander-in-chief

New docs reveal what really happened in Beijing, 1989