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The untold truth about Taiwan’s real legal position

The daily Western presentation of Taiwan as a functionally independent nation on the verge of being “invaded” by China flies in the face of the actual facts, as specified by global agreements recognized and codified by people on both sides of the strait. China’s governing constitutional instruments specify that the mainland and Taiwan are one…

June 28, 20230Comments ByRichard Cullen

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Secret global empire: First whistleblower’s last interview

THE UNITED STATES is still running a covert global empire, said Daniel Ellsberg, known as the “father of whistleblowing”. And we are “on the edge of blowing up the world over Crimea or Taiwan or Bakhmut”, he warned. The U.S. has a long history of creating needless conflicts for its own advantage, and it is…

June 12, 20230Comments ByNury Vittachi

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Intriguing tale of China’s speedy pandemic recovery

No jurisdiction has managed a flawless COVID response, says Richard Cullen. But China, despite its imperfect COVID management experience, did better than any other major jurisdiction and, in fact, displayed many examples of early-best-practice unseen elsewhere. Exasperatingly, the West found, yet again, that it there is much it can learn from China - and then,…

May 8, 20230Comments ByRichard Cullen

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Big funds now available for writers, artists and musicians

IMAGINE A PLACE where the world’s biggest Western-style art museum is right next door to the world’s biggest Chinese opera theatre. And imagine that in this town, the most Westernized of cultural events, like the Rugby Sevens and DJ competitions, run side by side with the most Easternized of counterparts, such as dragon-boat races and…

April 18, 20230Comments ByH.C. Lu

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Scientists battle to keep food on your table

MOST SCIENTIFIC STUDIES are dull, with researchers patiently waiting for lengthy processes to produce data. But sometimes they can be just a bit too exciting—and scientists need to move fast, working on a wing and prayer. Food scientist Anthony Lu told the story of how he was working on a cutting-edge experiment just before flying…

April 4, 20230Comments ByH.C. Lu

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How Donnie Yen is quietly educating Hollywood

IT'S EVERY ACTOR'S dream to be in a hugely successful movie franchises such as John Wick and Star Wars. But when Donnie Yen sees the scripts for such movies, he sighs. You can probably guess what he tends to see, even in big budget productions with the highest paid writers and producers on board. For…

March 23, 20230Comments ByNury Vittachi

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In China, power is being transferred to the people

Most English-language coverage of the recent major meetings in China simply reported that the country's leader started a third term,. But there were many important developments at the annual meetings of the NPC and the CPPCC which show that power is being transferred to the people. Hong Kong’s Dr Herman Hu Shao-ming, who participated in…

March 21, 20230Comments ByHerman Hu

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New ‘Wandering Earth’ movie sets high standard for China

AUDIENCES AND CRITICS worldwide have marvelled at the extraordinary special effects in Chinese sci-fi blockbuster The Wandering Earth II (流浪地球2). There are gigantic spaceships, swarms of drones, mid-air battles in fighter jets, and a breathtaking “elevator to space” which takes astronauts from Earth to a space station above the atmosphere. Director Guo Fan is a fan of sci-fi…

March 8, 20230Comments ByH.C. Lu

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Do I live in China, Cathay, Sino, or the Middle Kingdom?

WHAT IS THE NAME of this place that we are living in? In English, we say: China. But do a bit of study and one of the first things that we notice about the name China is that it is not Chinese, but from the Indian language Sanskrit, possibly derived from the 3rd century rulers,…

February 16, 20230Comments ByJohn Larrysson

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Comparison of Hong Kong and U.S. police shows stunning gulf

The shocking violence of the 2019 Hong Kong protests would have been met by armed military troops anywhere else on the planet, but the Chinese coastal city had only its police service to face it down. But now, as horrific new figures emerge about a new record high in the number of lethal casualties of…

January 17, 20230Comments ByGrenville Cross

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The untold truth about Taiwan’s real legal position

Secret global empire: First whistleblower’s last interview

Intriguing tale of China’s speedy pandemic recovery

Big funds now available for writers, artists and musicians

Scientists battle to keep food on your table

How Donnie Yen is quietly educating Hollywood

In China, power is being transferred to the people

New ‘Wandering Earth’ movie sets high standard for China

Do I live in China, Cathay, Sino, or the Middle Kingdom?

Comparison of Hong Kong and U.S. police shows stunning gulf

How horrible is nuclear war: lessons from a 1957 novel

Idea: Existing tech can be used to ease Hong Kongers’ time spent in Chinese mainland

A lawyer’s journey: from 1980s China to a top spot at the United Nations