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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

Opinion

Harvard China academic takes on the Economist

The Economist magazine recently pushed dramatic statistical claims about the USA’s apparently world-beating economic growth. These figures raised the eyebrows of a prominent Harvard professor who responded that the numbers worked just fine - but only if China was omitted! The publication responded to his impudence by going on an energetic attack with a cover…

June 7, 20230Comments ByRichard Cullen

Opinion

Democracy. . . but for whom?

Henry Ho rebuts an editorial in the Economist on democracy in Hong Kong I REFER TO THE article “Pliant patriots” in the Leaders Section of The Economist on Jan 8-14 2022. It argued that the newly sworn-in legislature in Hong Kong is a “mockery of democracy”. While no popular elections were introduced by the…

January 12, 20220Comments ByHenry Ho

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

Harvard China academic takes on the Economist

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