Healthcare workers on the frontline As COVID-19 spreads globally healthcare workers are on the frontline. The Chinese media has been making martyrs of doctors...
The Economist on the global impact of COVID-19 The virus is coming Governments have an enormous amount of work to do Economist Leader – 27 February 2019....
Climate change is the largest threat humanity has ever faced. Some things just need to be said: but I do not think that the message is getting through. And...
Tiananmen – 30 years on After 30 years it is not so much the events of 3rd and 4th June in Beijing’s Tiananmen...
Cathay Express Cathay Pacific earlier today announced that it had reached agreement to buy full control of Hong Kong Express from...
To Brexit or not to Brexit That is indeed the question. Though to be honest the answer should be obvious. There was a referendum. The...
A new Korea It was the first meeting between the leaders of the two Korean nations for eleven years. It was...
Absolute unchallenged power The news broke at three minutes to four on a chilly winter’s afternoon in a two-sentence bulletin. “The Communist...
“I have no enemies and no hatred” Liu Xiaobo – Nobel Laureate Liu Xiaobo died yesterday; held captive by a nation that refused to allow him to obtain medical help offered...