There is so much going on in the world these days it’s sometimes possible to focus on the ephemeral and the inconsequential rather than the long-term structural changes that are likely to shape the international…
Chinese propaganda arms are offering tempting commercial arrangements.
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The BRICS bank is positioning itself to play a significant role in those areas in which the international financial institutions are seen to have failed.
Conservative MP David Davies has been telling anti-TTIP activists that a leave vote is how they can torpedo the deal.
Purportedly Chinese dredging vessels are building up land around Fiery Cross Reef in the disputed Spratly Islands in the South China Sea last year.
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The Philippines is cheering a ruling that China’s vast territorial claims in the South China Sea have no legal basis. But the ruling will also ratchet up military tensions with the U.S.
Heading in the opposite direction?
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Fifty years ago on May 16 the Cultural Revolution began. Don’t expect this event to be given much attention in China itself, though. The reality is that despite Mao Zedong’s continuing iconic status, his…
Cooperatives like Murray Goulburn and Fonterra and dairy farmers need to accept that lower milk prices will be the new normal in a more competitive global market.
Is the ‘golden relationship’ already on the rocks?
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