The security law imposed by China on Hong Kong has been used to arrest media tycoon Jimmy Lai, who has been a critic of Chinese oppression. Mr Lai’s newspaper offices were raided by police over allegations of collusion with foreign forces, and he and other employees were arrested, including two of his sons according to […]
Twenty TDs and Senators have signed a letter to an Taoiseach, an Tánaiste and to the Minister for Foreign Affairs, Simon Coveney expressing serious concern about the mistreatment of the Uighur Muslim people by the Chinese authorities. The letter, addessed to Mícheál Martin and Leo Varadkar as well as the Foreign Affairs Minister says that the […]
The development group which was reported to be in talks with the Irish government regarding the possibility of building a city for Hong Kongers in Ireland, has now confirmed that the discussion is ongoing. While the Department of Foreign Affairs seemed to downplay the possibility, Mark Lutter, the Chief Strategy Officer for the Victoria Harbor […]
India is about to overtake China as the world’s most populous country (if it hasn’t already done so). With around 1.4 billion people and a population density of nearly 400 people per kilometre, one often associates population explosion with Indian demographics. Indeed, the sight of India in the 1960s was one of the major influences […]
Identity and culture are being slowly and silently attacked in what Mongols prefer to call Southern Mongolia. The world needs to pay attention. Classes in Mongolian language in areas of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region were suspended because of the COVID-19 epidemic. Now students are being told that they will never resume, and that in the […]
Police in Hong Kong have confirmed that nearly 200 people in the region have been arrested less than 24 hours after the new National Security Law was imposed on Hong Kong by China. The law, which aims to clamp down on the protests that have been occurring in the city over the last year, was […]
A recent media item reported on a €20 million investment in social housing through the iCare charity which says that it will potentially cover the costs of building 165 homes. The money was sourced from 52 Chinese business people who are seeking to obtain Irish visas through the Immigrant Investor Programme. The programme allows non […]
A new strain of swine flu that has the potential to spread from animals to humans and lead to another pandemic has been identified by scientists in China. The virus – named G4 EA H1N1 – is carried by pigs, but it can infect humans, the researchers from Chinese universities and China’s Centre for Disease Control […]
U.S. President Donald Trump has signed into law a bill that would allow him to impose sanctions on China for its involvement in the mass incarceration of people of faith in Xinjiang. Almost a million Uighur Muslims are in what have been described as concentration camps in the region, according to the United Nations. China […]
China seems to be on the march at the moment. It is tightening its grip on Hong Kong, conducting large scale exercises and manoeuvers near Taiwan as a warning, and in its standoff with India has killed a score of Indian soldiers. It is certainly taking its chances as the West, particularly the USA, tears itself apart. China also seems to […]
Mark Tarrant grew up in Hong Kong and practices as a lawyer in Sydney. He also represents pro bono (i.e., for free) Drew Pavlou, a student at the University of Queensland who has been expelled for his public criticism of the Chinese Communist Party, in his case against China’s Consul-General in Brisbane. He was interviewed by Massimo Introvigne […]
Lord Patten, the last government of Hong Kong, has released an open letter calling on China to move back from its plans to unilaterally introduce national security legislation in Hong Kong. The legislation would give the Chinese Communist Party [CCP] wide-ranging powers to crack down on “treason, secession, sedition, and subversion! whilst also allowing the […]