William Huang describes how politicians in India are backing a bill which orders civil servants to stop at two children.
Marking the fifth anniversary of a Chinese ban on fully democratic elections in the region, Hong Kong protests escalated for the 13th week in a row this weekend as demonstrators rallied with Christian groups outside the headquarters of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army.
The Treaty of Nanking (Nanjing) was signed on the HMS Cornwallis anchored at the city, and it ended the First Opium War (1839–1842) between the United Kingdom and the Qing dynasty of China. It was the first of what the Chinese later called the unequal treaties. Trade wars and economic power struggles between Europe […]
The Government is under pressure following the emergence of the Public Services Card debacle, with the data protection commissioner ruling that the state had illegally gathered, and held, data on citizens. Costs incurred in the scheme will run to about the equivalent of a large euromillions win – all for nothing. It is very likely […]
Most CEOs have demanding jobs but few are asked to stand up to the might of the Chinese government when they are furiously trying to crack down on protesters in Hong Kong. Yesterday, Newsweek picked up on a story published by Taiwan News which claimed that Cathay Pacific CEO Rupert Hogg resigned from the company […]
The video is here, if you can stomach it. I confess I can not. Suffice to say, you’ll find yourself hoping that there’s another Lion watching from behind a bush, sharpening its claws and teeth. This is just the latest in a long line of recent atrocities involving westerners visiting Africa for the sole purpose […]
The Independent Tribunal into Forced Organ Harvesting from Prisoners of Conscience in China has accused the British Government of ignoring the horrific practice of organ harvesting in China, in which “enemies of the state” have “their bodies cut open – some while still alive – for their kidneys, livers, hearts, lungs, cornea and skin to […]