As Ireland’s trading relationship with China continues to expand, so too does the interest of the Chinese Communist Party in using this as the basis for expanded political influence. Total bilateral trade between the two countries in 2019 was over $15 billion, with a balance of around $5 billion in Ireland’s favour. That in itself […]
The raggle-taggle, baseball and medieval implement-brandishing band of conscripts converge with one accord on a pile of unsuspecting bargain T-shirts piled up in front of a roadside stall. As the whistle blows ferociously, they raise their weapons and bring them down repeatedly on the lifeless mound shouting “Kill! Kill! Kill!” Giggling uncontrollably, they are called […]
China has seen the wealth of its billionaires soar, despite the global economic collapse which was caused by the Covid-19 virus originating in the Wuhan province. With GDP growing 5% at a time when European nations are seeing double digit decline, China added 257 members to its billionaires club. In total China’s super-rich got €1.5 trillion […]
The policy of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) of eradicating cultural, religious, and linguistic identities is systematic and derives from Xi Jinping’s reflections on the fall of the Soviet Union. Bitter Winter, the magazine on religious liberty and human rights in China, has documented in the last few weeks the escalation of the cultural genocide in Xinjiang, Tibet, and Inner […]
“The Chinese Communist Party now regards ethnic Mongolians as the ‘enemy within’, who are planning to incite separatism in China.” These are the words of ethnic Mongolian Boronruh Tsinrh, who grew up in China but is now studying in Paris. Mongolian rights activists have documented persistent problems in Inner Mongolia including “arbitrary arrests and extrajudicial detention, violation of […]
It would appear that the plans to build a new city in Ireland, as reported here last on July 28, are not quite as dead in the water as some suggested. The Hong Kong property developer Ivan Ko of the Victoria Harbour Group is to visit Ireland within the next few weeks to focus on […]
As reported previously on Gript, a foreign development group is in ongoing discussions regarding the establishment of a new city in Ireland with a “target population” of fifty percent Hong Kongers and the remaining being from the host country. Now, it seems, Dundalk might be the latest spot under scrutiny for such a city. Local […]
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 […]
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 […]
This week could prove to be a decisive one in the crisis over the future of Hong Kong. The Chinese National Peoples Congress is in session and will vote and approve measures to tighten Beijing’s police and intelligence powers over the heretofore semi autonomous region. The new Security Law extends Chinese powers to deal with […]
62 nations have come together to co-sponsor a motion calling for an independent inquiry into the coronavirus, in a move that is expected to anger China. Australia secured strong global backing for an independent inquiry into the Covid-19 pandemic at the World Health Assembly, where a new draft resolution was backed by 62 nations including […]