No one wakes up one day and says to him or herself that today is the day I’ll become a drug addict – society pushes people, in some cases high disposable wealth creates a sense of boredom from which the stimulus of recreational drugs is a form of escape, in others it’s peer pressure, we see others doing it, they encourage us to try and off we go down a slippery slope. (more…)
Jerry Grey
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Falun Gong leaders disprove immortality by inconveniently dying
According to US Congressman Scott Perry, I’m part of an online strategy designated by Xi Jinping in December of last year to fight Falun Gong’s growth. If only I were that important! (more…)
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What US wants for Ukraine must serve as a warning to Taiwan, Australia and others
So, US Secretary of Defence Hesgeth has made it clear that what most of us knew three years ago will come to pass. (more…)
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Comparing the Chinese fight against corruption to the West’s
Government corruption is, or should be, a scourge in any government. We’re faced with it on a daily basis, we know it exists and we know something needs to be done. What is done and how it is done, determines the validity of our government’s commitment; if they are not stamping it out or at least attempting to reduce it, then they are failing the people who put them there – the voters. (more…)
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ETIM extremists attempt to terrorise China
So many people have a concern about ETIM and following their role into Syria they are reported in many Western media outlets as “coming for China next”. (more…)
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Best of 2024: Why do Chinese EVs meet so much resistance?
There was a time when the world looked to China to reduce its emissions. China was, they quite rightly pointed out, one of the globe’s worst polluters. (more…)
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‘China’s Pearl’: Macao 25 years after return to China
Zhongshan, where I live, is only about 40 kilometres as the crow flies from the Special Administrative Region of Macao, described as “China’s Pearl” by Xi Jinping. The name is apt, Macao sits at the entry of the Pearl River opposite Hong Kong and has, in recent years, shown both robust growth and remarkable stability.
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Sanction rebounds: The US will cripple its own economy
The Biden Administration is leaving Trump a time bomb. The US seems intent on trying to cripple China, but the effect is rebounding badly and will most likely cripple its own economy. (more…)
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Biden Pardons his son: The US “rules based order” in action
When I’m asked what I think of Biden granting a pardon to his son for offences, which Biden himself has spoken openly about as deserving of prison, I don’t have much to say. On the same day, I see criticism of China because a senior military official has been removed from his post and is under investigation. The two things are about as incompatible as it gets. (more…)
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Are APEC and G20 irrelevant?
There are 21 members of The Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC), and its purpose is to ease trade throughout the member countries. The aims of APEC are noble and good, they are to create greater prosperity for the people of the region by promoting balanced, inclusive, sustainable, innovative and secure growth and by accelerating regional economic integration. Mark those words because we’ll come back to them. Since the creation of APEC, tariffs have been drastically reduced and trade restrictions eased. But all that has changed. (more…)
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Democracy; what democracy?
As we approach the end of election season in the USA and are faced with a very uncertain future, it’s worth commenting that democracy is dead. At least democracy as we understand it: the idea of having a vote which means having a say in how your country is run. (more…)
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What media aren’t telling us about BRICS
Former Goldman Sachs Chief economist Jim O’Neill is credited with coining the acronym BRICS to describe the building block which has grown from an original four countries, Brazil, Russia, India, China and later, joined by South Africa, from the initials of which, he gave it the name. (more…)
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An open and free Indo-Pacific, or stability at home?
The Voice of America, in an article about why the Quad met in Washington this week, claims that the aims of the Quad are to create an open and free Indo-Pacific. Biden, in a prepared remark, suggested his Administration believes “Xi Jinping is looking to focus on domestic economic challenges and minimise the turbulence in China’s diplomatic relationships, and he’s also looking to buy himself some diplomatic space”. (more…)
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Rewriting history will not serve Australia well
There can be little doubt that Australia is entering the same kind of misinformation domain as the US. Just a few days ago, failed presidential hopeful Nikki Haley posted on X that UN Resolution 2758 doesn’t mention Taiwan. (more…)
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Will the real Olympic cheats please stand up
Because they are no longer the top dog in the Olympics, the US now wants to expand its kinetic and trade wars into the sporting arena, or at least the anti-drugs section of the sporting arena. (more…)
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The Taiwan question of a disobedient child
The latest manifestation of the USA’s bad behaviour is what they call “The Taiwan-U.S. ‘Working Level Meeting’ on International Organisation Issues”, which was recently held in Taipei. This isn’t about international Organisation issues; it’s about giving more power to a Province of China. (more…)
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Premier Li’s Visit to Australia: A hostage rescue mission
As hard as this might be for some Australians to accept, China isn’t a threat to the economy, it’s a lifeline, perhaps even a hostage rescue. (more…)
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What Western mainstream media won’t tell us about China
We might not like to read this, but here are a few things Western media completely forgot to tell you about Hong Kong, Taiwan and Xinjiang… (more…)
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Mainstream media turns blind eye as UN visits Xinjiang, criticises US
Human Rights are big news again. There are murders in Gaza, there are restrictions in Ukraine, there are allegations of abuses in Iran and any other place that the US sees as an adversary but, one thing that isn’t big news is that the United Nations has recently visited Xinjiang. So far, 100% of our mainstream media have ignored this news. (more…)
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ABC has no credibility on strangely timed Chinese ‘spy’ stories
To say Australian media has a poor record of getting things right in relation to Chinese ‘spying’ allegations is an understatement. It’s possible, in almost every media outlet for anyone who knows anything about China, to look beyond the headline and see an entirely different story; the ABC’s latest offering is no exception. (more…)
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The State Department report on human rights
Blinken knew exactly what he was doing, he could have delayed the release but he chose, instead to release the State Department’s “2023 Country Report” on the eve of his arrival in China. (more…)
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Janet Yellen came – China was polite
Janet Yellen came, she pontificated and postulated, ate some nice Chinese food, drank a beer with Nicholas Burns, a man that Chinese people loathe and hold little respect for; then she left. This tells the world all about her trip, what she ate and drank was more important than what she said and did. (more…)
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Worrying development as Australia absent from Boao Forum, eschews regional engagement
Just a week ago, Wang Yi was in Australia and it appeared to be something of a reset. Australian media were happy(ish), barley is back, wine sales looked set to be back (and was formally confirmed that the tariffs would be dropped only a few days later). Only lobsters left on the list, there are still a few issues with food health concerns and meat from some abattoirs but everything appeared good. At least that was the hope a week ago. (more…)
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America is dumbing itself down. Banning TikTok won’t halt the slide
The US has created the conditions for the decline of its own society. (more…)
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China’s falling exports to EU, US signals West’s economic decline
We have all no doubt have seen the bad news that China’s exports to the EU have reduced, China’s exports to the US are declining rapidly and, as a result of it, we’re being told by Western media that China is on the verge of collapse. (more…)
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Why do Chinese EVs meet so much resistance?
There was a time when the world looked to China to reduce its emissions. China was, they quite rightly pointed out, one of the globe’s worst polluters. (more…)
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A nuclear armed Rogue State is threatening Asian peace and stability
Rogue State – noun. “A nation or state regarded as breaking international law and posing a threat to the security of other nations.” (Oxford English Dictionary). (more…)
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When escalation means escalation
In one of the world’s poorest countries, Yemen, there is a tribe called the Houthis. Emanating from that tribe to lead a larger coalition of other tribes is a group which does not want to be ruled by a Western or Saudi backed puppet government, they are called Ansar Allah, which means Supporters of god. Western media, in an effort to either simplify, or perhaps to denigrate them, have given Ansar Allah different names, they are now referred to as either Houthis or Iranian Backed Houthis, or sometimes Iranian Backed Militia, they are rarely, if ever, referred to by their correct name. There is a good reason for this; we are being spoon fed a line that this is all Iran’s doing and led along a path of escalation to include a war with Iran. (more…)
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How terrorism is handled in different places
Terrorism is a global problem, we could talk all day and night about whether a terrorist is a freedom fighter, an oppressed person struggling for recognition or a cold-blooded murderer but whatever the reasons, everyone must agree; innocent people deserve protection from terrorists. (more…)
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“Singing from the Songsheet”: Media uncritically parrots ASPI’s anti-China propaganda
The Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI) have once again proven they should be re-named the American Strategic Policy Institute. They have produced a new report based on errors, misunderstandings, speculation and offered no proof whatsoever to make China, and people who support China, look bad; all while being funded by the US State Department. At least the report was funded by the US State Department until ASPI decided it wasn’t! (more…)