MORE ON COVID IN CHINA #394 The Head of the WHO warned yesterday at the opening of the 75th World Health Assembly that Covid-19 is “certainly not over” + that reported cases to continue to increase in 70 countries spread in all parts of the world. China’s approach to Covid…

CHINA — THE CHALLENGE OF HISTORY #394 GOOD MORNING FROM LONDON I am giving a talk in London this week + the title is; China — The Challenge of History. Is history an irreversible tide? Can we today affect the outcomes of tomorrow? Where do we sit when we view…

PRESIDENT BIDEN TRAVELS TO ASIA #393 GOOD MORNING FROM LONDON Next week President Biden will travel to South Korea + Japan to convince the region that the War in Ukraine will not deflect the US from its principal foreign policy priority — China. As he travels on the Presidential 747…

CHINA, THE WEST AND BAD NEWS ALWAYS #392 GOOD MORNING FROM LONDON There are many good things happening in China (not that you would know from reading the Western media); 1bn people have been lifted out of poverty; 140m Chinese Tourists travelled the world in 2019; the US Edelman Index…

CHINA AND THE SOLOMON ISLANDS #391 GOOD MORNING FROM LONDON The starting point for this Column — and every daily Post — is the belief that something quite significant is happening in World History. The norms that governed the 20th C have been overtaken by the rise of China. This…

US/CHINA TRADE WARS #390 GOOD MORNING FROM LONDON According to data from the US Census Bureau, the value of US imports of Chinese goods in January/February 2022 has returned to pre-pandemic levels as has the trade deficit which grew by 14.5% to reach US$355.3bn in 2021. Most economists accept that…

CHINA — COVID AND THE ECONOMY #389 GOOD MORNING FROM LONDON China’s economic activity is reported by the SCMP to have contracted in April as lockdowns across the country have challenged growth prospects for the first time since Covid-19 emerged more than two years ago. Retail sales fell last month…

IS BIDEN ABOUT TO CALL A TRADE TRUCE WITH CHINA? #388 GOOD MORNING FROM LONDON Mao Tsetung wrote at the height of the Cold War that Superpower rivalry is characterised by Conflict and Cooperation. War can happen but Peace can happen as well. An article in an HSBC publication on…

IS PUTIN TO BLAME? #387 GOOD MORNING FROM LONDON The Post on 10 May 2022 on Ukraine stirred the pot. Some approved. Some disapproved. Let me bring into the debate the views of John Mearsheimer, who since 1982 has been a Professor at the University of Chicago. A 2017 survey…