THE RUSSIAN-UKRAINE WAR #470 PROFESSOR JEFFREY SACHS Today I switch the focus from China to Russia and the Ukraine War for two reasons; first, the War is reaching its climax and, second, Professor Jeffrey Sachs, Professor of Economics at Columbia University, USA is one of the most sane commentators on world politics. This…

BACK TO CHINA #469 GOOD MORNING FROM LONDON The purpose of this Column has always been to provide a balance to the welter of critical and negative information that is available daily in the media about China. Remember the perspective. China flies the red flag. It is a Communist country and it is much…

EUROPE MISUNDERSTANDS CHINA GOOD MORNING FROM LONDON 9 SEPTEMBER 2023 CHINA POST 468 There has been much conjecture about the significance of President Xi Jinping’s absence from the G20 Summit. European commentators get it wrong when they assert that Xi’s absence from the summit is an “own goal”. Garima Mohan…

PREJUDICE IN DISPUTE RESOLUTION My post — #460 — prompted responses from readers. Some argued that the issue of an arbitrator/mediator’s character was a given. It was assumed that dispute resolvers knew about character when they commenced their training and that being the case it was not a matter for…

CHINA AND THE MEDIA The Western Media struggles to comprehend the significance of China. In the main the Media does not approve of China because it does not sign up to the traditional Western norms; one man one vote — parliamentary democracy — checks and balances and habeas corpus and…

PREJUDICE IN DISPUTE RESOLUTION #466 My post — #460 — prompted responses from readers. Some argued that the issue of an arbitrator/mediator’s character was a given. It was assumed that dispute resolvers knew about character when they commenced their training and that being the case it was not a matter…

EXTRACTS FROM THE MEDIA RE CHINA #465 NIKKEI ASIA 25 AUGUST 2023 CHINA AND INDIA Chinese President Xi Jinping spoke with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the sidelines of this week’s BRICS Summit in Johannesburg, South Africa, amid tense relations between their governments. A Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson said the two leaders agreed that China and India…

CHINA’S ECONOMY — INSUPERABLE PROBLEMS? #461 In general the Western media including Australasia and Japan take satisfaction from bad news coming out of China. There is a straightforward and uncomplicated explanation, [New York Times 29 July] China flies the Red Flag. It is a Communist country and its rise from…

ON DISPUTE RESOLUTION #460 My next Post — #461 — will focus on China. In today’s post, however, the searchlight is on an often overlooked aspect of Dispute Resolution. What is the most important quality that an arbitrator and/or mediator must possess if they are to discharge their responsibilities? As…