How a handshake in China shook the world
Richard Nixon’s opening to Mao’s China led to American business elites coming to see China not simply as a tantalising market, but as a potential manufacturing paradise.
Paul Monk
Latest
World not ready for conflagration about to hit Middle East
Biden warned Tehran not to cross a red line and it has promptly done so. Obama likewise warned Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad not to cross a red line and was ignored. The regime in Tehran knows that.
From Gaza to Haiti, let’s not forget the true culprits
Whereas the impending famine in Gaza is blamed on Israel, it is arguable that only foreign intervention in Haiti will be able to restore responsible governance.
How China’s political mishandling allowed Covid to spread
We have long needed a truly independent inquiry into the origins and spread of Covid-19. This blow-by-blow account examines how the global pandemic could have been prevented.
Arrogant, aggressive Wang Yi bears no party favours from China
Wang Yi is both a hardliner and a servant of the uber-dictator whose approach to foreign policy has been notably aggressive for well over a decade.
Keating the elder statesman has got China very wrong
If Keating had one last good fight in him, it would be to urge upon Xi the kind of economic reforms the former led in Australia in the 1980s. But don’t hold your breath on that one.
The questions Carlson should have asked Vladimir Putin
Contrary to Tucker Carlson’s X-rated rant about mainstream media being full of insidious lies, Putin’s whole modus operandi has always been insidious and mendacious.
Could this JFK conspiracy be true?
An accidental discovery has revealed a new theory about the assassination of the US President more than 60 years ago.
Get ready: Eastern Europe’s chilling view on Putin’s war
The message from the front line is that we in the West must do more to stop the Russian tyrant.
Taiwan’s fate can’t fall to Xi’s warrior diplomacy
Taiwan, as a place of human habitation and community, is more beautiful than ever and almost entirely because it has not been governed by the Chinese Communist Party.
Original URL: https://www.theaustralian.com.au/author/paul-monk/page/3