Capitalism, bitchez!
In a world wallowing in the Great Malaise, it’s good to remember there is some good economic news from time to time. The international poverty line is defined as living …
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The Daily Chrenk helpful travel hint: don’t rub your genitals and ass on a foreign flag
Why oh why did I have to come back to Australia only to find out that the number one item on every news bulletin today is the story of the …
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Happy 40 years of rotting in hell, Mao
Time flies when you’re not causing deaths of tens of millions of your compatriots. China’s “Global Times†reports from Shaoshan where thousands of people have gathered to remember the village’s …
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Capitalism, big and small
Lung Wo Road and Connaught Road Central reach for the sky. The ground erupts here with steel and glass and stone buildings that tower 20, 40, 60 storeys over the …
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(Non-censored) postcard from Hong Kong
As you drive on the highway from the airport to Hong Kong, about half way you pass by massive concrete pylons of what, when finished, will be the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau …
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The Great Malaise: First the US and the UK, France next
We are living in the midst of the Great Malaise, the time of cynicism, disenchantment and distrust. The elites are revolting against the masses and the masses are revolting against …
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Ballots and bullets: Poland and China, 27 years on
On June 4, 1989, two communist countries on opposite sides of the world chose different paths to the future. In Poland, the first round of democratic parliamentary elections was held, …
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Dalai Lama, that ugly right-winger
I love the sound of leftie heads exploding from dissonance. This is going to generate a few pops: The Dalai Lama, who has himself lived in exile for over half …
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Trump no longer ronery, endorsed by the Norks
Well, maybe not. I hate it when the headline is more exciting than the story itself. Like this one: “North Korea says Trump isn’t screwy at all, a wise choice …
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Dear Japan, sorry, not sorry
President Obama visited Hiroshima the other day, and to his credit he didn’t apologise for dropping the bomb. He didn’t drop the bomb himself, of course. That was President Truman, …
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