How do you ‘unfriend’ a whole country? The giant Facebook conglomerate has found the answer. Never mind that Australia is a key Western ally with a democratically elected government. Facebook has simply turned its face against the Australian public and is censoring what they can see in a dispute over who pays for news. No doubt … Read more
China’s ambassador to Britain, Liu Xiaoming, recently bade farewell to this country in characteristic style. Dwelling on golden memories of his time here, he recalled his ‘humble part’ in President Xi Jinping’s state visit in 2015 and New Year’s Eve parties on the banks of the Thames. He also mentioned the happy days when he … Read more
Kent is steeped in history. For hundreds of years, houses such as Hever Castle and Penshurst Place have hosted power politics and palace intrigue. More recently, they attract visitors from all over the world to see the haunts of Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn. They should be welcoming more people today, but they are not. The … Read more
Foreign Affairs Select Committee chairman Tom Tugendhat accuses ‘tyrannical’ China of ‘falsifying’ coronavirus death statistics as Beijing hits back at ‘dangerous unwarranted accusations’ Tom Tugendhat said Chinese government ‘deliberately falsified the data’ on virus He claimed ‘survival of the regime’ was placed ‘over the interests of the people’ But Beijing hit back and said such … Read more
Scientists have long warned that China’s live food markets are a breeding ground for disease, epidemics and pandemics – spreading infection from animals to people. These public abattoirs were behind the SARS outbreak in 2002 and have now produced Covid-19. Yet the Beijing government has done nothing to abolish these ‘wet’ markets that threaten so … Read more