At a time when Europe and other parts of the world are governed by forgettable mediocrities, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Turkey’s prime minister for a decade…
This week a take a concise look at some of China’s southern neighbours, all of which have significant ethnic Chinese populations, which helps to account…
In 2011 an eighteen year old Hmong woman from Northern Vietnam arrived at her remote hill village, bewildered and bedraggled, only reaching it after four…
Two years ago I attended a conference at the Overseas Development Institute in London on the future of aid and I was fascinated and a little…
Chinese President Xi Jinping’s anti-corruption campaign is the broadest and deepest effort to purge, reorganize and rectify the Communist Party leadership since the death…
This week I take a look at the inroads China and its rebelious province/regional rival Taiwan are making in the traditionally US dominated region of Central America. Nicaragua…
This week I take a look at how Chinese businesses are expanding into the sphere of international entertainment and media, shaking up industries such as…
Eve Enterprises started life as a booth in Beijing’s Xidan district, now it is a leading Chinese fashion company creating luxury menswear collections, it was faced with…
This week I take a look at Chinese ties with Indo-China, I’ve spent some magical times in this part of Asia both on holiday and business. It doesn’t get much better…
China and Russia recently agreed a ground-breaking new natural gas pipeline deal, worth around US$400 billion (although significantly it will be paid for in Renminbi…