What Xi Jinping did in Bali: the week China came in from the cold
Is China’s leader releasing his ideological grip over economic and foreign policy or is the rest of the world grasping at straws?
Source: afr.com
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40 Canadian books we can't wait to read in October
A new month means new books! Here are the Canadian novels, poetry, comics and works of nonfiction we can't wait to read in October.
Source: cbc.ca
Mosaic of China with Oscar Fuchs - Bonus Episode on 'Connectivity'
Sometimes you dont know quite what youre doing and why youre doing it, until you sit down one day
Source: shine.cn
The Australians in Shanghai locked out of the federal election
Australians living in Shanghai are locked down and also locked out of the federal election with postal votes unable to get through.
Solomon Islands Simon Lance Peter Arkell Australian Electoral Commission Australian Chamber Australian Consulate
Source: afr.com
Election 2022: PM rubbishes China envoy's assurances on Solomon Islands
Scott Morrison says Chinese interference in the Pacific is of ‘great consequence’, while Anthony Albanese says the region needs ‘competition, not catastrophe’.
Pacific Island Solomon Islands General Solomon Islands Australian Capital Territory Wang Yi Peter Arkell
Source: afr.com
'Worse than Wuhan': Shanghai suffers as Xi doubles down
China’s most cosmopolitan city is now an Orwellian ghost town, with many of its 25 million residents at breaking point. But the government is pushing ahead with eradicating COVID-19.
Candy Xie Peter Arkell Arjan Jansen Convention Centre Politburo Standing Committee Shanghai National Exhibition
Source: afr.com
Monthly Review | The working-class GIs who became dissidents ("Dissenting POWs" reviewed by Real Democracy Network)
“The social distance between the SROs and the enlisted men was a good indicator of who would be a dissident,” the authors write. “By the time of the POWs…
Source: monthlyreview.org
Monthly Review | "The Dawning of the Apocalypse," by Gerald Horne: The invented bond of Whiteness (The Real Democracy Movement)
In the early 1600s, new settlers, were uniting across class and even religious lines, and what united them was their “whiteness”. The settlements had become a…
Source: monthlyreview.org
National quarantine centre proposal to process, host seasonal workers rebuked by Canberra
National quarantine centre proposal to process, host seasonal workers rebuked by Canberra ThuThursday 14 JanJanuary 2021 at 6:25am Adam Marshall is pushing for a national quarantine centre to host Pacific workers on charter flights. ( Print text only Cancel The New South Wales Agriculture Minister has warned of food shortages and price rises unless the Federal Government eased the cap on arrivals to allow in more seasonal workers from the Pacific. Key points: The states Ag Minister is warning i...
Source: abc.net.au