As Beijing prepares to open the 2022 Winter Olympics on February 4, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) leadership […]
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US sanctioned China’s top facial recognition firm over Uyghur concerns. It still raised millions
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What Lies Behind Beijing’s Assigning of Chinese Names to Indian Places?
Beijing’s assigning of Chinese names to 15 places in the Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh is aimed at […]
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Who is the most interesting writer about politics in Britain today? No question, it’s Dominic Cummings. The Substack […]
The Last Soviet Generation
Those who came into adulthood as the USSR collapsed around them 30 years ago recall a time of […]
From Beijing with love
The autocrat, the artist and the struggle for freedom and justice in China and beyond. Last month, as […]
US State Department Study Dismisses China’s ‘Unlawful Maritime Claims’ in South China Sea
In this July 13, 2018, file photo, a globe shows the islands on the South China Sea with […]
MP Dr. Wijeydasa Rajapakshe lambasts Xi Jinping over economic invasion, corruption and debt-trapping Sri Lanka: “Hambantota Port was a corrupt deal of a high magnitude”
By R. R. M. Lilani MP Dr. Wijayadasa Rajapakshe, President’s Counsel and a stalwart politician in the current […]
From stand-in stars to tech titans: The Observer’s faces to watch in 2022
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In our teens, we dreamed of making peace in the Middle East. Then my friend was shot
On 11 May 2021, I was sitting with a small group in a cafe in southern Tel Aviv, […]