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Jerry Grey

Pearls and Irritations

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ABC has no credibility on strangely timed Chinese ‘spy’ stories

To say Australian media has a poor record of getting things right in relation to Chinese ‘spying’ allegations is an understatement. It’s...

14.05.2024 30

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The State Department report on human rights

Blinken knew exactly what he was doing, he could have delayed the release but he chose, instead to release the State Department’s “2023 Country...

05.05.2024 10

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Janet Yellen came – China was polite

Janet Yellen came, she pontificated and postulated, ate some nice Chinese food, drank a beer with Nicholas Burns, a man that Chinese people loathe and...

12.04.2024 10

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Worrying development as Australia absent from Boao Forum, eschews regional engagement

Just a week ago, Wang Yi was in Australia and it appeared to be something of a reset. Australian media were happy(ish), barley is back, wine sales...

02.04.2024 10

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America is dumbing itself down. Banning TikTok won’t halt the slide

The US has created the conditions for the decline of its own society. TikTok being banned in the USA is not the issue. The fact is, this is a ban...

18.03.2024 30

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China’s falling exports to EU, US signals West’s economic decline

We have all no doubt have seen the bad news that China’s exports to the EU have reduced, China’s exports to the US are declining rapidly and, as a...

17.03.2024 9

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Why do Chinese EVs meet so much resistance?

There was a time when the world looked to China to reduce its emissions. China was, they quite rightly pointed out, one of the globe’s worst...

14.02.2024 6

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A nuclear armed Rogue State is threatening Asian peace and stability

Rogue State – noun. “A nation or state regarded as breaking international law and posing a threat to the security of other nations.” (Oxford...

08.02.2024 7

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When escalation means escalation

In one of the world’s poorest countries, Yemen, there is a tribe called the Houthis. Emanating from that tribe to lead a larger coalition of other...

03.02.2024 6

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How terrorism is handled in different places

Terrorism is a global problem, we could talk all day and night about whether a terrorist is a freedom fighter, an oppressed person struggling for...

13.01.2024 10

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“Singing from the Songsheet”: Media uncritically parrots ASPI’s anti-China propaganda

The Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI) have once again proven they should be re-named the American Strategic Policy Institute. They have...

06.12.2023 20

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Sacrificing pawns in the USA’s geopolitical game

Ahead of its elections, Taiwan needs to be forewarned of putting too many eggs into the USA basket. A significant body of evidence warns that the...

25.11.2023 7

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The world needed the Xi-Biden meeting

Western media reports about China are of tensions and animosity, restrictions and sanctions, balloons and drugs. So, it’s easy to believe the...

21.11.2023 6

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Biden confirms he’s not the intellect he once was

Once again Biden confirms he’s not the intellect he once was. People will remember years ago when Biden was a smart, intelligent and incisive man,...

18.11.2023 40

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Biden confirms he’s not the intellect he once was

Once again Biden confirms he’s not the intellect he once was. People will remember years ago when Biden was a smart, intelligent and incisive man,...

17.11.2023 6

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Biden forgets that the C in APEC stands for cooperation

There are 21 countries attending APEC and over 1,200 organisations from within those countries. Only one of the 21 countries, which happens to be the...

15.11.2023 9

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Cyborg Rats and Genocide: Daily Telegraph plumbs new depths of sinophobia

It’s not a good start to any media article when the sub headline contains an editorial error, but this headline which reads “Chinese minister...

05.11.2023 9

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Two global leaders poles apart on the same issue

China’s stance on war is very clear, in fact, it could not be more clear. In every conflict on the globe China calls for peaceful resolution and...

20.10.2023 7

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Is China hiding a missing submarine in the sea?

If we were to believe the UK’s Daily Mail, China should be in mourning, they have lost a crew of 55 and a Nuclear submarine. The Times,...

17.10.2023 5

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The Port of Darwin national security furphy

It was OK with ASIO, the Defence Department, the Treasury Minister of the day (Scott Morrison) and it was definitely OK with the Northern Territory...

30.09.2023 6

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Our media won’t tell us but Huawei’s Mate60 is set to challenge iPhone

The moon waxes and wanes, the tide ebbs and flows, empires come and go but some empires come more than once. This is, once again, China’s time....

14.09.2023 7

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