China
The long shadow of the Great Helmsman
Frank Dikötter’s China is perpetually over-leveraged, over-producing and overdue a bust
So long to the capitalist peace
The Big Mac has not consigned conflict to history
The technological escalation
Will the US semiconductor strategy prevail against China?
Our revels are now ended
The unavoidable tide of demographics and globalisation will bring an end to the long economic boom
Sinicizing the CCP
Xi Jinping’s cynical use of Confucius
Seven years in China
COVID, nationalism and Beijing walls
America is divided on Taiwan
That might be a good thing
And never the twain shall meet?
A lineup of new books tackle the thorny China problem
China is the only real victor in Ukraine
A frightening new autocratic international order is taking shape
My days as a Chinese spy
A mysterious 72 hours in Hong Kong for a lucrative lobbying job ended up being something much more sinister…
“Trope” is not a synonym of “lie”
You cannot dismiss an argument by calling it a trope
Landscapes of allusion and illusion
On the architecture of recreation
Hoop dreams
Football turned out to be a poor way of shirking parental duties
The return of non-crime hate incidents
Labour are attacking free speech through the back door
On the King’s Road to ruin
The decline of commerce on Chelsea’s celebrated street is a worrying sign for London
Do our leaders understand the power grid at all?
It seems as if basic facts are being completely ignored
Donald Trump doesn’t know what a woman is, either
Believing that the sexes are different does not mean appreciating their humanity in full
The right to learn at home
Home education is a powerful alternative to the box-ticking of state schooling
Royals in an online age
Can the royal mystique survive the glare of modern media?
Imaginary friends
The idea of a synthetic companion that knows everything about you goes well beyond friendship
Roger Scruton’s naive nationalism
Cultural nationalism is an ill-fitting model for the modern nation state
