China
Man up, President Xi
Why not flip the script, and let China lead the world out of the climate crisis?
TikTok time bomb
Schools across the UK have been targeted by anonymous TikTok accounts where pupils rate and defame their teachers
Chip race with China
China’s purchase of Newport Wafer Fab follows a strategy to control high-tech supply chains. Does our Government grasp the danger?
The rise and fall of the China Question
Balance China realistically: let her overstretch and bleed
Resurrect forgiveness
China’s surprising take on a celebrated parable reveals a growing global problem
Green gift for China
Failing climate policies create international discord that benefits no one but China
The Qing-quisition
Why did the Chinese bureaucracy succeed where the Catholic Church failed?
Japan v China — the history of a rivalry
Professor Jeremy Black talks to Graham Stewart about the centuries-old military rivalry between China and Japan
Australia first
What are we supposed to fight for in the Pacific? Is it for Australia or for the sake of US pre-eminence?
Cold War rematch
The winners of the Cold War turned out to be the authoritarians, not the democrats
Therapy is making children ill
What would really help children’s mental health is talk about resilience
Why this new book will pass unnoticed
Columnist Steve Sailer’s views on genetics and IQ have placed him beyond the pale for bien pensant reviewers
Playfulness and tedium
Stravinsky, Petrushka; Debussy, Jeux and Prelude (Decca)
Portugal must be more than an EU vassal
As elections approach, can Portugal break the stultifying hold of a progressive, big state worldview?
Britain is still safe for Jews
It may be far from perfect — but where would be safer?
Fifth magician blues
He made the tea, he forged the autographs, and only once did he run out of plectrums
Britain needs eccentric thought
Lewis Goodall is wrong about the “radicalisation” of the Tory right
Cognition porn and discursive dehumanisation
Cultural and political discourse can follow the reductive yet seductive logic of pornography
Don’t forget Nicola Sturgeon’s nodding dogs
The SNP have been enabled by uncritical British media
Who judges the judges?
Judges, whatever their gender, need sufficient judgement to maintain neutrality and political impartiality
The betrayal of Charlie Hebdo
The French intelligentsia has reneged on promises of fearless free speech and embraced a pervasive culture of censorship
