Politics War, strongmen and video games: A lose-lose scenario. We live in a world of strongmen and superpowers trying to project power by declaring illegal wars on other countries to show that they, and their countries, are still top dog. They end up worse off, with their leaders perhaps wanted by the International Criminal Court. Everyone loses.
Economics Europe: Asleep at the wheel Europe has been missing the economic plot for quite some time now. It has been eaten away by America at one end since World War II, and it's getting eaten by China at the other end. It's been eating itself everywhere else with a focus on
Politics The end of democracy A government of the elite and corporations, by the wealthy, for themselves? Democracy and the Right to Vote are not the same thing. Most of the electorate don't really realise that their democracy is already broken. What really matters is how far a government strays from representing its citizens.
Business Taiwan: The kitchen making tasty chips China will only reclaim Taiwan by force if their leader goes mad. Sometimes that happens to lifelong leaders and dictators (sometimes I worry about my own sanity).
Hong Kong Taiwan and US politics It was interesting watching the foreign support for the Hong Kong riots three years ago. The riots on the surface were in protest at a new extradition bill that the government was trying to pass, but in practice also speak to the lack of opportunities and progress felt by so
