What have I and the Mandarin, big bad in the upcoming Iron Man 3, got in common? Both of us have Chinese fathers and English mothers. Plus we both look like the giant Sphinx mounted over the Morlocks’ lair in The Time Machine … at least first thing in the morning. Does that make me […]
The Opium War by Julia Lovell Review by Anna Chen – 17 May 2012 The nationalist not only does not disapprove of atrocities committed by his own side, but he has a remarkable capacity for not even hearing about them.George Orwell With renewed calls for the West to assert its imperial might in the interest
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In Channel 4’s China: Triumph and Turmoil, Ferguson takes us from 250 BC to the present day and the Chinese “huge potential for venality” with no mention of Jardine Matheson, Western banks and drug money liquidity, Empire, an accelerating number of wars on foreign soil or even the Opium Wars.
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Anna Chen – 10 March 2011, Niall Ferguson Niall Ferguson “Killer Apps” episode, Civilisation Channel 4 Review by Anna Chen 10 March 2011 ‘Dominate, dominate, dominate.’ No, not an S&M dalek, but Niall Ferguson on the telly. I lost count of how many times this word, or variations thereof, came up in the first five
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Anna Chen – 11 November 2010 David Cameron Opium Wars snub Yes, that’s a great idea, David Cameron, British PM. Wear poppies on a trade visit to China in the 150th anniversary year marking the end of the Opium Wars when Britain forced cheap Bengal opium on the Chinese people at the point of a
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Oh, I am so suggestible. I have just finished my first bacon roll in years (actually, a bagel — howzat for a fusion-cuisine atrocity?) as a direct result of watching the seventh and latest episode of CBBC’s children’s show, Spirit Warriors. The one that begins with our young heroes happening upon a dream setting of
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