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Sep82021

How the Republic of China founded the United Nations

Foreign Affairs, History & PhilosophySeptember 8, 2021

Taiwan is going through the annual ritual of attempting to regain its place in the United Nations, but the truth is that it never left. China is often said to have 5,000 years of history. Dynastic rule in China came to an end on October 10, 1911, when the Xinhai rebellion overthrew the detested Ching Dynasty. The rotten and corrupt Manchus, who were regarded as foreigners, were replaced by the Kuomintang (KMT), or Nationalist Party. The KMT was led by Dr Sun Yat-sen, who is universally known as the “Guofu”: Father of Modern China.

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Book Review – Save the Union: Franklin G. Rice’s diary of the 19th Michigan volunteer infantry in the civil war

Music Cinema & BooksSeptember 1, 2021

by John C. Rice, editor Hesperian Press, Carlisle, WA Paperback: 80 pages Price: AUD$30 Available from the publisher Reviewed by Jeffry Babb

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India: A country and a civilisation

Foreign Affairs, History & PhilosophySeptember 1, 2021

“In international relations there are no permanent friends or permanent enemies, only permanent interests.” – Lord Palmerston India was ruled by the East India Company up until 1857. The India Mutiny was suppressed in 1857, but the British government had become impatient with “John Company’s” mismanagement and corruption. The rebellion broke out when it was said that grease on the sepoy’s cartridges was a mix of pork fat, anathema to Muslims, and beef fat, anathema to Hindus. The India Mutiny is now known as the First War of Independence. The East India Company had been trading in India since it planted its flag in Madras (now Chennai) in 1639. To understand the history of India, we must realise that the East India Company was a private company that produced…

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A divided Europe and the war without end

Defence & Security, Foreign AffairsAugust 4, 2021

The origins of World War I remain a topic of endless speculation. Even after 100 years, there is disagreement over why the war started and how the war started. The reason we want to know why the Great War started can be observed in any country town in Australia or New Zealand. These towns, often almost depopulated these days, will have a war memorial commemorating the young ANZACS who went to war and never came home. The reason why the war started is fairly clear. The Triple Entente, of France, Britain and Russia, was opposed by the Triple Alliance of Germany, Austria and Italy. The Entente was not set in concrete. Elements of the British ruling elite were not in favour of intervening in Europe. Britain, alone among the European…

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