The formation of a new government in Greece committed to remaining in the eurozone was welcomed by people on both sides of the Atlantic; but the European financial crisis remains unresolved, due to the probable insolvency of both governments and many European banks. The crisis has a number of different causes. The most obvious…
The government-controlled Chinese media have reinforced China’s existing one-child policy by extensively reporting that a couple who had a second child have been fined 1.3 million yuan, about $200,000. China has imposed a rigorous one-child per family policy for over 30 years, backed up by forced abortions and sterilisation, which has been repeatedly condemned…
Having led his Republican rivals for most of the year, President Obama is facing a tightening Presidential race in November, following disappointing economic data and media gaffes. Morris Chang, the chairman of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing, the world’s largest contract microchip maker, told the company’s annual meeting that the US economy appeared to have “turned…
Australians have a healthy dislike of abusive or violent behaviour, as seen in the public criticism of Labor MP Belinda Neal, and negative reaction to Kevin Rudd’s treatment of an unfortunate RAAF flight attendant on a VIP flight a few years ago. The left have exploited this sentiment by claiming that those who oppose the…