World Opinion

My Take | Need to blame someone for something? Just shout ‘China’

If Western politicians are right, Beijing is behind the student protests in the US, responsible for preventing a British MP from visiting Djibouti and ‘fuelling the largest armed conflict in Europe since WWII’.

If Western politicians are right, Beijing is behind the student protests in the US, responsible for preventing a British MP from visiting Djibouti and ‘fuelling the largest armed conflict in Europe since WWII’

30 Apr 2024 - 9:00PM

China Opinion

Opinion | Why Hungary and Serbia are the important stops in Xi’s European tour

30 Apr 2024 - 7:30PMvideocam

China Opinion

Opinion | Rivalries aside, it’s vital for US and Chinese navies to keep talking

30 Apr 2024 - 5:40AMvideocam

World Opinion

My Take | ‘Woke’ Canada has gone from ludicrous to dangerous

From “liberal” euthanasia to transgender treatment and prison policy, the country is experimenting with its citizens’ lives.

29 Apr 2024 - 9:00PM

A Canadian court has tossed out an injunction applied by a father to stop his physically healthy daughter from requesting medically assisted suicide. Photo: Shutterstock

World Opinion

Opinion | America badly needs election credibility after two fraud-tainted polls

Allegations of fraud and cyberattacks in the 2016, 2020 elections have polarised voters and battered US democracy. The Biden-Trump showdown is a chance to shore up credibility in US elections and democracy.

28 Apr 2024 - 8:48PMvideocam

China Opinion

Inside Out | Someday soon China might dominate the hydrogen supply chain too

EU and US manufacturers already complaining of Chinese competition in solar power and electric vehicles won’t like China’s hydrogen policy. As it moves to produce hydrogen using renewable energy, this could become an important part of the world’s low-carbon future.

28 Apr 2024 - 4:02PMvideocam

China Opinion

Opinion | Who can the US really count on in a war with China over Taiwan?

That Washington can count on its allies in case of a war over Taiwan is a best-case scenario – and more likely, wishful thinking. For Washington, the biggest strategic ambiguity is whether a stronger China will become more confident about peaceful reunification or more impatient and resort to force.

28 Apr 2024 - 5:30AMvideocam

Guards lower Taiwan’s flag in Liberty Square in Taipei on January 16. Photo: EPA-EFE

World Opinion

Macroscope | Our problem is too much information and knowledge, and too little wisdom

If wisdom has a place at all, it should be within above-the-fray institutions such as the IMF and World Bank. Yet there is often scant sign of it.

27 Apr 2024 - 7:31PMvideocam

A man looks out of his home at a flooded street in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on April 16 as Pakistan floods again. The world is drowning in information amid challenges from climate change, geopolitical tensions, outright war, artificial intelligence and more. Photo: EPA-EFE

Asia Opinion

Opinion | Southeast Asia’s heatwaves threaten food security. How can nations adapt?

Many parts of Southeast Asia are undergoing record-breaking heatwaves, leading to disruptions in rice supplies and fluctuations in prices. The region can safeguard livelihoods by planting drought-resistant rice varieties, diversifying crops and enhancing early warning systems.

27 Apr 2024 - 6:03AM

China Opinion

Outside In | Like the US and EU, China uses subsidies. It just does it more effectively

China’s subsidies have been more effective than in most parts of the world because they are an intrinsic part of a distinct economic model. Rather than targeting China, the US and Europe should examine the effectiveness of their own economic strategies.

26 Apr 2024 - 8:30PMvideocam

World Opinion

The View | IMF, World Bank must do more to defuse the bomb of poor nations’ debt

The focus is on retooling current approaches when what debt-burdened countries need is an economic re-engineering to produce more lucrative goods and innovative ways to pay down debt using commodities.

25 Apr 2024 - 8:30PMvideocam

A woman from a small village near Samre town in Tigray, Ethiopia, on May 26 last year. Ethiopia saw one of the bloodiest wars of the 21st century which led to widespread starvation. The African country has applied for debt restructuring under the G20’s Common Framework. Photo: Getty Images

Asia Opinion

Opinion | Japan’s latest military gamble reflects a changing security landscape

Japan has approved the export of next-generation fighter jets to countries not involved in conflict and those with which it shares defence agreements. With a potential Trump victory on the horizon and rising tensions with neighbouring countries, Tokyo seeks to take care of its own security needs.

25 Apr 2024 - 5:45PM

On September 7, 2017, an F-15J Eagle fighter aircraft, part of the Japan Air Self-Defence Force fleet, is grounded at Chitose Air Base in Chitose, Hokkaido prefecture, Japan. Photo: AFP

China Opinion

Opinion | Why can’t US and China jointly seek Middle East peace and still compete?

Although they support rival camps and pursue divergent geopolitical games, the US and China are also working for the same thing: the region’s security and stability.

25 Apr 2024 - 10:56AMvideocam

World Opinion

My Take | Please, America, show some shame over the war in Gaza

If China has been committing genocide in Xinjiang, then what do we call what Israel and the United States are doing to the people of Palestine?

24 Apr 2024 - 9:06PM

World Opinion

Opinion | A chance for peace in Ukraine will come. Asia must prepare to seize it

The largest Asian countries, notably China but also India, should be poised to play a positive role if the winds change around the Ukraine war

24 Apr 2024 - 9:39PM

An emergency worker extinguishes a fire after a Russian attack on the Trypilska thermal power plant in Ukrainka, Kyiv, on April 11. Even if a return to negotiations is currently implausible, this will not be so indefinitely, as war without end is costly. Photo: Ukrainian Emergency Service via AP

China Opinion

The View | Western protectionism will fail – China’s success isn’t down to subsidies

Complaints of Chinese overcapacity and dumping may be useful in justifying US, EU subsidies and trade barriers but China’s success is really due to its innovation and scale.

24 Apr 2024 - 3:30PMvideocam

Electric cars are lined up for export at Taicang Port in Suzhou, in China’s eastern Jiangsu province, on April 16. The West did not complain about China’s overcapacity in the past because it was good for them. It’s a different picture now. Photo: AFP

World Opinion

Opinion | Action on plastic pollution shows us that another world is possible

As Hong Kong phases in its plastics ban, more can be done such as developing reusable systems and regulating corporations to reduce packaging. Fossil fuel and petrochemical interests are impeding progress on global plastics treaty talks but local solutions show we can put an end to the scourge of plastic.

24 Apr 2024 - 9:15AMvideocam

World Opinion

Opinion | We must decolonise AI to overcome cultural bias in the classroom

AI is becoming a pedagogical tool but some applications remain steeped in Eurocentrism, pushing non-Western world history to the margins. Technologists and humanities scholars must work together to make sure no one’s history is erased.

24 Apr 2024 - 5:38AM

World Opinion

My Take | Shut up and wait, your Canadian doctor is busy

If we use waiting times as the key measure of efficient and timely delivery of treatment, Canadian taxpayers have been steadily getting declining healthcare since the 1990s.

23 Apr 2024 - 9:01PM

China Opinion

Opinion | Stable footing? In reality, US-China trade tensions are intensifying

As trade investigations into Chinese shipbuilding, steel and aluminium suggest more tariffs and a review of Trump-era tariffs unlikely to end in a rollback, expect China to respond with force.

23 Apr 2024 - 11:43PMvideocam

China Opinion

The View | Why it is in the US’ own interest to work with China on EV production

Despite US fears about an overcapacity in Chinese green teach, China’s market share of solar modules and electric vehicles is smaller than that of other competitors. “Cooperative competition” between manufacturers can help both countries synergize their green industry transitions.

23 Apr 2024 - 6:03PMvideocam

Asia Opinion

Opinion | South China Sea: Manila has taken a step back, what will Beijing do?

In dialling back the possibility of more US bases and dialling up a commitment to diplomacy with China, Marcos is offering a path to de-escalation. In turn, Beijing could rein in its aggressive tactics in the South China Sea and explore genuine economic cooperation.

22 Apr 2024 - 9:13AMvideocam

World Opinion

Inside Out | How nationalism threatens a repeat of Covid-19 tragedies in next pandemic

An initially strong draft WHO treaty focusing on rapid information sharing, fair vaccine distribution and relaxing intellectual property rights appears to have been diluted. Failure to forge an agreement and put aside national differences would be a tragedy for which we will pay a terrible price, perhaps very soon.

21 Apr 2024 - 8:30PM