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The Greatest Threat from China – its control of Rare Earth Elements
Last month I wrote to Only Connect’s editor, Richard Pooley, asking: ‘Where was the leadership and strategy plan that the EU’s Brussels...
Richard Despard
9 min read
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Watch Your Language!
Sensational headlines about the rising toxic tide of Americanisms inundating our defenceless language produce predictable, periodic...
Denis Lyons
12 min read
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Mushroom DiplomacyÂ
Japan, South Korea and North Korea share a troubled history. Japan’s colonial era and subsequent treatment of its occupied countries left...
Eric Boa
6 min read
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Tokyo, TexasÂ
The editorial command* is that we must cheer our readers up this month. Crikey, as a much missed politician used to say: “Steady on...
Stoker
6 min read
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Akbar the Lion and other cats
I read today that Rupert Murdoch is to be married for the fifth time. While I am not particularly interested in Murdoch, he is often...
mark nicholson
6 min read
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