Author Archives: Thomas Guy

On China and its maritime ambitions

“I’m not sure this administration would recognize provocation if it were slapped in the face.” – Sen. Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska), in reference to China’s recent provocative cruise through the Bering Sea. “I agree that the South China Sea is no more China’s than the Gulf of Mexico is Mexico’s” – Adm. Harry Harris, Jr., commander of U.S.Continue reading “On China and its maritime ambitions”

Syrian war spurs first withdrawal from doomsday Arctic seed vault | Reuters

That’s kind of heavy, when you think about it. Syria’s civil war has prompted the first withdrawal of seeds from a “doomsday” vault built in an Arctic mountainside to safeguard global food supplies, officials said on Monday. Source: Syrian war spurs first withdrawal from doomsday Arctic seed vault | Reuters

With South African pulpit, Mao speaks from beyond the grave

The US, it says, is trying to destabilise China on three fronts: by portraying it as the world’s worst polluter and a danger to the environment; by parading to the world counter-revolution in China as a popular uprising and counter-revolutionaries as human rights activists; and by exploiting China’s dispute with some of its Asian neighboursContinue reading “With South African pulpit, Mao speaks from beyond the grave”