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Let Kashmir be Independent
I was leaving my local country club one afternoon a few months ago, when I noticed a large pile of discarded library books on sale to members. Amongst the Danielle Steele novels, I spotted one entitled The Great Mutiny, which piqued my interest because I was certain some ancestor of mine was involved....
Dr. Mark Nicholson
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The Future is A Foreign Country…
…they do things differently there. ‘There’ is China, where I and the Conan Doyle Estate's agent, Tim Hubbard, were on business for a week last month. Hong Kong (1 day), Guanzhou (1), Shanghai (2), Chengdu (1)...
Richard Pooley
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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
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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
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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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