The Chinese are far more content than the Egyptians. Yet still the state remains paranoid
Apr 11, 2011 | Categories: Politics | Tags: adam michnik, ai weiwei, arab spring, beijing, bird's nest stadium, cheng jianping, china, chris dercon, detained, dissident, Egypt, egyptians, gao ge, he zhi, hillary clinton, human rights, human rights watch, olympics, shanghai, sichuan earthquake, state department report, sunflower seeds, tate modern, torture, twitter, zhang shijun | Leave A Comment »
Jordanians don’t want a French revolution; they just want a king who reigns rather than rules
Feb 21, 2011 | Categories: Politics | Tags: abdullah, army, bahrain, bedouin, constitution, corruption, democracy, Egypt, election law, Jordan, jordanian, king, middle east, monarchy, muslim brotherhood, palestinian, queen, rania, reform, revolution, saudi arabia, tribes, Tunisia | Leave A Comment »
Unemployment affects one in ten workers, but rising prices hit all of us
Jan 31, 2011 | Categories: Politics | Tags: Algeria, bank of england, bread, cotton, Egypt, food prices, fuel, George Osborne, Haiti, incomes, inflation, mervyn king, mubarak, petrol, prices, quantitative easing, real wages, riots, Tunisia, unemployment, VAT, wheat | Leave A Comment »