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China / World

This crisis reveals China’s weaknesses

Published by The i paper (13th April, 2020) Ever since this pandemic started rampaging around the planet, there has been talk of a transformed world. Yet when the […]

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China / Covid19 / World

China muzzled its Bat Woman

Published by The Mail on Sunday (12th April, 2020) A Chinese scientist who is the one of the world’s leading experts on coronaviruses was ‘muzzled’ after unravelling the […]

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China / Covid19 / Health / Policy / World

China’s toxic lackey

Published by The Mail on Sunday (5th April, 2020) The Great Hall of the People has held many historic events since it was built six decades ago as […]

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China / Covid19 / Health / Policy / World

The WHO has failed us again

Published by UnHerd (1st April, 2020) Like many doctors, Bruce Aylward has been working tirelessly since this coronavirus started its rampage around the planet, although his job takes […]

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China / Covid19 / Health / Policy / World

China is not the hero in this darkest hour

Published by UnHerd (23rd March, 2020) First came the virus — a parasitic germ so small that it cannot be seen by an optical microscope but so powerful […]

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Drugs / Mexico / Policy / World

Mexico’s futile war on drugs

Published by UnHerd (16th March, 2020) The early morning raids were carefully calibrated. Teams of heavily-armed agents donned protective gear in the darkness, then struck at homes in […]

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Arts / Covid19 / Film / Israel, West Bank & Gaza / World

Binge-watching in the time of Covid-19: Fauda

Published by UnHerd (18th March, 2020) Perhaps it has something to do with a job that takes me to hotspots around the world but I am a sucker […]

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Europe / Greece / Immigration / Policy / Turkey / World

Ankara plays pass the asylum-seeker

Published by The i paper (9th March 2020) The scenes of squalor and stories of despair had a sordid sense of familiarity. On Friday night I stood at […]

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Europe / Greece / Immigration / Policy / Turkey / World

Greek police beat us, stole our money, phones, even our shoes. Then they dumped us back in Turkey

Published by The Mail on Sunday (8th March, 2020) Having fled one of Syria’s many bloodstained battlegrounds, Muhammad spent years struggling as a refugee in southern Turkey. Last week, […]

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United States / World

Where the American dream goes to die

Published by UnHerd (2nd March, 2020) For a few years at the start of this century, Juan Nevarez tasted the American dream. Having moved a few miles across […]

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China / World

A monstrous crime against humanity

Published by The Mail on Sunday (1st March, 2020) China has slaughtered thousands of its citizens to harvest organs such as hearts, lungs, kidneys, eyes and even skin […]

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Drugs / Mexico / Policy / World

How many people were kidnapped, tortured and murdered for your avocado?

Published by The Mail on Sunday (23rd February, 2020) Sergio was working in the avocado orchards when two men suddenly appeared and told him to accompany them to […]

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Ian Birrell is an award-winning columnist, foreign correspondent, feature writer and investigative journalist. He is contributing editor of The Mail on Sunday, a weekly columnist in The i Paper and writes frequently for other papers and platforms. He is also co-founder with Damon Albarn of Africa Express, the acclaimed collaborative music project. (Pictured: Talking to refugees in Iraq fleeing Islamic State)... Read More.

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