Published by The Mail on Sunday (18th August, 2019) Disturbing pictures obtained by The Mail on Sunday appear to show that China has secretly boosted its military deployment in […]
China / World
The Hong Kong protesters are scared but resolute even as a crackdown by China may loom
Published by The Washington Post (13th August, 2019) HONG KONG — As the hopes of the Arab Spring dissolved into brutality and chaos in 2011, I reported from […]
China / Politics / World
Democracy is under siege around the world
Published by The i paper (12th August, 2019) Once again, I am reporting on turbulent events in a place where ordinary people are risking their liberty to demand […]
China / World
The teenagers taking on the brutal tyranny of China
Published by The Mail on Sunday (11th August, 2019) In their colourful T-shirts, cut-off denim shorts and carefully styled hair, the four female students look like countless other […]
China / World
Tear gas and triads
Published by The Mail on Sunday (4th August, 2019) Hong Kong last night descended into ugly scenes of confrontation for the ninth weekend in a row as armed […]
India / Politics / World
How our first Asian MP shaped the Brexit debate
Published by UnHerd (25th July, 2019) When my generation was growing up half a century ago, we were taught the basics of history in terms of heroic British […]
Environment / India / Policy / World
Running on empty
Published by Tortoise (25th July, 2019) Prabu Kasinathan was leaning over a concrete balustrade, gazing at the vastness of Puzhal Lake spread out below in the fierce summer […]
Environment / India / Policy / World
Clean air is worth the political price
Published by The Times (25th July, 2019) Slowly but surely, the world is waking up to the climate emergency. I recently returned from Chennai, where one of India’s […]
Africa / Economics / Saudi Arabia / Sudan / World
We should stop pandering to the barbaric Saudis
Published by The Times (24th June, 2019) Saudi Arabia is very rich and buys lots of British weapons. Yet it is still baffling that our government remains so […]
United States / World
Meet the Clintons
Published by Tortoise (29th April, 2019) It must have felt like the good old days as they walked into the spotlight. Most of the audience stood up, some […]
India / World
India’s huge vote in favour of democracy
Published by The i paper (15th April, 2019) People went by camel, car, foot, bicycle and tractor when voting started last week in the world’s biggest general election. […]