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Africa / Aid / General

UK aid bankrolls fixer to make profits for Chinese businesses in Africa

Published by The Mail on Sunday (17th December, 2017) Britain is handing aid to an organisation headed by a wealthy Chinese-born businesswoman who seeks to help Chinese manufacturers […]

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North Korea / United States / World

Liberating 25 million enslaved North Korean people should be our priority

Published by The ipaper (4th September, 2017) It felt like an earthquake. Tremors rippled out from the underground test zone buried deep in a North Korean mountain and […]

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North Korea / United States / World

How to solve the North Korea crisis

Published by The ipaper (14th August, 2017) It would take just 14 minutes for a missile fired from North Korea to reach Guam and military leaders in Pyongyang […]

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North Korea / South Korea / World

‘Sunshine Policy’ is simply appeasement of horror

Published by CapX (11th May, 2017) The Sunshine Policy of engagement between the two Koreas ran for a decade until 2008, won the Noble Prize for its originator, […]

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China / North Korea / South Korea / United States / World

So could North Korea’s cruel regime be next on the hit list?

Published by The Mail on Sunday (9th April, 2017) When Donald Trump sat down to dinner with China’s Xi Jinping in his garish golden palace of Mar-a-Lago in Florida […]

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China / North Korea / United States / World

Donald Trump’s shock tactics on North Korea might just work

Published by The Guardian (3rd April, 2017) Song Byeok used to paint propaganda pictures for North Korea’s dictators. But when famine struck, his family was starving like millions […]

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North Korea / World

The chilling rationality of North Korea’s vile regime

Published by The i paper (27th February, 2017) The murder of Kim Jong-nam was brutal and brazen, caught by security cameras as assassins attacked him with lethal toxins […]

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North Korea / South Korea / World

‘How could our country lie to us so completely?’

Published by The Guardian (27th August, 2016) One day, when he was 25 years old, Park Sang-hak was strolling around a huge square in the North Korean port […]

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Africa / China / Europe / France / Germany / Iran / Lebanon / Nigeria / United States / World

Forget fear and loathing: 15 reasons to celebrate the world in 2015

Published by The Independent (28th December, 2015) Who will mourn the passing of 2015? It seems such a grim year filled with terrible tales of atrocities, extremism and […]

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Africa / Ethiopia

Diplomatic impotence – or disregard for human rights

Published by The Independent (26th October, 2015) The visit of Xi Jinping was deemed a success on both sides. Our royal family ensured China’s president was pampered with immense […]

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Economics / Environment / Policy / Politics

There’s outrage over steel, but we should be furious over solar power

Published by The Guardian (23rd October, 2015) The former Tory party chairman Grant Shapps is promoting renewable energy in his new role as minister for Africa. Launching a bid […]

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Aid / China / Economics / World

China’s economic growth is a force for good

Published by The Daily Telegraph (21st October, 2015) As Britain rolls out the red carpet for China’s president, draping the communist leader in as much pomp and circumstance as […]

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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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