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China / Covid19 / World

Study exposes terrible effect of Beijing delays

Published by The Mail on Sunday (19th April, 2020) China might have cut the number of coronavirus cases by 95 per cent if it had acted immediately after […]

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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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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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China / Covid19 / World

How coronavirus exposes the Chinese state

Published by The i paper (10th February, 2020) Among those attending the global elite’s annual get together in Davos last month was a Singaporean professor and former president of […]

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China / Taiwan / World

A victory for democracy in Taiwan

Published by The i paper (13th January, 2020) While the world has been transfixed by explosive events in Iran, an eruption has taken place in a small island […]

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China / India / World

Muslims are under siege around the world

Published by The i paper (30th December, 2019) Boris Johnson focused on persecution in his first Christmas message as prime minister, pointing out that for many people around the […]

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Aid / Politics

Your cash is still funding despotic regimes in China and North Korea

Published by The Mail on Sunday (22nd December, 2019) The Foreign Office has been condemned by senior MPs and human rights groups for continuing to use aid money intended […]

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China / World

Inside China’s concentration camps

Published by The Mail on Sunday (24th November, 2019) The guards picked out the prettiest girl – a teenager with her head shaved and wearing a simple uniform […]

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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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