by Jim Ball | Mar 19, 2020 | Blog, Caronavirus, China, Coronavirus, Random Notes, Trotsky, Uncategorised |
Russian revolutionary Leon Trotsky once said that “you may not be interested in politics but politics is interested in you”. Actually he said ‘war’, not ‘politics’, but as the 18th century military theorist, Carl Von Clausewitz observed anyway, “war is politics by...
by Jim Ball | Mar 19, 2020 | Blog, Caronavirus, China, Random Notes |
The sanitising of the language around the Chinese, Wuhan virus is extraordinary and straight from the pages of George Orwell where nothing is what it seems and takes the idea of ‘controlling the narrative’ to a totally unprecedented extreme. Much...
by Jim Ball | Mar 10, 2020 | Blog, China, Coronavirus, Free Trade, Random Notes
Ninety five percent of antibiotics in America are manufactured in China and even Europe’s pharmaceutical derivatives are sourced in China. So what could possibly go wrong? Find out at the cut and paste below. The Coronavirus could be the least of the problems...
by Jim Ball | Mar 9, 2020 | Blog, Caronavirus, China, Economy, Random Notes, Uncategorised
Interesting to learn recently that ninety five percent of antibiotics in the United States are now manufactured in China. We can assume that it’s pretty much the same for Australia. But even if that’s not the case, just extending that line of thought, I find it...
by Jim Ball | Feb 2, 2020 | Blog, China, Random Notes
If China wants to be part of the fellowship of man, a global player and play a role in international events, it starts with the basics, like for example, attention and adherence to basic standards in public health, hygiene, food preparation, and food consumption. I...
by Jim Ball | Nov 22, 2019 | Blog, China, Random Notes |
One of the best explanations about the difference between Western democracies and China’s strategic play, is in the recent book, Trump vs China, by former speaker of the US congress and former professor of history and geography, Newt Gingrich. In an entire...
