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As the world’s largest oil and gas importer, China undoubtedly faces a significant disruption, what with the US-Israeli war on Iran and its cascading impact across the Gulf. But it could have been worse. Beijing has worked unstintingly for well over a decade to build energy self-reliance and reduce the role of fossil fuels in powering the country’s manufacturing economy. For leaders gathered in Beijing for the annual parliamentary “two sessions” meetings, which will endorse China’s 15th five-year plan, the Iran conflict will provide the strongest vindication of its long-standing…
South China Morning Post
Paul Keating has again accused the Sydney Morning Herald and the Age of misleading the public with their “irresponsible prediction” three years ago of a Chinese attack on Australia. The former prime minister took the opportunity of the third anniversary of Nine newspapers’ Red Alert series to repeat his disdain for the reporting and its primary author, international editor Peter Hartcher. On 7 March 2023, the SMH and the Age published an alarming front page warning about the threat of “war with China within three years” by a panel of…
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Canada’s defence agreement with South Korea signals the two countries’ “middle-power answer” to increasing cooperation between Beijing and Moscow in the Arctic region and Washington’s pressure on its allies for defence burden sharing, analysts said. The agreement, signed on February 25 as part of a 2+2 foreign and defence ministerial meeting, followed the Security and Defence Cooperation Partnership (SDCP) established by the two countries in October. According to a joint statement issued after the February meeting, Seoul and Ottawa committed to “expanding and strengthening our security and defence cooperation to…
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Maiko Todoroki, head of Japan’s biggest nanny provider, first truly felt the value of the kind of services offered by her mother’s company when she suffered from postnatal depression. The cavalry arrived, in the shape of her mother Noriko Nakamura and a nanny who both travelled from Japan to her home in the UK, and a local maternity nurse. Nakamura was founder and chief executive of Poppins, a nanny agency that she set up in 1985 and which has become one of the biggest nursery operators in Japan. “I managed…