Publications: Africa

March 20, 2023

Eleven ways the two sessions will safeguard advancement of China 3.0

Op-ed in China Daily of 14 March 2023. Republished by Rome-based World Geostrategic Insights in French, Spanish, Russian, and Arabic.

A shorter Beiijng/Global version appeared on 20 March 2023 - Two sessions have given a big push to 'China 3.0' China Daily also republished it in Chinese as 两会推动高质量发展，造就“中国3.0”

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February 11, 2023

John Lee's Middle East trip rife with potential

Op-ed in the China Daily of 10 February 2023. Republished with attribution by Rome-based World Geostrategic Insights in French, Spanish, and Russian.

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January 09, 2023

Does US-hegemonic decline translate into a fight between “democracy” and “autocracy” in maintaining a benign world order?

Op-ed in Rome-based World Geostrategic Insights on 8 January 2023. Republished in French, Spanish, Russian, and Arabic.

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December 23, 2022

How Xi’s Saudi Arabia visit shows rise of new world order beyond US hegemony

Op-ed dated 16 December 2022 in the South China Morning Post (SCMP). A different write-up, Towards a Better World Order, appeared in the China Daily (Hong Kong edition) on 23 December 2022.

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December 19, 2022

China-Arab ties enter new era

Op-ed in China Daily (Beijing and Global version) dated 17 December 2022. Republished on Rome-based World Geostrategic Insights Also published in French, Spanish, Russian, and Arabic.

(The printed version of my China Daily article above wrongly attributed its authorship to my namesake in Hong Kong. The Paper published an apology dated 24/25 December 2022 - see bottom left-hand corner of the relevant printed page below).

Download China Daily's published correction apologizing for wrongly attributing the authorship of my article on 17 and 18 December 2022

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November 27, 2022

Momentum building for more inclusive global order

Op-ed dated 22 November 2022 in China Daily (Beijing version for worldwide distribution). Also appeared in Hong Kong's Chinese dotdotnews.com and hk.cntt.com; as well as Hong Kong's english.dotdotnews.com

Republished by Rome-based World Geostrategic Insights in French, Spanish, Russian, and Arabic.

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September 21, 2022

China could turn "winter of despair" into "spring of hope"

Op-ed in China Daily of 2 September 2022. Republished with attribution by World Geostrategic Insights in French, Spanish, Russian, Arabic and by Chinese media outlets (some abridged): 來論｜冬天來了，春天還會遠嗎？; 文匯論壇 | 香港如何在全球變局中轉危為機？

Download China Daily 02.09.22 China cold tun winter of despair into spring of hope

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July 25, 2022

How American hubris is hastening the decline of US-led global order

Op-ed in South China Morning Post (SCMP) of 25 July, 2022.

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July 21, 2022

Efforts to battle climate change should not be smeared as ‘China threat’

Op-ed in China Daily of 21 July, 2022

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July 13, 2022

How the Ukraine War changes Global Geopolitics

Op-ed of 6 June, 2022 on World Strategic Insights, an international non-profit geostrategic platform based in Rome. Also published in French, Spanish, Russian, and Arabic.

Republished in The Global Analyst of July, 2022. The publication is a flagship global business magazine of Hyderabad-based Media-Five Publications Pvt. Ltd., India, of which I am on the Advisory Board.

Download The Russia-Ukraine War - Global Geopolitical Repercussions

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