How China handles it’s renegade province of Taiwan will not only determine its own ambition of reunification but will also be watched closely by the rest of the Asia-Pacific region. Humphrey Hawksley reports from the once heavily militarised Taiwanese island of Kinmen. China Has Chance to Undercut US by Wooing Taiwan
Read MoreAmerica’s Naval War College
Humphrey Hawksley reports from America’s Naval War College which is preparing for possible wars with China and Russia and working out a strategy that might avoid them.
Read MoreUK’s nuclear plant imbroglio fuels post-Brexit debate
Britain is putting down new markers on the global stage as it prepares to leave the European Union. But can it risk annoying China if it’s to succeed. Humphrey Hawksley – UK’s nuclear plant imbroglio fuels post-Brexit debate
Read MoreVietnam’s fishing war of the South China Sea
Vietnamese fishermen say they are being attacked by China with increasing regularity. Their boats have been rammed, equipment broken and crewmen beaten up. Vietnam accuses Beijing of trying to force them out of the South China Sea. Humphrey Hawksley and photographer Poulomi Basu went out on a boat with them. Beaten up by China for going fishing
Read MoreOn Little Diomede, American-Russian border
Two islands in the Bering Straits, one Russian, one American, are barely two miles apart. Only a few military observation posts remain on the Russian island, but a community of Eskimos lives on the US island. After the Cold War they hoped to resume regular contact with Russian relatives – but now the chances seem […]
Read MoreLiving on America’s Border with Russia
President Obama is due to visit Alaska on Monday (August 31st) for an international conference on climate change and the future of the Arctic. High on the agenda is Russia’s military build-up there. With sea ice melting, America’s border with Russia has become more vulnerable and the Ukraine crisis has worsened relations. At their closest […]
Read MoreWorld Peace Begins in the Bedroom
Frosty relations between Russia and West and the rise of China in Asia have brought to some worries about a global or regional war with academics and specialists convening around the world to discuss how it might be prevented. One recent conference with experts from Europe and the Unites States was held in the South […]
Read MoreTea
The global tea industry is worth $20 billion a year, but on India’s tea estates millions of workers and their families suffer from hunger, disease, human rights abuse and exploitation. Marooned in an overgrown tea garden
Read MoreSlavery
India’s economy is the 10th largest in the world, but millions of the country’s workers are thought to be held in conditions little better than slavery. One story – which some may find disturbing – illustrates the extreme violence that some are subjected to. They tried to escape and were punished with an axe. Punished by […]
Read MoreCan Slavery End?
For the first time in 84 years, the International Labour Organization (ILO) will this week decide on reforms to its convention on forced labour. This is a global practice in which millions of workers live in a form of modern slavery. This is a global practice in which millions of workers live in a form […]
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