28 May 12 3 Comments

After condemnation of the horror in Houla, Assad has reason to be worried

Bashar and Asma al-Assad, Syria’s one-time golden couple, beguiled the West, then betrayed their own people. In the aftermath of the Houla massacre, Channel 4 News’s Foreign Affairs

24 May 12 1 Comment

Chen Guangcheng’s nephew could face death penalty

Channel 4 News Asia Correspondent John Sparks blogs on the fate of Chen Guangcheng’s family – the Chinese dissident’s nephew is in jail and could face the death penalty.

23 May 12 2 Comments

Not many dead: how to report Greece’s financial crisis

Jonathan Rugman finds in Greece that the people prefer to believe they can keep the way of life they have grown accustomed to and have it financed with other people’s money.

22 May 12 No Comments

The friendly face of China’s secret police

For a group of undercover policemen, they were certainly fashionably dressed.

21 May 12 2 Comments

Eurovision 2012: ‘Expect the unexpected’

Jonathan Miller blogs on his experiences in Baku ahead of Eurovision and says we should expect the unexpected over the coming days.

14 May 12 1 Comment

The Dalai Lama and China’s ‘moral crisis’

The Chinese government is always accusing the Dalai Lama of courting media attention, but in London this morning he was avoiding the questions which would guarantee coverage.

07 May 12 No Comments

China’s dissidents are always less equal than others

“According to the law, every Chinese citizen is entitled to a passport and is free to travel overseas as they wish. The reality, however, is that certain individuals hidden behind the

06 May 12 No Comments

Why Chen’s US exile is not yet a done deal

China and the US have been negotiating over Chen Guangcheng’s future after the self-educated lawyer sought the protection of the Americans in their embassy last week. As part of a

France is falling again for the mantra of change

Nicolas Sarkozy and Francois Hollande, France’s two presidential candidates, both talk of change – but what they are actually engaged in, blogs Jonathan Rugman, is the business of

03 May 12 1 Comment

The gulf between western and jihadi thinking

The publication online of documents seized at Osama bin Laden’s house underlines the gulf between western and jihadi thinking.