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The Dalai Lama and China’s ‘moral crisis’
May 14, 2012 10:23 pm 1 Comment
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.
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The gulf between western and jihadi thinking
May 3, 2012 5:39 pm 1 Comment
The publication online of documents seized at Osama bin Laden's house underlines the gulf between western and jihadi thinking.
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Questions remain over Chen Guangcheng’s safety
May 2, 2012 2:22 pm 2 Comments
International Editor Lindsey Hilsum blogs on the diplomatic implications of the United States's decision to protect the blind dissident lawyer, Chen Guangcheng.
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Can fragmented al-Qaeda capitalise on instability?
7:21 am 1 Comment
The question now is will al-Qaeda, with its new North African leadership, be able to capitalise on the politcal instability which follows revolution?
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The Donshigu Redemption
April 30, 2012 5:59 pm 1 Comment
Channel 4 News International Editor, Lindsey Hilsum, on blind Chinese activist, Chen Guangcheng, and how he gave 100 armed police the slip
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North Korea’s ‘morally compromised’ prisoner
April 24, 2012 11:59 am 3 Comments
Channel 4 News International Editor Lindsey Hilsum blogs on the case of Shin Dong-hyuk, who escaped from a North Korean prison camp.
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‘The world has become small since 9/11′
April 18, 2012 4:56 pm 5 Comments
Channel 4 News International Editor Lindsey Hilsum recalls a conversation with the man at the centre of Libyan rendition claims on how close the CIA and MI6 became with Libyan intelligence.
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Whatever brought it about, change has come to Burma
April 13, 2012 7:13 pm No Comments
Years of western pressure did not bring change to Burma. Was it wariness of Chinese which did the trick? Or did the generals understand after the “saffron revolution” in 2007, when monks took to the streets, that they could not keep power forever? Was it Cyclone Nargis? The endless patience of Aung San Suu Kyi? Or was it one man, U Thein Sein, who saw a moment to make history?
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Why write a book?
April 2, 2012 1:32 pm 2 Comments
The story of Libya's revolution demanded to be told, says Lindsey Hilsum, who has written Sandstorm; Libya in the Time of Revolution.
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How Gaddafi’s legacy beyond the grave led to coup in Mali
March 22, 2012 2:17 pm 2 Comments
The demise of Colonel Gaddafi was a stone cast into a pool - a huge wave rather than a ripple has hit Libya’s neighbour, Mali.

