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Monday, September 16th, 2024
As Pope Francis concludes his 12-day tour of Southeast Asia, theologian and anthropologist Michel Chambon, based in Singapore, analysed the significance of this trip for the future of Sino-Vatican relations. How has China followed Pope Francis’ Asian tour, and what interests has it seen in it? Michel Chambon: Beijing has closely observed the entirety of Read more
Tags: China, China diplomacy, China-Vatican relations, Papal Visit, Pope Francis, Religion
Posted in Analysis and Comment | Comments Off on ‘Beijing has closely observed Pope Francis’ trip in Asia’
Thursday, June 13th, 2024
In the coming days, the Premier of China will be visiting New Zealand and Australia. This is significant, although the role of the Premier—nominally number two in the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) hierarchy—is not quite as important as some may think. Much of the power is now deeply centralised in President Xi Jinping. Don’t get Read more
Tags: Andy Li, China, Chinese Communist Party, Jimmy Lai, Louisa Wall, Simon O'Connor MP
Posted in Analysis and Comment | Comments Off on Visit of Premier of China – the cost of speaking up
Monday, May 27th, 2024
Frustrations are running deep among international law enforcement agencies and regional governments over their limited abilities to cope with human trafficking and organized crime rings. These crime rings have revolutionised an industry that turns ordinary citizens into slaves. Trillion-dollar industry Interpol says human trafficking and scam compounds in Southeast Asia are worth more than US$3 Read more
Tags: Cambodia, China, Human Trafficking, Slavers, Slavery
Posted in Analysis and Comment | Comments Off on Genesis of a latter-day Asian slavery market
Thursday, October 19th, 2023
At speeds of almost 100 miles an hour, the Chinese-built train zips over the Mekong River and careers through dozens of newly bored tunnels as it travels north from the capital. At its last stop, near the Chinese border, brand-new residential towers rise out of the jungle. China funded much of the glistening new infrastructure Read more
Tags: China, Chinese loans, Lao economy, Laos, Laos inflation
Posted in Analysis and Comment | Comments Off on China’s promise of prosperity brought Laos debt — and distress
Thursday, September 7th, 2023
The Pope’s historic four-day visit to Mongolia ended on Monday amidst discussions about charity. Pope Francis’ main purpose in visiting Mongolia was to visit its tiny Catholic community. He completed his trip with a stop to tour and inaugurate the House of Mercy. The House of Mercy provides health care to the most needy in Read more
Tags: Charity, children, China, Christian charity, domestic abuse, homeless, Mercy, Mongolia, Pope Francis, Women
Posted in World | Comments Off on Pope’s trip to Mongolia about charity not conversion
Monday, September 4th, 2023
Pope Francis on Sunday told Mongolian Catholics that only love can truly satisfy our hearts’ thirst. In his historic first visit to Mongolia, the pope spoke to about 2,000 people at Ulaanbaatar’s Steppe Arena and emphasised God’s presence in difficult times. Francis drew parallels with life in Mongolia, where about 30% of the land is Read more
Tags: China, Desert, Dialogue, Harmony, Hope, Interreligious dialogue, Mongolia, Nomads, Pope Francis, Religious freedom, Ulaanbaatar Mongolia
Posted in World | Comments Off on Mongolian Catholics hear of hope in arid desert
Thursday, July 20th, 2023
The appointment of Hong Kong’s Bishop Stephen Chow Sau-yan as a Cardinal a little over a year and a half after he began his Episcopal ministry in the city is yet another sign of Pope Francis’ devotion to Asia and to China in particular. It is also a sign of the Holy Father’s commitment to Read more
Tags: Asia, Cardinal Stephen Chow SJ, China, consistory, Pope Francis
Posted in Analysis and Comment | Comments Off on Rome should never genuflect at the gates of Zhongnanhai
Monday, March 13th, 2023
A Catholic defector granted asylum in New Zealand in 2018 says he wants New Zealanders to understand the importance of democratic freedom. When Dong Luobin, now 39, fled from Auckland’s Consulate for the People’s Republic of China nearly five years ago, he told NZ police he feared his Catholicism was putting his life in danger. Read more
Tags: Asylum, China, Democracy, Freedom, People’s Republic of China
Posted in New Zealand | Comments Off on Catholic defector wants NZ to understand democratic freedom
Thursday, December 1st, 2022
They have become a symbol of China’s recent wave of protests: Blank, white sheets of paper held aloft by demonstrators to signify their opposition to anti-virus lockdowns, censorship and freedom of speech. As videos of crowds holding up paper sheets and chanting slogans flooded the internet last weekend, Chinese-language social media posts have come to Read more
Tags: Censorship, China, COVID-19, free speech
Posted in Analysis and Comment | Comments Off on Blank white sheets of paper: free speech protest symbols