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China military purge exposes Xi's unease
News, John J Metzler, Published on 14/02/2026
» Strange and mysterious events are transpiring inside the walls of Beijing's Forbidden City. In the massive nearby government compound Zhongnanhai there's a clear unease as Communist Party Chief and military supremo Xi Jinping, the Chinese president, has shuffled the political cards in the powerful Central Military Commission (CMC), by purging his two top generals.
Letter from Okinawa after Russia quake
Oped, Joe Mathews, Published on 26/08/2025
» Our 14-and-under youth baseball team from South Pasadena had just taken the lead with a four-run rally in the second inning when my son stepped up to the plate.
Kim Jong-un marks spy satellite victory
News, John J Metzler, Published on 30/11/2023
» North Korea got lucky. After two previous failures earlier this year to launch a spy satellite, the Pyongyang regime successfully sent a satellite into orbit.
Burn-offs persist
News, Postbag, Published on 09/04/2023
» Re: "'Accidental' Fires," (PostBag, April 8).
Why the Tokyo Olympics will go on
News, Bill Emmott, Published on 12/07/2021
» Having been postponed from last year because of the Covid-19 pandemic, the Tokyo Olympic Games are approaching their opening on July 23 amid a chorus of doom. Japanese and foreigners alike are predicting, or even outright demanding, the event's cancellation.
A song that takes you off the beaten track
News, Roger Crutchley, Published on 07/02/2021
» Surfing through YouTube this week, I came across the novelty Australian song I've Been Everywhere, which I haven't heard for a long time. It doesn't have much of a melody, but it's fun, something we could all do with these days. It is also a useful geography lesson.
Vested govt interest
Oped, Postbag, Published on 07/08/2020
» Re: "Govt bows to charter calls", (Editorial, Aug 6).
No need for foreign troops
Oped, Editorial, Published on 05/08/2020
» Is a war breaking out nearby? Or has there been any imminent threat to national territory?
Doesn't matter who's PM
News, Postbag, Published on 02/02/2020
» Re: "The best form of rule", Winston Churchill was right … in his day. We are looking at some 50 plus years forward. Times have changed, societies have changed, population's attitudes have changed.