Writer
Howard Debenham
Howard Debenham is a former diplomat with a long list of postings including as High Commissioner to Sri Lanka, Consul-General in Bangkok, Tokyo and Washington DC, and State Director for Queensland. He authored ‘Waiting ‘round the Bend – a life in Australia’s foreign service’.
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Everyone, particularly the Chinese are supposed to yield to the Americans.
The idea of China representing some real and present military threat doesn’t really stack up. But never mind, as a great many Americans and their followers can still be relied upon to believe what they are told to believe. Their political leaders understand very well that Americans are least at war with themselves when they Continue reading »
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The West can accept China’s wealth but not its power
China is challenging the fractured world order of the West — and the pushback from the imperial powers of yesterday is mired in hypocrisy. Continue reading »
