Hong Kong Descends Into Order
December 9, 2025 9:00 am 6 CommentsHong Kong’s smoke isn't just from fires, says John MacNab. The city feels less like a thriving global hub and more like a place bracing for whatever the mainland decides next.
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Time is Running Out for Taiwan
April 5, 2025 9:00 am 14 CommentsChina's made no secret of its ambition to annex Taiwan and its military exercises this week in the South China Sea and Taiwan Strait were a show of might that left no room for doubt. Time is running out, says John MacNab.
Publish or Be Damned
March 25, 2025 7:00 pm 6 CommentsAcademic publishing is in crisis. Now a multi-billion dollar industry where researchers pay journals to publish their papers, the old guarantees of quality and accuracy have been stripped away, says John MacNab.
China Cancels Christmas in Hong Kong – Leaving Churches Fearing for Their Future
December 18, 2024 11:22 am 12 CommentsChina has cancelled Christmas in Hong Kong this year. Officials have ordered that the usual celebrations be 'toned down'. It's part of a creeping intolerance that leaves churches fearing for the future, says John MacNab.
Why has China Cancelled the Creator of its Covid Vaccine?
May 6, 2024 5:34 pm 1 CommentWhy has China cancelled the creator of its Covid vaccine? Yang Xiaoping, once a national hero, has been deposed from the National People's Congress and nobody knows why, says John MacNab.
Hong Kong’s Decline into Tyranny
March 10, 2024 7:00 am 8 CommentsThings are changing fast in Hong Kong. The slippery slope to tyranny has recently proved to be both steep and very slippery since the betrayal by the Chinese Government of its promise to keep the territory free.