China has become the world's second biggest economy and its largest exporter. It possesses the world's largest foreign exchange reserves and has 29 companies in the FT 500 list of the world's largest companies. ‘China's Rise' preoccupies the global media, which regularly carry articles suggesting that it is using its financial resources to ‘buy the world'.Is there any truth to this idea? Or is this just scaremongering by Western commentators who have little interest in a balanced p...

Shit! I've been hit!'Captain Bevan Smith's inadvertent broadcast alerted the troops on the ground that a Viet Cong ambush had been triggered. The knuckles had been shot out of his left hand. Somehow he got the Sioux chopper and battalion commander Lieutenant Colonel Alec Preece down safely, but his war in Vietnam was over.The story of Australian Army Aviation in South Vietnam begs to be told. The fledgling 161 Recce Flight deployed to Bien Hoa in 1965 and its Possum callsig...

This book analyses Hong Kong’s history from a long-run perspective. It examines Britain’s relationship with the city in the context of Hong Kong’s location within the Pearl River Delta and its strategic position within East Asia.Britain’s interaction with Hong Kong commenced in the 1830s. Britain was at the zenith of its economic, political, cultural and military power, while China was approaching the lowest point in its history. The violence and humiliation of the Opium Wars prope...

The book is a memoir that chronicles my many years as a broadcast newsman from Niagara Falls to Chicago in the latter half of the twentieth century. A former Federal Judge and Governor gets out of prison,, a policeman on trial for trying to drown his son,, an alderman runs off with 100K in federal funds,, the death of President John F. Kennedy, The disappearance of Rosemary Kennedy, homecoming for Jimmy Hoffa, how Geraldo Rovera scooped me, are just some of the stories included.

If the West wishes to understand China better, it needs to appreciate the depth of thought and range of debate that is taking place within the Chinese political system. China is entering a new and complicated phase in its development. From a minnow in the 1970s it has become a mighty player on the global stage. It is likely that its role in the global economy and international relations will continue to expand. Today, despite its vast size, China is still a developing country. The country’...

This concise and timely book, written by one of the world's leading authorities on China, argues that the country is at a crossroads in its development and explores the challenges that lie ahead.A concise and timely book about China and its future, which argues that the country it at a crossroads in its development.Written by one of the world’s leading authorities on China.Explores the challenges facing China's leadership in the 21st Century, including pov...

This book discusses how the USA has launched a new cold war against China.Showing how this New Cold War can only be fully understood by analysing the long-run history of the East and the West, and the fundamental differences between the Old and the New Cold Wars, this book outlines how the New Cold War focuses on issues connected with China’s territorial integrity: Xinjiang, the South China Sea, Hong Kong, Taiwan, and the closely connected conflict over semiconductors. It analyses ...

This book examines the case for and against collective farms in developing countries. Basing his account on a careful analysis of China's rural economy from the 1950s to the 1980s, the author argues that collective farms have serious shortcomings and that they are not the most suitable institutional form for rural economic development in poor count

Capitalist globalisation since the 1980s has produced immense benefits in terms of technical progress, poverty reduction and welfare improvement. However, it has been accompanied by profound contradictions, including ecological destruction, global warming, inequality, concentration of business power, and financial instability. Regulation of global political economy in the interests of the majority of the world’s population is essential if the human species is to avoid a Darwinian catastrop...

Capitalist globalisation since the 1980s has produced immense benefits in terms of technical progress, poverty reduction and welfare improvement. However, it has been accompanied by profound contradictions, including ecological destruction, global warming, inequality, concentration of business power, and financial instability. Regulation of global political economy in the interests of the majority of the world’s population is essential if the human species is to avoid a Darwinian catastrop...

Melbourne, Australia, 1996‘For you, Trang. The Prime Minister’s Office.’ Trang took the phone, wondering which of her friends was playing a practical joke. Then a voice, strangely familiar. ‘I’ve called to offer the best gig going in Australia right now,’ John Howard said. ‘I’d like you to serve on the Council for the Centenary of Federation.’ Trang was momentarily speechless. She quickly rallied, accepting the appointment and thanking the PM. Her schedule was overcrowded ...

In Family of Origin Peter Nolan is deeply aware of the power of words. He believes that 'words will never free us' in Letters to my Family but through his writing Nolan does attempt to become free, with poetry he can 'Disarm shared history'. With complete honesty he explores his relationships with his family members, where in remembering he can 'Immerse in a child's glorious laughter'. This collection brings the reader on a quest to find peace and silence in the natural w...