China Archives - Furney Times

September 17, 2022 Commentary

The Bad Boys’ Club

Putin and dodgy friends want a new “international order”, but the warmongering Russian leader may find himself tried for war crimes instead.

July 25, 2021 Commentary

What’s Bugging China?

By William J. Furney It’s the most difficult challenge of our time, and there’s one question every country on the planet wants an answer to — except one, unless it

June 13, 2021 Commentary

A Chinese ‘Dystopia’ The UN Ignores

By William J. Furney The Chinese authorities have created a dystopian hellscape on a staggering scale in Xinjiang. Uyghurs, Kazakhs and other Muslim minorities face crimes against humanity and other

February 13, 2021 Commentary / International Affairs

In China, No News Is Great News

By William J. Furney The omnipotent might and financial clout of the Communist Party in China means the country’s leaders can do as they please, and if the wider world

January 3, 2021 Commentary

China’s Dark Zhang Zhan Corona Moment

By William J. Furney What has China done with a citizen journalist reporting on the early days of the coronavirus pandemic from the epicentre in Wuhan? Praised her efforts at

September 27, 2020 Commentary

At Virtual UN General Assembly, a Call for Coronavirus Reason

By William J. Furney World leaders were not jetting to New York this week for the annual spectacle that is the United Nations General Assembly, but instead, thanks to coronavirus,

June 13, 2020 Commentary

No Surprise as Coronavirus Appears in China’s Reopened Food Markets

By William J. Furney China’s traditional food markets are back open, and coronavirus cases are emerging from them again. Has the country learned nothing from the global pandemic that’s believed

April 18, 2020 Commentary

Awaiting the Next Pandemic

By Wiliam J. Furney Just when you thought the United Nation’s health organisation that’s supposed to help protect the health of the world couldn’t get any worse in their obsequience

July 13, 2019 Commentary / International Affairs

Hong Kong’s Boss Is Tone Deaf, and No One Is Listening

By William J. Furney The sterile halls of power in Beijing will be filled with fiery alarm at the mass insolence in Hong Kong when the omnipotent Communist Party thought