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...Despite the lack of diplomatic recognition, the relationship with the US was “much more important” for Taiwan than its diplomatic allies, said Robert O’Brien, one-time national security adviser to former...
...Plus if you really miss Brian Cox et al, you can slowly flick through the archive photographs while humming a haunting piano theme....
...with the People’s Republic of China....
...It coincides with a formidable Russian military build-up on Ukraine’s eastern border and in the wake of escalating Chinese military activity around the island of Taiwan....
...I mean, they don't want to make any comparison between Ukraine and Taiwan. Taiwan is part of China. It's not... Ukraine is a different kind of story....
...intelligence services, which routinely target American citizens and businesses,” said Robert O’Brien, the US national security adviser....
...(FT) The global crisis is looming in east Asia From Hong Kong to Taiwan and from the South China Sea to the Indian border, Beijing is pursuing more aggressive policies....
...Robert O’Brien, Mr Trump’s national security adviser who was with the president at the time of the targeted strike on Baghdad airport, said on Friday evening he hoped Iran’s leadership would avoid escalation...
...And the spirit of Oscar Wilde, for a sensational running commentary. What’s on your summer reading list? Novels by Edna O’Brien and Elif Shafak....
...Claire Messud Author of ‘The Woman Upstairs’ One of the most powerful and resonant books I’ve read this year is Edna O’Brien’s haunting novel The Little Red Chairs (Faber)....
...This was two years after Grenada ditched Taiwan’s chequebook diplomacy in favour of the People’s Republic of China....
...Few locals buy tickets but think it’s good for Enniskillen all the same. If Edna O’Brien et al turn up next year, this festival will be worth attending....
...figures including Truman Capote, Flannery O’Connor, Michael Jackson, Richard Pryor and Louise Brooks – each representing a facet of the complex social construct Als calls the “white girl”....
...Saints and Sinners, by Edna O’Brien, Faber, RRP£12.99, 250 pages More than 50 years after O’Brien’s debut novel, The Country Girls, her latest short story collection proves her powers of observation and...
...Patrick O’Brien....
...As a former investment banker, Augar tells the story of the disaster in the financial markets. What really happened at Northern Rock, Royal Bank of Scotland et al? This gives you a clearer idea....
...Its sophistication scored O’Brien a third Forward prize for best collection this year....
...to the relocation of industry to China, et al?...
...DANTE’S INFERNO: A Free Verse Translation by Sean O’Brien Picador ₤15, 160 pages O’Brien offers a plain-speaking and highly readable blank verse translation without the hubris which leads other poets to...
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