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14/12/2022

https://www.straitstimes.com/opinion/east-asia-s-big-beasts-are-getting-on-badly

09/12/2022

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2005/may/02/germany.secondworldwar

09/12/2022

https://www.channelnewsasia.com/world/german-security-forces-loyal-constitution-interior-ministry-3133721

BERLIN: Germany is confident in the loyalty of its own security forces, the interior ministry said on Friday (Dec 9), responding to claims that a far-right group with suspected plans t

08/12/2022

https://www.historyextra.com/period/second-world-war/why-japan-attacked-pearl-harbor-empire-building-conflict-us/

Japan’s relentless empire-building in the 1930s put the US on red alert – but could Roosevelt convince a reluctant public to stand against the Rising Sun? Francis Pike considers the tensions between the two nations on the road to Pearl Harbor…

08/12/2022

https://www.channelnewsasia.com/commentary/kanye-west-talk-show-adolf-hitler-nazi-holocaust-ignorance-3128006

"Hi**er kitsch", "N**i p**n" and Godwin’s Law have given us the frightening ignorance of people like Kanye West, says Bloomberg Opinion's Andreas Kluth.

07/12/2022

https://historynewsnetwork.org/article/184411

Steve Kemper is the author of  Our Man In Tokyo: An American Ambassador and the Countdown to Pearl Harbor, published November 8 by Mariner Books. His work has appeared in many national publications, including Smithsonian and National Geographic, Outside, and Wall Street Journal. After graduat...

07/12/2022

https://www.channelnewsasia.com/world/germany-arrests-25-suspected-far-right-plot-overthrow-state-3127991

BERLIN: German authorities on Wednesday (Dec 7) detained 25 members and supporters of a far-right group that the prosecutor's office said were preparing a violent overthrow of the state, with some members suspected of plotting an armed attack on the parliament. One active soldier and several reservi...

07/12/2022

https://www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpreter/kevin-rudd-jiang-zemin-steward-china-s-rise

Jiang offered rare colour as a leader who saw a “strategic opportunity” for China in engaging with the world.

07/12/2022

https://www.thinkchina.sg/jiang-zemin-chinese-leader-whose-achievements-outweighed-shortcomings

US academic Zhu Zhiqun gives an assessment of the late former President Jiang Zemin’s policies during his time leading China throughout the 1990s and into the early 2000s.

07/12/2022

https://www.straitstimes.com/opinion/jiang-zemin-a-master-of-contradictions-in-chinese-politics

The nostalgia for the Jiang era is a reflection of the man who embodied and shaped the contending forces in China during his time at the helm. Read more at straitstimes.com.

15/08/2022

https://www.straitstimes.com/opinion/powerplay-the-china-bogeyman-a-dangerous-game-that-politicians-play

The China challenge is real but Western politicians inflating the threat risk fostering a self-fulfilling and destructive dynamic. Read more at straitstimes.com.