http://blogs.independent.co.uk| Blogs from the Independent newspaper - news, views and features from the world's most free-thinking newspaper| Tue, 18 Jun 2013 04:00:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2| en hourly 1 http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/06/12/china-us-trade-wars-are-an-eerie-charybdis-of-despair/ http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/06/12/china-us-trade-wars-are-an-eerie-charybdis-of-despair/#comments Tue, 12 Jun 2012 03:40:43 +0000 Mohammad I. Aslam http://blogs.independent.co.uk/?p=25061 The pace of China’s unprecedented economic growth has allowed the Chinese to broaden their horizons in regional and international affairs, much to the annoyance of its great western rival the US, but they are still under criticism for 'unfair' trade regulations. What gives?]]> http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/06/12/china-us-trade-wars-are-an-eerie-charybdis-of-despair/feed/ 6 http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2011/11/14/the-eurozone-heath-robinson-device/ http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2011/11/14/the-eurozone-heath-robinson-device/#comments Mon, 14 Nov 2011 12:50:57 +0000 Ben Chu http://blogs.independent.co.uk/?p=18586 The goal was to convince jittery bond buyers that their money would be safer invested in eurozone bonds through the prophylactic of a special European investment fund.]]> http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2011/11/14/the-eurozone-heath-robinson-device/feed/ 0 http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2010/10/06/have-the-chinese-lost-face-over-the-morrissey-%e2%80%9csubspecies%e2%80%9d-comment/ http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2010/10/06/have-the-chinese-lost-face-over-the-morrissey-%e2%80%9csubspecies%e2%80%9d-comment/#comments Wed, 06 Oct 2010 09:42:30 +0000 Sonny Leong http://blogs.independent.co.uk/?p=4985 In an interview in the Guardian recently, Morrissey, former singer of The Smiths, describes Chinese people as a “subspecies” because of their treatment of animals. Morrissey is on record as vehemently denying allegations of racism on several occasions. The response of the British Chinese community was deafening silence. Can you imagine the fuss if Morrissey had [...]]]> http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2010/10/06/have-the-chinese-lost-face-over-the-morrissey-%e2%80%9csubspecies%e2%80%9d-comment/feed/ 21