Beijing should never have been chosen to host the 2008 Olympics. China has a repressive society. It’s a one-party state which kills opponents to the government. Catholics are persecuted. There are many corrupt and despotic regimes in the world today, such as Zimbabwe and North Korea, but China is the biggest. I don’t envy the [...]
Russian Ambassador, Alexander Blokhin
I went to a dinner tonight with the Russian Ambassador to Australia, Alexander Blokhin. The photo doesn’t do him justice. He’s a likeable, jovial man, very intelligent and knowledgeable. He was a deputy in the Russian parliament and was reportedly close to former President Boris Yeltsin. The current President Vladimir Putin appointed him Minister for [...]
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