Personally, I think it was exceptionally dumb of Xi: if he'd followed the path of his predecessors, Taiwan and the PRC would be in an EEA type arrangement now, and I'm sure -in time- political links … (View Post)

It's even older that Christianity. Leviticus 19:33–34: "When a foreigner resides among you in your land, do not mistreat them. The foreigner residing among you must be treated as your native-bor… (View Post)

I know what concerns the safety board had: a combination of Muslims in Birmingham burning Israeli flags, while the Maccabee fans burned Palestinian ones was only going to end in one way. Where there … (View Post)

Xi broke the compact: that leaders would rule for a decade, and then would hand over to a successor. He's also ruling at a time when the Chinese growth model (even before Trump's tariffs) was splutte… (View Post)

I think it's a bit more complicated than that. That said: given the issue was not specifically with the Villa, I cannot understand why there were not measures implemented to bus Macabee fans in from … (View Post)