Archive for September, 2006

When is a coup not a coup?

Thursday, September 28th, 2006

This is a letter I wrote for the Irish Times, as it seemed the most appropriate way of telling the story of the bizarre coup that took place in Thailand last month.
It’s another hot day in Bangkok and young women wearing skimpy camouflage tee shirts and mini skirts are energetically going through a dance routine [...]

30 years after he dies, Mao’s home town is a place of pilgrimage

Sunday, September 10th, 2006

Strictly ballroom in HK

Friday, September 8th, 2006

Thoughts from a journalist based in Beijing, China.