Geoffrey Murray
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English-born Geoffrey Murray is a former Vietnam War correspondent and long-time writer on Asian affairs who now teaches writing at a top university in Beijing. |
November 21, 2011
- Forget Vietnam - Send for the marines
- The proposed TPP concept finally brings America back to Asia after its Vietnam War humiliation.
November 17, 2011
- The Euro Crisis: road to a Fourth Reich?
- The foundation stone on which the ideal of European unity was built threatens to split apart under the duress of the ongoing Euro crisis.
November 14, 2011
- What goes up can come down
- The over-reliance on China's real estate market should be tempered by the time-honored investment maxim: "The value of investments can go down as well as up."
November 3, 2011
- Bangkok and the perils of overdevelopment
- The recent flooding in Bangkok serves as a warning that the overexpansion of cities poses dangerous risks to public safety.
October 27, 2011
- Barriers to free movement
- Streamlining visa processes would go far to attract tourism and investment in Western countries at a time when they are most needed.
October 20, 2011
- Banking fat cats who can ruin us
- The bankers and stockbrokers' greed and ineptitude are wreaking havoc on our personal financial wellbeing.
October 9, 2011
- Technology raises military stakes in Northeast Asia
- The advancement of weapons and military technology are reshaping military capacities in Northeast Asia.
October 5, 2011
- Constant surveillance a fact of modern life
- The growing 'surveillance culture' created by closed circuit television cameras highlights how much round-the clock intrusion occurs to all in modern city life.
September 26, 2011
- Changing attitudes on gender
- The gender imbalance caused by a preference for boys over girls appears to be changing for the better.
September 23, 2011
- Revival of the space race?
- The imminent launch of Tiangong-1 raises concerns in the West that this may initiate a new space race that could also lead to Cold-War-like arms contests both between China and the U.S. and among powerful Asian countries.
