- Apr 25
- 6 min
The war of words is telling
Linguistic tea leaves have proved to be uncanny harbingers of war in recent decades. They still are today. There is ample proof that...
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- Sep 29, 2022
- 6 min
Missiles keep falling on our heads?
The passing of the Queen brings Australia to a crossroads in more ways than one. First, it marks the pivotal turning of an imperial...
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- Oct 29, 2021
- 4 min
The Oz dragon-slayer wannabe
Letter to Tony Abbott Dear Tony I must apologise for the time lag in responding to your recent anti-China tirade delivered from the very...
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- Jul 31, 2021
- 6 min
A Masterchef lesson in teaching English
Another season of Masterchef is over. I sort of follow each season not because I have any intentions of putting my latent culinary skills...
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- Apr 26, 2021
- 3 min
Spectral s’s and double standard (s)
Double whammies. Double standards. Double troubles. Double lives. Double blows. Double acts. Seeing double? No, it is not one ‘double’...
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- Jan 24, 2021
- 4 min
Tea leaves and r-words
As the ascension of Joe Biden as the 46th President of the United States takes centre stage, Australia-China relations seems to have...
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- Sep 19, 2020
- 4 min
LETTER TO PRESIDENT TRUMP
I could never imagine the day I would be writing to you from my antipodean neck of the woods as D-day draws inexorably closer for you....
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- Jun 9, 2020
- 3 min
Knee-jerk or entrenched racism?
When the Minneapolis police officer pressed his knee against the neck of George Floyd, it transfixed, then ignited the world for a good...
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- May 28, 2020
- 7 min
Last straw that broke the panda's back
May 28 2020 The current stoush between Australia and China and the ensuing trade sanctions imposed by Beijing can only get worse from now...
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- Apr 28, 2020
- 7 min
Wet markets in the cross hairs
Post-coronavirus, where from here? By Kim Khiat Tye 28 April 2020 Coronavirus reportedly blasted off from a particular wet market in...
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- Apr 14, 2020
- 5 min
The 'quarantine' word: Like or Dislike?
By Kim Khiat Tye 14 April 2020 Coronavirus has given social media reason to go into uber-overdrive. Posts, fake news, fake memes, trolls,...
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- Apr 5, 2020
- 5 min
Mighty lessons from a mite
By Kim Khiat Tye 5 April 2020 Funny, isn’t it? It takes the vengeance of a virus to teach humanity a few precious lessons that we all...
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- Mar 13, 2020
- 6 min
Yellow - with many shades of grey
First it was about Chinese spies and plants and agents. Add to that the coronavirus pandemic. Small wonder that Australians of Chinese...
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