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Humphrey Hawksley

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Editorial director Asian Affairs, Host Democracy Forum & Goldster Book Club Inside Story. Author, Asian Waters, Dragon Strike series & Rake Ozenna thrillers.

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Chinese ships chase Japanese fishing boat near Senkaku Islands
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Humphrey Hawksley Labor rights progress under threat across Asia-Nikkei Asian Review @ethicaltrade @enoughproject
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The clock is ticking for Europe to stand up the China. Detailed @ForeignPolicy piece by @CER_IanBond @CER_EU on how @EU_Commission @EUCouncil must draw lines against Chinese interference. @MHendersonHJS @globaltimesnews @RUSI_org
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3 years
Whoever briefed this Merkel broken glass analogy needs to be held to account either for inexcusable ignorance or for making a deliberate reference to the November ‘38 Nazi Kristallnacht violence against Germany’s Jewish community.
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Shocked! Yes. If you think you know how the Second World War began, think again. Privileged to be with the great @Roger_Moorhouse for launch of his @TheBodleyHead myth-slaying account of the invasion of Poland. Photo by the talented @BrionyRoseSKY
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6 years
Once again brain dead @TfL allow private finance company @Prudential to bring London to standstill for cycling event. If people want to cycle, they can. No need to shut down a city. What next? Shut the Channel for a sailing regatta?
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5 years
Privileged to give Taiwan’s President Tsai Ing-wen a copy of Asian Waters. As authoritarianism strengthens, Taiwan stands on real front line of democracy, facing increased military intimidation and interference from Beijing in its politics and trade
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5 years
How many more of these unnecessary #Brexit irritations must we now prepare for? BBC News - No-deal Brexit warning for UK drivers
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7 years
#Brexit far more extreme than Trump measures. 27 countries targeted. 3million UK residents screened. Those ineligible deported.
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8 months
Great to see ⁦ @bill_hayton ⁩ The Invention of China piled high at ⁦ @ChangiAirport #Singapore .
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Humphrey Hawksley
5 years
Forensic discussion on human rights' abuse of #Uigurs in #China #Xinjiang chaired by @merleneemerson @nlclondon with @LibIntBg @amcarmichaelMP . Needs pragmatic argument and action to counter Beijing’s narrative. @HJS_Org @JohnHemmings2
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4 years
What #slavery statue activist speaks out against #slavery today? 40m globally; 18m in India; 2m kids west Africa for our cheap chocoalate. Or is it easier to use anger on history rather than horror going on today? @STOPTHETRAFFIK @ethicaltrade #India #Cocoa #HumanTrafficking
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@DEBUTContemp @TobyBrownArtist Traumatic, Terrifying, @dannymcnamara Stunning brave art on Depression. Must See
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8 years
Looking for the colors of the Pakistan flag on the London Eye & Eiffel Tower
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Humphrey Hawksley
5 years
Both @theresa_may @realDonaldTrump now threatening national emergencies to fulfill anti-immigration visions of nationalism Walls, stocked medical supplies, emergency ferries, crippled government and the rest.
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@TheBigThrill1
The Big Thrill Magazine
3 years
If you're looking for a gripping espionage thriller with Cold War flavor plus 21st century global awareness, grab a copy of MAN ON FIRE, the latest from @hwhawksley . Read more about it in this #TheBigThrill interview by @ascamacho @thrillerwriters
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5 years
The #Brexit camp insists dignity & control are more important than living standards. Many #Leave leaders are protected multimillionaires. Others are exposed and vulnerable. What is the tipping point on increased poverty?
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@FMcMAssociates
FMcM
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Out today: Man on Edge, @hwhawksley 's latest tense and twisting espionage thriller in the Rake Ozenna series published by @severnhouse . State secrets, lethal assassins and the threat of a new Cold War… Need we say more?
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PM’s Brexit deal rejected by MPs
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10 years
#FreeAJStaff @PeterGreste It's not journalism that's on trial, but Egypt.
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5 years
Bolivia, Chile, Ecuador, France, Hong Kong, Iraq, Lebanon, Spain, United Kingdom – protests across geography and culture against governing classes that are no longer trusted. Brexit is but a small part of a global trend.
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5 years
The US cannot crush us, says Huawei founder
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4 years
Massive coastal erosion and flooding risk around #Sizewell . What measures @EDFenergy taking to protect neighbourhood coastline @BBCsimonjack @BBCjustinR ? They all said 2011 Fukushima could never happen.
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5 years
#Brexit weakens @EU which is against #US interests #Europe the most savage continent. Beware! @Tsarizm_com @TheNewEuropean @EUCouncil @EuLeave
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Humphrey Hawksley
9 years
Dangerous and wrong. Germany arrests journalist on orders of Egypt's military dictatorship http://t.co/NKVuo07qrx @PeterGreste
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3 years
Publication day for #ManonFire , third in #RakeOzenna series, from Bering Strait to Czech Republic a hunt for a weapon of unimaginable power. Thank you. Great work @severnhouse , @canongatebooks , @MickeyCreative @CatherineNetWeb , @kasim_javed
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3 years
Will China invade Taiwan? If so, what does it hope to gain? Would America go to war? Why has Asia become such a flashpoint? Answers in this excellent guide to Asia.
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5 years
Welcome to British justice. High profile case dismissed without explanation by judges appointed without scrutiny. Saying reasons will come later not good enough. BBC News - Brexit: Boris Johnson £350m claim case thrown out by judges
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3 years
China-Biden year begins — U.S. carrier group enters South China Sea amid Taiwan tensions | Article [AMP] | Reuters
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Humphrey Hawksley
5 years
Where are the red lines on authoritarian collaboration? How U.S. tech giants are helping to build China’s surveillance state by @rj_gallagher
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Humphrey Hawksley
4 years
Very much enjoyed engaging @FredOlsenCruise passengers with maps and stories of upcoming Asian and Arctic tension while sailing through Indonesia. One day talking, next day snorkeling. @severnhouse @blackthornbks
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Humphrey Hawksley
6 years
Amid #Brexit storm, calm London; a penny farthing on a Chelsea street ⁦ @lucindahawksley ⁩ ⁦ @JElliottIndia
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4 years
India must be one of the world’s worst abusers of human rights.
@thewire_in
The Wire
4 years
A Dalit girl in Gujarat was allegedly molested by a group of 6 people from the Patel community. When her family protested, they were allegedly beaten up and later booked for assault by the police on a complaint by the accused.
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4 years
The Cold War comprised two competing ideologies, very little economic entanglement; the US & USSR each running multi-layered global alliances and a threat of mutually assured destruction. Whatever this is, it is not a new cold war.
@JohnHemmings2
John Hemmings
4 years
The US and China are entering a new cold war. Where does that leave the rest of us?
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Humphrey Hawksley
4 years
Taiwan is also subsidising its companies to move from China. Real politik of #ChinaPushBack
@RobinsonBKK
Gwen Robinson
4 years
How did it come to this...? Japan is paying its companies to relocate from China to Bangladesh or India, among other countries. Will it pay other Japanese companies, like floundering car makers & electronics giants, to STAY in Thailand?
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3 years
A picture of our lives when China rules the world?
@wang_maya
Maya Wang 王松蓮
3 years
Outrageous. #Hongkongers will never forget this:
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5 years
Great to see @Itwitius Tim Marshall's superb & timely Age of Walls stacked high in @strandbookstore Broadway, #NewYork , #USA where @realDonaldTrump #BuildThatWallNOW policy has left airport, parks, traffic control workers & thousands more without paychecks.
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Humphrey Hawksley
10 years
Big thanks @peterjamesuk @JFPennAuthor launch UK-Europe wing of @thrillerwriters . A charisma of flawed characters. http://t.co/RfzSGTxfzj
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4 years
Language between the #USA and #China China is becoming more hostile and hitting headlines daily. For those, inadvertently caught up in this antagonism, a brief primer on the pros and cons of China. @AbramsPress
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Humphrey Hawksley
4 years
Thank you @rita_payne An incisive line up of speakers from @thedemocracyltd @DawoodAzami @NaveedNoormal Antonio Giustozzi, @timothyw225 @BarryGardiner @a_siab @husainhaqqani Conclusion of next decade -- not good.
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rita payne
4 years
Excellent #TDF event chaired by @hwhawksley : Who will govern #Afghanistan ? A discussion on impending #US withdrawal and the unfolding crisis'. General view - #Taliban likely to assert control in Kabul though all players would benefit from peace deal. @DawoodAzami @husainhaqqani
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2 years
A stunning panel -- Has the Belt and Road Initiative lost its lustre? A big NO. It is evolving and forging ahead winning influence from the West in the Global South. Thank you @ClaireJChu ; @UCerenkova @ingriddhooghe ; @BarryGardiner ; @asianaffairs_in
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Humphrey Hawksley
4 years
Asian Waters out in the world in paperback today. @SFReviewofBooks describes: “One of the more impressive, if unnerving books, on the true tenuous lines of relationship between the US and China” #asianwaters #asia #usa #foreigndefense
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7 years
Congrats to @AnnabelMullin @louiserowntree @JoyceOnstad for brilliant, unique, inspirational West London campaigns @LondonLibDems .
@CitoyenBrexile
Citoyen Brexilé 🇪🇺🇬🇧🇫🇷🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🇸🇪
7 years
Official result: Labour take Kensington from Conservatives by 20 votes #ge2017
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2 years
Winter ice is finally melting on the U.S.-Russian border. This photo by JoAnn Kaningok today from #Alaska 's Little Diomede across to #Russia 's Big Diomede. The narrow stretch of water is known as the Ice Curtain.
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4 years
China has built 380 internment camps in Xinjiang, study finds
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4 years
Great to see BBC correspondents @BBCJonSopel @FrankRGardner in BBC Media Action’s online prize auction – bid for a chance to give THEM a virtual grilling for a change! All in support of the BBC’s incredible international charity @bbcmediaaction
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3 years
Meet Tim Marshall, @Itwitius author of The Power (& Prisoners) of Geography. With well over a million books sold he has track record of making sense of issues that confuse many of us. Join @GoldsterClub Inside Story 12.00 BST Friday. It's free.
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4 years
Further pushback in Asia against China's expansion--- Thailand shelves Chinese submarine deal after public backlash
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5 years
I’ve been nominated by @MarkFoxNews through @BrandonLewis to post covers of #7books I love. No reviews, no explanations, just covers. With each post I’ll nominate someone else to take up the challenge. Book 1,I nominate @LizJensenWriter
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Humphrey Hawksley
4 years
Delighted my Arctic espionage Rake Ozenna thriller MAN ON EDGE picked by @newyorkpost for its Required Reading list @severnhouse @canongatebooks @blackthornbks @FMcMAssociates
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4 years
Any regime that goes around picking unnecessary fights is setting itself up for a fall. Beijing cannot take on India, Hong Kong, Taiwan, the Uigur Muslims, Japan, the U.S. and Europe and expect to be welcomed as a new global power. @FCC
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The array of nations lined up behind the US in Asia sends a message that China’s time has not yet come. My conclusion in #IndoPacific UK-Vietnam study @HJS_Org @JohnHemmings2 @james_rogers @shetlerjones @HungSon_DAV @ToTuan1977 @NineDashLine
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3 years
A very happy Chinese New Year to all my Twitter followers. May you have a great Year of the Ox
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6 years
‘A Game of Chicken’: U.S. and China Are Risking a Clash at Sea - The New York Times
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5 years
A knuckle-biting #crime , imprint @blackthornbks from @canongatebooks launches this week with superb @david_hewson , many more. Big congrats @holly_domney @KateLyallGrant @severnhouse @baddabyng , all involved—go out and rock the world of books.
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@Roger_Moorhouse
Roger Moorhouse 🇺🇦
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Buy this people! - @hwhawksley is a thoroughly splendid fellow and is always a good read...
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6 years
Historically, major reforms to the global system have been implemented only after war. Will they happen before the next one. To find out pick up a copy of Asian Waters
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@absolute_INTJ @ChukaUmunna @theipaper Have yet to see anything of substance from any @ForChange_Now message & voters can smell it.
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In 2016, Gove said: If we vote Leave, then we're in a position to dictate the terms in Britain's economic interests." Now he says, UK is beholden to EU conditions. Earlier, he advised voters to ignore expert advice. Why should anyone ever believe a word he says?
@Channel4News
Channel 4 News
5 years
“It’s a grim but inescapable fact that in the event of a no-deal Brexit… tariffs on beef and sheep meat would be above 40%” Environment Secretary Michael Gove warns of problems for farmers in the event of no-deal, and urges MPs to back the Prime Minister’s Brexit deal.
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Fantastic news! A privilege to have taken part for sick, vulnerable children
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EACH press office
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. @hwhawksley talk raises £7,000 for the nook appeal #charity #fundraising
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4 years
During #COVID19 China has been pumping out these military propaganda videos. This one on the Sino-Indian tension @JElliottIndia @asianaffairs_in
@globaltimesnews
Global Times
4 years
Several thousand soldiers with a Chinese PLA Air Force airborne brigade took just a few hours to maneuver from Central China’s Hubei Province to northwestern, high-altitude region amid China-India border tensions.
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5 years
2 A critical mass of voters do not want what they view as rule by a trans-national super state while they do need to forfeit a measure of sovereignty to enable the freest possible trade with neighboring countries and hence raise living standards.
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Exceptional - how to draw attention to the Xinjiang camps.
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Humphrey Hawksley
4 years
Confused about the media and #Covid -19? Join me at @upf_europe webinar “Assessing the Role of News Media in the Global COVID-19 Crisis” 6pm, Central Europe Time; 5pm BST; 12.00 EST @WashTimes @ukUPF @rita_payne @Tsarizm_com @asianaffairs_in @susiestang
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4 years
Taiwan has long-feared Dongsha would be a Chinese military target. From my visit there with @BBCWorld @9DashLine @james_rogers @jbtvnews #china #taiwan #SouthChinaSea #IndoPacific
@AsiaMTI
AMTI
4 years
Taiwan deploys marines to the Pratas Islands in the South China Sea as Chinese military reportedly plans to conduct drills in the area in August.
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Humphrey Hawksley
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Thank you @rufusgwright superb, thoughtful reading of #AsianWaters out @audibleuk FREE trial. What unfolds in #Asia #China , #India , #Japan #SouthChinaSea will impact all our lives. Rufus brings story to life in vivid, accessible, gripping listen.
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Humphrey Hawksley
5 years
Lucky breakfast bump into great & talented ⁦⁦ @JoanJohnston ⁩ & ⁦ @MegGardiner1 ⁦⁦⁦⁦ @thrillerwriters ⁩ gathering ⁦ @pershingsquare1
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2 years
@JimLaurie_Asia
Jim Laurie - focus on Asia
2 years
Thru "Goldster" a UK based "fitness, wellbeing, purpose" centre, Lucinda & Humphrey @hwhawksley conduct writer interviews. Am honored tomorrow - Friday noon London time - to be Humphrey's guest to talk about my time in #Asia and my #Vietnam #Cambodia book.
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6 years
Man on Ice: Pre-Order Shareholding Offer
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3 years
Ten years ago, I did a book on dangers of exporting democracy to societies with weak institutions like Iraq. I never dreamt it would apply to US.
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Humphrey Hawksley
6 years
One of the more impressive, if unnerving books, on the true tenuous lines of relationship between the US and China. Thank you San Francisco Review of Books. @Duckbooks @overlookpress West Coast Asian Waters tour October 2018
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Humphrey Hawksley
3 years
To learn more, check out massive cyber attack on US pipeline. Scary! @severnhouse @canongatebooks @CatherineNetWeb @MickeyCreative
@HumphreyHawk
Humphrey Hawksley
3 years
#ManOnFire sold out in UK bookstores. Reprint available end of May. Pls #shoplocal if you can. #RakeOzenna Vs #ModernWarfare , destruction of #criticalinfrastucture & #Government
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Thank you @nlclondon for hosting #AsianWaters on China Indo-Pacific with @Taiwan_in_UK @HJS_Org @JohnHemmings2 on day little @Republic_Nauru taught Beijing a lesson between good and bad hegemony. @overlookpress @Duckbooks
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@LithuanianGovt Vs China – how much will #EuropeanUnion stand by a small nation bullied by a faraway power? A critical test for #EU values. @edwardlucas @vincecable @IrinavonWiese @Taiwan_in_UK @democracy_forum @asianlitemedia
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Humphrey Hawksley
6 years
With the tension increasing in the arctic, #ManOnIce , my new Russian thriller is just what you need for the coming winter evenings...
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Humphrey Hawksley
4 years
After so much on populism, if an election like this gets scant coverage, it is a clear example of why British voters remain so ignorant about Europe.
@DenisMacShane
Denis MacShane
4 years
Hugely important political win in Poland for democracy etc. Any mention on BBC headlines at 9 a.m.? Guess. Already for BBC etc nations of Europe are faraway places of which BBC editors don't need to know very much
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End of terrific North America West Coast tour for #ManonIce and #AsianWaters . So grateful to @SFU , @warwicksbooks , @LAWAC , @claydube , @RANDCorporation @FSIStanford , @bookpassage and others -- great people, great insight, great ideas. Thank you. @overlookpress @severnhouse
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Humphrey Hawksley
5 years
Much UK-US talk Huawei, Chinese tech, next to nothing on human rights & some million Xinjiang Uigurs incarcerated in concentration camps. On 30th anniversary of Tiananmen killings, how times have changed, how our values have changed!
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Humphrey Hawksley
6 years
@Roger_Moorhouse @RForemanAuthor @Tonisenior Indeed a great evening arranged by @RForemanAuthor welcoming @JElliottIndia with mischief from @Tonisenior @KateWilliamsme @BrionyRoseSKY & more. Big discussion with knowledgable @Roger_Moorhouse on Europe, Nazism & now.
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4 years
Define China
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Humphrey Hawksley
7 years
P.S. @POTUS This is not ISIS, Al Qaeda, or Taliban
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Humphrey Hawksley
1 year
Clear insight from @DanKaszeta & @edwardlucas into @Conservatives fear of objective advice and erosion of debate by blacklisting experts.
@WminsterLibDems
Westminster & City Lib Dems 🔶
1 year
A real pleasure to listen to @DanKaszeta tonight talking with @edwardlucas about his personal experience of Conservative cancel culture. He won’t be silenced and we will do everything we can to support him and others who are on the #blocklist
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Humphrey Hawksley
2 years
Just a few hours until the BBC Correspondents’ Charity Dinner in aid of @bbcmediaaction – the BBC’s international charity. Tonight the charity will be sharing how they support women and girls around the world tackle gender inequality: #mediaforgood
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Humphrey Hawksley
4 years
Foreign powers back in Asia
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Humphrey Hawksley
5 years
With brilliant Qi-yuan Taiwanese editor of Chinese edition #AsianWaters out next month. Critical time for region ⁦ @overlookpress ⁩ ⁦ @ABRAMSbooks
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