When there was trouble in Tibet China stopped the worlds media from seeing what was happening. They paid a high price and eventually ended up in some form of talks with the Dalai Lama – although I am not wildly optimistic about the outcome. Then the earthquake strikes and China opens up to the world…
Question time on Thursday gave me the opportunity to make a point about training the Iraqi army and also about Chinese repression in Tibet. These are both contentious issues. Iraq. Whatever your views about the invasion of Iraq I hope people will agree that training the Iraqi army is vital for the future stability of the…
