Note: this article appeared online in NewsGD.com on Sunday 15th May 2022 National Disabilities Day in China. It was written without the author even being aware it was a special day for people with disabilities and sent to News GD.com by coincidence on Friday 13th May: what a lucky coincidence! …

The US is known to commit many crimes in the name of “National Security” but, to deflect from this, inside its own country, it projects its own crimes and problems onto other countries, in particular China. …

I don’t think people outside of China realise this but if you enter China at the moment, here’s what happens to you and if you know someone living in China, here’s what’s happening to them. Obviously, some people will have experienced slightly different interpretations by different regional administrations but the…

Note: this article appeared in a slightly edited format in Global Times on 8th May 2022: https://enapp.globaltimes.cn/article/1265055 China’s young people face many challenges, they need to finish school in a highly competitive environment, but it’s designed to place the best of them into an increasing number of university places, those…

Day 6 We left the hotel in Huadu and walked toward to Qingyuan. After about one hour, my toes on both feet started hurting me. The second hour my left ankle felt very tired and uncomfortable. We saw a park and stopped there to check my feet. My left foot…

A few days ago, I wrote an article about why I thought Michele Bachelet would not come to China and visit the Xinjiang region. Today, I’m writing another article about why I think she will do exactly what I predicted she wouldn’t do. The first article was based on the…

Day 3 was a rest day Day 4 Yesterday (day 3) Darrah decided to go back to Zhongshan in the morning to get her visa done. It was a great chance for me to have a good rest because of the bad blisters. Darrah came back to our hotel in the late afternoon and we had our last…

The head of the United Nations Human Rights Council, Michele Bachelet, is set to visit China in about a month — I predict she won’t come, some excuse or reason will be found to prevent her visit — Time will tell and I sincerely hope I’m wrong and the much-needed…

Day 2 part 1 My relatives and neighbours came at about 8am for walking with us for a while. Darrah and Brian started with a little hangover. My mother has knee problems, so, we said goodbye at the village entrance and the rest of us kept moving. My father rode a bike in front…