Tag: Culture

Categories Asia & Pacific

A new morality for show business, or Communist virtue-signaling? China demands celebs be humble & set a good example

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Chinese stars must steer clear of money-obsessed western celebrity culture, the country’s Communist Party has reminded them, extolling the virtues of patriotism and morality after publicly chastising several big names. … Read More >A new morality for show business, or Communist virtue-signaling? China demands celebs be humble & set a good example

Categories World

Zelensky regime can demolish monuments to friendship with Russia but it will never divide the people – Ukrainian opposition leader

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The people of Russia and Ukraine can never be divided, and they will never be set at odds, despite the efforts of the Zelensky government in Kiev to stoke “ethnic hatred,” the leader of the country’s opposition has claimed. … Read More >Zelensky regime can demolish monuments to friendship with Russia but it will never divide the people – Ukrainian opposition leader

Categories World

Nearly half of Ukrainians think life was better in USSR, and even more say they’re anti-LGBT in new poll revealing split with West

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Despite politicians in Kiev working to paint their country as the West’s front line against Russia, a new study has shown the nation is deeply divided over its current path, and about what its fundamental values should now be. … Read More >Nearly half of Ukrainians think life was better in USSR, and even more say they’re anti-LGBT in new poll revealing split with West

Categories Russia

Putin is right about the West’s endless attempts to woo Kiev: Rejecting Ukraine’s history with Russia could destroy the country

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Russian President Vladimir Putin has penned an article arguing that Russians and Ukrainians, despite the differences between their two governments since the 2014 Maidan, are actually one people, with a shared history and culture. … Read More >Putin is right about the West’s endless attempts to woo Kiev: Rejecting Ukraine’s history with Russia could destroy the country

Categories World

‘Coon Island’ renamed by Australian councilors despite local opposition after name deemed ‘genuinely racist’

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Councilors in New South Wales have voted to change the name of an Australian island popular with tourists after it was deemed to carry racist connotations, though a survey found more than half of locals opposed the switch. … Read More >‘Coon Island’ renamed by Australian councilors despite local opposition after name deemed ‘genuinely racist’

Categories Op-ed

The EU-Hungary row over an anti-LGBTQ law is a clash of cultures that underpins why European integration will never work

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Hungary’s controversial law banning the promotion of homosexuality to minors is none of the EU’s business, and Brussels’ attempts to interfere in its internal affairs with a sense of moral superiority is akin to neo-colonialism. … Read More >The EU-Hungary row over an anti-LGBTQ law is a clash of cultures that underpins why European integration will never work

Categories Shows

CrossTalk on EU: Whose values?

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We have become accustomed to EU elites messaging the importance of values. Not everyone in the bloc agrees. In fact, a growing number of conservative and populist forces are speaking out against what some call Brussels’ ‘colonial’ outlook. Conservatives and populists talk the language of family and culture. EU elites talk of values to create a European superstate. … Read More >CrossTalk on EU: Whose values?