Adam Smith’s book, The Wealth of Nations, is well-known. His other book, The Theory of Moral Sentiments, though equally influential, is lesser-known. Smith raises a hypothetical scenario of ethical conflict in it, asking what would a European do if the great Chinese empire were to be swallowed up by an earthquake. He would obviously express…Continue Reading
Figure skater Nathan Chen (L), freestyle Skier Eileen Gu (R) and ice hockey players Hannah Miller (R-C) and Jeremy Smith (L-C) pictured during the Beijing Winter Games, 2022. (Image: Reuters)A defiant Nathan Chen, an imported ice-hockey team and a tech-savvy Eileen Gu – all of them combined together show how China’s bid to use the…Continue Reading
China warned on Tuesday the United States would “pay the price” for a diplomatic boycott of the Beijing Winter Olympics over human rights concerns. The US move — which stopped short of preventing athletes from attending — comes after Washington spent months wrangling over what position to take on the Games, beginning in February next…Continue Reading