Chandran Nair

2 months ago | johnmenadue.com | Chandran Nair

Over the last few years, I have wondered about what drives the relentless Western animosity towards China. It seems a very logical question to ask if one wants to understand the world today. Butyouwill be hard pressed to find this explained in commentary provided by the Western media. What one gets is screaming daily headlines, like one recently found in the FT:US seeks to isolate China with help of Allies.

2 months ago | johnmenadue.com | Chandran Nair

Some 18 months ago, the news broke that Chinas population was beginning to contract. There was a knee-jerk reaction from business commentators who were wringing their hands eagerly over the implications this would have on Chinas economic forecast and its place in the world namely that fewer people would result in less consumption, ultimately slower growth, and thus alter the trajectory of its rise.

2 months ago | johnmenadue.com | Chandran Nair

If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor. Archbishop Desmond TutuIn Gaza, the echoes of violence have reverberated every single day for months. We are witnessing the erasure of an entire society in real-time, television cameras rolling, live-streamed, into living rooms across the planet, as children watch other children being killed.

2 months ago | johnmenadue.com | Chandran Nair

Over ten years ago, I wrote an article for the Guardian that argued it was time to slay a sacred cow: that the internet is a force for good. Many advised me against writing it, saying it would be read as the views of a laggard, but it became one of the most-read articles published by the Guardian that year.

Mar 3, 2025 | dialoguereview.com | Chandran Nair

As Western business leaders abandon their environmental and social commitments, Asia must forge a new pathAbout 15 years ago, I was invited by the CEO of one of the world’s most successful chemical companies to attend the firm’s annual global meeting, as a guest commentator. At the meeting, expensive consultants delivered a 50-slide presentation on a proposed growth strategy for Asia, lauding the “green” approach the company would take as it grew.