Chandran Nair

2 months ago | johnmenadue.com | Chandran Nair

The Chinese companys open-source model proves that innovation thrives on sharing, not Western Big Techs hypocritical monopolisation. It has been over a month since the launch of DeepSeek AI sent shock waves through the global tech and investor landscape, reverberating far beyond the confines of Silicon Valley.

2 months ago | johnmenadue.com | Chandran Nair

Since the beginning of this century triggered by the United States illegal invasion of Iraq, its occupation of Afghanistan, and aided by the turbocharged arrival of the digital age there has been significant growth in interest among those in the non-Western world around issues related to their colonial past.

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.