Matthew Henderson

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Freelance Writer at Freelance

SBJ Reporter. Interests: writing, marketing, web design

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Articles

The Putin-Xi summit is a meeting between the pawn and the player

1 month ago | aol.co.uk | Matthew Henderson

Credit: ReutersAs, to the sound of trumpets, Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping marched purposefully to meet each other at the centre of the hall, each had much to rejoice over. Their carefully choreographed encounter is a chance for both to show how two global autocrats stand side by side against a third. As Xi commented with characteristic indirectness, the two are facing “a new era” of “unilateralism and the hegemonic practices of the powerful” – for which read Trump’s second Presidency.
Donald Trump is breaking Xi Jinping

1 month ago | telegraph.co.uk | Matthew Henderson
Trump's tariffs have left Xi Jinping isolated and desperate

1 month ago | telegraph.co.uk | Matthew Henderson

So far, after reciprocal gestures and vowing to "fight to the end", Beijing has focused mainly on rallying anti-US sentiment across the globe. But India and Australia declined to join forces with China. ASEAN remains caught between opposing powers. The EU, in a quandary over Russia and Ukraine, likewise continues to hedge. China has long sought to frame the West as a feeble, fragmented anachronism.
Build AI agent tools using remote MCP with Azure Functions

2 months ago | techcommunity.microsoft.com | Matthew Henderson

Blog PostModel Context Protocol (MCP) is a way for apps to provide capabilities and context to a large language model. A key feature of MCP is the ability to define tools that AI agents can leverage to accomplish whatever tasks they’ve been given. MCP servers can be run locally, but remote MCP servers are important for sharing tools that work at cloud scale.
Taiwan has never been more vulnerable to invasion, and America is to blame

2 months ago | yahoo.com | Matthew Henderson

The second Trump presidency has thrown Europe into turmoil with its radical change of policy on the war in Ukraine. But an even greater storm is brewing as the elements of Trump’s China policy emerge by fits and starts. As a result the crucial bilateral issue, Taiwan, is becoming more dangerously unstable – a hotspot that could rapidly become a flashpoint. Why has this happened, and what, if anything, can be done to prevent meltdown?
Taiwan has never been more vulnerable to invasion, and America is to blame

2 months ago | telegraph.co.uk | Matthew Henderson

Equally adversative, from China's viewpoint, have been US efforts to revive relations with Putin and Russia. Described by some as a "Reverse Nixon" ploy to split a weakened Russia away from a far stronger China, this challenges the expedient alliance which both regard as central to the success of their anti-US geostrategies. There are few indications to date that this alliance has been significantly weakened, despite the ground the US has already ceded in pursuit of an imaginary deal.
America can win the Pacific naval war with China. Just not like this

Mar 10, 2025 | yahoo.com | Matthew Henderson

By the close of 2024, it was already clear that Trump 2.0 would accelerate existing shifts in geopolitics. The first months of his new presidency, however, appear to have gone far further than that. Barely a week has passed without new disruption of accustomed norms and unprecedented re-alignments in international relations.
In China’s information war, TikTok is a vital weapon in their arsenal

Jan 17, 2025 | yahoo.com | Matthew Henderson

One of the crucial roles of a democratic government is to share understanding of evolving challenges to peace, prosperity and security with its electorate. Public opinion which is not informed honestly about risk from hostile actors is not likely to support stringent changes of policy needed to combat new threats at home and abroad.
Reeves would sell us out to China for one thousandth of the NHS budget

Jan 13, 2025 | telegraph.co.uk | Matthew Henderson

On 11 January, during her recent visit to Beijing, the Chancellor told a press conference that she believed increasing trade and investment with China was crucial to achieving growth in the UK economy.
By speaking to Xi, Starmer is engaging with a power which only seeks to undermine us

Nov 18, 2024 | msn.com | Matthew Henderson

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