The 2026 #IWD motto was "give to gain".
Minnie Chan is a Hong Kong-based reporter for SCMP who attended a conference in Beijing in November, 2023 and has not been seen or heard from since.
Perhaps if #journalists give attention to Minnie Chan her family might gain her return.
Hope persists.
There's other things China imports via the Straits of Hormuz...
"The escalating conflict in the Middle East is having a direct impact on China’s access to sulphur – a raw material for producing fertiliser – just as the country enters its vital spring planting season." www.scmp.com/economy/chin...
A challenge to the narrative on the Iran war and its effect on China's imports of oil...
"A blockade of the Strait of Hormuz would have little impact on China. We can now import oil from Russia, so closure of the strait would not significantly affect us." www.scmp.com/news/china/d...
Harry Harrison checks in on the money men of Hong Kong in today's #cartoon as the words of Gerald Smedley once again echo gently from 1935...
"War is a racket... It is conducted for the benefit of the very few, at the expense of the very many. Out of war a few people make huge fortunes."
One week of global economic upheaval into the Trump-Netanyahu war on Iran, the comment everyone on this side of planet mutters as they open their phones Monday morning... #cartoon from Anne Telnaes
Australian media seems mostly hands off about the story that porn sites are now blocked for hands-on Aussies due to the new age requirements for social media. Interesting nexus of challenges as a nation faces an oil crisis with a growing surplus of Qi... thesizzle.com.au/p/vpn-downlo...
Draw your own cartoon, boofhead. AI didn't "do it" - you uploaded the image and typed the prompt.
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Draw your own cartoon, boofhead. AI didn't "do it" - you uploaded the image and typed the prompt.
Draw your own cartoon, boofhead. AI didn't "do it" - you uploaded the image and typed the prompt.
Draw your own cartoon, boofhead. AI didn't "do it" - you uploaded the image and typed the prompt.
Draw your own cartoon, boofhead. AI didn't "do it" - you uploaded the image and typed the prompt.
Draw your own cartoon, boofhead. AI didn't "do it" - you uploaded the image and typed the prompt.
Draw your own cartoon, boofhead. AI didn't "do it" - you uploaded the image and typed the prompt.
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ARE YOU AN AYATOLLAH.
Counterfeit cigarette packaging floods black market in Australia - made in Shenzhen, sold on Taobao… sent via Hong Kong? www.abc.net.au/news/2026-03...
Watching the Sunday night news recaps of the week… cheers Matt Golding for a bit of war coverage #cartoon analysis
And now for something… completely ridiculous.
Dead parrots, silly walk, book shops, lumberjack outfits… insert your own segue for what comes next.
Well *this* is awkward...
"Starting March 5, Air China, China Eastern Airlines, China Southern Airlines and Hainan Airlines have successively resumed round-trip flights to the UAE, Oman, Saudi Arabia and other countries."
One country, two systems indeed
en.people.cn/n3/2026/0306...
Pointed power presentation - #cartoon from @fionakatauskas.bsky.social
"If claims start getting paid out, you're looking at a transfer of wealth with US taxpayer money going to private companies."
*at which point do we start referring to this as "national socialism"?
Today's #cartoon callback to pointless wars - John Sloane in 1914, with the caption in pencil
"After the war, a medal and maybe a job."
picryl.com/media/after-...
Always must-read analysis from Dr @emmashortis.bsky.social - nailing hard truths about Australia's support of Trump's war
"They watched their American co-crew members torpedo a ship, killing more than 80 people, and watched them as they left the rest to drown?" www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
On top of the USD$894 million a day in munitions the US is paying out - there’s a spare $20 billion for state intervention in the global reinsurance industry who are unenthusiastic about betting ships can get through the Strait of Hormuz without being attacked www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
You can’t DOGE the costs of war…
“The first 100 hours (H+100) of the operation are estimated to cost $3.7 billion, or $891.4 million each day. Some of these costs are already budgeted, but most ($3.5 billion) are not.”
Multiball is lit…
bsky.app/profile/wire...
Price paid... daily (and nightly) by Ukranians for four years.
With a grim summary:
"The world needs to understand what is really happening. Many countries are afraid of World War III. We are not, as we are already in it." kyivindependent.com/ukraines-exp...
