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Brendan P. O’Reilly

China-based writer and educator from Seattle. He is author of The Transcendent Harmony.

2 articles

Egypt enters the China club

by Brendan P. O’Reilly

Beijing (China) | 31 August 2012

In a few moves, Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi has not only managed to tip the balance of power in Egypt and in the Middle East, but also farther afield. His budding partnership with China, as this author argues, could help Morsi shift his foreign policy axis away from the U.S. and the West, (…)

Beijing’s winning strategy in Africa

by Brendan P. O’Reilly

14 August 2012

That China’s rise in Africa amounts to neo-colonialism and is resented by Africans is a notion existing primarily in the minds of Western analysts, as educator and author Brendan P. O’Reilly aptly points out. There are stark differences between Beijing’s and Washington’s foreign policies, and (…)