Fiji is playing an important but little known role in China’s latest and most ambitious space mission, which is scheduled within days. For the first time - if all goes according to plan - a manned spacecraft will dock with an orbiting experimental module in a major advance for the Chinese space program. And its progress will be tracked by a highly … [Read more...] about #91 FIJI’S ROLE IN SPACE
#90 AUSTRALIA’S FIJI INVASION PLAN
Australia made secret plans to invade Fiji, according to a startling report that is bound to heighten suspicion and deepen the already significant rift between the two countries. The Weekend Australian reports that defence planners prepared a detailed scenario for an invasion as part of an overall strategic review for the Rudd government in … [Read more...] about #90 AUSTRALIA’S FIJI INVASION PLAN
# 89 ELIZABETH, QUEEN OF FIJI
The sight of the sky-blue Fiji flag among the forest of flags borne along the River Thames for the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee pageant was a startling reminder that despite being suspended from the Commonwealth, Fiji is still part of the Commonwealth family. It’s a bit like a wayward sibling at any family celebration. No-one wants to condone their … [Read more...] about # 89 ELIZABETH, QUEEN OF FIJI
#88 A PROMISE KEPT
“I declare before you all that my whole life, whether it be long or short, shall be devoted to your service”. Of all the millions of words being written about the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee, one sentence echoes across the decades – the simple promise she made on her 21st birthday to serve. It has been a promise kept, surely a wondrous achievement in … [Read more...] about #88 A PROMISE KEPT
#87 A CLAYTON’S RE-ENGAGEMENT
There’s something distinctly perverse about Australia and New Zealand maintaining their so-called smart sanctions against Fiji when their personnel are taking part in the registration of voters for the promised elections in 2014. Two electoral experts – one from each country - have joined the team that’s about to sweep through Fiji, updating the … [Read more...] about #87 A CLAYTON’S RE-ENGAGEMENT
#86 M.A.D (REVISED JUNE 9TH)
(This posting contains new material from Mick Beddoes, the former Fiji opposition leader, challenging Grubsheet's analysis) There have been few things more startling in recent weeks than the prospect of a political union between the party of indigenous supremacists in Fiji and the only Indo-Fijian ever to become the country's prime minister. … [Read more...] about #86 M.A.D (REVISED JUNE 9TH)