The Anaconda in the Irish Chandelier
https://www.pwneilo.com/2025/12/the-anaconda-in-irish-chandelier.html
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The Anaconda in the Irish Chandelier
https://www.pwneilo.com/2025/12/the-anaconda-in-irish-chandelier.html
Posted by PwNeilo
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This story is about China’s influence in Ireland. It plays on the metaphor coined by US professor Perry Link – ‘the anaconda in the chandelier’ to share examples of how fear of offending China has shaped the Irish Government’s muted criticism on China human rights abuses, support for Taiwan, Tibet and much more. This is a conversation about power, fear, and silence — and about what happens to a democracy when everyone sees the anaconda, but no one dares to say its name.
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