This is an unfortunate development, and is bound to come up again and again. There is no way I can see how to solve this,  unless the two governments get together and come up with a mutually acceptable solution.

Apart from salary inequities, which will always be there, there is also competence inequalities,  which I am familiar with.  A few years back, a friend of mine of Kashmiri ancestry, who was an officer in the army in an East African country, was  visiting me here in Canada. He told me the Chinese were training local African  men to drive the trains that China had donated. The men at the time could barely drive cars, and it was impossible to train them to drive the trains. So they decided to train women instead. Never heard back from him, so hope it turned out okay.

In my opinion, this episode of Joe Rogan with Dr. Suzanne Humphries is a keeper, for anyone interested in not just Covid, but the entire medical industry:

Some of her comments were so shocking to me, that it will take me some time to decipher them.
I am truly in love with this lady.

Fair enough, Mr P.
This is from Sputnik today:
Western Media Blackout: Ukraine’s Cold-Blooded Killings of Russian Journalists Go Unreported
Tell the truth and shame the devil – I agree.

Good catch, Mr P.

Hi, emersonreturn, a few days ago you had a comment about the inventor in Zimbabwe who was producing self-powered cars, and Mr P had responded with what I thought was an outstanding master-class on thermodynamics. 

When I came back to look for it, to make some notes, that comment seems to have disappeared. Any idea if I am looking at the wrong thread?

Glad to see you addressing this subject, Amarynth. 

If I may be a little long winded, I would like to look at it from a different perspective, that may help us understand the issues. When different cultures collide, the “better” culture may not survive. In my own study of the Toltec civilization, they had a far superior culture to the barbarians that came from the west, but as fate would have it, they had a weapon using gunpowder, which was actually an invention the Europeans stole from China. And now just a few hours north of where I am, you can see Indigenous folk walking around drunk, or lying in the ditch, stoned.

We are now in a time where “Western” civilization dominates, but the concepts that are taken for granted in the West are now quite frankly foreign to many parts of the world. Such as fair play, basic courtesies, care for the handicapped, and so on. These concepts were there, but got trampled by corruption and greed with the introduction of the current dominant culture.

That clip by Rob Hersov was well presented. As he said, corruption creates poverty. And I may add, creativity destroys poverty. If allowed to blossom.

I was actually told by a minister in Tanzania, when visiting many years ago, just after they got independence, that he wished he could bring the English back to run the government, and the Indians to run the businesses!

Online Interview Etiquette
Just a personal opinion, for what it’s worth.
Don’t smoke cigarettes, cigars, whatever.
Don’t snack.
But okay to take an occasional sip of water.
When interviewing someone, not interested at all in your personal opinions, expressed in a long winded way.
Don’t show off your muscaluture, or your tattoos. There are other venues for that.
Don’t bring your animals online (dogs, cats). There are also other venues for that.
Go with the flow of the conversation, instead of always looking down on your list. Don’t interrupt your guest when, for instance, he is recalling a fascinating episode from his past about how the CIA were training the Taliban. If you must, try to do it with courtesy, such as – “excuse me for interrupting, Alastair” or “we will get back to that in a moment, Pepe” or words to that effect.