Lee Kuan Yew passed away yesterday (March 23, 2015). It is a sad day for Singapore, for Chinese everywhere, as well as for the world. Under Lee's leadership, Singapore became not only an economic and technological Mecca, but has also developed a unique multicultural melting pot that help it escape the many racial and religious violence that have gripped its earlier history … [Read more...] about Lee Kuan Yew’s Passing is a Loss for the World
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The Tussle over AIIB – So Much ado about Influence?
The news about China the last few days is about how it is scoring a diplomatic coup d'état against the U.S. vis-a-vis Europe. On March 12, Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne announced that the U.K. had applied to join the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) as a founding member. If accepted, Britain would have been the first major Western country to become a … [Read more...] about The Tussle over AIIB – So Much ado about Influence?
Tis a Puzzlement
I was driving last night and tuned onto WNYC of "On Point" program about "Xi Jinping and his Anticorruption Campaign". The introduction was about the Wall Street Journal article by David Shambaugh about the coming crackup of China. The usual format with 3 professors or China experts exponding on the topic. The 3 experts and the listener callers generally agree with David … [Read more...] about Tis a Puzzlement
“Under the Dome” by Chai Jing
"Under the Dome" originally was a novel by Stephen King about a community in Maine enclosed by an alien force field and the how the people reacted under the stress. CBS adopted it later for a TV drama series. Chai Jing was a reporter for CCTV. She resigned after she got married and became pregnant. Recently she made a documentary about smog and pollution, using her own money, … [Read more...] about “Under the Dome” by Chai Jing
Reply to Verna Yu and NYT
Verna Yu is supposedly a free lance writer and published an opinion page column in New York Times on Feb 18, 2015 titled "Giving Up on Hong Kong", which I think deserve a rebuttal here. New York Times has been on a propaganda offensive against China since being barred from China a few years ago. A few days ago they even published a puff piece on India overtaking China in … [Read more...] about Reply to Verna Yu and NYT