Finance and Economy
An image of a grinning Australian soldier holding a bloodied knife to an Afghanistan child’s throat has sparked a new problem to the already souring relationship between China and Australia. The fact that the image, which appeared to show the soldier slitting the child’s throat, was posted by Zhao Lijian, a spokesman for China’s foreign […]
... written on Dec 01 2020When a crook like Najib Razak proposes something, just do the opposite and it should be the best solution. The former premier’s insistence, or rather blackmails without which he threatened to withdraw his support for the fragile backdoor Muhyiddin government, that EPF members must be allowed to withdraw up to RM10,000 as part of Covid-19 […]
... written on Nov 30 2020When the Democratic Action Party (DAP) sided with former PM Mahathir in June, Anwar hardcore supporters went berserk and accused DAP of being power-hungry and corrupted. DAP leaders were mocked and ridiculed for blindly supporting Mahathir. They urged Anwar Ibrahim, the president of People’s Justice Party (PKR), to go solo and kick DAP out of […]
... written on Nov 28 2020Donald Trump has lost his re-election – for real. And he has no one to blame but himself. His messages to the voters – a great economy and an untrustworthy Biden – didn’t work. He had tried to blame the Covid outbreak squarely on China. But the election results clearly showed that while very few […]
... written on Nov 25 2020Why don’t poor countries just print more money? Likewise, why can’t the central bank print money and give the free cash to the people who have become jobless or under-employed due to Covid-19 pandemic? Those are excellent questions – if came from a curious kid. But coming from a deputy minister, it could only mean […]
... written on Nov 21 2020Australia was hoping that by signing the China-backed Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) deal on Sunday, it will automatically fix, or at least improve the country’s strained relations with China. If only it was so easy. It would take more than an insignificant deal like RCEP, of which the direct economic benefits are limited, to […]
... written on Nov 19 2020Exactly how many grand coalitions the dubious “Malay-Muslim” government consisting of UMNO, Bersatu (PPBM) and PAS wanted to create? It appears that in spite of having cornered 90% of Malay-Muslim voters, the Perikatan Nasional backdoor regime still has no confidence of winning the next 15th General Election – a strange phenomenon indeed. The corrupt […]
... written on Nov 17 2020After American pharmaceutical Pfizer and the German biotech company BioNTech last Monday that they finally had produced the vaccine, which is more than 90% effective against Covid-19, the stock markets around the globe immediate hit the roof. But soon the stock rally fades away as the vaccine is unlikely to arrive to the mass market fast […]
... written on Nov 17 2020After crossing the 270 Electoral College vote threshold needed to claim victory, President-elect Biden appears to have strengthened his grip on Friday (Nov 13) by winning the state of Georgia. Even though North Carolina may go to President Trump, the final result would see Biden’s 306 votes against Trump’s 232. Interestingly, this is the same […]
... written on Nov 15 2020In another U-turn, the backdoor government of Muhyiddin Yassin has now decided to allow three people from the same household to travel in a same car. Senior Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob claimed the decision was agreed upon after receiving complaints from the public, as well as consideration based on e-hailing rides and taxis that are […]
... written on Nov 14 2020
