South China Sea belongs to China, and the world can forget about lecturing, let alone forcing, the Chinese about respecting international law. The Hague-based Permanent Court of Arbitration verdict last year, of which says that China couldn’t claim historic rights in all the waters within a “ni
When Mahathir Mohamad launched his Vision 2020 in 1991 - 26 years ago - it was really a big deal to everybody. Very few people understood the real meaning of the vision. They thought it had to do with eyesight as having "20/20 vision" means an individual's eyesight is normal. So some people actually
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte revealed 2 months ago that Chinese counterpart China Xi Jinping had warned him there would be "war" if Manila tried to enforce an arbitration ruling and drill for oil in a disputed part of the South China Sea. He was, of course, referring to Hague's award which g
Heard of Kola Aluko? Nope, he's not a koala bear celebrity, let alone a new product of Coca Cola. Never mind, forget him. How about Jho Low? If you had no idea who the hell is Jho Low, chances are you've been living under a rock for the last couple of years. While you can be forgiven for not knowing
The culprit behind the Saudi-Qatar crisis has been found - the U.A.E. (United Arab Emirates). In what appears to be like a TV-series drama or a plot involving gangs turf war, Abu Dhabi has been exposed as the bad guy who had planted a fake news story that eventually sparked the diplomatic crisis in
All multibillion-dollar fast food restaurants have their own mascots. Regardless what they do to promote their business, those fast food chains would never change their mascots. They can change their logo but never their mascots, which represent their branding. Can you imagine Colonel Sanders and Ro
Trump administration says the U.S. companies want more access to China's economy. They wanted to rebalance what they say is an unfair trading relationship. During talks between the world's two largest economies, U.S. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross said China's US$347 billion trade deficit with the
WhatsApp is one of the few foreign messaging apps available in mainland China. Although not as popular as the locally-made app WeChat, the American-made app is favoured by some for its end-to-end encryption. But it appears not even Mark Zuckerberg's fluency in Mandarin could help WhatsApp in China,
Najib son of Razak tries to put on a brave face. Initially, he tried but couldn't. It would take hours for the PR team at Putrajaya to "train" the Malaysian prime minister - psychologically and mentally - not to look nervous and panic. They found that the best way is for Mr. Najib to smile - a lot -
President Xi Jinping's anti-corruption campaign is legendary. The Chinese Communist Party has long been associated with corruption. In fact, corruption has become a culture in the Chinese government. Naturally, Xi's crackdown on corruption has been met with huge resistance that he was accused of usi
Depending on your time zone, you might have gotten the official notification from your immediate superior of your layoff, if you're under Microsoft payroll and not currently selling Azure - the Microsoft's cloud computing product. And if you're outside of United States, your chance of getting retren [...]
Let's face the fact - jobs are getting scarce while job seekers are getting plentiful. To make matter worse, robots are competing with human for jobs. Soon, burger-flipping will be a job reserved for robot only. Heck, even prostitution would need to fight for their rights as sex robots, thanks to AI [...]
Last year, we wrote why crude oil above US$100 will never happen again - forever! One of the reasons was China. The Chinese provide the world's largest market for new cars. Naturally, China has some of the world's worst air pollution. Nope, the Chinese will not be choked or poisoned to death due to [...]
Fourth of July, the Independence Day of United States of America, was specifically chosen by notorious Kim Jong-un as the day to deliver Donald Trump a special gift - a rocket in the form of ICBM (intercontinental ballistic missile). But who can blame the North Korean dictator for grinning from ear [...]
Planning for a holiday in Italy for the first time? Then you should be aware that city such as Rome is one of European top cities where you are most likely to be pick-pocketed. That would be the first advice your tour guide tells you. Believe it or not, thieves in Italy have more rights than the vic [...]
In yet another proof that job security doesn't exist anymore, tech giant Microsoft is planning to lay off thousands of employees - worldwide. Despite earning US$23.56 in revenue and net profit of US$5.7 billion for the quarter ended March 31, 2017, Microsoft would not think twice about retrenching i [...]
We understood why the U.S. Democratic Party loves "illegal immigrants" so much. The Democrats, also known as the liberals or left-wingers, would simply collapse without immigrants' votes. Democrats prefer to call them "undocumented immigrant" instead. A latest estimation shows 11.1-milion illegal im [...]
The only remaining police station in Kista in the troubled Järva area is forced to be closed. The pledge by Prime Minister Stefan Löfven to step up the fight against drug gangs in vulnerable areas in Sweden, delivered roughly 2 weeks ago, came too little, too late. Swedish National Police Commissi [...]
Facebook has surpassed 2-billion active users. Officially, the social media is also used by 27% of the entire planet Earth. Its CEO Mark Zuckerberg wrote a letter of congratulations to Facebook users, thanking them for using his product. While it took 8 years - from 2004 until October 2012 - to reac [...]
The United States Navy is extremely strong. But they're not invincible. What you need are complacency, incompetency and arrogance of power (the US and Japan prefer to call it "professional negligence") and voila, you would see a tragedy like the collision between guided missile destroyer USS Fitzger [...]
