Personalities
Malaysian celebrities are one of the lamest when comes to speaking up against the government of the day. It’s extremely rare they bite the hand that feeds them. That’s because the government could easily cripple their rice bowl by instructing the relevant agencies to boycott them. Without appearance or show opportunities, they would be denied […]
... written on Dec 07 2017China is today the world’s biggest economy. But the Middle Kingdom didn’t transform itself into a wealthy nation overnight without lifting a finger. It had been invaded and colonised by various empires – from Mongolia to Manchuria, Russia, United States, Britain, France, Italy, Germany and Japan. Amazingly, the Chinese didn’t perish but emerge stronger over […]
... written on Nov 27 2017Angela Merkel was a very unhappy woman on Sunday, and who could blame her. In spite of winning the federal elections on September 2017, her chance to become the German Chancellor for the fourth term has hit the wall, for now. While it was a victory, her CDU-CSU (Christian Democratic Union-Christian Social Union) alliance received […]
... written on Nov 20 2017About 200 Saudi princes, ministers, senior military officers and wealthy businessmen are still being held in 5-star prison Ritz-Carlton in Riyadh. But soon, they could walk out free again, despite allegations of corruption and money laundering. The fact that they weren’t officially charged till today suggests that the Saudi government wasn’t interested in their despicable crimes […]
... written on Nov 17 2017China might be an economic superpower so wealthy that even U.S. President Donald Trump had to behave during his visit to the Middle Kingdom. It was said that the notorious Kim Jong-un was kept in silent not because he was terrified that North Korea was surrounded by U.S. warships, but rather because China told the […]
... written on Nov 15 2017Trump was at the centre of attraction at the 2017 Asean Summit in Manila, Philippines. But the superstar was none other than the host President Rodrigo “Rody” Roa Duterte. The Filipino leader gets to rub shoulders with the world’s most powerful man, despite breaking every possible law concerning human rights, something cherished by the U.S., […]
... written on Nov 14 2017Since he took office, police have reported killing 3,967 people in direct illegal drugs crackdown. Another 2,290 people have been murdered in drug-related crimes, while thousands of other deaths remain unsolved. So far, he loves the number. He has no plan to deny his involvement. That’s because he loves to kill – the bad guys. […]
... written on Nov 13 2017Prince Mohammed bin Salman, a 32-year-old son of King Salman, is a very ambitious young man. But at the same time, he’s also a very dangerous young man. His 81-year-old father desperately needs to abdicate the throne, rumoured to be in the next couple of months. The king can’t die without first officially handing over […]
... written on Nov 08 2017Donald Trump kicked off his 12-day tour of Asia in what appears to be the longest trip to the region by an American president since 1991 – when George H.W. Bush was in charge of the Oval Office. Flying from Hawaii, his first stop is Japan, before visiting South Korea, China, Vietnam and the Philippines. […]
... written on Nov 07 2017When President Donald Trump meets President Xi Jinping next month, the world will watch with great interest on what the U.S. leader has to say to the Chinese supreme leader. And the U.S. leader should behave, or at least pretends to behave, because the same person whom Trump met in April at his Mar-a-Lago estate […]
... written on Oct 26 2017
