Monthly Archives: June 2009

Reading Chinese exercise – ‘No Indonesian maid’

I am a regular visitor to a certain Malaysia politician log. What attracts me to his site is that he discusses Malaysian social and political matters , from a perspective that I somewhat share. Sometime his blog writings appear in both English … Continue reading

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Iranian Presidential election – is it fraudalent?

I believe this is the best article that explains the recently held election in Iran –  that wide scale fraud is unlikely based on evidence provided.  Why I belief that it’s better than those provided by any mainstream Western media? Well, … Continue reading

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Rudd can help us make a modern map of Asia

A gem of an  article does appear once a while in the SMH.  This article is from Peter Hartcher, who  is the Herald’s International editor. He is also a visitng fellow the Lowy’s Institute, one of Australia’s top think tank … Continue reading

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Another discussion on democracy

Another discussion on democracy. This time from a  respected forumner in Asiawind forum.  I find his idea incisive, and his thinking very clear on the matter – that is why I am retaining his commentary for the record here.   … Continue reading

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How far will China’s expansion bids go

This article gives a good account  of why Chinalco failed in the Rio Tinto deal. It is mostly due to the inexperience of the Chinese in international wheeling dealing. Chinalco chairman was rather naïve when it comes to dealing with … Continue reading

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