Monthly Archives: November 2010

Is a war looming on the Korean Peninsula?

Posted on November 30, 2010 by kchew

There are just too much media noises on current situation, with all kind of hot air posturing by pundits and politicians, particularly in the West calling for concerted efforts against the apparent North Korea transgression.  Here’s two excellent editorials from Global Times which provides … Continue reading →

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Introducing The 4th Media news website

Posted on November 29, 2010 by kchew

Nowadays not single day goes without much of the Western media pundits reminding us that the North Koreans are dangerous and crazy, threatening the so called free world.  But the fact is that the impoverished North Koreans does not have … Continue reading →

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It is really necessary to provoke a snarling pit-bull terrier?

Posted on November 25, 2010 by kchew

My thoughts regarding the latest incidence in the Korean peninsula: North Korea is a rather isolated and impoverished nation. It is a quintessential totalitarian state with entrenched state ideology that is based on the combination of cult personality, communism and … Continue reading →

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What does Guangzhou Asian Games tell the world

Posted on November 22, 2010 by kchew

The 2010 Asian Games that is currently being held in GZ is one of the world’s biggest sporting event. It is much bigger in scale than the Commonwealth games. Whereas there were about 6000 athletes competing in 21 sports in recent … Continue reading →

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Books about China

Posted on November 21, 2010 by kchew

 I hardly frequent the China section of bookstores or libraries due to sense of frustration with the books. There are hardly any China books on book shelfs that are worth reading.  The non-fiction books are usually written by pundits or … Continue reading →

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