Side View Of The Trade War – In Cantonese
admin Cantonese is not a lowly dialect. It is capable of articulating poignant insights which you may not find in Mandarin. There are three layers in the US-China trade war. The…
2019
What Do intellectuals Do?
What do academics and intellectuals actually do? This is a question that has bothered me for ages, from the time I started attending lectures to pass exams until now when…
Haters, Mockers Or Just Mistaken?
Where were you during the 1989 Tiananmen massacre? For me, I had graduated from NUS and just completed my deferred NS. I remember very well the shock, fear and anger…
The Trouble With the Truth
The late General Prem Tinsulanonda (pronounced without the “da”) was a prominent figure in Thailand. The former Prime Minister of Thailand (3 March 1980 – 4 August 1988) was the…
Narrower Or Wider?
The Law Ministry has been trying to allay our fears over POFMA, alleging that it narrows rather than widen the government’s powers. Even though there are existing laws which allow…
Fake News/Inaccurate News/What Do You Know?
I’m acquainted with Mr H, a very dedicated school teacher. Regrettably, he had recently left the profession for something more lucrative. Even more recently, I saw him share an article…
Want To Get Marked Is It?
Former Straits Times journalist and Associate Editor Bertha Henson has not been very pro-establishment since she stopped working for our newsPAPer. In recent years, she has been commenting on a…
Bigshot Bloggers & Their Bullshit
In ancient China, Buddhist monks were supposed to be celibate, vegetarian and teetotalers. What if a monk who preached abstinence from sex, meat and alcohol were caught feasting on meat,…
Land Of The Free
Model: Da, a Thai student studying in Singapore I used to know almost every nook and cranny in the city of Chiangmai. I was practically living there 25-28 years ago.…
Do They Really Want Him?
Mothership posted this rather eye-catching piece on Facebook on Bhutan’s Prime Minister Lotay Tshering who is Prime Minister of the Himalayan kingdom on weekdays and a freelance doctor on weekends.…