Lying flat’ in China bears watching
The latest buzzword to have excited the imagination of a segment of China's youth - and contributed to the anxiety of its authorities - is "tang ping", translated as "lying down"…
A retreat to Nasi Lemak
'A retreat to Nasi Lemak" is defined as an economic phenomenon, which sees someone taking to making Nasi Lemak after losing his job.
Ramping up the likeability factor
Thanks to the Internet, Youtube and video streaming sites, China's creative content is very much available to the rest of the world and its soft power is spreading.
Why are we bullied?
Lower-level officials are parroting the worst aspects of Duterismo and that's worrying.
Rumour-mongers going on overdrive
Tsunami of fake news will not do anyone any good.
Taliban resurgence
As the discourse on the pullout of US-led Nato forces from Afghanistan continues, fears of a potentially mortal Taliban resurgence in the resultant vacuum are dangerously real.…
EU, the preacher, is in love with ASEAN yet again
The Group of Seven leaders often use sophisticated words like "multilateralism" and "science" to justify their political and military presence in the Asia-Pacific region - to…
Forget the trade war. China wants to win the computing arms race
Beijing — I was surprised by how easily it could all be broken. Last month, I watched from a reporter’s seat on the second floor of the Great Hall of the People as the…
US-China trade war could hurt us all
Experts have warned that every economy in the region has something to lose if trade tensions between the US and China heat up further. Taiwan exports large amounts of intermediate…
Questioning Asean secretary-general’s mission to Myanmar
With no end in sight in Myanmar, Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi should encourage President Joko Widodo to take over Asean's mission to help Myanmar.