Devastating tax measure
The new tax regulation - which almost doubles the income tax - on the country's private schools will be a big blow.
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Anti-sanction law necessary to protect sovereignty
The law on countering foreign sanctions is designed to only counter the sanctions foreign countries have announced rather than being a tool for China to unilaterally launch…
New age of politics calls for high morality
Given two years to manage the party, the youngest-ever opposition leader is destined to leave huge marks in history including a possible takeover of power from leftist rulers.
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…