China’s stock market roller coaster – lessons forgotten
China’s stock market roller coaster: The lesson from Mao Zedong that Beijing is forgetting (Photo: Kevin Lee/Getty Images) Mao Zedong, who led the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) to victory against impossible odds in 1949, is known mostly as a ruthless dictator. But he was also a brilliant military strategist who developed a...
Singapore, I disagree
AUGUST 16 — I made a mistake. Last week, when I shared how our city is a lot older than the 50 years we celebrated on August 9 — I left out a crucial word: too. This is something worth celebrating too. Because it would seem some (fortunately, a minority) of my countrymen are literal-minded or maybe they don’t read beyond...
Schools’ history lessons must be accurate & balanced
It is true that pedagogies matter when history is taught in the classroom ("More to history than just recalling"; last Friday). Founder of Singapore, Sir Stamford Raffles Yet, perhaps what is more important - beyond how history is taught - is what is taught. Premised upon the objectives of inculcating historical consciousness,...
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
- Cardinal Strength on Fear-Mongering Over Tariff Fallout Rings Hollow Without Hard Data
- Light The Way on Fear-Mongering Over Tariff Fallout Rings Hollow Without Hard Data
- Trade Balance on Fear-Mongering Over Tariff Fallout Rings Hollow Without Hard Data
- Star on Chaos in China as extreme storm destroys homes and cars
- Relax on A more open, consultative approach
|
|