Son of disgraced Bo Xilai said to stash away US$6B
Bo Guagua was spotted shopping on New York's Fifth Avenue before Christmas 2014. Chinese authorities are allegedly trying to bring Bo Guagua, the playboy son of disgraced Chongqing Communist Party chief Bo Xilai, back to China amid claims that he controls more than 38 billion yuan (US$6.1 billion) of illegal assets overseas,...
Dr M calls LKY ‘kiasu’ and ‘difficult’
Former prime minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad has described the late Singapore founding father Lee Kuan Yew as "kiasu" (excessively competitive) over the latter's tough stance in negotiations. Mahathir said Lee’s relationship with Malaysia was "coloured with bitterness" over Singapore's expulsion from the federation. As such,...
Lee Kuan Yew and Russia: Role model for hire?
No other part of the world admires Lee Kuan Yew as much as the authoritarian post-Soviet states. In justifying restrictions on the media and crackdowns on the opposition, post-Soviet leaders frequently allude to building the “Singaporean model.” However, Lee himself believed that resource-based dictatorships will fail to...
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