New year greetings
Some people think it's too "Chinese Chauvinist" to greet others " Happy Chinese New Year" because other places like Korea and Vietnam also celebrate this "Lunar New Year". Thus we should use " Happy Lunar New Year". This assertion is fundamentally wrong. The Chinese calendar is NOT a purely Lunar Calendar but an "Agricultural...
Even Rock Stars Like Jacinda Ardern Fall to Earth
On Wednesday Jacinda Ardern, who was lauded by many, including a large number of liberal and vocal (at least until it came to criticising their own government) Singaporeans, for her decision to shut New Zealand off from the rest of the world during the early stages of the pandemic and thus almost reduce Covid-19 deaths to zero...
Keppel Bribery Scandal – political motivation?
1. This article in the Mothership website provide an interesting and colorful background on the Keppel bribery scandal. 2. Many multinational companies were involved in the Car Wash operation. KOM (Keppel Offshore Marine) was only one of them. It appeared to be a common practice to provide "bribes" to get contracts in Brazil. 3....
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