LKY gave SG independence, and the world a bad idea
Praise for Lee Kuan Yew, who died on Monday at the age of 91, is coming in from around the world. Just about everyone agrees he did marvels for his country, transforming Singapore from a swampy colonial port to an economic dynamo in the course of a generation. What he did for the world was less admirable. His main contribution...
LKY and Israel’s Netanyahu: The politics of fear
When Lee Kuan Yew died on March 23, he was rightly acknowledged as having built Singapore into a strong and vibrant economic power after its tumultuous separation from Malaysia in 1965. His strict authoritarian regime over three decades was rationalized by his admirers – what else could he do, leader of this fledgling state,...
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,...
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