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...
China investigates diplomat suspected of taking bribes
Click Here For Video (Reuters) - Chinese authorities are investigating a diplomat working at the Chinese embassy in Paris for suspected bribe-taking, the state news agency, Xinhua, has said. Xinhua identified the diplomat in a report late on Tuesday as Wu Xilin, the minister counselor for commercial affairs at the embassy in...
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