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Oh the wonders of centrally-controlled economies! China has upped the ante in the on-going global battle against the financial crisis by requiring projects and construction work financed by its $600 billion stimulus fund to buy local materials, unless the required goods cannot be sourced locally. This, of course, has been a cause for worry and [...]
The two issues that our country face today, namely, that of Chip Tsao’s brash satire on Manila’s claim to the Spratlys, and the ongoing crisis on the kidnap of the ICRC workers, reminds me of a verse in Sun Tzu’s Art of War: Thus we may know that there are five essentials for victory: [...]
When former President Fidel V. Ramos visited my university as guest lecturer last Thursday, I took the opportunity to ask what he thinks the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) must do to be more relevant in the coming years. President Ramos has a deep appreciation of the ASEAN. His father, former Secretary of Foreign [...]
I gotta agree with Ding when he beseeched… The heavens forbid that such an incident [a military clash over the Spratly Islands] will come to pass ahead of a United Nations move to use its good offices to calm hawks in Manila and Beijing. To be sure, the Philippines can ill afford a shooting war [...]
It is no longer “One World, One Dream” as the slogan for The Beijing Olympics, but for many human rights groups, the new title for The Olympics come summer, is The Genocide Olympics. It’s China bashing gone to the extreme, but is it warranted?
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