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Lee Kuan Yew's foreign media management advice for China

Posted Tuesday, May 13, 2008 6:02 AM by will
In a fairly wide ranging interview conducted with a Bloomberg reporter and published the on Journalism.sg , Singapore's Minister Mentor, Lee Kuan Yew, has offered his advice for the Chinese government on dealing with foreign media. Much of it is pretty Read More...
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2007 best-of-Imagethief and statistics

Posted Tuesday, February 05, 2008 11:01 PM by will
There is no such thing as a dull year in China. 2008 is well underway and already looks like another whopper. We're only a month in and we've already had the biggest storms in half a century. The Olympics, the mother of all China events, is now a scant seven months off. God only knows what will happen in between. Read More...
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Ching Cheong free

Posted Tuesday, February 05, 2008 4:20 AM by will
The wires report that he has been freed , in time for Chinese New Year. Read More...
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China launches successful anti-piracy program against movie pirate

Posted Sunday, June 17, 2007 9:10 PM by will
Imagethief and Mrs. Imagethief took themselves round to the splendid, new Wanda cinema in Beijing this weekend to catch the latest installment of Disney's "Pirates of the Caribbean" series. Imagethief was, in particular, looking forward to the "Singapore" Read More...
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Asian media vows to make western media cry

Posted Monday, April 23, 2007 7:31 AM by will
Imagethief was tickled to read today in Xinhua an article from the Boao Forum for Asia, an annual Chinese talking shop, on how Asian media will rise up to challenge western media juggernauts. It seems that Asians take umbrage that they are 96.2% of the Read More...
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China stockmarkets: Casino Spoyale

Posted Tuesday, February 27, 2007 10:19 PM by will
OK, anybody who didn't see this coming , go bang your head against the wall until your brain falls out: BEIJING, Feb. 27 (Xinhua) -- Chinese shares slumped sharply on profit-taking on Tuesday, with the major Shanghai index down 8.84 percent, the biggest Read More...
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A few good reads

Posted Thursday, September 28, 2006 6:45 AM by will
Time was short today, so you've been spared the mooncake rant, the cultural relativism rant and a few other choice in-development rants. But I did notice a few articles that I though I'd pass along to readers so you can keep outta trouble. Just because Read More...
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Put on a happy face

Posted Thursday, July 13, 2006 12:47 AM by will
Imagethief was not entirely surprised to read the following this morning in the Straits Times online: Singaporeans the least happy people in Asia LONDON - OF ALL the countries in the Asean region, Vietnam has the most to smile about and Singapore the Read More...
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Chinese medicine puts the squeeze on Imagethief

Posted Monday, February 13, 2006 8:36 PM by will
There, now. Doesn't that feel better? Imagethief is a strapping manly-man, and spends long hours in the gym perfecting his Adonis-like physique. Occasionally, however, his enthusiasm gets the better of him, and he tries to hoist a few kilos too many. Read More...
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This continent ain't big enough for the both of us

Posted Friday, February 03, 2006 9:32 PM by will
After ten years in this part of the world, I have come to a stunning conclusion: Asia is just too goddamned small. One of the reasons I left Singapore to go to China is that I was overcome by a creeping sense of claustrophobia. After building almost my Read More...
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2005 Imagethief Statistics and Greatest Hits

Posted Monday, January 02, 2006 4:44 AM by will
That was the year that was. And I suppose that this is the year that will be. Until we reach 2007, in which case it will become the year that has been. Speaking of has-been (and how's that for circular), I wanted to take advantage of the new-year to link Read More...
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Political Caricature: How You Know a Nation is Mature

Posted Tuesday, November 01, 2005 2:56 AM by will
The unrepentant lefty in me glowed with shadenfreude at the cover of this week's edition of The Economist . My cheap thrills aside, it made me think that I've always enjoyed editorial cartoons; especially political cartoons. When I was at university in Read More...
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The Disease You Ought to Worry About (Not Bird Flu)

Posted Thursday, October 27, 2005 1:16 AM by will
There was an interesting contributed article in the Asia Times Online (spotted via China Digital Times ) about a disease that poses a very serious threat to Asia. Not bird flu (still mostly affecting birds it turns out, despite apocalyptic media coverage) Read More...
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How to Sell a Dead Fish

Posted Sunday, October 09, 2005 6:16 AM by will
As always, I had a nice time visiting Singapore. It was slow and languid, like an extra-large tropical resort. It was seductive enough that I had to constantly remind myself how I felt when I left, sixteen months ago: stir crazy and bored silly. While Read More...
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Bull Spunk the Secret to Better Diplomacy

Posted Wednesday, September 28, 2005 12:14 AM by will
If you're Singapore and Shandong province, that is. The full story, from AP: Singapore: Bull Semen Improved China Ties Tue Sep 27, 2005 SINGAPORE - Singapore said Tuesday that relations with the Chinese province of Shandong grew after it presented officials Read More...
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