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Lee Kuan Yew’s Two Houses
By Sun XiLee Kuan Yew’s legacy goes far beyond his house.Singapore’s 38 Oxley Road was the former residential house of the late Lee Kuan Yew, the Southeast Asian small island nation’s founding father...
View ArticleWhy Hong Kong is Unhappy
In September, the University of Hong Kong’s Public Opinion Program (POP) released the latest Public Sentiment Index (PSI).The index has a range between 0 and 200and now registers at the lowest at 66.7...
View ArticleIs Singapore Happy?
In early September, the United Nations Sustainable Development Solutions Network (UN SDSN) released its World Happiness Report 2013. According to the report, Singapore ranks the 30th happiest among 156...
View ArticleThe Failure of Thailand’s Democracy?
Much like Egypt earlier this year, Thailand is witnessing the curious sight of mass street demonstrations in favor of less democracy. As in Egypt, a small urban middle class that once demanded...
View ArticleChina-Japan Relations: Haunted by History, Loss of Face
Ancestral veneration (or ancestor worship) originated from the Confucian philosophy as a form of filial piety. It has a long tradition in both China and Japan. Also: The Globalist’sTop Ten on China In...
View ArticleHow Are You, Asian Dream?
From the Middle East in Western Asia to both South and North East Asia, there are at least five significant threats to be concerned about. They might jeopardize not just Asia’s social stability and...
View ArticleChina and America: We Are Not Enemies
In Chinese, we call the United States of America “meiguo (??)” — meaning “a beautiful country.” Nowadays, most Chinese people do not view America as our enemy, but an important partner and super...
View ArticleChina and Singapore are Distant Relatives at Best
This year marks the 25th Anniversary of Diplomatic Relations between China and Singapore. The latter was actually the last country in Southeast Asia to officially formalize diplomatic relations with...
View ArticleRising Asia: Uneven Journey, Promising Future
Professor Kishore Mahbuabni, Dean of the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy at the National University of Singapore, a Foreign Policy magazine Top Global Thinker and a Globalist Bookshelf featured...
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