The sideshow in Kuala Lumpur
As dramatic and disturbing as the assassination of Kim Jong-nam is, it is simply a sideshow in the ongoing tussle …
Category Archives: Malaysia
Will China be a factor in the elections?
Communications and Multimedia Minister Salleh Said Keruak recently offered three reasons why Barisan Nasional (BN) can expect a significant increase …
Why China is different
China is unlike any other nation we are engaged with. We must not be so mesmerized by the opportunities that we overlook the dangers, so narrowly focused on tantalizing projects and lucrative deals that we miss the wood for the trees, so intent on private agendas and personal gain that we lose sight of national interests.
Malaysia’s China conundrum
China’s ravenous appetite for Malaysian infrastructure assets has resulted in yet another multibillion ringgit deal. In early January, a RM6.3 …
Unleashing our uniqueness as a multicultural nation
You can tell, I suppose, that elections are near when UMNO politicians start heaping praise upon our otherwise much-maligned citizens …
Standing up to China
Responding to the latest satellite imagery released by the Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative last week showing that China is …
The low road to bigotry and parochialism
Instead of using the occasion to speak to an anxious nation worried about its future or demonstrate that it has …
The Rohingya Genocide: help or hype?
The news coming out of Myanmar’s Rakhine state is grim. Genocide is once again rearing its ugly head, this time …
Maria Chin Abdullah & the quest for change
The crowds that turned out to support BERSIH 5 and the vigils and rallies to free Maria speak volumes about …
When hope fills the land
BERSIH brought out the best in us; it renewed our hope to believe that change is possible Now that BERSIH …
Dennis Ignatius 
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