In “Inside the Great Firewall of China” (FORTUNE, March 20, 2006), the cover story mentioned on page 32: The sharpest barbs have been hurled at Google. The company, famous for its “Don’t be evil” motto, announced earlier this year that it has deployed a separate, politically correct site for users in China, which blocks access… Read More: Great Firewall of China? »
“If you don’t include your women graduates in your breeding pool and leave them on the shelf, you would end up a more stupid society… So what happens? There will be less bright people to support dumb people in the next generation. That’s a problem.” – Lee Kuan Yew, National Day rally, 1983 “If nature… Read More: Is Lee Kuan Yew a fascist? »
To Catch a Tartar: A Dissident in Lee Kuan Yew’s Prisonis an excellent study of the conceit and deceit of a man many Singaporeans thought they knew. The author, Francis Seow, is a former solicitor general and president of the Law Society in Singapore. This is his first-hand account of how he has suffered under… Read More: The Lee Kuan Yew that very few Singaporeans know about »
Barely a day passed in late December without further exposé of a local politician’s “adventurous streak” in the Straits Times. No prize for guessing I’m referring to the National Solidarity Party’s Steve Chia. Funny isn’t it? At no time during the opposition’s entire existence have they been given so much coverage in the local press.… Read More: Whiter than white? »
If there’s one nation that can predict Armageddon with certainty, it must be the Taiwanese. Switch on the television during a normal weekday, and you’ll be able to catch a stock “guru” confidently putting his reputation on the table for his guaranteed profit-making stock pick. Flip over to a talk show, and you’ll see Mr… Read More: Extreme Liberty »
There’s a saying that “when the going gets tough, the tough gets going”. Well, sometimes it couldn’t get more literal than that. Despite your tough talk about “stayers and quitters” and “swallowing bitter pills”, it’s time for you – PM Goh – to really get “Goh-ing”. You and your cabinet of ministers are surviving on… Read More: Go, Chok Tong… »