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If our ministars including Pinky and Tricky Tan follow in the footsteps of China's Wen Jiabao and Xi Jinping, are the former considered corrupt? What d'ya think? Remember that both The New York Times and Bloomberg reported on the vast wealth, in billions of US$, amassed by the immediate family...

According to our SCM (state-controlled media) the number of pig carcasses found in the river is about 3,000 now, not 900. China people in the provinces of Zhejiang and Jiangsu should brace themselves for a deadly new variant of swine flu.

Re: Catherine Lim: SG is like adormant volcano of suppressed feeling over more 40 yea Let me see how this might mean in practical terms: 1. Only PAP supporters can be employed to work in the civil service, GLC and stat boards 2. Investments made by non-PAP supporters will not earn interest...

Perhaps not now or in 2016 but surely by 2030 when Singapore's population hits 8.5 million, the composition of Singapore Parliament will be similar to that of China's NPC and CPPCC. ****************************************************************** China's 'two meetings' dominated by foreign...

On the eve of China’s 12th National People’s Congress, martial arts movie star Jackie Chan was caught in a new controversy, this time involving Chinese military privileges. The Hong Kong native is a newly selected member of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), with...

Five people have been charged in the U.S. for smuggling honey from China to evade $180 million in anti-dumping duties. The investigation that snared them was part of a years-long campaign to protect both beekeepers and honey consumers in America. Phil Mattingly at Bloomberg News:

What percentage of Singapore's FDI is fake?

Illicit capital outflows in the trillions, fake foreign investment and real estate speculation fueled by corruption and money laundering have driven the Chinese economy to the brink of collapse, experts say. Since its economic reforms in the late 1970’s, China has relied heavily on foreign...

A slew of cities in China have recently made it impossible for the public to conduct name-based property searches. The seemingly minor change has wide significance in China, and comes on the heels of a series of recent scandals where Communist Party officials were found to own dozens of houses...

Chinese online media company Sina says it has 500 million people—about a third of China’s population—on its Twitter-like platform called Weibo. But a recent report suggests the numbers include many fraudulent “zombie” accounts, meant to pad the books. A report titled “The Illusion and Shadow...

The teenage son of a Chinese general has been charged with gang rape, and the unprecedented coverage of the case by Chinese media indicates that the father and his allies are the real target of communist leaders just before several important political meetings in March. Li Tianyi, 17, is the...

The Chinese regime’s political sentiments toward Taiwan became clear after movie director Ang Lee’s Oscar acceptance speech was tinkered with by mainland media. Lee’s “Life of Pi” epic took away four awards, including best director, at this year’s Academy Awards, making him a national hero in...

No, it is in their genes.

how does Singapore compare with HK?

Totally agreed.

Bros, do you guys think that the voting mechanism of our GE2011 had been manipulated too? Certainly not by the Kelong Kings led by Dan Tan Seet Eng but some people so powderful that they could change our Constitution and hold the keys to Sinkieland's national reserves?

Between the Devil and the deep blue sea, who will you choose? The Devil = LEEgime Deep Blue Sea = Kelong Kings, Burmese drug lords, Indon crooks, corrupt Ah Tiongs, Colombian drug cartels, Russian arms dealers (btw Sinkieland plays host to a very low profile Chinese arms dealer)

The Russians are quite near us; in Pattaya in fact. They have effectively controlled that area. The North Koreans having been snapping up goods in Singapore for their regime's chief.

A high ranking Chinese Communist Party (CCP) official attempted to buy a promotion from former CCP leader Jiang Zemin, with at least 30 million yuan (US$4.8 million), according to recent reports. According to a February 2011 article published online by the China-based newspaper the Economic...

Bo Xilai’s ambition for power came through even in his love poetry. When the now-disgraced former Chinese Communist Party (CCP) chief of Chongqing, Bo Xilai, was courting his first wife, Li Danyu, he wrote her a love poem. The 26 year-old’s poem mimicked the style of Mao Zedong’s poem “Snow—To...