Category: Media Monitor

Introduction by CPI Earlier, we posted an article on a recent visit to Shanghai and impressions of the changes taking place in the city and China as a whole. (See ‘Shanghai rising’ by Dr Lim Teck Ghee) This wide-ranging and though provoking article aggregated below looks at the Chinese economy and what the future may… Continue reading In China, cultivating the urge to splurge

  The fate of Thailand’s fiercely contested democracy raises the spectre of rising authoritarianism in Southeast Asia. If Thai democracy fails and ends up under a draconian regime akin to its chequered past of military-authoritarian rule, an arc of authoritarianism would grip mainland Southeast Asia in view of Myanmar, Laos, Cambodia, and Vietnam. Such a… Continue reading Southeast Asia’s emerging arc of authoritarianism

  http://harakahdaily.net/v2/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=24301;wong-choon-mei-a-stink-is-brewing-in-umno-how-will-the-chips-fall&catid=97;pendapat-dan-analisis&Itemid=131 As Malaysia moves into the last stretch of an inevitable political transformation, the risks of civil unrest and emergency rule have increased, and neither appearances nor declarations made by its ruling elite – whether verbal or written – can be taken at face value or for granted anymore. So when Umno Youth chief… Continue reading A stink is brewing in Umno: How will the chips fall?

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — Imagine that the climate summit conference in Copenhagen this weekend was not a gathering of nations. Imagine a gathering of delegates from the many ages of a single nation. The fault lines would not be India and China versus the global rich, but rather China 1800 versus China 1978 versus China 2100.… Continue reading For India and China, a climate clash with their own destiny

Baru-baru ini, laungan ‘takbir’ para penyokong PAS asyik diperolokkan dengan ungkapan ‘take beer’ oleh pihak lawannya. Namun ia hanya olok-olok, sindirin oleh puak Umno ini dengan tidak disangka telah menjadi senjata makan tuan apabila anak Dr Mahathir dilaporkan memiliki saham dalam kilang arak.   Sisipan keratan-keratan akhbar berikut pula membayangkan 1cerita ‘Antara 2 Darjat’. Adakah… Continue reading Polemik arak: Sebat Kartika / Mirzan dan liputan berita

  Kebetulannya, kerajaan membuat pengumuman mengejut baru-baru ini mahu menggunakan jenama Lotus di bawah syarikat Proton untuk menyertai Kejohanan Dunia Formula Satu (F1), sukan yang paling ‘menghanguskan wang’. Misalnya, bajet pasukan kereta terunggul, Ferrari ialah 200 juta £ (kira-kira RM1.1 billion) setiap tahun. Toyota yang menghanguskan US$450 juta setahun, gagal mengecapi nikmat juara dalam apa-apa… Continue reading F1M’sia: Ke mana Proton lepas Oktober?

  Lapan pilihan raya kecil selepas 8 Mac 2008 mengulangi kenyataan bahawa keputusan Pilihan Raya Umum ke-12 bukan pilihan jutaan pengundi secara “kebetulan”, tetapi hasil daripada proses peralihan masyarakat yang membanggakan.  Kini, warga Malaysia bukan sahaja membanting tulang untuk masa depan individu, tetapi juga memberi makna kepada 16 September, Hari Malaysia yang sarat dengan erti… Continue reading Hari Malaysia: Hari kegelapan!