Asia
How A Burmese Election Works
A friend of a friend, who shall remain nameless for obvious reasons, has just returned from Burma. She was sent by one of the media outlets she works for, who told her to head up for a few days, pose as a tourist, and very gingerly snoop around to see if she could learn [...]
The Revolution Will Be With You Shortly…
Cyclone Nargis, which tore a path through Burma last week, might end up being the straw that breaks the camel’s back, assuming the camel is the brutal military regime that ‘runs’ the country, and the straw is a horrifying death that climbs even higher as the useless generals sit on their asses and wonder what [...]
An Olympic Scrap at the FCC
That a country like China can claim the international prestige of hosting the Olympics is pretty ridiculous. I won’t bother getting into their flagrant human rights abuses, censorship borne of a fear of knowledge and unmitigated arrogance on the world stage; that would be redundant. The question sometimes comes up as to whether someone with [...]
Fortune Telling
So it’s Chinese New Year this week, which for me means a lot of interesting crap, especially since I live in Chinatown. Some extra hustle and bustle in my future, and lots of food, red lanterns and Mandarin being screamed in my ear as I walk around the neighbourhood. This of course all [...]
