Sitemap - 2007 - Asia Sentinel
Malaysia does an Allah Climb Down
The American Consumer Merry-Go-Round Slows
Malaysia’s Religious Courts Win Again
These things could never happen… or could they?
Easy Profits for UBS Raise Eyebrows
Thai Economy Ready for Liftoff
Tokyo Can’t Buy Beijing’s Love
Malaysia Takes God’s Name in Vain
Korea’s Samsung Scandal Moves to New Phase
Pakistan’s Northeastern India Agenda
Thailand’s Generals Get a Slap in the Face
Happy Valley - An Extreme Makeover
Taiwan’s Tumultuous Election Campaign
Malaysia’s Big Money Railroad Hustle
Chancy Shopping in a New Bargain Basement
Singapore Boosts Pay for Officials... Again
Australia’s Global Warming Dilemma
The Day the Stars Fell on Tokyo
Malaysia Starts a Harsh Crackdown
An Asian Perspective on Greenhouse Gas Emissions
When Korea’s Yellow Sea Turned Black (slideshow)
India’s Classrooms Without Borders
Malaysian Police Continue Their Crackdown
More than a Chinese Fit of Pique
A Buddhist Tends to her Flock in Taiwan
India’s Press Comes Under Fire
Malaysia’s Judiciary: Here We go Again
Justice Delayed, But Justice Nonetheless
High Stakes on a Greenhouse Gas Conference in Bali
An Extraordinary Christian Life in China
ASEAN destroys its own credibility
A Chinese Pyramid Scheme Built on an Anthill
Indian Justice Delayed is Indian Justice Denied
Philippine ‘Coup’ a Putsch of the Absurd
Malaysia’s Racial Policies Draw International Scrutiny
Malaysia’s Premier Vows to Go After Protesters
The US Fed to Asia: Heads we Win, Tails you Lose
Can Korea Inc. Investigate the Republic of Samsung?
Thailand’s Drug-Company Stare-Down Faces an Uncertain Future
In India, a Tibetan Can Only Wait
De Bortoli Estate Grown Pinot Noir 2005
Burma Gets Away With It Again at ASEAN
Pakistan's Opposition Parties Look to Each Other
America’s Bills Start Coming Due
Macau’s Perilous Lure for China’s Cadres
Fresh Dirt Muddies Malaysia’s Judges
Rebuilding the Legendary Silk Road
Thailand’s Royal Shirt Industry
Sinhala Nationalism in Sri Lanka and the Elusive Southern Consensus
In Malaysia, Sarawak Has a Cash Register on the Port
Industry Comes Calling for India’s Housewives
Malaysia Demos: Sound and Fury, Signifying Little
Giving China’s Workers a Chance
Temasek Goes for Another Prize
Malaysian Petitioners Defy Police
Electoral Dismay Prompts Malaysian March
Judicial Freedom in Bangladesh
The Economic Time™ is just fine in China
Korea’s Samsung Scandal Deepens
How Long Can Hong Kong’s US dollar peg last?
Are They At the Money and the Best Choice?
Where China’s Capitalism Got Its Start
Tycoon Politics Return to Thailand
Malaysian Sultan Blasts Judiciary
Sliding their way through slush
Generation Gap and Knowledge Gap
Japan’s Refueling Debate Reheated
Thai politicians walking on eggshells
Mask of China: Pick your poison
Building the Burmese Junta’s Telecom Infrastructure
India’s Asian Ambitions Face Risks at Home
King Duck Goes to His Taiwanese Reward
Hong Kong Sets A Bad Example for Richmond
Best Unwooded Sauvignon Blanc of 2007
A Different Kind of Thai Sex Bar
Indonesia’s Neighborhood Disputes
Wall Street’s Accident Waiting to Happen
Responses to "A Tribute to My Primary School"
We’re Sorry Singapore, the Financial Times Says
India’s IT Sector Needs to Reboot
A Falling Dollar Does Nobody Any Good
All Eyes Are On Thai King’s Health
Honors for the Dalai Lama Cannot Stem a Losing Tide
‘The quintessential BBQ red wine of the year’
A Tribute to My Primary School
A gloomy Look at the Global Canvas
The Falun Gong Shadow Over Direct Marketing in China
Whatever Happened to Altantuya Shaariibuu?
China’s Poor Eat Crumbs from the Rich Person’s Table
Donald Tsang's Policy Address - I Told You So!
Failing Grade: HK Leader Flunks Policy Test
Chinese Money Meets Filipino Politics
Testing Free Speech in Thailand
Singapore and Burma: Such Good Friends
Golden Week Holidays - A Matter of Choice
No Creative Solution for Hong Kong
Is Inflation Returning to Asia?
I like the Converted Version of the Song!
A Malaysian Inquiry Panel Goes Nowhere
The Real, Sad Lesson of Burma 2007
A Sustainable Development Menu for Hong Kong
A Maiden Voyage for China's Property Law
Torture, Abuse Common in Burma’s Prisons
Little Expected From Inter-Korean Summit
Different Women, Different Fates
The business world beats a quiet path to a pariah’s door
Burma Protest Slideshow and Videos
Cracks Showing in Burma's Junta
Malaysia’s Lawyers Demand Probe of Judicial Favoritism
Burma’s Junta Unleashes Force on Monks
Best Bordeaux Recipe, Barrel-Fermented Semillon Sauvignon Blanc of Year
An Interview with Author Paul Handley
A Quick Peek Inside the Ayatollah’s Revolution
Myanmar Near the Tipping Point?
Burma’s Monks versus the Military
Graft in Malaysia’s Defense Ministry
No Car Day in Jakarta Means Lots of Cars
Helicopter Ben Earns His Wings
Cambodia Braces for a Mining Invasion
Malaysia’s Judiciary Embarrassed Again (Video)
Japan: why are you wasting your time and money II
A Reality Show Featuring China
China’s Inflation Ticks Higher
American Consumers are Losing their Crown
A Partial Glimpse into Hong Kong's Reality
Fiery End to Phuket-Bound Plane
Political reasons for not climbing into the Taiwan market
Brunei’s Uneasy Glimpse of the Future
Most Consistent and Best Quality - Price Rapport White Wine of the Year 2007
The Short, Unhappy Life of Shinzo Abe
Now in The Cards: Hong Kong Inc.?
Estrada’s Conviction Not Necessarily a Victory for Arroyo
Is HKEx a Public Body or Private Club?
Another Korean Tycoon Gets a Free Pass
Japan: why are you wasting your time and money?
What did Najib know and when did he know it?
HKSAR Government is Grossly Obese
China has raised its reserve requirements. So what?
Bangladesh’s Caretaker Government Stays its Course
In Korea, Getting Out of Jail Costs Money
Burma’s Democracy Challenge Flickers Awake Again
Test of Sincerity is Between the Lines
Singapore’s Iron Fist Jails Opposition Leader
Asian Groups Take Advantage of Dollar Weakness
Drucker's Advice for China's Youth: Do No Harm
Asia’s ‘Financial Parking Lot’
Malaysia’s Politically Charged Murder Trial Resumes
Burma’s Democracy Challenge Flickers Out
Candy to Stop America’s Blubbering
Thailand’s Political Flying Circus is Back
American Newspapers Lose Their Nerve
English Skills in China and Hong Kong
Journalism Can Be Hazardous to Your Health
Big Win for China’s Clones and Doppelgangers
Singapore, Hong Kong and Inadequate Pension Plans
Hong Kong’s Cash Cows and White Elephants
Food for Thought - The Irony of Capitalism
A Poem by Mr. Xin, a Metal Worker
Return to sender: China’s poisonous present
New World White Wine of the Year 2007
China's market outlook and what to do about it
A Different Missionary Position in Thailand
South Korea has a Burma Problem
Development and the Environment
Can Burma’s People Rise Again?
How to be a Godfather (Part 2)
Pier Movement has Deeper Meaning
Asian Godfathers: Money and Power in Hong Kong and South-East Asia
Putting Cambodian cuisine on the map
Hong Kong Mental Health Volunteer Group
Problems in the East and the West
Thailand’s Constitutional Merry-Go-Round
Two Steps Forward for Vietnam, Two Steps Back
India’s Louvre of Loos, its Tate of Toilets
The global financial crisis: Where we go from here
Are Property Booms and Busts Unavoidable?
The Tragedy of China’s Coal Industry
Another Kind of Asian Contagion
Hong Kong’s Lax Rules on Charities
FEER answers Singapore Defamation Suit
Land Supply Shortage? What Shortage?
Independence Betrayed in Pakistan
China's Gini Coefficient and Market Economy
Cherchez la Femme – China Style
Why Did Financial Markets Crumble?
Chinese Classic Painting called "Along The River During Qingming Festival"
The Long Wait for Justice in Thailand
The US Market’s Pyramid of Lies
Malaysia’s Sultans Seek to Get Their Own Back
Rhinos at Risk in Indian Preserve (story and slideshow)
Japan’s Democracy Comes of Age
Former Hong Kong Xinhua Boss Explains his Defection
Undhof Salomon Pfaffenberg Riesling 2005
Will America's Sub Prime Woes Hurt Asia?
Hong Kong’s Stock Exchange Hiding Information in Plain Sight
Deranged, in a Lamma Sort of Way
Rot and More Rot in Malaysia’s Judicial System
Singapore’s Temasek Hits Hard Going
Trapped by Religion in Afghanistan
Cambodia’s Dengue Fever Crisis
Malaysia’s Attorney General Hears No Evil, Sees No Evil
Murdoch Takes a Journalistic Icon
The Pakistan Army’s First Victory
The hidden costs of biofuels production
Elite Malays and Mixed Marriage
Indonesian Radical Leads Campaign on Anti-Terror Police
Thailand: Excess supply of money and excess supply of goods
Looking for Love in All the Wrong Places
Korean Pastor Killed by Taliban
Hong Kong Pulls Up the Drawbridge
Eurasian Crossroads: A History of Xinjiang
No Way Out: India’s Burmese Refugees
Vietnamese Catholic Leaders Show Some Backbone
The Rise and Fall of a Korean Success Story
Vietnam Joins the Amateur Idol Brigade
Hong Kong’s Latest Democracy Fraud
Prosecution Setbacks in Mongolian Murder Case
Flying in Indonesia May Be Hazardous to Your Health
Up in the air without a paddle
In Bangladesh, Relief Turns to Worry
Malaysia’s Opposition Pulls Up Lame
Hong Kong’s Media Ignore Falun Gong’s Marchers
Witness Recounts Threats in Malaysian Murder Trial
By a Correspondent on the march
Indian Men Put on a Pretty Face
Some seriously troubling questions in Malaysia
Najib and Altantuya: A Picture Connects Them
Asia Remains Cautious a Decade on From 1997 Crisis
Singapore and Indonesia Squabble over Defense Pact
A Court Clears a Mahathir Crony
Taiwan’s Politics are Growing Up
Not in My House: Corruption in Vietnam
Cambodia Loses an Independent Press Voice
Kim Jong-Il’s Libyan Solution for his Bomb
Fury, Scorn and Murder in a Malaysian Courtroom
Is Beijing in Donald Tsang’s Future?
Vietnam Gets Tough on School Cheats
An earful of criticism, but will Vietnam listen?
North Korea – Back to the Talks
Philippine Elections: More of the Same
Hu Jintao’s PLA Personality Cult
Don’t Count Your Conspiracies Before They Are Hatched
Indonesia's Religious Frontline
China’s House Cleaning is Just Skin Deep
Hong Kong Needs Accountability Not Consensus
Indonesian Shootings Could Force Military Reform
Singapore's Two-Faced Judiciary
The Blackstone Rangers Ride High in China
A Business School for the Indian Poor
Hong Kong’s Overflowing Pork Barrel
Indonesia’s Yudhoyono Gets a Black Eye
Mongolian beauty’s Malaysian Murder Case Postponed
SMS Texts Energize a Chinese Protest
Bhutan’s Plans for Democracy Exclude Hindu Refugees
Thaksin’s Party's Over in Thailand
Once a Muslim, Always a Muslim in Malaysia
Shanghai’s Lightning Train Comes to a Stop
China’s Blurry Line Between Fake and Real
A Newly Diplomatic China Courts the World
The Asian Development Bank Faces Radical Change
The Chinese Panda Ambles into an Olympic Thicket
Dodging Sectarian Strife in Indonesia
Korea’s Boffins Establish a Kimchi Scale
Getting Internet Giants to Face Up to China
Digging up Malaysia’s Racial Past
Education Survives Amid War in Sri Lanka
Illness slows Mahathir’s attacks on his successor
Tearing the Urban Heart out of Hong Kong
The Rise of Thailand’s Third Branch
Arroyo on the Line in Philippine Polls
Hong Kong’s Babes in the Woods
A Hong Kong Aristocrat’s Link to Insider Trading
Taming the Strong Women of Bangladesh
The Scrum on the Beijing-Shanghai Train
Beijing and Taipei Drop the Torch
Modern-Day Comfort Women Face a Hell on Earth
The Threat to the Wall Street Journal
Hidden Darkness: Child Sexual Abuse in India
Consolidation Threat to Venerable Hong Kong Newspaper
Smoke, Smoke, Smoke That Cigarette
The Flying Tigers of Tamil Eelam Buzz Sri Lanka
Asia’s Religions Struggle with Change
Thais Debate Making Buddhism the State Religion
Doing the Impossible: Quitting Islam in Malaysia
Hong Kong Devil Cop Takes the Rap
Singapore, Indonesia Finally Settle Extradition Treaty
Hu Jintao Seeks to Clean Out the Beijing Stables
China’s Cautious Olympic Diplomacy
Australian Magazine Kills Profile of Wendi Murdoch
The insanity of America’s gun culture
Wen Jiabao’s Softly Softly Approach to Japan
A Filipina’s Happy Slip is Showing
Thailand’s Bittersweet Victory over Big Pharma
Pakistan is the Spanner in South Asia’s Works
China’s Unknown Housing Magnate
China’s Middle Class: Not What You Think It Is
The Chinachem Code: Can it be Cracked?
Yudhoyono Paints Himself into the West’s Corner
Online China Goes to Japan for Porn
Some Asian Governments Want to Control Those Pesky Bloggers
Nina and Teddy: The Drama’s Final Curtain
Manila’s First Gentleman Stirs a Libel Hornet’s Nest
Could Thailand be Getting Ready to Repeat History?
A Japanese Scientist Lights Up the World
Malaysia’s Deputy Premier Najib in Trouble?
Taiwan’s Year of Electoral Tumult
Thailand Sings the Post-coup Blues
Taiwan’s Pork-barrel Politics and an Unwanted Road
Politics and Free Expression in Indonesia
Hong Kong’s Electoral Farce Also Shames the Media
Book Review: How Countries Compete
Are Hong Kong bankers clearing a path for forest destruction?
Black cat, white cat, it’s who wins the race
South China Morning Post Editor Departs
The Macau Bank Deal: Hear No Axis, See No Axis
Free Trade and the Filipino Maid
Palawan’s Sea Gypsies Under Threat
Malaysia’s Losing Battle Against Corruption
Philippine Elections Under Fire
The Sky Isn’t Falling – But Your House Might
Suharto Scion’s Channel Islands Treasure Hunt
Hong Kong’s Lies and Damned Lies
Have We Seen the Back of the Singapore Girl?
Malaysian Mongolian Murder Figure gets a new trial date
Listen Up, Hong Kong, Here Comes Macau
A Corruption Trail Leads to Jiang Zemin
Tracking the North Korean Supernote
Why Hong Kong is Going to the Dogs
Morality, Spies and Chastity Belts...
Waiting for the Global Financial Drama
Lawyers Defend Singapore Conference Choice
The Sea Gypsies of Surin Island
The Sea Gypsies of Surin Island
India and Burma: Such Good Friends
Mystery Inside the Hong Kong Police
End of the Line for Taiwan’s Political Star?
No Surprise Here: Singapore’s Lee Family Wins in Court
World Lawyer Gathering in Singapore Attacked by Swedish Lawmaker
Philippines Release Report on Political Killings
The World’s Lawyers Come to Singapore
A Test for the Australia-US alliance
Arroyo Backed into a Corner Over Assassinations
The Meek May Inherit the Earth, but not the Mineral Rights
Zhou Zhengyi Has Lost His Best Friend
Indonesia’s Central Sulawesi May be Primed to Explode
Nobel Laureate Launches New Political Party in Bangladesh
The Blood Politics of the Philippines
Asia a Tough Market for Internet Commerce
The Luperci Begin Taking Back Their Holiday
North Korea Strikes a Deal on Nukes
A Pakistani Philanthropist’s Uphill Mission
North Korea Pushes the West's Buttons
Are Asian Newspapers Under Siege?
Li Ka-Shing: Oh, the shark bites/With his teeth, dear…
The developing world’s curse from deep wells
Hong Kong Newspaper Drama Continues
Hong Kong Broadcaster Reverses Stand on Cancelled Show
Jakarta’s Filthy Man-Made Morass
Indian Hubris Creates a Mountain of Debt
Will China's Tax Policy Throw Property into the Deep Freeze?
Borrowing in Yuan and Investing in Bucks
India Strengthens Military Ties with Burma
Malaysian murder a tale of love gone wrong
Japan lets more than just interest rates stagnate
Japan lets more than just interest rates stagnate
Malaysian Justice is a Waiting Game
Like Father Like Son, Macau Style
China’s Growing Deep-Sea Ambitions
Xinjiang Deaths Raise Troubling Questions
Malaysian Murder Gets Stickier for Ruling Party
Thailand Moves Against Foreign Firms
The High Risk of Travel in Indonesia
Are North Korea’s Reform Bottles Half-Empty?
Thailand’s Bombing Mystery Gets Murkier