Suvannakhet – the failure of communism
A visit to Suvannakhet in Laos shows everything that is wrong with a communist regime. This is the second...
Category: asia
“I have no enemies and no hatred” Liu Xiaobo – Nobel Laureate
Liu Xiaobo died yesterday; held captive by a nation that refused to allow him to obtain medical help offered...
Hackmasters and DXB – where ambition and reality have not yet connected
So I landed back at DXB on Tuesday as I walked into the arrivals area a company called Hackmasters had...
#HK20 – marching for the future of Hong Kong
Every 1 July there is a march in Hong Kong; an expression of hope for the future of Hong...
Erdogan’s hollow win
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is claiming a victory for his yes campaign in yesterday’s referendum on the Turkish constitution....
Erdogan turns up the heat in Turkey
Some interesting notes in the Economist as Turkey goes to a referendum today. Turkey matters not just for its...
Trip Advisor’s airline awards throw up some unlikely results
Picture: Emirates Press release So TripAdvisor has gone into the awards business and has made Emirates very happy with...
Dusit Hotel under threat
BK magazine is reporting that Bangkok may be about to witness the demise of the old Dusit Thani hotel...
‘Good Night, Malaysian Three Seven Zero’:
Here is my March 2014 web page – with extensive coverage of Malaysian 370. The following report is from...
Goodbye 2016 – you will be remembered but not missed
In international affairs it was a strange and alarming year. For me, as the picture shows, I traveled, I...