2020 update. As you may recall, UK consulate worker, Hong Konger Simon Cheng was arrested in Shenzhen in 2019 and held for 2 weeks on prostitution charges. He has since been released from custody and is currently seeking political asylum in the UK. In the first video below, he relates his harrowing escape from Hong […]

Last night, I had a dream. It has to be a dream because I don’t own a car and I dreamt that my car had been used without my permission. My friend Stanley was the prime suspect. “Stanley!” I yelled. “Did you use my car without my permission?” “I can give you the answer. I […]

OK, exercise cut. You can all go home now. The players get a day off. Choreographers get a promotion. We take a lot of pride in showing off our readiness. But are we really this ready? A visit to the A&E at SGH will raise more questions than answers. It has been many years since […]

Since the start of December, hospitals in the city of Wuhan have admitted 27 patients – most of them stall holders at the Huanan seafood market – with a viral pneumonia of unknown origin. Doctors are yet to identify the causative virus. People’s Daily reported this on 31 December 2019, citing Hubei provincial authorities. Those […]

I started the year with something which could have been regarded as inauspicious. Just days before Chinese New Year, I went for surgery to correct my bunions. You an read the details (and I do mean details) of my journey here. It was not a particularly painful experience (albeit a little inconvenient) and I was […]

Called the 五毛党 or simply 五毛 , it is impossible to miss them if you ever engage in discussions on China. They belong to the same breed as Singapore’s “internet brigade”. The whole concept of the IB or 五毛党 originated from the early days of the internet (pre-POFMA) when authoritarian regimes wanted to free up […]

There is strong indication that a heinous crime was committed last week. Three victims of a sinkhole accident could have been buried alive some 3 hours after they were discovered. According to the Epoch Times: Three people fell into a giant sinkhole in China’s Guangzhou City when the road suddenly collapsed on Dec. 1. When […]

Singaporean skater Chloe Ing won a gold medal at the SEA Games in Manila on 1 December 2019. 21-year-old Ing won silver at the 2017 SEA Games, which was the first year that figure skating was included as a sport in the competition’s history. In addition to her successes at the SEA Games, Chole Ing […]

The results are out for Hong Kong’s district council elections 2019. The pro-establishment camp suffered an unprecedented landslide defeat. Despite all the videos shared on social media condemning the protesters, I’ve never doubted the mindset of the overwhelming majority. No, this is not Myanmar, the military didn’t move in, even though some bloodthirsty folks might […]

I just came back from a very rewarding and adventurous trip to Myanmar. While my main focus was on the more remote and “offbeat” places, it was still necessary to pass by some of the places on the main tourist trail. And once you’re on the main tourist trail, you’re bound to meet a certain […]