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Here comes the Green Dragon
Life, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 16/11/2012
» Allow me to make it clear at the start: the Green Dragon in this column is not a nickname for any endangered wildlife species. It is neither the sobriquet for a newly opened budget airline, nor the Bar B Q Plaza restaurant chain in Thailand, that uses a green dragon, named Bar B Gon, as its mascot.
No shark fins please!
Life, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 19/07/2012
» Once in a blue moon, the Chinese government gets it right when it chooses to ban something.
Surely a little censorship is good for us
Life, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 08/06/2012
» If this incident took place in our Land of Smiles and all characters were local, the whole country and its people _ the red and yellow shirts, and a bunch of clowns (also known as politicians) in our so-called parliament _ would stop and listen, in order to spin the rumour mill with great relish.
Would Orwellian tactics keep MPs in line?
Life, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 27/04/2012
» We know many of our MPs are not above cheating and lying. We know they regularly squander our tax money. We know that more than a few of them doze off during parliamentary sessions or skip them altogether, pretending that they are ill or undergoing some medical procedure or taking care of some unspecified or very hush-hush official business.