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Elephants need space
Oped, Editorial, Published on 16/02/2026
» Elephants hold a special place in the hearts of Thais. The latest evidence was Wednesday's protest following the death of Seedor Hu Pab, a male elephant that died on Feb 3 during a ham-fisted relocation attempt by the Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation (DNP).
Cell tower poser
Oped, Postbag, Published on 14/09/2023
» Re: "When scams turn deadly", (Editorial, Sept 9) & "Suspects extradited to China", (BP, Aug 25).
China's economy rotting from the head
News, Daron Acemoglu, Published on 02/11/2022
» China highlights a long-debated question about economic development: Can a top-down autocracy outperform liberal market economies in terms of innovation and growth?
Heritage is not soft power
Life, Thana Boonlert, Published on 02/05/2022
» Harvard University Professor Joseph Nye coined the term "soft power", or the ability to obtain preferred outcomes by attraction, rather than coercion or payment, in his book Bound To Lead in 1990. However, he has since seen his brainchild, scribbled out on his kitchen table, grow in scope of application and distance.
Asean responds to invasion of Ukraine
Oped, Kavi Chongkittavorn, Published on 01/03/2022
» Russia's all-out invasion of Ukraine that began on Feb 24 offers valuable lessons for the countries in the region, which have often become the pitched geopolitical battleground for the great powers. From now on, no matter how the Ukraine crisis ends, it will significantly impact the security of Europe and lead to the emergence of a new order to which Asean has to quickly adjust.
China: No more being Mister Nice Guy
Oped, Gwynne Dyer, Published on 04/01/2022
» More than 200 Hong Kong police raided and shut down one of the last pro-democracy news websites in Hong Kong before on Wed of Dec 29, in the latest sign that the Beijing regime will no longer tolerate dissent of any kind. It was total overkill -- a couple of cops with a court order would have sufficed -- but they were 'sending a message' to other "malcontents".
A last look back at Asia this year
Oped, Curtis S Chin & Jose B Collazo, Published on 31/12/2021
» 2022 could not have come fast enough. For many in Thailand and no doubt the rest of the world, new hope based on increased vaccination rates against Covid-19 was overwhelmed by the spread of the Omicron variant at year-end. Thailand's travel and tourism sector continues to be particularly hard hit as entry and quarantine rules continue to change.
The Chinese People's Republic of Amnesia
News, Gwynne Dyer, Published on 05/06/2019
» Another of the five-yearly anniversaries has rolled around, and it's time to write another think-piece about the long-term meaning of the massacre on Beijing's Tienanmen Square on 4 June 1989. But 30 years later, what is there left to say?
The lasting tragedy of the Tiananmen massacre
News, Minxin Pei, Published on 03/06/2019
» China's progress toward an open society ended when the People's Liberation Army (PLA) slaughtered at least hundreds, if not thousands, of peaceful demonstrators in and around Beijing's Tiananmen Square on June 3-4, 1989. The crackdown left a lasting stain on the ruling Communist Party of China (CPC), despite the regime's unrelenting efforts to whitewash history and suppress collective memory.
Peeling back the layers of 'Xi Jinping Thought'
News, Steve Tsang, Published on 07/02/2019
» In October 2017, at the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the CPC enshrined in its constitution a new political doctrine: Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics in a New Era. At a time when a rapidly modernising China is a leading global player, it is tempting to dismiss this doctrine as anachronistic "party-speak" from a bygone age. We succumb to that temptation at our peril.