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Humanising the US-China relationship
Oped, Nancy Qian, Published on 10/04/2024
» On a recent trip to China with my Northwestern Kellogg students, we were all struck by how few Americans had returned to the country since the end of its zero-Covid policy in December 2022.
Victim, not villain
Oped, Editorial, Published on 02/03/2023
» The story of Tor, a toddler in Nakhon Pathom who was initially believed to have been kidnapped before it was determined that he was dumped into the Tha Chin River by his own mother, is more than just a simple homicide. The case reflects a deep-rooted social problem in our society, which requires a concerted and systematic effort to eradicate.
Heroic effort
Oped, Postbag, Published on 09/02/2023
» Re: "Rescuers save trapped toddler from deep well," (BP, Feb 8).
Ardern's exit and the persistence of other politicians
Oped, Gwynne Dyer, Published on 25/01/2023
» 'All political lives, unless they are cut off in midstream at a happy juncture, end in failure because that is the nature of politics and of human affairs," wrote British politician Enoch Powell half a century ago -- and then proceeded to demonstrate the truth of this proposition in his own lengthy but undistinguished political career.
A city blind to half of its population
Oped, Boonwara Sumano, Published on 16/03/2022
» At the end of 2021, Bangkok had 5.52 million residents -- 53% of whom (2.93 million) are women.
Teachers need to learn child rights
Oped, Thunhavich Thitiratsakul, Published on 09/12/2020
» Hitting a preschooler on the head. Pushing a toddler down on the floor. Shoving a black plastic bag over a child's head -- a technique security personnel use to torture terrorists. This was how a group of teachers at a famous private school "disciplined" kindergarteners.
'Bleach mum' exposes welfare failure
Oped, Sanitsuda Ekachai, Published on 03/06/2020
» Had not the doctors intervened, a two-year-old toddler may have been poisoned to death by his mother. They could not save the boy's four-year-old sister, however. She was already dead from the same malady.
Help beyond handouts
Oped, Editorial, Published on 27/05/2020
» A series of alleged abuses of the public's charitable spirit and donations has prompted many to think twice before expressing their sympathy through money transfers.
Reopening our economies is a balancing act
Oped, Gwynne Dyer, Published on 18/04/2020
» Wuhan, the Chinese city where it all started, was locked down for 79 days before the restrictions on movement were finally lifted last week. A bit over-cautious, perhaps, but in China the coronavirus does really seem to be under control -- not totally eradicated, but controllable without extreme measures.