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36 Dirty Tricks From Ancient China

understanding China through history and legends by Singaporean writer Chan Joon Yee

36 Dirty Tricks From Ancient China

understanding China through history and legends by Singaporean writer Chan Joon Yee

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    • The Chinese Women Warriors of the Yang Family
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China’s War Against Corruption Won?

admin January 15, 2024 No Comments

Recently, I saw a discussion on the booming Malaysian properties around the Johor Bahru–Singapore Rapid Transit System. Forest City “blogger” Mr Tan Kin Lian was his usual optimistic self. A…

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Scouting For Peace?

admin December 30, 2023 No Comments

An East German in the US spying for the former KGB. The communists spies were the good guys. The capitalists spies were the bad guys. The former was also called…

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Was China Backing The Brotherhood?

admin December 29, 2023 No Comments

Going back to 20 October 2023, Chinese police moved in on the scam syndicates in northern Myanmar and arrested 100,000 people. A week later, the Brotherhood Alliance, an alliance of…

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Miscalculating China

admin December 27, 2023 No Comments

Folks who are optimistic about China always look at the size of its market and the enormous potential for businesses. Many Taiwanese businessmen have thus been lured into the motherland.…

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Minnie Chan is Missing

admin December 23, 2023 No Comments

Some folks have absolutely no problems with extra judiciary practices happening inside China or even in their own country. They don’t sympathise with Minnie Chan because they feel that people…

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Learned A New Term 洗人口

admin December 23, 2023 No Comments

洗人口 is a very interesting concept. I would classify it under the dirty trick of 反客为主 though it’s not as insidious as the whole process takes place in clear sight.…

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周海媚 Kathy Chow’s Medical Notes

admin December 20, 2023 No Comments

周海媚 (1966-2023) was a very popular TV/movie star in the 1990s. Like Jackie Chan, Alan Tam, Eric Tsang et al, she became one of the few female HK artists who…

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Evergrande Song & Dance Troupe

admin December 11, 2023 No Comments

This is the once renowned Evergrande Song & Dance Troupe. Entertainment fit for royalty. All recruits had to be handpicked by Mr Xu Jiayin. Selected talents undergo rigorous training and…

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The End Of Glorious Hong Kong?

admin December 9, 2023 No Comments

In the past, the mainland “patriots” would call out Westerners who wished that Hong Kong could be run under a separate system from the mainland because they are jealous of…

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Na Ying Arrested?

admin December 9, 2023 No Comments

It’s certainly not mere speculation or rumour. Hunan Television has removed all video footage with the famous Chinese singer on its platform. Not only that, the station has been playing…

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    • Abandoned Commercial Hub
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    • China’s Unseen Poverty
    • Chinese Riches?
    • Chong Qing Splendour
    • Dream Of A Miao City
    • Fabricated Ancient City Taohuayuan
    • First Tier City Chongqing
    • Guizhou’s Hollow Monument
    • Hilton Abandoned?
    • Huang Shan Prime Land
    • Jiangxi Trading Hub
    • Lushan Hot Spring Villas
    • Property Pitfall
    • Sichuan Expo City
    • The Legend Of Mt Wudang
    • The Most Beautiful 烂尾楼
    • The Plight Of Wang Rui Qing
    • Villas In The Fields
    • Wuxi Town
    • Wuyi Shan, Marked For Redeveopment
    • Zhejiang 烂尾楼
    • Ziwei Park
  • Chinese Story of Creation
    • Betrayal & Cannibalism
    • Empire of the Mind – Chinese mind, Chinese empire
    • The Chongzhen Emperor’s Paranoia & The Fall of Ming
    • The Spring & Autumn of Tariffs & Monopolies
  • Introduction to 三十六计
  • Miles Kwok (郭文贵 Guo Wen Gui)
  • The Real Lu Xun 鲁迅
  • Who Said China Lost The War?
    • Chinese Miracles On 抗日神剧
    • More Superhero Action From Nicky Wu
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