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Save the party

Finally, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak can no longer tolerate the endless MCA crisis and started to step in. It may bring both positive and negative effects to MCA. It can help to resolve the crisis as soon as possible but the bad thing is, it may once again reduce the dignity of MCA, which is self-inflected by MCA leaders.


Another five things to be learned

The United States Time magazine had recently listed five things the US can learn from China.

Since Americans are so generous, Chinese people should not behave like a niggard. If Americans can learn from Chinese, then Chinese people can also learn from Americans.


The strong-willed child

There is a strong-willed child in almost every family. In contrast to the compliant sibling who is easy going, the strong-willed child is defiant and assertive, always ready to challenge the authority of his parents.


The Healthy Option

Like many other Net-savvy Chinese, Beijinger Wu Songzhi has been shopping online for four years. Since March, the human resources manager of a multinational company has been adding something extra into her online shopping cart: organic food.


Malaysia's corruption ranking dips, again

According to a recent poll, Najib's approval rating remains at 60%. It is indeed a good news. However, there are also two bad news: 74% of people are dissatisfied with the government's performance in fighting corruption and abuse of power; and Malaysia's corruption ranking had fallen to 56, from 47 last year.


Five things to be learned

Only a Chinese character “五 (five)” is printed on the cover of the latest issue of Time magazine.

Once you see a huge “五”on the cover of an English international magazine, regardless whether you read Chinese or not, sure you'll ask: What is it?


Winning The Peace In Sri Lanka

Four months ago, Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapakse looked invincible.

He had ended a quarter-century ethnic conflict with a decisive victory over the separatist Tamil Tigers, a seemingly unbeatable force that brooked no rivals.


Rare crocs found hiding in plain sight in Cambodia

BANGKOK (AP) -- Conservationists searching for one of the world's most endangered crocodile species say they have found dozens of the reptiles lounging in plain sight--at a wildlife rescue center in Cambodia.


Pakatan Rakyat is facing a crisis?

According to a recent Merdeka Centre poll, if there is a by-election for the Kota Siputeh state seat, Pakatan Rakyat will have to face a setback in the 10th by-election since the 8 March general elections.


The lanterns that hang in a crumbling house

The afternoon sun shone on a row of old and shabby shophouses in Magazine Road, Penang, and an old couple was busy tying up the bamboo and sewing the banners with a sewing machine.