A popular song goes like this, “Foreigners call Jingxi Beijing Opera.” In fact, Beijing Opera is different from opera. Opera tells the story and expresses the thoughts by singing instead of speaking. But Beijjing Opera stresses (强调) chang, nian, zuo and da. Chang means singing; nian ...
He is a man in a mad rush. He tries to do everything and to please everyone all at the same time. That is the precise formula for disaster. What’s more. Who does he think would provide the support and backup in or for all his efforts? Umno? MCA MIC etc etc are all rubbish an...
However, the Dutch who colonized the Southeast Asian island chain before the Japanese came and took control of the 17,000 or so islands, were keen on reclaiming their former possession by all means necessary. Skirmishes broke out across the new country – particularly on the islands of Java a...