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They tried, particularly when India went after Goa which was under Portuguese... All European powers ganged up and tried to stop it.. The Indian pm show the west his middle finger and that is when tried to get closer to Russia and China too... Russia remains close to this day, China relationship...

It was after the 1600s that western science really took off and Asian decline started... from Ottomans to India to China. It is not religion, because west was even more religious. It is not democracy also as many were monarchies. It is basically lethargy and lack of unity. Exact same problem...

I think it was Churchill or some guy that said India is not a country, it is a geographic thing like equator. But India at 'that time' was more of a country than it was when British took over... and start divide and rule

So if the leg did not 'accidentally' brush the groin, he would have enjoyed the bj to completion... Case should have been dismissed

If it is true that 50% of Guangdong don't speak local lingo, it is only sad. It is only banana type of countries like Pinoyland that give up local language, culture so easily and try to 'unify'. Unity does not mean one way. Europeans will never do this way, they are far more united economically...

Taiwanese dont seem to read the English name in the card at all...just look at the Chinese character and read it. Had a funny situation when we were discussing about a colleague who they know quite well, they deny they ever met Mr. Goh until we realise they dont know him as Goh...

Interesting...actually I was curious to know if, before British came, a guy in Canton will call himself Mr. Lin or Mr. Lam. I am not talking about transliterating into English, that is another story..just in terms of pronunciation. If they address each other as something that sounds like Lam...

What about Hongkies, they also use Lam etc because of colonial slavery?

Any day better to discuss and get out in open, than to bottle up and frustrate...

BTW, boss Sam can consider opening a separate topic, like Courtyard Cafe, may be call it Roti Prata corner, where all anti-ahneh threads can be kept for everyone's enjoyment...

Generally the 'rule' is that majority can criticise itself of even by minority, but should be extra soft with minority. This is the fundamental pillar of the so-called 'liberal' thinking. In USA, you can attack the WASP but not Chinese or Indians. In Sinkieland, criticising Chinese is accepted...

Positive criticism, based on facts should be welcomed, even by Indians...after all there is always lessons to learn and India is a open society. There is a lot of loud criticism about Indians in India itself. Unfortunately, this forum is not read by too many India Indians, other than some FT...

Totally agree with scroobal....sinkie banks, to start with, should not accept any money from Indians without income tax clearance of the money from India... Same for property co's... All countries should do that, for pinoys also...

This guy should be arrested for terror threat

India should give liberal visas to all FL and make it cheap to get sex like in los...

I am pretty sure this one will do well... they are investing in distressed assets in Africa where values are not in books, it is in knowing the landscape... Block is an idiot. He knows only theory, hasn't run anything... Like asking Catholic bishop how to please your woman.. They are buying...

We should be happy they chose Singapore not some Europe or USA... Singapore is Asian yet got global talent... The victim will be admitted to Mt. Elizabeth Hospital in the city state, which has a super-speciality multi-organ transplant facility. The relatively short journey time to...

Be happy if our cpf and sing dollar don't go to grave together...

Totally agree, either adapt or go back... BTW USA / UK has so many rules on moving, handling cattle even in rural areas and farms...

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