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Jack Ma once said in an interview that he's eschewing Amazon's hegemonic, asset-heavy business model – owning everything from warehouses to delivery trucks to online groceries stores – for a lighter model in which he grows Alibaba together with a network of partners, vendors and affiliates. In...

The tides are turning. Those who're still stuck in the Cold War mentality, where all's that's from the West is progressive and creative and all that's from the East is backward and imitative, are in for a rude shock if they've not been keeping up with what's happening in China. Ignore the...

Lim Tean was seen at a recent SDP closed door session with Emily Lau, the ex-chair of the HK Democratic Party. He would be a good fit for the SDP, ideology-wise. Next would be Jee Say's Singaporeans First. Interesting quote from Emily: "HK may not be a democracy yet, but I daresay we enjoy many...

Another case of sudden unexplained acceleration involving Hyundai cabs. Enough evidence justifying a mass recall of all Hyundai taxis and a thorough investigation carried out. Seems to affect mainly the Sonatas. One solution would be retrofit all older Hyundais with a automatic brake-throttle...

China has done it again – topped the world's supercomputer speed list. 3 notable achievements: 1. This time around they used their own home-made processors. Ironically, it was the 2015 US trade embargo forced China to up its own processor development. 2. For the first time in history, China...

Sometime last year I brought to the attention of this forum the tendency of some Hyundai Sonata taxis to jerk forward suddenly when the accelerator is depressed. This was from first-person accounts with the many taxi drivers I met and seemed to afflict only Sonatas, not the Chevrolet Epica...

The Greater Khingan Range regiment training on Christmas Day in Heilongjiang, China. Temperature -43ºC.

One thing you can't deny about the Chinese: they've got artistic talent. And unlike Sinkies who worship at the pedestal of chow ang mohs, the Chinese pay tribute where tribute is due – this time it's a legend of the basketball court, whose cachet is perhaps second only to the greatest...

Troops from the Shenyang Division training on the Sino-Russian border in recent days in -38ºC weather. Photos posted 1 Dec 2015.

For the clueless here ranting about Islamic terrorism (in itself extremely ugly and virulent and destructive), the war and civil strife in Syria is not about religion. It's about regime change. It’s about oil and gas: principally between the Russian-backed Iran-Iraq-Syria pipeline from Iran’s...

KNN, the 8-year-old kid just wanted a hug on his birthday. Fucked-up combo of litigious nature of American society and opportunistic greed. Only in the US. 'Worst aunt ever' sues 12-year-old nephew after hug breaks her wrist Oct. 14, 2015 at 10:38 PM Ree Hines TODAY Since news of Jennifer...

That's the trouble when you open the floodgates and allow foreigners of dubious ability and character into your country to work: both petty and violent crime rates go up. Let's see whether this chow ang mo gets away with blue murder. Pity the cute boy. Man arrested after five-year-old son...

Non-political thread for a change. But expect the PAP IB China-basher Jar Jar and his clones to come and derail this thread. :D Is the world's most scenic highway? China unveils new seven mile road that's built in the middle of a river valley By QIN XIE FOR MAILONLINE PUBLISHED: 15:51 GMT...

Ho Ching agrees with SDP that defence spending has to be cut in order to increase health care spending. This is the only time in her life she's said or done the right thing! Pinky will spank her tonight for supporting the SDP. :D...

From a church pastor: I have already decided how to vote many, many years ago. How did I come to this conclusion? Let me say this... I do not have a child. But if I have a daughter and when someone asks me for permission to date my daughter, I may give my permission. My permission for that...

It was an awesome speech. CSJ seems to be growing in stature with every speech he gives – the confidence, the authority, the charisma, the persuasive rhetoric, even the LKY-like gestures which show a man in control. Watch his strident attack on Vivian from 23:14 onwards ...

Great speech by CSJ last night at Petir Road: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EUKpqmY-FKk

GE2015: Humanising Dr Chee Soon Juan By alvinology | Alvinology.com – 3 hours ago This election, the bulk of the media reports on local mainstream media seems to be dominated by reports on the Aljunied-Hougang-Punggol East Town Council (AHPETC) saga. I don’t know about you, but frankly, I am...

No CGI, no wires, no digital special effects ... in John Woo's hands, violence and gore is transformed into audio-visual art. Hard Boiled – Now available on Blu-ray DVD. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3bozxgVQ9m0

No white man has ever run the 100 m in under 10 seconds. China's Su Bingtian breaks record in men's 100m Chinese sprinter Su Bingtian became the first Asian-born athlete to run a sub-10 second 100 meters when he came in third at 9.99 seconds during a Diamond League event in the US on...