Reflections From Asia

STOCKWIN:  Last Monday morning there was tension in the air of Canberra as word got around of yet another leadership challenge against a current Australian Prime Minister.   The suspense diminished as a remarkable politician (with a style all his own)...

In July, a slow and long-delayed process of potential change was supposed to begin in Burma, the nation stipulated to be Myanmar by its longtime military overlords.

The Union Election Commission (the UEC) revealed the number of constituencies which w...

Any day now, it is almost certain that the upper House of  Councilors of the Japanese Diet will finally pass the legislation whereby Japan will be able to practice collective self-defence under the US-Japan Security Treaty.  The mutual defence treaty ...

The most unforgettable Asian love story poignantly emphasizes the Chinese poet Hung Sheng’s “The Palace of Eternal Youth”:

 

Since ancient times how few lovers

Have really remained constant to the end.

 

This verse immediately came to mind as I r...