Posts Tagged ‘wsj’
A more positive review from the Wall Street Journal: China already dominates Asia and intends to become the world’s leading power. The United States is not yet a “second rate power,” but the inability of its political leaders to make unpopular decisions bodes poorly. Russia, Japan, Western Europe and India are, for the most part, […]
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Tags: china, grand master's insights, lee kuan yew, united states, wall street journal, wsj
Two scathing commentaries on the Wall Street Journal’s conviction for contempt of court, both pointing the finger squarely at the Lees. Reporters Without Borders: “Even if the fine is not colossal, the ruling very clearly shows that Singapore’s judges have no intention of letting the foreign media express themselves freely about the country’s judicial system, […]
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Tags: asia sentinel, contempt of court, reporters without borders, rsf, wall street journal, wsj
$25k fine for WSJA
Wall Street Journal Asia is fined S$25,000 for their “two decade attack on judges“, consisting of publishing two less than complimentary editorials (first, second) and a letter from Chee Soon Juan. (Quick recap of the whole saga here.) This quote from the Straits Times says it all, really: THE High Court on Tuesday fined Wall […]
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Tags: chee soon juan, chee vs lee, contempt of court, wall street journal, wsj
WSJ: Democracy in Singapore
An interesting editorial from the Wall Street Journal, tiptoeing carefully around defamation but still stating bluntly that Singapore is not a democracy and implying that Lee is to blame. Lee Kuan Yew’s Singapore can rightly be proud of many achievements, but full democracy is not one of them. The city-state he founded in 1965 and […]
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Tags: chee soon juan, defamation, gopalan nair, lee kuan yew, wall street journal, wsj
Lee Kuan Yew Watch 
Your Accusations Against Singapore Are Scandalous
The predictably vitriolic official reply to the Wall Street Journal’s editorial on losing its contempt of court case. The lady doth protest too much? The fundamental disagreement between Singapore and the Journal (and its sister publications) has been that you want to force Singapore to change its rules to comply with U.S. norms, so that […]
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Tags: conspiracy, contempt of court, wall street journal, wsj