Asia Archive
Top 7 Tourist Destinations You Need to Visit in India with Your Buddies
Written on August 28, 2017
in Asia
Friendships are formed during the rigorous monotony of everyday life. But when you break out of the routine, good friendships are destined to become greater. Taking some time off your schedule and spending it with friends is essential, especially in this busy age. And what better way to unwind, unplug and renew
Enough whitewashing of central Asia’s tyrants
Written on July 21, 2016
in Asia
Western cosying up to unsavoury dictators must include an insistence on better human rights Try as he might, playwright George Bernard Shaw could not find a bad thing to say about Stalin’s Soviet Union. The workers? Not downtrodden at all, he wrote after a 1933 trip, but hopeful and enthusiastic. As for
China is buying up Uncle Sam’s Asian allies
Written on July 7, 2016
in Asia
The Philippines’ tilt away from Washington towards Beijing shows how US power is waning Rodrigo Duterte, who proudly bears the nickname Duterte Harry, has been given a hero’s welcome in Beijing. The president of the Philippines may be a foul-mouthed renegade — he called Barack Obama the “son of a whore” and