Danson Cheong

"How can the US chastise others for enabling conflict while continuing to provide unconditional support to Israel, regardless of the toll on human lives or consideration of whether it is abiding by the rules and principles of international law?" -@jbhavan straitstimes.com/opinion/the-gr…

Epic story by @dawn_wei_tan on Xinjiang's boxers who eat horse meat, swill pints of milk and train with Kazakhs straitstimes.com/multimedia/gra…

President @ZelenskyyUa has gained worldwide admiration for his leadership in fighting for Ukraine’s survival & sovereignty against the Russian invasion. It was my singular honour to meet him personally at the #SLD24 and to convey best wishes to his health & continued leadership.

Read @dansoncj’s take on ethnicity, heritage and shared values. And an interesting twist on the question “where are you *really* from?” which traditionally is rooted in negative predisposition…

#LIVE: President of Ukraine @ZelenskyyUa has just arrived at the Shangri-La Hotel. #SLD24

Ukraine President Zelensky to speak at Shangri-La Dialogue on June 2, source tells the ST he's reportedly here to meet the Chinese. straitstimes.com/singapore/ukra…

‘Colonialism is not neutral’: Third public statue of Sir Stamford Raffles ignites online debate straitstimes.com/life/arts/colo…

#Singapore: It's been an unusually winding road for the PAP to find a successor to PM Lee. Here's a brief timeline with what, in my opinion, were the key moments.

look at this 春聯 a taiwanese friend designed for lunar new year 🐉 you are not a 龍 (dragon, pronounced "long") as in you are not alone 🥹

Hu Haifeng—51yo son of ex-leader Hu Jintao—was promoted to vice minister of civil affairs Moving to Beijing from his post in Lishui also means Haifeng can see more of his ailing father IMO more evidence Xi did not plan Hu Jintao's removal at the Party Congress in 2022 1/2

And after a terrifying earthquake in Japan today, what is trending on twitter: 人工地震 (human-made earthquake). Here's the start of one trending conspiracy theory. The first few lines read like this. "Mysterious explosion sounds in Noto Town on the 31st, with all news deleted. A major earthquake the following day. The Japanese are sheep who see this as a coincidence. No wonder they do as they please with cancer drugs, antihypertensives, vaccines, artificial earthquakes, chemtrails (though I'm somewhat skeptical). They treat us like foolish experimental yellow monkeys." Who is "they"---your guess is as good as mine. But one thing is clear the crazy conspiracy theory tweets are about about 31,000 while tweets about the damages are about 70,000. The theory is drawing almost as much interest as the reality. #人工地震

Video of the aftermath of the earthquake that just hit Japan's Noto peninsula, shared by someone who works for the Matsunami Sake brewery:

Tankie according to ChatGPT

Henry Kissinger's legacy in Cambodia - 500,000 tons of bombs dropped from 1969 to 1973 - 150,000 civilians killed - groundwork laid for the genocidal Khmer Rouge, under which 1.5-3 million Cambodians died washingtonpost.com/world/2023/11/…

In 1971, as a 12 year old schoolboy in Calcutta, a city flooded with refugees, I learned that Richard Nixon & #HenryKissinger had sent the USS Enterprise to the Bay of Bengal to intimidate Indira Gandhi. 52 years later, I wrote Kissinger's obituary. straitstimes.com/world/united-s…

Celebrity chef Wang Gang got cancelled for mocking Mao after he posts video of egg fried rice - it's that time of the year when egg fried rice is a political statement... straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia…

Reports of Hong Kong taxi drivers' planned – and now scrapped – strike have drawn a barrage of criticism about their notorious service standards. The taxi licence as a highly lucrative #investment product is also a key reason keeping #Uber illegal in #HK. straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia…

LOOK: Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida offers a wreath at the monument of national hero Dr Jose Rizal in Manila. He is joined by Transportation Sec Jaime Bautista. Kishida to meet with Philippine Pres Ferdinand Marcos Jr tonight. 📷 courtesy of @AmbJPNinPH @straits_times

"A pity it wasn't you"--Chinese internet users are already using the death of former Chinese premier Li Keqiang as a chance to get at Xi. My analysis on his passing, the deaths of previous Chinese premiers, and Xi's endless annus horribilis via @CFR_org cfr.org/blog/passing-p…