Monday, January 21, 2013

Where have all the flowers gone, long time past since...

How Eng's funeral is tomorrow. I had earlier thought I would only resume blogging after that, but I think it is better to keep going.

In terms of the geopolitics of the East Asian region, every day sees fresh display of dangerous nationalism and power politics by regional countries, and a disappointing inability of the United States to seize the opportunity to reinvent itself as an honest broker. Simon Tay's commentary in this TODAY article (Jan 21) strikes a cautionary note about such developments:

http://www.todayonline.com/commentary/view-caution-abes-pivot-south-east-asia

And a recurring story can be found in this song...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1y2SIIeqy34

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