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Lee Hsien Loong has angered China with his veiled but public criticism of the giant's actions in the South China seas. Reading through the below account by SCMP on the chronology of the events, one cannot help but ponder: 1. Why did Lee choose to chide a major economic and military power so publicly instead of quietly working... 

Former Malaysian prime minister Mahathir Mohamad at the Bersih rally in Kuala Lumpur on Sunday. Photograph: Athit Perawongmetha/Reuters Former Malaysian prime minister Mahathir Mohamad is suing the current premier Najib Razak for corruption and misfeasance in public office, according to a statement from his law firm. Mahathir,... 

Armed police patrol a market in Urumqi, in northwest China's Xinjiang region, after a fatal attack in May 2014 Chinese police have killed 28 members of a "terrorist group" in the mainly Muslim Xinjiang region, authorities announced Friday, in the bloodiest such operation in months and as Beijing denounces Western "double...