TR EMERITUS

I couldn’t believe that I have posted some 7,000 articles in this blog over the years. When I started I wanted this blog to be a very provocative blog, teasing and tearing at the conventional thinking process, challenging the readers to look at things from different perspectives. I hope I have not failed in doing this. I just... 

Two examples: Xinhua could, in this rare instance, be a little more generous to its government: http://www.economist.com/blogs/analects/2013/02/chinas-poor WHEN is 6.3 yuan worth more than $1.25? If you can answer that riddle, you can avoid widespread confusion about China's poverty line. You can also appreciate a rare example... 

在早报网论坛看到林斯戈先生2013年2月24日发表的帖子《叶明应该收回这言论并公开道歉》， 觉得写得非常好，此建议可行，值得参考。因为民主讨论的真谛就是要妥协和move on，如果李叶明先生的言论遭到大多数新加坡人的否决和声讨，就不应该继续躲在自己小圈子靠几个人取暖（有人在《随笔南洋网》发了一个帖子叫做《我挺李叶...