Vietnam's Casinos Welcome All (Except Vietnamese)

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Macau-Upon-Mekong: Champagne wishes and caviar dreams in Vietnam. As a longtime supporter of legalizing online gambling Stateside and a foll... Continue reading →

And Vietnam's Largest Foreign Investor is...Samsung

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Making mobiles for the Man in Vietnam, AKA Samsung. Unbeknownst to many, Vietnam has, in a number of respects, become the " Republic of... Continue reading →

Screw the US: Developing Asia & PRC Infra Bank

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Vietnam wants more of these...even if it takes Chinese support. There's an interesting story at the WSJ that emphasizes a point I wish t... Continue reading →

Lee Kuan Yew & Singapore-Israel 'Special Relationship'

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The Ultimax machine gun is proudly Made in Singapore. Today marks the end of an era as arguably the best-known Asian leader of his generatio... Continue reading →

The Futility of Gov't Matchmaking in East Asia

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Love, exciting and new; come aboard , we're expecting yooouuu ... For understandable reasons drawn from historical precedent, "soci... Continue reading →

Other Asians Cash In on PRC's Macau Crackdown

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De Niro, Scorcese and DiCaprio: hawkers of high-end casinos in Manila. In a number of ways, the PRC authorities' crackdown on mainland ... Continue reading →

Bleeding Forex Reserves: Russia & the 'Fragile Five'

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The 90s "connected" developing countries through contagion . How about now? Whether through coincidence or not, this article on d... Continue reading →

Strongman's Strongman: 30 Years of Cambodia's Hun Sen

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He traded a walk-on part in the war for a [30-year] lead role in a [Cambodian] cage. This year marks the thirtieth that Hun Sen has been the... Continue reading →

AirAsia & Dealing with Disaster's Aftermath

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Partly due to appropriate post-crisis response, AirAsia stock has retained much value post-December 28 (Sunday). It behooves me that attenti... Continue reading →

Freedom Schmeedom: Martial Law Boosts Thai Tourism

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Democracy shmemocracy--Thai tourism prefers martial law over democracy's anarchy. Even by Southeast Asian standards, Thai politics are, ... Continue reading →

Death to Speculators 2014: Malaysia Warns on Ringgit

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Bank Negara says, "Don't tread on the MYR." After the recent post on Russia "cracking down" on currency speculators... Continue reading →

Territorial Disputes & China's Fisher Militia

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And he said to them, “Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men” [Matthew 4:19] Since it's the weekend, let's try something dif... Continue reading →

Nina Pham & Vietnamese Postwar Resettlement

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Vietnamese-Americans in focus. The cruel thing about the Ebola virus is that it infects those who care. Medical professionals, including nur... Continue reading →

US Plan to Strangle China's World Bank Rival, Pt 2

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Today the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) was born. This is a continuation of a previous post on the US wanting Chinese competi... Continue reading →

Territorial Disputes & PRC Travel Warnings on Philippines

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Good luck finding these sorts of wedding photo ops back in the PRC. An area of study in international relations that nobody has looked at is... Continue reading →

Watch Out, Evita: Imelda Marcos, the Musical

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Sometimes 2000 shoes just ain't enough. David Byrne should be familiar to 80s music fans as the Talking Heads frontman of " Burning... Continue reading →