When home becomes a real distance of our own creation and karma #170 当家园成为我们亲手与因果共同造就的真实距离
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When home becomes a real distance of our own creation and karma #170 当家园成为我们亲手与因果共同造就的真实距离

What makes a place feel like home—its landmarks, its stories, or the people who remember them with us? I was recently invited to a screening of That Girl in Pinafore (《我的朋友、我的同学、我爱过的一切》), Chai Yee Wei’s 2013 Singaporean comedy-musical, at the Tanglin Club. In that nostalgic setting, the film felt like a time capsule. It preserved many…

#155 Why Pay Transparency Is Still Not Talked About: The Real Organisational Scenarios Behind the Silence 为什么薪酬透明仍然鲜少被谈起:沉默背后的真实组织场景
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#155 Why Pay Transparency Is Still Not Talked About: The Real Organisational Scenarios Behind the Silence 为什么薪酬透明仍然鲜少被谈起:沉默背后的真实组织场景

Pay transparency sounds simple on the surface. Employees want to know whether they are paid fairly. Employers want to attract talent, retain people and build trust. Regulators increasingly want organisations to show that pay decisions are not discriminatory, arbitrary or opaque. Yet in many workplaces, pay remains one of the least openly discussed topics. The…

#152 Right time, right moment
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#152 Right time, right moment

Right time, right moment; a candid shot turns out just right. How candid can family, business and pleasure be? Depends on who you are with. How right a time can a business be? At the cusp of the next 100 years trend. Be onboard and set sail. The Thousand Ships This post is also published…

#148 Ho Ching, The Enforcers, and Singapore’s Invisible Operating System 何晶、《执法者》与新加坡的隐形操作系统
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#148 Ho Ching, The Enforcers, and Singapore’s Invisible Operating System 何晶、《执法者》与新加坡的隐形操作系统

My previous article, “Professionalism, Restraint, and the Standards We Choose to Uphold,” spoke about slipping standards, public conduct, and the increasingly fragile balance between authority, restraint, and responsibility in modern Singapore. Today, I wish to continue that discussion through a different lens. A woman. A technocrat. An engineer. A steward of capital. And perhaps one…

#144 Asia-Pacific Theatre of War III: Two Boys in The Temple of Heaven 《亚太战争剧场 III:天坛里的两个男孩》
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#144 Asia-Pacific Theatre of War III: Two Boys in The Temple of Heaven 《亚太战争剧场 III:天坛里的两个男孩》

This is not a boy band fan article; neither is this new Indiana Jones movie. This is a geopolitical inflection during a time of turmoil where things either can go well or completely south. I. The Korean Peninsula — The Most Dangerous Trigger Point in Asia In my earlier article, “Asia Pacific Theatre of War…

#143 Smaller Nations, Superpower Pressure, and the Grey Zone of Survival 小国、生存压力,与大国夹缝中的灰色地带
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#143 Smaller Nations, Superpower Pressure, and the Grey Zone of Survival 小国、生存压力,与大国夹缝中的灰色地带

One of the least discussed realities in geopolitics is that smaller nations rarely operate in a perfectly clean environment. Publicly, international relations are framed around diplomacy, trade agreements, defence partnerships, and mutual prosperity. But beneath official frameworks often exists another layer: Influence operations. Intelligence bargaining. Unofficial intermediaries. Economic pressure. Elite networks. Strategic kompromat. Underground financial…

#142 Comfort, Vice, and the Burden of Judgment: The Women We Failed to See (With Testimonies) 慰安妇、风月与偏见:我们未曾真正看见的女性(附幸存者证词)
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#142 Comfort, Vice, and the Burden of Judgment: The Women We Failed to See (With Testimonies) 慰安妇、风月与偏见:我们未曾真正看见的女性(附幸存者证词)

In every society, there exists a quiet hypocrisy. We condemn the women. But we rarely interrogate the systems—and the men—that created their circumstances. The Historical Wound We Still Avoid The system of World War II comfort women system remains one of Asia’s deepest unresolved scars. Across Korea, China, and Southeast Asia: But statistics do not…

#79 🚗 The Maextro S800 (Chinese: 尊界 S800; pinyin: Zūnjiè S800) is a battery electric full-size ultra-luxury sedan
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#79 🚗 The Maextro S800 (Chinese: 尊界 S800; pinyin: Zūnjiè S800) is a battery electric full-size ultra-luxury sedan

#79 🚗 The Maextro S800 (Chinese: 尊界 S800; pinyin: Zūnjiè S800) is a battery electric full-size ultra-luxury sedan manufactured by JAC Group since 2025 under the Maextro brand in collaboration with HIMA Group, Huawei‘s multi-brand automotive alliance. It is positioned as HIMA’s flagship vehicle. Description courtesy of Wikipedia. Enough said. Let the video hosted on…