HOW ENGLISH HOLDS CHINA AT BAY
In his masterpiece 1955 book, The Triumph of the English Language, Author Richard Foster Jones presented a thorough academic outline on how the “Combined Tongues of the Angles, Saxons and Jutes” was able to supersede…
foreign policy
Taking The Piss
The Chinese embassy’s latest statements on West Philippine Sea incidents was a classic case of “taking the piss”, a British slang term that means “making fun of” – feigned, performative outrage while their ships harass…
ASEAN Neighbors Watch Philippine Turmoil with Concern, Caution… and maybe a little Schadenfreude
Embarrassing political chaos, Duterte’s imprisonment, elite squabbles, and an economic slowdown are causing concern and skepticism after Manila assumed ASEAN chairmanship in January of this year. Malaysian and Indonesian figures are criticizing the Philippine legal…