当代的“革命”与治理危机

无论从哪个角度来看，当代世界变得越来越不可治理，无论是传统的专制还是民主都很快失去统治能力或者有效管治能力，面临深刻的挑战与危机。很多观察家认为，治理危机由当代新一波革命所引发，而革命主要表现为激烈的和暴力的社会抗议。在那些发生社会抗议的国家和地区，尽管革命有其内部根源，...

Taiwan's future - three dangerous trends

Ms Tsai Ing-wen's victory in Taiwan's presidential election earlier this month has been widely welcomed, and one can see why. It reaffirms the...

Yellow or blue? In Hong Kong, businesses choose political sides

The tapioca pearls at Mr Fred Liu's bubble teahouse are springy and fresh, just like the fishballs at Ms Elaine Lau's noodle shop. But that is not...

The role of Davos in China's rise

Beijing's alliance with the World Economic Forum (WEF) started in 1979 with the arrival in Davos, Switzerland, of a small team of free-market...

Hong Kong's post-2047 future needs more clarity

美伊冲突下的国际法

在现代国际法中，一般不使用“战争”这个口语化概念，而是“武力冲突”。所谓“武力冲突”即指“用武力解决分歧的行为”。从这个意义上说，击杀苏莱曼尼无疑属于“武力冲突”（亦即“战争行为”）范畴。 此文章为早报 订户 专享内容，什么是订户专享内容？ 请您选择以下方式，阅读全文： 已是早报订户，...

亚洲发展模式对世界的借鉴意义

无农不稳，无工不富，无商不活。一语道出了富裕的秘密在于工业化。西方的工业化途径是通过侵略落后的国家，占有他们的土地，矿产和劳动力，使发展中国家为他们提供原材料，劳动力，并把发展中国家变成他们的市场。 随着经济发展，西方国家人力成本不断上升，一些劳动密集型产业不再符合其比较优势，开始外移。...

Chan: I never doubt the independence of our Electoral Boundaries Review Committee

At the Singapore Perspectives conference organised by the Institute of Policy Studies (IPS) yesterday (20 Jan), Minister for Trade and Industry...

Indian national lorry driver arrested for dangerous driving has only 20 days of driving experience

It was reported in the media last Thursday (16 Jan) that 2 passengers were taken to hospital after a road accident involving an SBS Transit bus,...

A 'happy mistake': Bilahari Kausikan on Singapore's biggest foreign policy blunder

The most important foreign policy decision we have ever taken was to join Malaysia. It was also the most serious foreign policy miscalculation we...

E-payment firms have to collaborate to succeed

10 potential risks to the global economy in 2020

Is corporate Asia ready for the Asian Century?

How ICA stays on top of checkpoint traffic flow

What's next for Procurri after aborted asset sale?

新加坡式幼教之路

20世纪初期，推行“白澳政策”的澳大利亚政府，有组织有计划地边缘化被视为野蛮落后的原住民。政府以改善原住民儿童生活的名义，于1910年至1970年期间，强行将接近10万名原住民儿童从父母身边带走，安置在保育处接受白人教育，或被白人家庭收养。有些原住民儿童在这段期间遭人侵犯或被奴役。 此文章为早报 ...

The different sides of sustainable investing

SDP graphs on local PMET retrenchment “misleading”, says AGC

The graphs made by the Singapore Democratic Party (SDP) based on the Ministry of Manpower (MOM)’s data to demonstrate a rise in local...

Sembcorp's disclosure of China unit's troubles falls short

Shades of 2000 in digital bank initiative, Fed loosening

In Putin's game of chess, there is one constant

"Should I stay or should I go?"  This famous question, popularised in the lyrics of a rock tune from the 1980s, has haunted Russian President...

工业4.0

（作者是普华古柏会计师事务所合伙人。本文是作者为《联合早报》旗下的英文电子杂志“思想中国”（ThinkChina）投稿，其英文原题是“Industry 4.0: The Chinese ‘student’ has surpassed the Singapore ‘teacher’”。黄金顺译。）...

Class war is not the solution to US' woes

This is a golden age for "Theyism". This is the belief that there is some malevolent, elite "they" out there and "they" are destroying life for the...

Why Davos draws tycoons and Thunberg

As the gulf between the rich and everyone else continues to grow, at least 119 billionaires are converging on Switzerland this week to join...

Room for reforms in Japan's criminal justice system

In the 13 months between the arrest of Carlos Ghosn, the former chief executive of Nissan, and his fleeing Japan amid allegations of improper...

PRC Yang Yin’s PR revoked but Filipino De Luna’s wasn’t after both convicted by court

It was reported that the Immigration and Checkpoint Authority (ICA) issued a press statement last week (14 Jan) saying that a Filipino was jailed...