Rhacel Salazar Parrenas has done a good job with the mostly women participants’ point of view in a book that I don’t think was reviewed on New Mandala:
ILLICIT FLIRTATIONS: LABOR, MIGRATION, AND SEX TRAFFICKING IN TOKYO
Publisher: Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 2011. 325p.
Reviewer: Ko-lin Chin | November 2012
Great comment, and I strongly agree with Noud. I think you mean industrialization of the East coast (not west) and more recent efforts in South-West China (not southeast).
The Prime Minister said the real divide was not between East and West or between the developed and developing worlds or between Muslims, Christians and Jews, but was between moderates and extremists of all religions.
I first visited Singapore in 1963. Hot off a plane from Darwin, in the old Kangaroo hop days, it was fascinating to meet by such a vast array of transistor radios, at Singpore’s Duty Free shops then.
When Lee Kwan Yew dies it will be one of the saddest days in my life. He took a dirt-poor city-state, from penury to prosperity. At great cost to personal freedom, undeniably – but for the HUGE benefit of the vast majority, undeniably. I take my hat off, to a great statesman.
Plan B,
Firstly why would I an athiest want bibles going anywhere other than the dustbin?
Secondly, you have read the book on parliamentry dictatorship as well as the one that is totally illinformed to state “CAPITALISM UNDER CAPITALISM”. How can there be capitalism under communism? The two are diametrically opposed to each other. China is not a communist country and never has been. I suppose you actually believe that the Democratic Republic of the Congo is democratic as it has democratic in its name.
As far as workers having a choice to toil on land or factories, where is the actual choice?
My last comment is that your anti western phobia actually borders on insanity. Like Thailand, the west has many diverse people with different ideas. Western capitalism is no different from anywhere else and they tread the well wormn path of previous generations going back millenia.
With her gaunt face, shriveled skin that show every possible bony protuberances, that even the ‘tanaka’ on her face, apply by her younger sister every morning she look more like an older, a much older 60ish woman.
Her only sister 3 years younger make her appearance even more dire.
Her appearance can not betray what she must have been through, even though she never complaint through out my visit.
She would never have gone down this road if she has other choice after loosing the job at the textile factory. With no education finding work is next to impossible.
Resorting to prostitution out of desperation assured her a life with no return, in Myanmar, of indescribable exploitations.
Often beaten, raped, used and abused in wretched way that will make, even the ones that are used to such graphic desriptions, cringe.
When I first met this 19 yo woman Ma Win Phyu she was lying on a woven mattress typical of a Burmese home on a bamboo floor of a thatch roof house b/t Yangon and Pago.
She was at the very last leg of the ravages from a fate that was dealt to her the day she lost her job. Now she is neither ‘Win= Radiant’ nor ‘Phyu=Fair’.
When she died, in a few days, like mnay others, will simply be buried rolled up in the very mattress she was lying on. In an open deserted plot of land near the fields.
As long as Saw Yan Naing the like of him keep only the tragedies of 8.8.8 alive while disregarding the bigger suffering induced by the useless careless west, the ghost of the like of Ma Win Phyu shall never rest.
Plan B – I will not belittle China’s stunning economic growth, because it is indeed impressive. In fact, nothing in my post belittled China’s truly unprecedented success.
But regarding your statement: “China is the only country with it vast ethic diversity being able to overcome all the potential conflicts that is on going in similar countries.” This is so patently false I almost think you wrote it in sarcasm. I think that the Tibetans and the Uighurs would say that there are some pretty serious ethnic conflicts. Quite a few Tibetans have literally burned themselves alive over this issue. And only just recently there was a major crackdown in Xinjiang on rebellious Uighurs. The only reason these conflicts aren’t more violent is because of the massive security and police resources the Chinese state dedicates to controlling the issue. China is an effective totalitarian police state, plain and simple. China has only “overcome all the potential problems” because of brute force, extreme violence, and state domination. Do you really think that the Uighurs and the Tibetans are not being colonized against their will?
Moving on is always easier said than done as Saw Yan Naing article exemplify.
Ongoing devastation by American policy alone from Cambodia to Vietnam and yes Myanmar by the west.
As long as Saw Yan Naing only repeatedly describe the tragedies that exonerated without regards to the other more tragic devastation by the west giving up the ghost will be impossible.
Sending Bibles from the west was the ultimate adventure and accomplishment a westerner can boast, when China was closed during the cold war,
Now that capitalism under Communism is successful albeit not up to par of western democracies, however afforded the world largest populated country’s citizenry with MORE CHOICES than ever.
Westerners are now questioning the economic progress with such bitter description as:
“instead of workers toiling in the fields now workers toil in factories whilst the fat cats get obese from the vast profits they make”.
Roy Anderson
I bet you will rather see them “toiling in the field” than having more choices.
Incidentally one can acquire Chinese Bibles in China w/o much ado.
China is a country simmering under a totalitarian govt. Unless they continue to grow economicallyt here will be even more demonstrations and the internal ethnic tensions will boil over. China is desperate to keep the USA afloat as anything that makes the US economy falter could ruin the capitalist govt of China. The danger with economic groath is that people realise that the ingrained corrupt state machine must really change or die. Your term “capitalism under communism” stretches my imagination beyond belief. China is a state capitalist country that is turning towards a full blown capitalist society without the benefits of freedoms we are tricked into believing the western countries have.
Of course China has developed over the last few decades. instead of workers toiling in the fields now workers toil in factories whilst the fat cats get obese from the vast profits they make.
Thanks. I’d be interested in the GPS tracks. I’m not sure the best way to pass these on. Wikiloc is one option, though you may have another, better idea.
The bridge is located at N20.21375 E100.45422. I do have GPS tracks of the access roads on both sides of the bridge (Thailand and Laos) and can provide them if someone is interested.
Your incessant complaint about the Chinese take over of Myanmar may seem justifiable if not for your absolute neglect or is it purposeful omission of the Bangali in the Western Myanmar.
Especially in light of the ongoing tragic conflicts that is not seen with your 2Y complaints.
Another continuation of a useless careless fact knowing well that
1) China being the biggest neighbour will project it influences to all its contiguos neighbours.
2) The West useless careless policy facilitated #1.
What ever happened to Khun Snoh? Inspite of his shocking revelations about how the Thaksin-Potjaman ‘system’ worked, Snoh (a deeply corrupt politician himself btw) had patched up with Thaksin.
And despite the Yingluck administration denials, inflation is here raising concerns and despair. Everybody complains about rising prices of everything.
30% is the much quoted minimum on Yingluck’s projects. That’s inflation (hyperinflation?)definitely. Makes one wonder whether or not all these Thaksin inspired populist policies (the rice pledge scheme) are corruptive … in the sense its intention really was to get the ‘masses’ to in return condone (wink at) the 30% Yingluck ‘rate’.
So my direct question is: Is Yingluck Shinawatra then another corrupt Shinawatra?
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Kareoke and opportunity?
Rhacel Salazar Parrenas has done a good job with the mostly women participants’ point of view in a book that I don’t think was reviewed on New Mandala:
ILLICIT FLIRTATIONS: LABOR, MIGRATION, AND SEX TRAFFICKING IN TOKYO
Publisher: Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 2011. 325p.
Reviewer: Ko-lin Chin | November 2012
The internal frontier: Chinese extraterritoriality in northern Laos?
Great comment, and I strongly agree with Noud. I think you mean industrialization of the East coast (not west) and more recent efforts in South-West China (not southeast).
Extremism in the name of Islam and Malaysian Muslims
Prime Minister Najib Razak made a very interesting speech at the United Nations General Assembly:
http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/malaysia/article/moderation-will-marginalise-extremists-najib-tells-un-general-assembly
When Lee Kuan Yew dies…
Questions:
(1) Was/is the Singapore Republic under LKY, and under his enduring dynasty thru his son now Singapore’s PM, a democracy?
(2) Did LKY monopolize (ruthlessly by ‘terrorizing’ dissidents) power?
(3) Was LKY corrupt and did in fact carries (to this day) a monopoly on (Singapore) corruption?
http://singaporedissident.blogspot.com/2012/01/singapore-lee-kuan-yews-monopoly-on.html
When Lee Kuan Yew dies…
I first visited Singapore in 1963. Hot off a plane from Darwin, in the old Kangaroo hop days, it was fascinating to meet by such a vast array of transistor radios, at Singpore’s Duty Free shops then.
When Lee Kwan Yew dies it will be one of the saddest days in my life. He took a dirt-poor city-state, from penury to prosperity. At great cost to personal freedom, undeniably – but for the HUGE benefit of the vast majority, undeniably. I take my hat off, to a great statesman.
They cannot rest in peace
Plan B,
Firstly why would I an athiest want bibles going anywhere other than the dustbin?
Secondly, you have read the book on parliamentry dictatorship as well as the one that is totally illinformed to state “CAPITALISM UNDER CAPITALISM”. How can there be capitalism under communism? The two are diametrically opposed to each other. China is not a communist country and never has been. I suppose you actually believe that the Democratic Republic of the Congo is democratic as it has democratic in its name.
As far as workers having a choice to toil on land or factories, where is the actual choice?
My last comment is that your anti western phobia actually borders on insanity. Like Thailand, the west has many diverse people with different ideas. Western capitalism is no different from anywhere else and they tread the well wormn path of previous generations going back millenia.
They cannot rest in peace
With her gaunt face, shriveled skin that show every possible bony protuberances, that even the ‘tanaka’ on her face, apply by her younger sister every morning she look more like an older, a much older 60ish woman.
Her only sister 3 years younger make her appearance even more dire.
Her appearance can not betray what she must have been through, even though she never complaint through out my visit.
She would never have gone down this road if she has other choice after loosing the job at the textile factory. With no education finding work is next to impossible.
Resorting to prostitution out of desperation assured her a life with no return, in Myanmar, of indescribable exploitations.
Often beaten, raped, used and abused in wretched way that will make, even the ones that are used to such graphic desriptions, cringe.
When I first met this 19 yo woman Ma Win Phyu she was lying on a woven mattress typical of a Burmese home on a bamboo floor of a thatch roof house b/t Yangon and Pago.
She was at the very last leg of the ravages from a fate that was dealt to her the day she lost her job. Now she is neither ‘Win= Radiant’ nor ‘Phyu=Fair’.
When she died, in a few days, like mnay others, will simply be buried rolled up in the very mattress she was lying on. In an open deserted plot of land near the fields.
As long as Saw Yan Naing the like of him keep only the tragedies of 8.8.8 alive while disregarding the bigger suffering induced by the useless careless west, the ghost of the like of Ma Win Phyu shall never rest.
They cannot rest in peace
Plan B – I will not belittle China’s stunning economic growth, because it is indeed impressive. In fact, nothing in my post belittled China’s truly unprecedented success.
But regarding your statement: “China is the only country with it vast ethic diversity being able to overcome all the potential conflicts that is on going in similar countries.” This is so patently false I almost think you wrote it in sarcasm. I think that the Tibetans and the Uighurs would say that there are some pretty serious ethnic conflicts. Quite a few Tibetans have literally burned themselves alive over this issue. And only just recently there was a major crackdown in Xinjiang on rebellious Uighurs. The only reason these conflicts aren’t more violent is because of the massive security and police resources the Chinese state dedicates to controlling the issue. China is an effective totalitarian police state, plain and simple. China has only “overcome all the potential problems” because of brute force, extreme violence, and state domination. Do you really think that the Uighurs and the Tibetans are not being colonized against their will?
They cannot rest in peace
Moving on is always easier said than done as Saw Yan Naing article exemplify.
Ongoing devastation by American policy alone from Cambodia to Vietnam and yes Myanmar by the west.
As long as Saw Yan Naing only repeatedly describe the tragedies that exonerated without regards to the other more tragic devastation by the west giving up the ghost will be impossible.
They cannot rest in peace
Sending Bibles from the west was the ultimate adventure and accomplishment a westerner can boast, when China was closed during the cold war,
Now that capitalism under Communism is successful albeit not up to par of western democracies, however afforded the world largest populated country’s citizenry with MORE CHOICES than ever.
Westerners are now questioning the economic progress with such bitter description as:
“instead of workers toiling in the fields now workers toil in factories whilst the fat cats get obese from the vast profits they make”.
Roy Anderson
I bet you will rather see them “toiling in the field” than having more choices.
Incidentally one can acquire Chinese Bibles in China w/o much ado.
Cancellation of Haris Ibrahim’s seminar
A real shame.
Hopefully, that second request for a meeting with an Immigration officer will be good news.
In response to a comment by a reader, Ed G, to the article , Haris mentioned that reasons were given for the first refusal of visa.
It would be most interesting to know what those reasons are.
New Thai-Lao Friendship Bridge across the Mekong
here’s an interesting perspective on Lao economic development – from Space ! :http://www.economist.com/blogs/banyan/2013/09/measuring-local-economies
They cannot rest in peace
China is a country simmering under a totalitarian govt. Unless they continue to grow economicallyt here will be even more demonstrations and the internal ethnic tensions will boil over. China is desperate to keep the USA afloat as anything that makes the US economy falter could ruin the capitalist govt of China. The danger with economic groath is that people realise that the ingrained corrupt state machine must really change or die. Your term “capitalism under communism” stretches my imagination beyond belief. China is a state capitalist country that is turning towards a full blown capitalist society without the benefits of freedoms we are tricked into believing the western countries have.
Of course China has developed over the last few decades. instead of workers toiling in the fields now workers toil in factories whilst the fat cats get obese from the vast profits they make.
New Thai-Lao Friendship Bridge across the Mekong
Thanks. I’d be interested in the GPS tracks. I’m not sure the best way to pass these on. Wikiloc is one option, though you may have another, better idea.
New Thai-Lao Friendship Bridge across the Mekong
The bridge is located at N20.21375 E100.45422. I do have GPS tracks of the access roads on both sides of the bridge (Thailand and Laos) and can provide them if someone is interested.
They cannot rest in peace
Daniel
China is the only country with it vast ethic diversity being able to overcome all the potential conflicts that is on going in similar countries.
There is no secret that the success is due to its single mindedness to ‘capitalism under communism’.
An irony that help with unbridled economic development with a totalitarian control.
BELITTLE if you must but do not disregard the historical unprecedented successes still ongoing since Deng.
They cannot rest in peace
Tocharian
Your incessant complaint about the Chinese take over of Myanmar may seem justifiable if not for your absolute neglect or is it purposeful omission of the Bangali in the Western Myanmar.
Especially in light of the ongoing tragic conflicts that is not seen with your 2Y complaints.
Another continuation of a useless careless fact knowing well that
1) China being the biggest neighbour will project it influences to all its contiguos neighbours.
2) The West useless careless policy facilitated #1.
Ties that bind: Sarawak and Adelaide
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Kareoke and opportunity?
Erik Cohen did some good systematic groundwork about what he calls “open-ended prostitution” in his book “Thai Tourism”: http://www.whitelotuspress.com/bookdetail.php?id=E21857
Thailand’s corruption record
What ever happened to Khun Snoh? Inspite of his shocking revelations about how the Thaksin-Potjaman ‘system’ worked, Snoh (a deeply corrupt politician himself btw) had patched up with Thaksin.
And despite the Yingluck administration denials, inflation is here raising concerns and despair. Everybody complains about rising prices of everything.
30% is the much quoted minimum on Yingluck’s projects. That’s inflation (hyperinflation?)definitely. Makes one wonder whether or not all these Thaksin inspired populist policies (the rice pledge scheme) are corruptive … in the sense its intention really was to get the ‘masses’ to in return condone (wink at) the 30% Yingluck ‘rate’.
So my direct question is: Is Yingluck Shinawatra then another corrupt Shinawatra?