SEAsia political risk analyst @SPGMarketintel, ex head of Asean @FT Confidential Research, and @BBCIndonesia. Views are mine.
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"You have a fabulously symmetrical face!"
Who better to wave us off on our pre-season tour than the President of the Greeters Guild?! 😅😂
@milocomedy | #ManCity
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Ron Manager; Saturday afternoon is football.
There is something truly magical about this sketch
#TheFastShow
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It’s a remarkable coincidence that the oldest vernacular chronicles that survive from England and Java both date from the first decade of the 10th century: the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle A (ca. 900) and the Wanua Tengah III (908)
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Suniuo, or Teruo Nakamura, a Taiwanese Indigenous man, is the longest-lasting holdout of the Imperial Japanese forces. He survived in the jungles of Indonesia in complete isolation for 31 years. He returned to ROC-controlled Taiwan in 1974 & struggled to fit into his homeland. 1/
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I've written a new article for @newmandala on what we know about Majapahit's empire in the archipelago. I spend a bit of time going through the evidence (mostly Javanese inscriptions and chronicles) to try to substantiate what "empire" meant to Java newmandala.org/was-majapahit…
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A thread about the historical explanation for Indonesia’s current stand-off with China in the South China Sea.
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No more foreign hoes, Jokowi says #jakpost bit.ly/2Nn4dhi
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Why Indonesia is treading softly on tech tax on.ft.com/2R0jXWP
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Vietnam gets old before it gets rich. Poorest Asean nation to reach population w/ 10% elderly, most are hostile to nursing homes. Survey via @FT
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Politics remain a guessing game in Thailand but the election looks like it's actually coming in Feb or not later than May. One reason to hope for a smooth transition is that the economy has rebounded, with around 4.5% full year growth expected on.ft.com/2PzKyfJ
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Go-Jek sparks an Indonesian banking revolution:
The rise of e-payments is helping millions of Indonesians open bank accounts, receive loans -- and climb the economic ladder.
Read more: s.nikkei.com/2wps99O
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People in south-east Asia appear to be quitting some of their social media use — for data privacy reasons, according to our latest survey.
Here's what else respondents had to say about their views of social media: on.ft.com/2OhXgfF
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Thai consumers are once again opening their wallets — bolstering the country’s broader economic recovery: on.ft.com/2sQQHry
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#Philippines: No reprieve for Filipino poor as inflation rises ft.com/content/e23b7758-5cfd…
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Anyone who has lived in Southeast Asia can relate to Mahathir right now. He’s doing the old trick of ‘I couldn’t get an appointment with an official so I’m just going to turn up to the building and hopefully get my document signed’.
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The internet and social media pose a much deeper challenge to democracy than most people have so far recognized.
A short threat on my article in @nybooks.
nybooks.com/daily/2018/04/30…
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Economic optimism falters in #ASEAN ft.com/content/a9070f24-39a3…
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Asean-5 property market recovery falters on.ft.com/2JkCKss
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Marawi rehabilitation will drag until the end of Duterte’s term in 2022. But Mindanaoans living under martial law since May 2017 don’t mind.
More: ft.com/content/c19c5a00-31cc…
