In My Own Words

To the non-Chinese speaking world, Yang Mi 杨幂 is not a familiar name. From her photos, one will be forgiven for mistaking Yang Mi as an a...

The Challenge: Climb 311 steps to the top of the tower - or so I thought.  Standing 62 metres / 203 feet tall, the 'Monument to the Grea...

Gag orders are for the benefit of victims and witnesses only It is cardinal that an accused person is innocent until proven guilty. Yet, med...

I read with disquiet and appal the account by Charlotte Bellis, a pregnant New Zealand citizen who had been unable to return to her home cou...

For the last 18 months, we have been battling an invisible enemy without respite. In stealth, the enemy travels across borders incognito, ...

2.00pm, Tuesday, 31 May 2016 – Seven or eight police officers swarmed into the diminutive 67-year-old’s home.  Ignoring her request to take...

Recently, a public figure who is (or was) practically the crown prince ( 皇太子殿下 ) of our land, announced that he would no longer be vying for...

  It was THE RISE OF PHOENIXES 天盛长歌 (TROP) which got me into C-drama.   Before TROP, I had never watched any C-drama nor had I any interest ...

TMPB is a romantic fantasy costume drama based on Chinese mythology, a genre more aptly described by the term ‘xianxia’ ( 仙侠 ). It tells t...