Food Porn: Three Eats in Shanghai
Few people in the world enjoy their food as much — or as loudly — as the Chinese. Boisterous conversations are interspersed with the smacking of lips and clashing together of glasses to yell ‘Gan bei!’ (‘Bottoms up!’). Cigarette breaks are taken in between bites. Burps, belches and the occasional spit (yes, even on a … Read more
Songkran: The World’s Biggest Water Fight
My back up against a concrete wall, I slowly peek my head around the corner, a staggered breath escaping from my lungs. I scan the road. Nothing. Then it hits me. A long, streaky line of ice water in the middle of my back that dances across my shoulders and up towards my head. The … Read more
Lee Kwan Yew, Singapore’s Founding Father, Retires from Cabinet
Former PM, who led country from independence in 1959 to 1990, says it is time to make way for a younger team of ministers, Kate Hodal reports… Surprises do not come often in the city-state of Singapore, a place so staid that locals and foreigners alike call it ”Singabore”. But after a groundbreaking election in which the ruling … Read more
