"The Chinese language is a high priority and it is said that even Chinese who cannot read Chinese will still buy Chinese newspapers." That's news to this non-Chinese reading person.
- Andrew Kok
"In a statement today, Chinese associations from across Malaysia said the book was not only offensive to Indians but Chinese as well, as it depicted the character Kim Lock as a “miserly opium addict and callous adulterer” and his son, Cing Huat, as “cunning, greedy, unscrupulous and someone who would happily sell his daughters”." Which part is supposed to be offensive?
- Andrew Kok
"A Beijing entrepreneur, discussing restaurant choices with his fiancée over their cellphones last week, quoted Queen Gertrude’s response to Hamlet: “The lady doth protest too much, methinks.” The second time he said the word “protest,” her phone cut off." Holy. Shit.
- Andrew Kok
“What struck me most is that we’ve been extolling the virtues of the Internet for democracy and free speech, but an incident like this demonstrates how easy it is — particularly in a country where there’s a high level of governmental control — to just switch this access off.”
- Andrew Kok