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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...should perhaps also ponder its real fear of extermination by a superpower and its need for self-protection. Why does Washington still obstinately and arrogantly refuse to sit down with Pyongyang for direct bilateral talks, respect its sovereignty and give it the chance to open up and reform? Stephen Kwok Wai Chan Hong Kong...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters | 11/11/2006 | See Source »

...should perhaps also ponder its real fear of extermination by a superpower and its need for self-protection. Why does Washington still obstinately and arrogantly refuse to sit down with Pyongyang for direct bilateral talks, respect its sovereignty and give it the chance to open up and reform? Stephen Kwok Wai Chan Hong Kong In the run-up to the Iraq war, I recall National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice stating that, in lieu of solid proof that Iraq possessed weapons of mass destruction, "we don't want the smoking gun to be a mushroom cloud." I also recall getting into...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Scramble For The Bomb | 11/7/2006 | See Source »

...complicated and diverse, like Europe. Each province has a major dialect and many subdialects. Imagine Dutch, Danish, English, Welsh, Spanish and Catalan, all being spoken in the same country! For communicating outside northern China, Mandarin is functional only if the natives feel they would benefit from speaking with you. Kwok Kian Cheng Singapore...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters | 7/17/2006 | See Source »

...feel as if the WTO is trying to make me swim without a life vest." A squadron of Koreans did make a break for the convention center later, but were repelled by riot police wielding shields and pepper spray. Homegrown radical and Hong Kong legislator Leung (Long Hair) Kwok-hung, who marched with the Koreans and was caught up in the tussle, summed up the experience: "I had a good time, apart from getting pepper-sprayed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Scenes from a Protest | 12/18/2005 | See Source »

...transformation of China can be better achieved by economics, not by politics. Large corporations can show the way by providing tangible examples of how the Chinese people can have a better standard of living through their individual efforts and creativity. Political rhetoric and mismanagement are not effective. Tsang Kwok Choong Singapore...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters | 12/12/2005 | See Source »

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