Word: lumpur
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...later, the chip fabricator, the hardware producer, is now the bustling cultural center of Greater China. Of course the mainland still dominates the Chinese world in geopolitical and economic terms, but whose soap operas are they watching in Bangkok and whose Mando-pop CDs are they buying in Kuala Lumpur? Outside of Japan, Taiwan is Asia's leading pop cultural exporter. And when you're exporting your music, movies and TV shows, that means other countries are interested in what you think, who you are. The upshot is a state that confidently and pragmatically goes about its business (even though...
...most of the discussions taking place in Kuala Lumpur's smoke-filled rooms center on the Daim-Mahathir split. Daim is currently traveling in the U.S., following the Prime Minister's announcement in mid-April that his longtime confidant was taking an unusual three-month break from his job. When asked whether the decision to take leave was a precursor to Daim's resignation, Mahathir declined to elaborate, saying: "If you ask me and I answer, he might get angry...
...former Cisco Systems executive accused of embezzling $10 million from the networking equipment maker and one of its smaller partners; in San Jose, California. ARRESTED. BADARUDDIN ISMAIL, 56, Malaysian human- rights activist and the 10th person arrested this year under the country's draconian Internal Security Act; in Kuala Lumpur. DIED. DAVID WALKER, 56, former astronaut who commanded the 1989 Atlantis voyage and launched the Magellan probe that mapped the surface of Venus; in Houston, Texas. Walker also flew on three other U.S. space shuttle missions, including the 1984 Discovery, which was the first successful attempt at retrieving satellites from...
...citizen, simply shrugs. "Oh, who knows," she says. "I'm half Punjabi, mixed with some English, a little French and dribs and drabs of God knows what else." The 29-year-old speaks crisp British English, fluent Malay, and a smidgen of Punjabi. She grew up in a Kuala Lumpur neighborhood that was mostly Chinese, attended an English-speaking school and was pals with Malay and Indian kids. Gill's Channel V show, broadcast in English, has a strong following in Malaysia, Japan and the United Arab Emirates. "I'm Hitler's worst nightmare," she says. "My ethnicity and profession...
...been better. Skyline Cruisers easily matches the blockbuster Hollywood action films in scope and grandeur; none of the cost-cutting so common in Hong Kong productions is to be found here. Yip gets the most visually out of every cent in his large budget. The futuristic architecture of Kuala Lumpur is photographed to its best advantage, and it is a rare shot indeed that disappoints...