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...What Abdullah certainly did promise was to combat graft and strengthen civil liberties during his tenure. The vows so pleased Malaysian voters that in the 2004 elections, less than five months after Abdullah became Prime Minister, the National Front won its largest-ever mandate. But the euphoria hasn't lasted. Abdullah has been criticized for everything from restarting several of Mahathir's extravagant megaprojects to rolling back press freedoms that he himself had granted. At the same time, his stolid image as a compromise candidate has come back to haunt him. "His performance is disappointing, unexciting," says Kuala Lumpur-based...
...former Deputy Prime Minister who was jailed for six years on corruption charges that human-rights activists considered politically motivated, is an impassioned orator who can draw crowds of tens of thousands. His cult of personality drives the People's Justice Party, whose racial diversity is rare in Malaysian politics. But Anwar was banned from politics for five years because of his jail time. The embargo expires in April. Given that Abdullah could have called elections any time over the next 15 months, the choice of poll date leaves many Malaysians feeling that he is intentionally excluding a certain former...
...American-style. The Asian delegates are also exposed other things new and crazy—and sometimes even natural. Aside from American booty shaking practices, beer pong, and Harvard’s expansion plan, the trip to Cambridge is the first time many delegates have ever seen snow. The Malaysian delegate that Wei hosted last year was ecstatic about the fluffy flakes that many Harvard students so bemoan. “We took her outside and made snow angels,” says Wei. The students shared traditions unique to Harvard, as well. After explaining primal scream to a Japanese...
...government contracts. Many Indians, the country's poorest ethnic group, accuse the government of persistent racial discrimination and have over the past few months taken to the streets in rare protests. On Saturday, hundreds of Indians marched through Kuala Lumpur carrying roses they say symbolized their peaceful intent. Malaysian police responded with water cannons and tear...
...Jonathan Stone, Hong Kong-based business director of Asian art at Christie's, describes as a cultural fascination with China - an enchantment the auction houses hope to extend to the rest of Asia. "The globalization of the art market is greater than it ever has been," Stone says. Observes Malaysian lawyer, author and collector Karim Raslan: "Christie's and Sotheby's increasingly realize their niche is cross-selling globally, between, say, Europeans and Chinese, whereas auction houses like Borobudur and Larasati are cross-selling between Filipinos and Indonesians...