Our ties with China...read on.
Early years

Chinese sojourners were known to have sailed by the Palau islands back to the 18th century. A Chinese junk reportedly sailed anchored at Palau for several days in 1782, ( Read more... )

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My friend George and his new bride Katka are traveling in Southeast Asia. This is the George I traveled extensively with from November 2000 through March 2001, including the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, Germany, the Czech Republic, Morocco and both of our first trip to Malaysia, Singapore & Thailand. We also had some memorable road trips to ( Read more... )

It's before 11 am, we can't even check into the hotel yet, and I've been going for 9 hours already. We got into the Philippines without incident and a shuttle ride to one of the nicest hotels in Makati. This is the rich tourist / shopping / business center of the country, from what I've heard. Security is thick, with bag searches to enter the ( Read more... )

Jemaah Islamiah split but still deadly
By David Wright-Neville
Monash University, Melbourne

Jemaah Islamiah, the group most likely to have carried out the Bali bomb attacks on 1 October, has in recent months been beset by internal disputes over ideology and the use of violence.( Read more... )

Thoughts from Saturday afternoon ( Read more... )