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1. Magazines - Post Magazine - SUNDAY MORNING

   Reflections: disappearing acts

   Posted Sep 23rd 2012, 12:00am by Wee Kek Koon

   ... - if there is such a thing in the mainland - about his disappearance may be revealed, but for now most people are just relieved to see a healthy looking Xi back in the limelight. The Wanli Emperor of the Ming ...

   http://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/article/1040618/reflections-disappearing-acts
2. Magazines - Post Magazine - SUNDAY MORNING

   Reflections: knocking on heaven's door

   Posted Jan 20th 2013, 12:00am by Wee Kek Koon

   ... Wee Kek Koon Illustration: a yip   New leader Xi Jinping visited Shenzhen last month, echoing Deng Xiaoping's 1992 southern tour. Apart from the obvious economic message - Deng is credited with leading China towards a market economy - Xi's homage to the late paramount leader was probably intended to reinforce his own legitimacy to rule. Chinese emperors had many ways ...

   http://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/article/1128483/reflections-knocking-heavens-door
3. Magazines - Post Magazine - SUNDAY MORNING

   Reflections: follow the leader

   Posted Mar 31st 2013, 12:00am

   ... Wee Kek Koon This month, just days apart, two heads of state were elected not by the majority of the people they now lead but by small bodies of Very Important Persons. Pope Francis, the temporal head of Vatican City, the world’s smallest sovereign state, and President Xi Jinping of China, the world’s most populous, were chosen by assemblies of cardinals and cadres, respectively. ...

   http://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/article/1200923/reflections-follow-leader
4. Magazines - Post Magazine - SUNDAY MORNING

   Six degrees

   Posted Apr 07th 2013, 12:00am

   ... according to a US diplomatic cable made public by WikiLeaks, President Xi Jinping.   ...

   http://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/article/1206877/six-degrees
5. Magazines - Post Magazine - SUNDAY MORNING

   Reflections: flood vessels

   Posted Jun 02nd 2013, 12:00am by Wee Kek Koon

   ... of significant proportions. It's up to the individual to believe whether it was a natural event or divine punishment. The Chinese also have their flood stories. There's the tale of Fu Xi ...

   http://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/article/1248846/reflections-flood-vessels