It's the Foreign Influence Podcast, with American Bill Poorman and Dutchman Nikolaj Groeneweg taking you on a humorously serious and seriously humorous romp through international events. This time:
• Just one topic, really - Singapore! Nikolaj is back in Europe now, and Bill is back in the US, of course. Time for some reflection on our time in SG and Asia.
• Singapore is the freest unfree place you'll ever see. Western-style politics and civil liberties are missing, but the place works - and works for most everybody. (We thought it wasn't supposed to be that way...)
• The live-in Foreign Domestic Worker/maid/helper system was bizarrely great. We admire these ladies immensely.
• Should we be upset to be called ang mohs?
• We're pretty sure we were spied upon.
• The Chinese Community Party could do worse for models going forward.
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