The aim and purpose of this article is to demonstrate, using examples, what makes the ordinary Overseas Chinese tick, and what values motivate them in their livelihood – more so, in the Brunei context. The article seeks to understand Chinese Bruneian businessmen, uncovering, examining and...

Much has been written on the role of state and state-owned enterprises which have been said to contribute to the Republic of Singapore’s economic growth and development. In this paper, however, the authors highlight how the Chinese dialect clan associations, in partnering with the state,...

Corruption today threatens the strength and international credibility of the People’s Republic of China’s emerging new economy, and is in fact a main issue for the regime critics. Here, the practitioner-academician is asking and probing, “What make Chinese societies more predisposed or...

In this concise yet poignant research review paper, looking at several Chinese war strategies of Old China [although there are many], the academic-practitioners seek to gather key lessons of strategic leadership. One such key lesson, for example, is that it is better not to have any war at all,...