Malaysia is a multicultural country of 32 million people. The ethnic population consists of three main groups: Malay (55%; about 17 million), Chinese (24%; about 7 million) and Indian (7%; about 2 million). There is not much intermarrying between these races. Islam, Buddhism, Christianity and...
United States of America has 332 million people. It is today’s sole superpower and has the largest economy in the world. In 1776, USA voted to sever its political ties to Britain and declared Independence, asserting a set of principles that suggest a fairer society...
China has 1.44 billion people and occupies a large part of Asia. Its civilisation – the world’s longest continuing civilisation – has been recorded over the last 5,000 years. It was the centre of the world for many centuries, like the USA is now. The...
Australia, in the Southern Hemisphere, is the biggest island nation in the world (blessed with minerals and agricultural land) and has 25 million people. Without new migrants, its population would be decreasing. First world nations have this tendency – reducing population. 90% of its population...
The civil war in China in the 1800s was 25 times more deadly than the civil war in the United States of America in the 1800s. In the former 25,000,000 people died, whereas in the latter 1,000,000 lost their lives. China’s last dynasty, the Manchu...
One hundred years ago, the world suffered a serious pandemic called the Spanish Flu. It came about near the end of World War I – 1918. For around two years (February 1918 to April 1920) it was deadly, and around 75 million people died after...
Mahatma Gandhi, persecuted as a second-class citizen in South Africa, fought for Indians’ rights in South Africa under the colonial regime of the British. This fight was transferred to India, where as leader of the Congress Party, Gandhi was instrumental in bringing down the British...
Deng Xiaoping, as China’s paramount leader, implemented reforms that opened up China to the world. The physically small man went through hardship during his political life, but under his watch, China began its remarkable transformation since 1979 to become one of the world’s largest economies....
A member of the Chinese diaspora, the ‘English university qualified’ Lee Kuan Yew, as Singapore’s prime minister transitioned the nation from ‘third world’ to first, in just three decades. China’s Deng Xiaoping, the undisputed leader after Mao Zedong, in late 1970s met with Lee and...
‘Iron Lady’ Margaret Thatcher was a transformative long serving prime minister of the United Kingdom. She worked well with US president Ronald Reagan in ending the Cold War with the Soviet Union. A strong-willed person, she moved Western civilisation to the right (it was too...
Comasters Law Firm and Notary Public is a commercial legal practice in Sydney. We conduct matters in a range of legal areas. Whilst based in Sydney, Comasters maintains close links with business people across the Asia Pacific region.