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Chinese sensitivities
Working out what matters to the Chinese is now an important consideration for everyone else around the world. The nineteenth century was dominated by European colonial powers and the twentieth by the United States. Few would now argue that in the current century, Asia and in particular China, will play a pivotal, if not indeed predominant role.Six hundred years ago China possessed some 3,500 ocean-going vessels, some of them many times larger than ships being built in Europe at the time. These so-called “Treasure Fleets” sailed westwards to India, the Arabian peninsula and along the East African Coast. Under Admiral Zheng He, heavily-armed trading vessels with crews of up to 1,500 sailors and soldiers were trading at least as far as the southern tip of Africa. Because all records were...
February 20, 2019

Chinese sensitivities

Credit card fraud in Turkey
Al-MadinaTWO months after I returned from a trip to Turkey, my Saudi bank gave me a surprise. It sent me an automated message notifying that a certain amount was debited to my credit card from Turkey.The amount was reimbursed earlier as tax deduction by a Tax Department official in that country. But it was debited to my credit card again without giving any reason.Meanwhile, a number of transactions were debited to my wife’s credit card although she had not made any purchases during our trip.The bills were for an important store in Istanbul, which she had dealt with previously. I think this store has technology to debit amounts to credit cards whenever it chooses and for whatever reason.To avoid getting billed in future, we cancelled our credit cards and obtained new ones. We complained...
February 20, 2019

Credit card fraud in Turkey

Will road tolls be used for road maintenance?
Al-YaumThe branch manager of the Ministry of Transportation in the Eastern Province, Ahmad Al-Ghamdi, has updated the media about the plan to introduce toll charges on the Kingdom’s roads. He stated recently that the matter of toll fees is being looked into and that all of the money that is collected in tolls will be spent on road maintenance.Because I am a good citizen and pay my bills, I see no problem in being charged for the use of some roads. However, once we have paid, we should demand our rights as drivers. Roads must be kept at the highest level of maintenance. The money that we pay in tolls must be used for road maintenance in addition to the money that the Kingdom sets aside each year for the development of the nation’s road network.Unfortunately, roads are currently not...
February 19, 2019

Will road tolls be used for road maintenance?

Who is selling Jerusalem?
Mr. Erdogan, the Turkish President, speaks to the world everyday. A good part of his non-stop speeches are directed against Saudi Arabia. The Moroccan Brotherhood government and media are online around the clock in support. So are the Iranian and Qatari mouthpieces.I doubt any logical argument would change their narrative. I gave up trying a long time ago. Instead, I would speak to their misguided audience.Here are their major points and my responses:Saudi Arabia is selling out to Israel. They are no longer advocating the Palestinian cause. Saudi officials are meeting secretly with Israeli counterparts to agree on the Deal of the Century proposed by the USA.All of the above are fabricated accusations by the same machine. None has been proven. At the same time, all the proven facts are...
February 19, 2019

Who is selling Jerusalem?

Deranged, or what?
Israel is this week supposed to be hosting a meeting of the four Visegrad Group countries, Poland, Hungary, the Czech Republic and Slovakia, except that, thanks to an extraordinary spat, the Poles will no longer be there.The row started when the Jerusalem Post quoted Israeli premier Benjamin Netanyahu as saying that the Polish nation had cooperated with the Nazis in the extermination of the country’s three million Jews. The reaction from Warsaw was hardly surprising. Polish premier Mateusz Morawiecki cancelled his flight to Israel to attend the Visegrad meeting. Netanyahu’s people appeared to try and row back on his comment insisting that he had been misquoted and had not used the word “nation”. The Jerusalem Post subsequently withdrew the quote, though it is not entirely clear...
February 19, 2019

Deranged, or what?

Chasing after MBS
OkazThe crown prince continues to astonish Saudis and peoples of other countries with his energy and dynamism, which has left an indelible mark in the minds of those who believe that history is created by great and ambitious leaders.THERE is excited activity in the Saudi as well as international media these days. This excitement surrounded Crown Prince Muhammad Bin Salman, who is the godfather of Saudi Arabia’s Vision 2030.This activity was at its height during his latest tours opening of a number of projects in different parts of the Kingdom, with a gap of only a few hours between one project and another.Within 24 hours, the crown prince, who represents the big Saudi dream, was seen moving between Al-Ula, Rabegh and Makkah, inaugurating giant projects and, at the same time, inspecting...
February 19, 2019

Chasing after MBS

World Government Summit in Dubai!
I do not know the number of conferences and forums that I have been invited to attend throughout my life. Many of them were held for public relations purposes. However, there is one place that excels in the industry of holding conferences and forums and that is Dubai, which harnesses all of its energy and resources to make these events the best in the world.One of the most important conferences held in Dubai has become a model for similar events around the world. This is the World Government Summit, a forum for new and distinctive ideas and for presenting the most successful governmental management experiences from around the world. The summit is a laboratory that presents the most important future ideas that provide innovative solutions to the difficult problems faced by governments and...
February 18, 2019

World Government Summit in Dubai!

Stop issuing traffic violations for minor offenses
Al-YaumThe management of the general directorate of traffic has finally realized that some traffic officers issue too many traffic violations. Sometimes they focus on minor violations, such as how a vehicle is parked, if a tire is on the yellow line, a vehicle that has stopped for a moment to load or unload without disrupting traffic, or any other superficial violation that causes no harm to others. Every now and then officers issue a violation for those who have not submitted their vehicle for a periodic check.What I have experienced when driving outside of Saudi Arabia is that if a traffic officer notices that one of the rear lights of a vehicle is broken he will write a ticket but not issue a traffic violation. If the vehicle owner does not get it fixed by the end of the day, then it...
February 18, 2019

Stop issuing traffic violations for minor offenses

Dealt a bad hand
For the first time, the US administration has given some sort of date when its long-awaited Palestinian-Israeli peace plan will roll out – or actually when it will not. At the recent Middle East security conference in Warsaw, Jared Kushner, senior White House adviser, son-in-law of US President Donald Trump and part architect of the deal, reportedly confirmed behind closed doors that the administration will not release its peace plan prior to Israel’s elections in April.That Kushner would rather sit on the deal until after the elections is to Benjamin Netanyahu’s advantage. Although he will probably win, as he almost always does, Netanyahu will be carrying heavy baggage, including the possibility of being indicted on corruption charges, which may make it hard for him to assemble a...
February 18, 2019

Dealt a bad hand

Ibrahim Naseeb
Tougher punishment needed
Al-MadinaA SENIOR official from Makkah police commented on a previous article I wrote about Saudi society. I talked about the bloody street fights that occur in the country in the context of the recent fight in Al-Hamadaniya, where a man was stabbed to death in the street in clod blood. In his comment, Gen. Muhammad Al-Ghamdi said in fights where teenagers use light weapons, such as knives, the sentence should not be less than five years in prison.In case someone died in a fight and the right to retribution was dropped by the family in lieu of blood money, then the person responsible for the death should be sentenced to 25 years in jail without any possibility for parole.Because the lives of our children are precious and we need to stop the madness of our youth who try to prove their...
February 18, 2019

Tougher punishment needed

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