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Stepping Up To A New Era Leadership Role

Stepping Up To A New Era Leadership Role

Xi Jinping, who hails from Beijing, is the son of the revered leader and revolutionary hero, Xi Zhongzun of the Communist Party propaganda department and later Vice-Chairman of the National People’s Congress who helped build its base in Shaanxi province. He was 15...

An Awesome Steely Determination

An Awesome Steely Determination

Over the years, Tan Sri A.K. Nathan has spearheaded his company, Eversendai Corporation Bhd (Eversendai), into becoming Asia’s leading integrated structural steel turnkey contractor with a strong design, engineering division and modern fabrication facilities in...

Triumphing Over The ‘Impossible’

Triumphing Over The ‘Impossible’

From things cemetery to tourist attraction, Founder and Group Managing Director of Nirvana Asia Ltd, Tan Sri Kong Hon Kong has completely transformed the company beyond the imagination of many. At a time when it was a taboo to promote funeral services and when even...

Redefining Indonesia

Redefining Indonesia

“As a captain mandated by the people, I’m asking the entire nation to board this ship that is the Republic of Indonesia and to sail together toward a Great Indonesia. We will stretch sturdy sails. We will face storms and ocean waves using our own power.” The stirring...

Shining Bright

Shining Bright

It is widely known that success comes with a price. One young and enterprising entrepreneur in Malaysia has not only paid the price for his success but has, through sheer determination, taken hold of that which many seasoned entrepreneurs have yet to achieve. In this...

The Queen of Chamber Jazz

The Queen of Chamber Jazz

At a time when music schools abound and musicians from a young age are more than capable of playing multiple instruments, depending on sheer talent alone to set oneself apart and make a name in the industry is no longer enough. In order to make it big and be...

All That Jazz

All That Jazz

Jazz has always been deemed a blessed kind of music, for its richness in heritage, its role as an art form, and brazen appreciation for spontaneity. Unfortunately, the current generation's sense of urgency for instant gratification have made them unable to appreciate...

Taking Charge

Taking Charge

Daisy Yiyou Wang may not be a household name for the average Joe and plain Jane of the world but for the select few who do, she is the gatekeeper to an exotic world of discovery. As the Curator of Chinese and East Asian Art at the Peabody Essex Museum in the United...

Empowering Lives – Taking The Bull By The Horns

Empowering Lives – Taking The Bull By The Horns

The right to education is a universal entitlement duly recognised by the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) as one of the most basic of human rights. However, that is not the case for Humaira Bachal, the 25-year-old activist from Pakistan who risks her life...

Lighting Up Life’s Darkened Paths

Lighting Up Life’s Darkened Paths

Taking a firm stand for what one believes strongly in is virtuous but spreading the awareness to others by utilising one's gift is noble. That is exactly what Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy, the internationally renowned documentary-maker and journalist from Karachi, Pakistan...

Beyond Books and Borders

Beyond Books and Borders

Leading geopolitical expert and world traveller Parag Khanna is critically-acclaimed around the world for his groundbreaking theories on global trends, systemic risks and technological disruptions, and has provided advice and consultations to various institutions,...

Southeast Asia’s Most-Admired Property Developers

Southeast Asia’s Most-Admired Property Developers

Characterised by its subtropical climate and cultural diversity, Southeast Asia has risen steadily to become one of the world leaders in property development. Through the visionary endeavours of companies who have taken risks and spearheaded change, the business has...

Asia’s Leading Female TV Hosts

Asia’s Leading Female TV Hosts

The current leading ladies of the Asian entertainment industry are formidable forces in their own right with their individual brands of specialties and capabilities. Many have become well-recognised household names, due to their relentless efforts in putting on...

Visionary Extraordinaire

Visionary Extraordinaire

From humble beginnings to business tycoon, with an astonishingly successful career spanning 31 years as an entrepreneur, Tan Sri Datuk (Dr) Haji Mustapha Kamal Haji Abu Bakar, or fondly known as MK, is a genuine model for success in the...