Sui-Lee Wee
Southeast Asia Bureau Chief at The New York Times
@nytimes Southeast Asia Bureau Chief. Previously covering China from 2010-2021. Pronounced Sweet, without the T. Previous homes: 🇨🇳🇭🇰🇺🇸🇸🇬
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3 weeks ago |
nytimes.com | Sui-Lee Wee
Former President Rodrigo Duterte, who faces international court charges of crimes against humanity, remains very popular at home. Six weeks ago, a van piled high with flowers pulled up at the International Criminal Court's detention center in The Hague. The court also received deliveries of birthday cards. Lots and lots of them. They were all for the newest inmate, Rodrigo Duterte, the former president of the Philippines, who turned 80 on March 28.
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1 month ago |
nytimes.com | Sui-Lee Wee
The People's Action Party is widely expected to continue its six-decade reign. But discontent with its policies is fueling a growing opposition. Like the last time Singapore held elections, it is in the throes of a global crisis. Five years ago, the governing party portrayed itself as the steady hand to guide the nation through the coronavirus pandemic. The pitch is the same this time, as President Trump upends the world's trade order.
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1 month ago |
dtnext.in | Sui-Lee Wee |Aie Balagtas See
NEW YORK: He never aspired to be a priest. After he rose to be a bishop, he implied that he suffered from impostor syndrome. And when Cardinal Luis Antonio Gokim Tagle of the Philippines is asked if he could become the first Asian pope — a frequent question in recent years — he says it is impossible. “Thinking of myself in that position, no, no, I laugh at it,” Tagle told the BBC in 2015. “I cannot even manage my life.
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1 month ago |
flipboard.com | Sui-Lee Wee |Aie Balagtas See
14 hours agoAs the Vatican prepares a conclave, the status of a once-powerful Italian cardinal loomsVATICAN CITY (AP) — As the Vatican switches gears from saying goodbye to Pope Francis to electing his successor, the status of a once-powerful Italian cardinal and whether he can vote in the May 7 conclave have been a constant question and source of gossip.
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1 month ago |
nytimes.com | Sui-Lee Wee |Aie Balagtas See
Cardinal Luis Tagle of the Philippines is known as the "Asian Francis." But he has been criticized for not being vocal enough about his country's brutal drug war and clerical sex abuse. He never aspired to be a priest. After he rose to be a bishop, he implied that he suffered from impostor syndrome. And when Cardinal Luis Antonio Gokim Tagle of the Philippines is asked if he could become the first Asian pope - a frequent question in recent years - he says it is impossible.
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