Maurizio “Mau” Vagnozzi - THE QUIET REPORT (Page 4)

01 Jan 2026 ASIA TAIWAN

ORDERING FOOD IN ASIA

Eating in Asia teaches you that respect can be silent, and that trust — in the menu, in the cook, in the system — is often rewarded. You may not get exactly what you expected. But more often than not, you get exactly what you needed.

30 Dec 2025 HONG KONG

JIMMY LAI: SILENCE DESCENDING ON HK

There are moments when repression does not arrive with tanks or gunfire, but with paperwork, court dates, and the slow suffocation of words. Hong Kong

27 Dec 2025 NIGERIA

ISIS AFTER THE CALIPHATE

Some public commentary framed the US operation in Northern Nigeria as a defence of Christians against religious persecution. Nigerian officials were quick to reject that framing—and rightly so. ISIS-linked violence in Nigeria does not follow a single religious line. Christians are targeted. Muslims

25 Dec 2025 CAMBODIA THAILAND

SOUTHEAST ASIA BORDER WAR

Thailand’s latest escalation with Cambodia has been framed, from Bangkok, as something more precise than a border war : a campaign against the scam industry

23 Dec 2025 CHINA Demographic

DEMOGRAPHIC DILEMMAS

There are policy decisions that arrive quietly, almost unnoticed, yet speak volumes about a country’s state of mind. China’s recent move to remove