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Beberapa jam lagi, bermulalah temasya sukan termashyur dalam sejarah dunia, Sukan Olimpik Tokyo 2020.

Masih teringat temasya pertama ChongWei melibatkan diri. Lokasinya? Di tanah asal Olimpik, Greece. Tahunnya? 2004. ChongWei masih muda, hanya 22 tahun.

Atas nasihat jurulatih, saya melepaskan peluang menghadirkan diri di upacara pembukaan. Bukan di Greece saja malah di Beijing dan London. Sebabnya permulaan game pertama dijadualkan ngam-ngam selepas upacara pembukaan.

Hanya di Rio, ChongWei sempat menghadiri upacara pembukaan sebagai pembawa Jalur Gemilang. Takkan terlupa saat-saat tersebut. Tergenang mata ChongWei masa itu. Betapa bangganya ChongWei masa itu. Tergenang mata jugak mengenangi detik-detik tersebut.

Kembali ke 2004 Greece. ChongWei tidak beraksi dengan cemerlang. Berjaya menewaskan pemain Hong Kong NgWei di pusingan pertama tetapi kalah di pusingan kedua kepada ChenHong. Temasya itulah Malaysia pulang tanpa sebarang pingat. Masa itu, penerimaan kekalahan masih okay lagi. Sebab minda tahu, masih ada tournament lain boleh menang.

Tetapi turning point ChongWei ialah apabila saya tengok perlawanan akhir kawan baik saya, Taufik melawan SeungMo. Tidak pernah saya tengok Taufik main sebegitu mati-matian! Lagilah tak pernah tengok Pak Taufik menitis air mata sebegitu di gelanggang. Saatnya Lagu Indonesia Raya dilaungkan dan bendera Indonesia dinaikkan semasa upacara hadiah, sekali lagi Taufik menangis dihadami emosi kebanggaan. ChongWei yakin saat itulah antara saat paling bangga Taufik dalam kariernya. Saat itu juga mengubah persepsi saya.

ChongWei mahu merasakan kebanggaan sebegitu. ChongWei bertekad. ChongWei bersungguh-sungguh training. ChongWei mahu pingat emas Olimpik. ChongWei mahu bendera Malaysia dikibarkan. ChongWei mahu sangat lagu “Negaraku” berkumandang di pentas Olimpik.

Setiap hari training mati-matian. Bangun paling awal, balik paling lambat. Arak tak pernah sentuh. Rokok pantang dicuba. Makan pun jaga.

2008 Beijing. LinDan dibelakangi ribuan sokongan penonton tempatan. Terlalu handal. Tidak apa. Cuba lagi 4 tahun depan.

2012 London. LinDan lagi (siot betul)! Kali ini sengit. ChongWei menghabiskan segala tenaga yang ada. Sampai kosong gas tong. Rubber game, kalah 21-19. Tidak putus asa. Nak lagi. 4 tahun lagi.

2016 Rio. Kali ini saya menang LinDan. Tapi emas tetap tidak kesampaian. Badan sudah ibarat kata Malaysian…. Koyak. Kalah pula kepada ChenLong di final. Tapi hati masa tu masih tak mau give up. Nak try lagi sekali. Last sekali di Tokyo.

The rest ... you guys know the history. Minta maaf Malaysia. Sangat-sangat minta maaf. Tidak terdaya membawa balik pingat rahmat itu untuk rakyat Malaysia.

Kepada warrior-warrior Malaysia di Tokyo, ingatlah pedoman dari kuda tua ini. Olimpik Games is the biggest sporting event ever. You should be proud of yourself for being there. Go all out! Remember all the hard work you been through to reach this pinnacle. Do your best! For you, your family, your country, your people back home, who are helplessly fighting our own battle. For Hope. For people of Malaysia. #DemiMalaysia

Malaysiaku, keluargaku

“Chong Wei! Pi depan naikkan bendera!” Selalu jgak I kena tegur cikgu disiplin, kantoi borak dgn member time perhimpunan sekolah. Sengaja I main naik bendera laju-laju sebelum tamat lagu Negaraku. Kawan-kawan gelak sambil nyanyi. Cikgu disiplin nak marah tapi tak boleh lagu Negaraku masih jalan. Kenangan nakal Chong Wei. Ha!

Dua puluh tahun kemudian, kami tengah warm-up di stadium Rio centro Pavilion, dalam persiapan menghadapi sukan Olimpik. Motivasi masa itu memang setinggi Gunung Kinabalu. Diminta training yang lagi insensif. Malang sungguh tak berbau, dalam satu pukulan lift, raket terpukul tangan kiri. Tergemam semua. I ingat mungkin fracture patah tangan kiri aku. Nasib baik selepas diperiksa doktor, tulang selamat tapi perlu dibalut ais untuk meredakan bengkak.

Petang tu, kami team Malaysia semua beransur ke Stadium Maracana. Perempuan pakai baju kebaya oren. Lelaki pakai songkok dan baju Melayu oren. Memang team paling ensem paling lawa malam tu. Pihak penganjur datang membawa bendera Malaysia. CDM Tan Sri Mohamed Al Amin Abd Majid mengajukan jari kepada saya. Budak nakal yg suka main bendera inilah pembawa bendera khas negara temasya itu.

Baru ingat nak main kibar bendera mcm wayang perang Samurai, terus jam. Amboi! Berat juga si Jalur Gemilang ni! Sakit sangat tangan kiri I nak angkat. Diperhatikan kesukaran saya oleh rakan sepasukan, ada yang suruh saya rehat, biar orang lain yang bawa bendera.

“Chong Wei, anak saya tengah tunggu depan tv, nak tengok you bawa kita masuk stadium”, kata pula Muhaimin pegawai rasmi pasukan. Tidak mungkin saya menghampakan jutaan rakyat Malaysia di rumah. Game memang penting, tanggung jawab terhadap Jalur Gemilang dan Negara lagilah penting. Saya pun minta Sue Bock dapatkan pita selofan dan balutkan tiang bendera dengan tangan I. Biar tambah sekongan dan supaya tidak terlepas bendera kita nanti.

Beberapa minit sebelum perarakan masuk ke dalam stadium, sempat juga saya berborak ngan kontijen Madagasgar yang beratur di depan kami.

“Cantik bendera kamu, tapi rumit. Tak seperti bendera kita, simple je”. Entah dari mana datangnya semangat, pandai pula saya jawab. “Brother, ini bukan sekadar bendera. Ia lambang perpaduan satu keluarga besar. Ia Negara saya. Ia satu tempat di mana keharmonian dan kebahagian dihargai and dikecapi. Ia keluarga saya, rumah syurga saya.”

Kemudian, mulalah perakaran team Malaysia ke dalam Stadium Maracana. Terbasah sikit jugak di mata. Bukanlah kerana sakit di tangan, tetapi kebanggaan menjulang bendera Malaysia, menjulang harapan jutaan rakyat Malaysia, menjulang nama negaraku, rumahku, Malaysiaku.

Selamat Hari Jadi ke-63, Malaysiaku. 🇲🇾

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My Malaysia, my Home

“Chong Wei! Stop being so naughty! Go raise the flag!” That’s the punishment I always got from my disciplinarian teacher during my early secondary school days, when we were caught laughing during the severely boring daily school assembly. While some of my cohorts were laughing sheepishly in their line, I would have to tie the flag correctly to the pole, and slowly raised it up during the anthem. Sometimes I admit, I used to raise it up even before the first half of the anthem ended, to see the crowd burst into laughter and to see the veins of the head of my angry headmistress!

Fast forward twenty years . On a sunny morning in Rio de Janiero. 5th August 2016. We went to the Riocentro Pavilion to have our venue familiarization. I was pretty hyped up. I knew I have to beat Lin Dan and Chen Long to win gold. I requested Hendrawan to increase the intensity that morning. Seu Bock was serving the shuttle to Hendrawan and another sparring partner for them to rain smashes at me. Defending one of the shots, I lost my grip and my racquet hit my left hand.

Team doctor came and luckily it was not broken. But it was pretty sore and I couldn’t lift my left hand. Doctor advised to wrap in ice bags the whole night and hopefully the sore will be gone the next day.

Evening came. The whole Malaysian Olympic went into the Maracana stadium, dressed sharply in our national costumes. We lined up behind the Madagascar team. Someone then brought in our Jalur Gemilang. Our CDM Tan Sri Mohamed Al Amin Abd Majid then pointed to my direction, for me being the flagbearer. I grabbed the pole. “Oh my God !” I let go a silent shout! Little did I knew it was that heavy! I felt so ashamed. My left hand really felt a sharp pain.

Some of my teammates saw my grimace. “Chong Wei, just rest! Let others hold the flag”, one teammate advised. I was fighting in my mind. My upcoming tournament is important, but so is my flag. My teammates all went silent. I could see into their eyes. They wanted me to carry the flag. Then one official Muhaimin came to me and woke me up “Chong Wei, my son is waiting to see you to carry the flag in.” I knew I couldn’t disappoint them. I asked Seu Bock to bring me an invisible tape and tied the pole to my hands, providing extra support during the march-in.

Holding the pole in front of the line waiting to march in, a Madagascar athlete from the group in front had a small chat with me. He asked “You have a nice flag there, Mr Lee. Ours is more simple. Why is the complexity?”
My pride burst out suddenly. “This is no normal flag, my friend. This a symbol of unity of a great family. This is my country. This is a place where smiles and happiness happen for the simplest reason. This is my family. This is my home.”

The rest is history. You might notice the watery eyes in the photo. No more due to the pain in the left hand. Only tears of pride. I carried the flag proudly in the march in. Carrying in the flag. Carrying in the hope of my Malaysia. Carrying in the smiles of my 31 million big family. Carrying in … my home.

Happy 63rd Birthday, Malaysia.

我的国，我的家

四年前里约奥运，是第四次出战奥运会的我第一次成为马来西亚代表团旗手，当时候的我左手是受伤的，不过，当手握辉煌条纹那一刹那却忘了痛，取而代之的是无限的骄傲与使命感。

对我来说，辉煌条纹是马来西亚三千万人一条心的象征，而那一刻我手中握着的是全马三千万人的期盼与希望，双手撑起的是我的国我的家，此生有幸担任大马奥运旗手，是国家给我的荣耀，是我一生中最光荣的时刻。

马来西亚独立63年了，今年大家都不容易，希望疫情尽快过去，我相信只要全民团结一致，明天一定会更好，祝马来西亚国庆日快乐。🇲🇾

Sepanjang kerjaya sukan ChongWei, satu dunia ChongWei merantau untuk bermain badminton, demi bendera di dada. Kadang-kadang pergi dekat, kadang-kadang jauh. Ada pernah ke negara maju, ada juga masanya bertapak di negara membangun dan negara mundur.

Ni nak berkongsi serba sedikit pengalaman menjelajah jauh. Ini masanya 6 tahun lepas. ChongWei masa tu berada di tangga ke-99. Demi mengutip mata untuk menyertai Sukan Olimpik Rio, ChongWei terpaksa pergi jauh ke Amerika Syarikat dan Canada. Terbang 30 jam + one way beb!

Sepertimana kejohanan antarabangsa lain, sebelum bertolak ChongWei semestinya berbekalkan Maggi, Milo dan biskut PingPong Hup Seng. Kalo xde, sanggup tak terbang beb.

Selepas menang di New York, sampailah ChongWei di Calgary. Surprise gak, guys. Umpama Cowboy town yang high class. Lambang-lambang cowboy belaka merata tempat. Selepas berusha sikit, rupanya seluruh bandar tengah dalam persiapan untuk Festival Stampede, festival cowboy yang disanjungi puak-puak cowboy di Amerika Syarikat dan Canada.

Cantik actually Calgary ni. Gunung Rockies antara pemandangan paling menawan untuk saya. Serius.

Selepas dah muak makan Western seminggu di US dan Canada, kawan baba aku Mr E yang buka dewan badminton di Calgary bawa I menjamu di restoran-restoran Malaysian di Calgary. Adalah rasa sikit bau Malaysia… tapi memang kurang lah rasanya. Kerinduan terhadap Malaysia semakin terasa.

Entahlah, mungkin itulah sebabnya kurang bermaya persembahan ChongWei, terpaksa terheret ke rubber games berlawan Sai Praneeth dan Takuma Ueda di suku akhir dan separuh akhir. Terlebih maggie dan biskut pingpong kot. Maybe lain cerita kalau ada biskut cap badminton.

Malam sebelum perlawanan akhir. Tak tahu nak makan apa dah. Pernah try KFC dan McDonald tapi sumpah guys, KFC McDonalds kat Malaysia terbaik! Dah down dah… esok nak lawan Ng Ka Long ni.

Ring… ring… ring

Kawan lama I, Naufal call. Dulu main basketball bersama, dah lama lost contact, rupanya dah bertempat di Calgary. Dia ajak jumpa makan malam lepas tournament. I terus “Apa pula besok?! Malam ni la bro”.

Terus I uber ke rumah dia. (Canada x pakai Grab)

Naufal sediakan nasi lemak rendang ayam. Bini dia masak masak kari kambing. Kawan kita sorang lagi Terry bin Maldini, Melanau Sarawak juga di Calgary. Terry bawak charkueyteow style Prai yang basah, dan 100PLUS Malaysia ! Terkejut I. Kat Lucky Market bole beli kata dia.

Oh my god. Best giler! Meletup perut meneriak kesedapan.

The rest was history. Ng Ka Long langsung bukan lawan di final.

Kawan-kawan sekalian,

Takde negara lain yang ada makanan seenak.
Takde negara lain yg ada Melayu, Cina India, Iban, Kadazan Dusun, Melanau panggil each other bro, abang, adik, ah ne, boss.
Takde negara lain yg lebih mewah dari segi tradisi dan adat.
Takde negara lain yg bole menang Thomas Cup dengan berbilang kaum.

Jangan tak sayang Malaysia.
Jangan tahu kritik sahaja.
Cubalah sedaya anda melalui kemampuan anda, memperbaiki apa yang rosak, and memajukan apa yang sedia ada di negara.

There is still hope for this Country we all love. It’s our Malaysia, our home after all.

Jangan lupa.
Kita semua pernah seketika dulu.
Berikrar di perhimpunan sekolah.
Akan menumpukan segala tenaga and usaha kami…
Demi...

Negara kita… Malaysia kita…

selamat hari kemerdekaan ke 64 🇲🇾

P/S: Memang best pergi negara maju lain. Tetapi lepas 2-3 minggu, memang terindu dan terasa Malaysia lah yang terbaik, tak sabar-sabar pula mau pulang. Setuju?

在我的羽毛球生涯中，我总是很期待8月份，为什么呢？因为8月北半球是夏天，在国际上会有很多大型运动赛事：世锦赛、奥运...... 每到这个季节，总有股使命感推著我必须要尽最大的努力，从运动场上为国家捎来“金”喜，把赛场上的荣耀带回来为国家庆生。

你们可能不知道，当大家在电视前为我们鼓掌，为马来西亚欢呼时，那种全民团结的能量，其实是会“传到”场上的；当下的我知道，电视那头无论种族肤色、宗教信仰，总会在这些微妙的时刻团结起来。纵使我退役了，但我还是非常想念那种全民一心的激动！

今年8月，虽然我已经无法从场上为国家带回庆生的礼物，但我会用尽馀生当一位最称职的马来西亚人，照顾家、疼惜国，把我最美好的祝福当成礼物，献给我挚爱的这片国土。

马来西亚，国庆日快乐！🇲🇾

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今年出道 25 週年的 TRF 團長 DJ KOO，與來自馬來西亞的 C-POP 百萬金曲鬼才，Namewee 黃明志實現夢幻合作。全球爆紅曲「TOKYO BON 2020」的製作公司，株式会社 Cool Japan TV 及日本娛樂公司 Avex Management 攜手合作，安排亞洲各國合計 2,000 萬粉絲以上的人氣 YouTuber 在日本齊聚一堂，共同製作了 TRF 名曲盆舞改編版「BOY MEETS GIRL 2020」。
 
通過這次的合作，DJ KOO 與 Namewee 黃明志加入了兩人的 RAP 饒舌歌詞，實現了日語，英語，中文的多語言歌詞改編。歌曲的故事設定為，在日本流行音樂文化席捲亞洲的 90 年代，在馬來西亞聽著 J-POP 度過少年時期的 Namewee 黃明志，對 DJ KOO 訴說「少年與少女在那之後的故事並不是那麼地一帆風順」。DJ KOO 藉由引用原曲歌詞「邂逅才是人生的尋寶遊戲」，加上改編歌詞回應「一路以來受過了多少創傷，也因為這些經歷讓我們變得更堅強，更善良。讓我們一起繼續尋找人生中最寶貴的事物吧」。兩人通過這夢幻合作，對現代少年少女們發出鼓勵的訊息。
 
MV 的高潮盆舞部分，更加入了世界知名日本藝人 Piko 太郎的友情客串。此外，DJ KOO 的理念「One Asia, One World」也引起了亞洲各國人氣 YouTuber 的共鳴，齊聚一堂一同跳盆舞。舞蹈由繼承加貿百萬石文化，擁有 100 年歷史的創作日本舞蹈孝藤流傳人，孝藤右近排舞。此外，奧運會金牌選手清水宏保，avex 新人團體 callme，贊助商 Molly Fantasy 的 Lala也到場支持。
 
MV 裡也插入了首度發布此曲的舞台，在法國巴黎舉辦的 “Japan Expo 2018” 15,000  人的演唱會影像。DJ KOO 表示「面向奧運會 2020，日本將成為全世界的焦點，希望可以通過日本傳統文化盆舞，將日本的魅力告訴全世界」。
 
□　BOY MEETS GIRL 2020 / Namewee feat. DJ KOO

出演 : Namewee、DJ KOO、孝藤右近
特別嘉賓 : Piko 太郎、清水宏保、PInO、callme、AR performers
YouTuber : Shen Lim、MaoMaoTV、林進、小A辣、Nana梁雲菲、Toyz、屎萊姆的3次元、魚乾、菜喳、Cody Hong、彤彤、Kidinn、Yvonne Chua、Ernest DoCrazy、RU醬、Ayu TV

Produced by : Cool Japan TV、avex management
贊助 : Molly Fantasy
 
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In conjunction to his 25th anniversary, TRF’s leader DJ KOO collaborated with Malaysia’ Top C-POP million hits artist Namewee.
 
The production company behind the viral hit 「TOKYO BON 2020」- Cool Japan TV - the leading influencer marketing company, gathered Asia’s Top YouTubers in this Bon dance version of TRF’s remix song「BOY MEETS GIRL 2020」together with one of the largest music entertainment companies, avex entertainment.
 
This collaboration saw DJ KOO and Namewee presenting their RAP segment with multilingual lyrics ranging from Japanese, English and Chinese. The setting of the MV goes back to the 1990s when Japanese pop music and culture craze swept through Asia. For Namewee who grew up listening to J-POP, he shared with DJ KOO on how teenage love was never that smooth-sailing. This was reflected in the song “Fateful encounter is like a life-time treasure hunt”, DJ Koo then responded with new lyrics “Life might be a journey of suffering, only to make us stronger and kinder. Let’s continue to search for what matters most.” This dream collaboration aims to deliver their words of encouragement to everyone.
 
The highlight of this bon MV goes to the guest appearance of global well-known Japanese artist  Piko Taro. Together with participation of the Asia Top YouTubers, this MV humbly resonates to DJ KOO’s vision of "One Asia, One World”. The Bon dance was choreographed by Ukon Takafuji, the heir of the Takafuji clan with over 100 years of history. More guests such as Olympic gold medalist skater Hiroyasu Shimizu, avex artist group callme and Lala from Molly Fantasy also gave their support.

The MV also includes the first concert performance of this song at Paris, France where the “Japan Expo 2018” was held and garnered interest from 15,000 audience. DJ KOO expressed “With the upcoming 2020 Olympics, Japan will be the growing center-of-attraction. We hope to bring about Japan’s culture and appeal to everyone through the traditional Japanese Bon dance.”

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　デビュー25周年を迎えたTRFのリーダーDJ KOOが、C-POP史上最多のミリオンビューヒットを持つ、マレーシア出身の人気アーティストNameweeと夢の共演。「Tokyo Bon 2020」の世界的ヒットで話題のアジア最大級のインフルエンサーネットワークによるインバウンドプロモーション事業を展開する株式会社Cool Japan TVは、音楽業界を牽引するエイベックス・マネジメントとの共同プロデュースによる、アジア各国の合計2,000万フォロワーを超える人気YouTuberが日本に一堂に集結して撮影を行った、TRF名曲の盆踊りリミックス「BOY MEETS GIRL 2020」のミュージックビデオを発表した。
 
今回のリミックスで新たに聴くことができる、日本語、英語、中国語の多言語で展開されるDJ KOOとNameweeによるラップパートでは、日本のポップカルチャーがアジアを席巻した90年代、マレーシアでJ-POPを聴きながら青春時代を過ごしたと言うNameweeが、憧れのスターであったDJ KOOに「少年と少女のその後の物語は決して平坦な道のりではなかったこと」を訴え、それに対してDJ KOOは「傷ついた分だけ強く優しくなれる、人生の宝探しをこれからも続けて行こう」とオリジナルの歌詞「出会いこそ人生の宝探し」を引用して応え、かつての少年と少女たちに応援のメッセージを送っている。

クライマックスの盆踊りでは、今や世界で最も知られている日本人アーティストとなったピコ太郎がサプライズの友情出演。DJ KOOが今回のテーマとして掲げた「One Asia, One World」に共鳴して集まったアジア各国の人気YouTuberと共に、加賀百万石の文化を継ぐ石川県金沢市にて100年の歴史を持つ創作日本舞踊孝藤流の家系に生まれ、日本を代表する舞踊家として活躍する孝藤右近の振り付けによる盆踊りを踊っている。又、オリンピックの金メダリスト清水宏保、avexの後輩アーティストcallme、協賛・協力企業モーリーファンタジーのララも駆けつけて参加している。

映像中には、本作の初公開の舞台となったフランス・パリの “Japan Expo 2018” での15,000人の熱狂的な観客を前にしたライブパフォーマンスの様子も織り交ぜられており、DJ KOOは「東京オリンピックへ向けて、日本が世界から注目を集める中、日本の伝統文化である盆踊りを楽しんでいただくことを通じて、日本の魅力を世界に発信して行きたい」と語っている。

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Kento Bento — Researcher, writer, narrator, audio editor, video editor, motion graphics & art director
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Video Title: The Secret Overseas Headquarters of North Korea

"Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. February 13th, 2017. A frantic Korean man approached an airport receptionist in the departure hall of Terminal 2, in Kuala Lumpur International Airport. He claimed someone had grabbed him from behind and splashed a mysterious liquid on his face, and he was now feeling some discomfort. The receptionist sent him to the airport’s medical clinic to be looked at by doctors, but it wasn’t long until he became unresponsive. Less than 20 minutes later, he was dead. The liquid that was smeared on his face turned out to be VX nerve agent (a chemical weapon categorized as a weapon of mass destruction). The victim was Kim Jong-nam - the half brother of North Korea’s Supreme Leader, Kim Jong-un. Before his untimely death, Nam was set to return home to Macau (after a business trip in Kuala Lumpur) - Macau was where he had lived anonymously with his family the past two decades. But while he never made it back, the aftermath of his assassination brought a great deal of unwanted attention to the Chinese city he lived in; for the long-standing secretive relationship between Macau and North Korea was now in the limelight..."

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[HAS MCDONALD'S CONQUERED ASIA?]

If McDonald's were a country, it's revenue would make it the 105th largest economy in the world, surpassing the GDP of Estonia, Cambodia & Afghanistan.

The number of McDonald's employees worldwide would be more than the entire population of Iceland, Barbados and Samoa.

It's a big company, but it wasn't always that way.

McDonald's was founded on May 15th, 1940 in San Bernardino, California - that's over 77 years ago - and has since expanded to a 120 countries and territories around the world, serving 68 million customers each day.

It took 27 years for the first McDonald's to appear outside of the US, and 31 years to make it's way to a second continent.

THIS continent was Asia, and in this video I'm going to take you through the next 46 years of McDonald's' Asian ascension.

So, which Asian country was the FIRST to open a McDonald's? What did McDonalds have to sacrifice in order compete with local markets? And how much of Asia is there still left to conquer, as of today?

We'll get into all of that, so grab a double cheeseburger (maybe some fries), and we'll explore every Asian country to have ever had a McDonald's.

Welcome to McAsia.

Some notable McDonald's branches in Asian countries are:
- McDonald's Japan for being the first Asian McDonald's ever.
- McDonald's Singapore for having the oldest McDonald's employee worldwide at 93 years old.
- McDonald's Malaysia for being the first McDonald's in a Muslim-majority country.
- McDonald's Turkey for being the first McDonald's in West Asia (Middle East).
- McDonald's South Korea to be the first to sell alcohol (beer).
- McDonald's Russia for having the largest McDonald's outlet in Asia in Pushkin Square, Moscow.
- McDonald's Israel for having the healthiest McDonald's in the world.
- McDonald's Saudi Arabia for oddly taking out a full page ad in a Saudi national newspaper swearing loyalty to the new crown prince.
- McDonald's India for being the first McDonald's in South Asia, as well as having the first vegetarian McDonald's in the world.
- McDonald's Pakistan for having served the Taliban at one point in time.
- McDonald's Georgia for having the chain's most exquisite outlet.
- McDonald's Iraq for only having ONE McDonald's outlet for the US Army stationed in Baghdad.
- McDonald's Kazakhstan for being the first McDonald's in Central Asia.