Part two of his commentary continues at The Age, Malaysia bites back and industriously trades the insults. Backman has even dedicated a section of his website to more Malaysian writeups.

Malaysia needs to do something. Its oil will run out soon and it has lost much of its appeal to foreign investors — recent UN figures show that from 2004 to 2005, foreign investment in Malaysia fell by 14 per cent, when the world economy was enjoying one of its longest periods of growth. One might wonder what the Trade and Industry Minister has actually been doing.