- Below are some salient points and facts behind the Sino-Indian border
war of 1962. A good knowledge of the historical background of the
disputed boundaries is essential to the understanding of the dispute.
There are many cumulative factors that cause the Sino-Indian border war in the foothills of the Himalayas mountain ridges in 1962. There is the historical factor of British colonialism and imperialism in India expanding right into Chinese territories in Tibet, India's ambitious Forward Policy of building military outposts deep into Chinese territories far beyond the McMahon Line , a boundary illaterally drawn by the British but never recognized by China, US/UK Western political and psychological support as well as Soviet Union's behind the scene instigation and support that encouraged India to attack China. Also it was due to India's ambition of inheriting the mantle of British colonialism and imperialism at the expense of China and India's overconfidence and miscalculation that China would not fight back in the event of Indian attack on Chinese border troops , a false and fake feedback given to India by US/UK and Soviet Union that finally goaded India to attack China.
Throughout the 18th and 19th century British colonialism in India expanded maliciously towards the Chinese territories in Tibet. British expansionism incurred on Chinese territories in the Himalayas in both the north west region of Aksai Chin and the north east of southern Tibet in Tawang province.
England refused to budge from occupied Chinese territories inspite of endless years of negotiations taking advantage of a weak and decadent Chinese government then.
British failure to settle its occupation of Chinese territories before it left India laid the foundation to the border war between India and China. Nehru's India was adament in refusing to talk and negotiate with China over the Chinese lands stolen from China by the British and now inherited by India as fait accompli Indian territories. Thus India wants to inherit the mantle of British colonialism and imperialism at the expense of China.
During the same period of 18th and 19th century another European imperial power Russia was expanding into Chinese territories both in Siberia in the north up to the Pacific coast where Vladivostok ( a former Chinese city ) is and in the south and south west in Xinjiang and Tibet in the Hindu Kush and Karakoram mountains.
Both England and Russia had the same compulsion to expansion. And wherever new territories were occupied they established military outposts to fortify and strengthen their illicit and illegal occupation and to overcome local resistance. And that was how China lost vast territories to England in the south and three million and five hundred thousand square miles of Chinese lands to Russia in the north as well as thousands of square miles of Chinese territories in the Illi region of Xinjiang.
PART TWO
On 14th March, 1899, in Peking, England agreed that the whole Karakash Valley and all Aksai Chin territory belonged to China. In the Simla Convention in 1914 Britain confirmed that Aksai Chin belonged to China. However, in 1947 when India became independent it refused to recognize Aksai Chin as Chinese territory.
When British forces reached the Himalayas it found that the states of Nepal, Sikkim and Bhutan were all under some sort of Chinese suzerainty. In 1914 England illegally took the Tawang district of southern Tibet from China in which China objected and protested strongly. In 1946 an Indian map of Nehru's book "Discovery of India" 1st edition showed the Tawang province as Chinese territory. However, Britain's failure to reach an agreement with China left unresolved boundary problems to independent India in 1947, when it was granted independence on 14th August, 1947.
China had always protested the stealing of Chinese territories in Aksai Chin and Tawang and considered the Simla Convention in 1914 invalid. In October 1962 , China officially asked India to return to China a large swathe of territory from Ladakh to Assam which include Sikkim and the Darjeeling district.
India not only refused to return Tawang to China but renamed the province as the North-East Frontier Agency. India then adopted a forward policy of the British in grabbing more Chinese lands beyond the illegal McMahon Line and building military outposts to strengthen its occupation. When China called for talks and negotiations to settle the boundary issues it was always rebuffed by India which stubbornly maintained that they were Indian territories and there was nothing to talk or negotiate. India's attitude was on the model of the arrogant Americans or the west and that is 'accept what I claim or else there is nothing to talk about.'
In September 1962, India arm forces pressed forward in the western sector of Aksai Chin and the eastern sector - the North East Frontier Agency ( NEFA ). Thus it was India's forward policy which led to war. India believed and the belief was strengthened and assured by UK,US and Soviet Union that China would not fight back if India pressed forward and attack Chinese troops at the border. This strong conviction that China would not retaliate in the face of Indian attack encouraged India to continue its attack on China more aggressively from 6th October, 1962.
In the meantime China appealeed to India to talk and negotiate a peaceful settlement instead of resorting to fighting. However, India's attitude meant that settlement must be on India's terms.. When India continued to attack China finally had to retaliate and pushed back Indian forces. It was then that India shamefully claimed that China had carried out an unprovoked attack on India.
India had committed aggression against China but was quick to reversely put the blame on China for attacking India.It was a terrible shameful lie. It showed how dishonourable India can be.
India turned panicky with the disastrous defeat of its armies in the border war. Nehru appealed to America and England for military aid. India gave a list of the weaponeries it required from USA . On 29th October, 1962, Nehru accepted US military aid. This exposed India's false and fake non-alignment policy. India was looking at war with China as hours of greatness. From the 12th to 16th November,1962, India carried out large scale attack on Chinese forces in the north-east, NEFA. Again Indian forces were routed by the Chinese peasant armies.
On the night of 20th November, 1962, Nehru appealed for US intervention to bomb Chinese forces and also requested for US to despatch an aircraft carrier to the Bay of Bengal.
PART THREE
China declared unilateral ceasefire
On 20th November, 1962, China announced to the world of its unilateral ceasefire and withdrawal to 20KM behind the line of actual control which existed between China and India on 7th November, 1959 - The McMahon Line which China had never recognized.
China's army had advanced into the territory south of the McMahon Line , "in order to thoroughly rout the Indian reactionaries and to shatter their plan of altering the border status quo by armed force and to create conditions for a negotiated settlement. It was the first time in recorded history that a great power has not exploited military success by demanding something more." ( Quote from Neville Maxwell ) . China could have marched easily into into New Delhi, India's capital.
China repatriated to India all 6,000 Indian prisoners together with all their guns, mortars, artilleries, brand new American automatic rifles and a Russian helicopter in serviceable condition.
China called for talks and negotiations again but was constantly rebuffed by India despite appeal by some Afro-Asian nations viz Egypt,UAR and Sri Lanka. Instead India in 1963 conducted a joint Anglo-American air exercise with long range fighter aircraft flying in to operate from Indian Air Force bases. Nehru had in November, 1962 called for Anglo-American intervention in the Sino-Indian border war. It was a betrayal of the Afro-Asian non-aligned neutral spirit. Further India also called for Soviet Union's help to build up her defenses.
It was India's intransigence in refusing to talking peace through negotiations that the borders were therefore settled down into an armed truce and diplomatic relations between China and India were frozen in limbo. In 1969 a suggestion by Mrs Indira Ghandi to mend diplomatic relations with China was rejected by Congress.
Nevertheless, China's long standing offer to negotiate a boundary settlement on the basis of the status quo when India is ready to do so still stands.
PART FOUR
In September, 1971, Neville Maxwell's book on India's China War had aroused a hostile uproar in India. Led by politicians and parliamentarians the public demanded punitive action against the publisher and the writer, Blames for the defeat of the border war were hurled and levelled at each other between and among the different groups of politicians, parliamentarians, Indian Intelligence Bureau and the military.
Subsequently the retired army general - General Thapar broke his silence and in an article in the Statesman of 9th January, 1971 blamed the civilian defense minister , the director of Indian Intelligence Bureau and the civilian government not only for interference in purely military matters on flimsy political grounds but also for provoking the border war, when the defense minister ordered the army to evict the Chinese from Thag La ridge and other border areas both in the west and the east despite General Thapar's misgivings regarding Chinese reactions and its consequences.
It was generally believed by Nehru , his cabinet and his generals that China would not react strongly to India's forward policy and to India's attack on Chinese border troops. General Kaul was a warhawk who persuaded Nehru and the parliamentarians to strongly support the forward policy and eviction of Chinese troops from their outposts that led the Indian army to establish advance checkposts to outflank Chinese positions. Further India supported the CIA armed Tibetan emigres to foment and organize a separatist armed rebellion in Tibet . In fact Mullit the director of India's Intelligence Bureau and Nehru as well as many Indian generals and parliamentarians believe that India's national security can only be preserved by either India's occupation of Tibet or by helping to establish an independent Tibet state subservient to India. This has become a permanent feature of India's foreign policy.
Foot note:
This synopsis base on Neville Maxwell's book, " India's China War " is written to present the truths elicited from facts to refute the false and fake representations by some overseas - ASEAN Indian intellectuals who still hold strong social and emotional ties to India that they cannot overcome their Psychological pain of India's defeat in the Sino-Indian war of 1962. Therefore they pretentiously claimed innocense of India and blame China for the border war. Thus for years they persistently and consistantly talk, speak and write damaging articles to disparage and demonise China to give China a bad image. They are also quick to condemn China in any dispute between China and other countries viz US, Japan, Vietnam or the Philippines without any logical basis other than their chronic pathological hatred for China .
Hopefully this brief synopsis will set them in the right perspective of historical truth and not base on their irrational thinking arising out of their emotional ethnic ties to India.
Southernglory1
Wednesday, 11th July,2018
4/20/2019
Raising the quality of doctors
SINGAPORE: Starting 2020, the list of
overseas medical schools whose graduates can practise in Singapore will
shrink from 160 to 103.
This comes after the Singapore Medical Council (SMC) reviewed the overseas medical schools with registrable basic medical qualifications, it said in a joint press release with the Ministry of Health (MOH) on Thursday (Apr 18).
The changes come as the need to recruit overseas-trained doctors abates, with total annual intakes from local medical schools rising from 300 in 2010 to about 500 in 2018....
Responding to CNA's queries, MOH and SMC said that in recent years, it registered about 120 doctors annually who had trained at the affected medical schools. Of those, about 30 were Singaporean or Permanent Residents.
Read more at https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/singapore/moh-cuts-overseas-medical-schools-approved-for-practise-in-11459004
This comes after the Singapore Medical Council (SMC) reviewed the overseas medical schools with registrable basic medical qualifications, it said in a joint press release with the Ministry of Health (MOH) on Thursday (Apr 18).
The changes come as the need to recruit overseas-trained doctors abates, with total annual intakes from local medical schools rising from 300 in 2010 to about 500 in 2018....
Responding to CNA's queries, MOH and SMC said that in recent years, it registered about 120 doctors annually who had trained at the affected medical schools. Of those, about 30 were Singaporean or Permanent Residents.
Read more at https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/singapore/moh-cuts-overseas-medical-schools-approved-for-practise-in-11459004
In recent years Singapore had registered about 120 doctors from the delisted list of medical schools or about 1,200 for a 10 year period or 2,400 if over 20 years. The big question everyone will be asking would be the standard of medical practitioners from the delisted list and whether they have compromised the overall quality of medical services here. Hypothetically, if the approved list is equated to be the A list, the delisted list could be B or C list. So those from the B or C list that have gone through the gates would still be practising here due to our shortages of doctors.
Hopefully all is well and there is really nothing to worry about. Oh, would India sue the Singapore Govt because not all Indian doctors would be allowed to practise here?
Apparently from the above step taken by SMC and MOH, not all medical schools are the same or of the same standard or standard that are deemed acceptable to Singapore. Would this reasoning be the same for all other disciplines like engineering, science, law, finance, commerce etc etc? Or the difference in standards in these other disciplines would not be too deadly compare to medicine so never mind? Would slip shod engineering work, architectural work, civil engineering or even finance be deadly enough and result in loss of life as well?
In the past, Singaporeans seeking a university education overseas would be very careful to identify only the reputable ones or those recognised by the Govt. This may seem to be history and nowadays everything goes as long as it is printed on good quality papers, would be acceptable in our globalised city where wildlife are preferred than the locals, where funny degrees from funny universities are seen as better than our world class universities, where many of our graduates from our world class universities are answerable or have to report to superiors with funny degrees from funny universities.
Should the Govt think that it is high time that it also do a spring cleaning like the SMC and MOH to list and delist universities of dubious credentials? Or the problem will be so humongous, especially with so many private universities commercialising education and selling degrees of all kinds here and all over the world?
What do you think?
4/19/2019
US Destruction of Socialist Countries worldwide
It is so disgusting that many naive or ignorant politicians in Asean countries are constantly asking the Evil Empire to come to Asia particularly South East Asia to provide a strategic balance to the region. They should know the United States has for centuries been creating choas, trouble, instabilities, corruption and wars of conquest and domination wherever it goes.
The native Americans never invite the Europeans, the Spanish, the British, France and Portugal to their countries. Nevertheless they went uninvited. What did they do then? For hundreds of years they went on a rampage to tear their lands and countries asunder, to rob, to kill, to destroy their culture, to genocide and to take possession of their lands and countries. Go and read to find out about the atrocities they committed against the natives of America. Africa, Australia and New Zealand. They said that happened in the past. How stupid can they be to say that. Don't they know the West especially the Evil Empire wicked deeds have never stopped and are still continuing.
The Evil Empire, the United States is the most wicked country on earth. It is a rogue terrorist state. It posts a dire threat to all people and all life due to its insidious drive for world hegemony.To ask the
Evil Empire to come to South East Asia is to court with death unnecessarily. The Hawaiians had learnt it in a hard way. They allowed the white Americans into the country too freely. The Americans grabbed all the best lands to plant thousands of acres of fruit trees. They exploited the Hawaiian labours to the bone with very meagre or low pay. When the local Hawiaan government wanted to tax their companies they refused to pay. They made things difficult for the Hawiian people and government. When the Hawiaan government threatened to nationalise their American United Fruit Company they called in the American military to overthrown the Hawiaan kingdom. The rest is all history for Hawaii became an American colony in 1905 and was annexed by America on the 21st August, 1959 against the wishes of the Hawiaans. The island is now flooded with white Americans the population of which is many times more than the local Haiwaiians. However the local Hawaiians have never given up their hope of fighting for their own independence. In this fight they need the help of all countries and the United Nations Organisation.
In the 1890s the United States undertook to help Cuba and the Philippines to fight for independence against Spanish rule. The fight against Spain ended with both Cuba and Philippines became the colonies of the Evil Empire, a change of colonial and imperial master. Both Cuba and the Philippines resisted fiercely against the Americans but to no avail against superior American military might. Hundreds of thousands of Cubans and Philippinos were brutally slaughtered by the savage Americans. Due to continuous fierce resistance from the Cubans the Evil Empire found it hard to retain its rule. It yielded to Cuba's independence but retain a province in Guantanamo as US military base and concentration camps. The Philippines got its quasi independence in 1948 after the Second World War for the Evil Empire continued to hold many strategic Philippine ports for its military bases.
In 1961 the Evil Empire again tried to invade Cuba to topple the socialist government of Fidel Castro. It was resoundly defeated by the Cubans in the Bay of Pigs.
The Evil Empire will attack and destroy small or weak countries with a socialist or leftist government whether they are democratically elected or a leftist dictatorship. They hate countries with socialist governments that give no chance for American capitalists to exploit.
Thus from 1961 to 1973 United States tried to gain control over Vietnam by taking over the colonial war from France but was badly defeated by the Vietnamese.
US persistently tried to regime change of countries which do not toe its dictates.It attacked and invaded the Dominican Republic in 1965 to topple its leftist regime. In 1983 it attacked Grenada to topple a socialist government which was very close to Cuba.
In 1953 US overthrew the democratically elected government of Mohammed Mossadegh of Iran in a military coup after he threatened to nationalize British Petroleum and replaced him with a pro US dictator, the Shah of Iran.
In 1954 US overthrew the democratically elected government of Jacob Arbenz of Guatemala in a CIA supported military coup because he wanted to nationalise the United Fruit Company owned by Rockefeller . CIA replaced Jacob Arbenz with pro US brutal dictators who killed over one hundred thousand Guatemalans.
Similarly democratically elected governments of Ecaudor, Brazil, Bolivia, Uruguay and Haiti were replaced or regime changed by CIA supported military coups and replaced with pro-US brutal dictators.
One of the most wicked and brutal plot of CIA in regime change in South America took place in Chile in1973. In that year CIA overthrew and assassinated Salvador Allende , Latin America first democratically elected socialist leader as president. When Allende's socialist government nationalized USA's exploitative companies in Chile, CIA planned a coup and replaced him with CIA backed General Augusto Pinochet who tortured and murdered thousands of Chileans in a crackdown on labour leaders and the socialist political parties.
But the most gruesome and most brutal regime change carried out by CIA happened in a South East Asia country. President Sukarno of Indonesia had trusted the Americans too much so that over the years CIA infiltrated the Indonesian government administration deeply especially in the military. Then in 1965 CIA overthrew Sukarno with a military coup . In fact since 1957 , CIA had been trying to eliminate Sukarno with several attempted assassinations. CIA replaced Sukarno with a staunchly pro-US traitor General Suharto who to maintain and sustain his rule brutally murdered more than a million to two million civilians , a large proportion of which were Indonesian Chinese. It was the CIA which provided Suharto with the list of names of those countless suspects of being socialists or leftists politically.
At present in South East Asia the next target for regime change by the Evil Empire is the Duterte government of the Philippines. President Duterte had declared war on the international drug and narcotic traffickers whose illicit trafficking of drugs in the Phillipines had destroyed thousands of Philippinos every year and milked billions of dollars out of the Phillippines in foreign exchange. Of course the biggest and greatest drug rings and narcotic traffickers in the Philippines are run by CIA in cahoot with corrupted officials in the police and military and with the help of local runners. Thus the Evil Empire is not happy with the lost of billions of dollars from secret illicit drug and narcotic businesss in the Philippines due to President Duterte.s crackdown on the illicit trade. President Duterte has to be very careful for CIA will never give up assassination attempts on him to replace him with a Pro-US dictator like the previous corrupted dictator president Marcos who ruled from 1950s to around mid 1970s.
Now the Evil Empire is intent on creating choas, instabilities, trouble dissensions and wars between Asean countries and China under the falsehood and guise of freedom of navigation and to provide balance of power in the region. Basically there was peace and tranquility in the South China Sea region until the Evil Empire pivot into the region with clandestine activities.
Asean countries must have the wisdom not to fall into the American trap of providing help and assistance in whatever circumstance because it is always a death trap and a sure way to lose your freedom and national sovereignty.
The above are only some examples of socialist countries destroyed by the United States. There are many ,more countless socialist countries or countries refusing to toe US line being destroyed in Africa, Middle-East and Southern Europe.
NB : To get a better perspective of world affairs Netizens should go into these websites, the articles of which are being written by non-bias professors and academics, renowned journalists and authors.
The websites are : 1. Counterpunch.Org 2. New Eastern Outlook. 3. Strategic Culture Foundation. 4. Press TV. 5. Russia Insider. 6. Global Times and 7. The 4th Media
Southernglory 1
Friday, 19th April, 2019
The native Americans never invite the Europeans, the Spanish, the British, France and Portugal to their countries. Nevertheless they went uninvited. What did they do then? For hundreds of years they went on a rampage to tear their lands and countries asunder, to rob, to kill, to destroy their culture, to genocide and to take possession of their lands and countries. Go and read to find out about the atrocities they committed against the natives of America. Africa, Australia and New Zealand. They said that happened in the past. How stupid can they be to say that. Don't they know the West especially the Evil Empire wicked deeds have never stopped and are still continuing.
The Evil Empire, the United States is the most wicked country on earth. It is a rogue terrorist state. It posts a dire threat to all people and all life due to its insidious drive for world hegemony.To ask the
Evil Empire to come to South East Asia is to court with death unnecessarily. The Hawaiians had learnt it in a hard way. They allowed the white Americans into the country too freely. The Americans grabbed all the best lands to plant thousands of acres of fruit trees. They exploited the Hawaiian labours to the bone with very meagre or low pay. When the local Hawiaan government wanted to tax their companies they refused to pay. They made things difficult for the Hawiian people and government. When the Hawiaan government threatened to nationalise their American United Fruit Company they called in the American military to overthrown the Hawiaan kingdom. The rest is all history for Hawaii became an American colony in 1905 and was annexed by America on the 21st August, 1959 against the wishes of the Hawiaans. The island is now flooded with white Americans the population of which is many times more than the local Haiwaiians. However the local Hawaiians have never given up their hope of fighting for their own independence. In this fight they need the help of all countries and the United Nations Organisation.
In the 1890s the United States undertook to help Cuba and the Philippines to fight for independence against Spanish rule. The fight against Spain ended with both Cuba and Philippines became the colonies of the Evil Empire, a change of colonial and imperial master. Both Cuba and the Philippines resisted fiercely against the Americans but to no avail against superior American military might. Hundreds of thousands of Cubans and Philippinos were brutally slaughtered by the savage Americans. Due to continuous fierce resistance from the Cubans the Evil Empire found it hard to retain its rule. It yielded to Cuba's independence but retain a province in Guantanamo as US military base and concentration camps. The Philippines got its quasi independence in 1948 after the Second World War for the Evil Empire continued to hold many strategic Philippine ports for its military bases.
In 1961 the Evil Empire again tried to invade Cuba to topple the socialist government of Fidel Castro. It was resoundly defeated by the Cubans in the Bay of Pigs.
The Evil Empire will attack and destroy small or weak countries with a socialist or leftist government whether they are democratically elected or a leftist dictatorship. They hate countries with socialist governments that give no chance for American capitalists to exploit.
Thus from 1961 to 1973 United States tried to gain control over Vietnam by taking over the colonial war from France but was badly defeated by the Vietnamese.
US persistently tried to regime change of countries which do not toe its dictates.It attacked and invaded the Dominican Republic in 1965 to topple its leftist regime. In 1983 it attacked Grenada to topple a socialist government which was very close to Cuba.
In 1953 US overthrew the democratically elected government of Mohammed Mossadegh of Iran in a military coup after he threatened to nationalize British Petroleum and replaced him with a pro US dictator, the Shah of Iran.
In 1954 US overthrew the democratically elected government of Jacob Arbenz of Guatemala in a CIA supported military coup because he wanted to nationalise the United Fruit Company owned by Rockefeller . CIA replaced Jacob Arbenz with pro US brutal dictators who killed over one hundred thousand Guatemalans.
Similarly democratically elected governments of Ecaudor, Brazil, Bolivia, Uruguay and Haiti were replaced or regime changed by CIA supported military coups and replaced with pro-US brutal dictators.
One of the most wicked and brutal plot of CIA in regime change in South America took place in Chile in1973. In that year CIA overthrew and assassinated Salvador Allende , Latin America first democratically elected socialist leader as president. When Allende's socialist government nationalized USA's exploitative companies in Chile, CIA planned a coup and replaced him with CIA backed General Augusto Pinochet who tortured and murdered thousands of Chileans in a crackdown on labour leaders and the socialist political parties.
But the most gruesome and most brutal regime change carried out by CIA happened in a South East Asia country. President Sukarno of Indonesia had trusted the Americans too much so that over the years CIA infiltrated the Indonesian government administration deeply especially in the military. Then in 1965 CIA overthrew Sukarno with a military coup . In fact since 1957 , CIA had been trying to eliminate Sukarno with several attempted assassinations. CIA replaced Sukarno with a staunchly pro-US traitor General Suharto who to maintain and sustain his rule brutally murdered more than a million to two million civilians , a large proportion of which were Indonesian Chinese. It was the CIA which provided Suharto with the list of names of those countless suspects of being socialists or leftists politically.
At present in South East Asia the next target for regime change by the Evil Empire is the Duterte government of the Philippines. President Duterte had declared war on the international drug and narcotic traffickers whose illicit trafficking of drugs in the Phillipines had destroyed thousands of Philippinos every year and milked billions of dollars out of the Phillippines in foreign exchange. Of course the biggest and greatest drug rings and narcotic traffickers in the Philippines are run by CIA in cahoot with corrupted officials in the police and military and with the help of local runners. Thus the Evil Empire is not happy with the lost of billions of dollars from secret illicit drug and narcotic businesss in the Philippines due to President Duterte.s crackdown on the illicit trade. President Duterte has to be very careful for CIA will never give up assassination attempts on him to replace him with a Pro-US dictator like the previous corrupted dictator president Marcos who ruled from 1950s to around mid 1970s.
Now the Evil Empire is intent on creating choas, instabilities, trouble dissensions and wars between Asean countries and China under the falsehood and guise of freedom of navigation and to provide balance of power in the region. Basically there was peace and tranquility in the South China Sea region until the Evil Empire pivot into the region with clandestine activities.
Asean countries must have the wisdom not to fall into the American trap of providing help and assistance in whatever circumstance because it is always a death trap and a sure way to lose your freedom and national sovereignty.
The above are only some examples of socialist countries destroyed by the United States. There are many ,more countless socialist countries or countries refusing to toe US line being destroyed in Africa, Middle-East and Southern Europe.
NB : To get a better perspective of world affairs Netizens should go into these websites, the articles of which are being written by non-bias professors and academics, renowned journalists and authors.
The websites are : 1. Counterpunch.Org 2. New Eastern Outlook. 3. Strategic Culture Foundation. 4. Press TV. 5. Russia Insider. 6. Global Times and 7. The 4th Media
Southernglory 1
Friday, 19th April, 2019
Indian professor explaining the 1962 Sino Indian War
Mr. Nitin Shastree is a scholar about Indo-China war of 1962. He explains
the incidents of war in English language. Interviewer : Prof. Mahesh
Kulkarni.
I came across the above clip and quote where two Indian professors were explaining the Indian side of the story of the Sino Indian border war and how the Indians fought bravely and gloriously against the PLA. In one incident, the Indian soldiers ran out of ammunition. So they mounted their bayonets, all 90 of them and managed to kill 600 PLA soldiers as a result. Another glorious incident was how one Indian soldier fought and held out one battalion of PLA soldiers, singlehandedly.
Today is Good Friday, enjoy the short video. Happy Good Friday to all the believers.
4/18/2019
Fake news or the real stuff?
'At end of China visit, DPM Teo highlights good relations and commonalities between Singapore and China'
Mr Teo said the visit was a good opportunity to reunite with longtime friends, forge new relationship ties, as well as to discover new ways for cooperation between the two nations, including a new bilateral council to be established in Shanghai for the purpose of exploring new paths of engagement for Singapore and Shanghai....
Singapore Deputy Prime Minister Teo Chee Hean was jubilant in expressing his satisfaction in the country’s dealings with China as according to him, “Bilateral relations between China and Singapore have grown from strength to strength in the past year.” He further said that Singapore’s relationship with China has progressed “very well” over the past year and hopes this can be taken further in 2019.
On his six-day visit to China, DPM Teo was welcomed by top Chinese anti-graft official Zhao Leji at the Great Hall of the People where both men reaffirmed the two countries’ “excellent state of bilateral relations.”....
The officials from both countries were one in their opinion that Singapore-China relations have been “progressive, forward-looking and strategic,” and they have committed to working closer together in a wide range of areas, from science and technology to trade and culture...
They also vowed to keep to the principles of mutual respect, sovereign equality and non-interference in each other’s internal affairs.'
How many of you reading the above will say this is fake news, or how many of you will say this is real? What if I say the above is copied from a social media site, theindependent.sg, would this fact helps one to decide whether this is real or fake news?
Although many people in high places have been badmouthing social media as the source of fake news, unreliable, undependable, I think this is real, after discounting the dark days of fake courts of UN in the Hague ruling on the South China Sea claim by the Philippines, the Terrex affair, the rules of laws, the principle stand of not allowing foreigners to influence the policies of the govt, the regularity of unkind news about China, and the brazen 'Gang of Four' attacks on China, I must confirm that Singapore's relations have always been very good, excellent, with China.
Nowadays, because of the fake news law, I have this habit of asking people to feel free to disagree with me, especially my opinions posted here.
Oh, with Singapore China relations in such an excellent state, I think in the not too distance future Singapore would likely sign a CECA with China and also offer Chinese naval ships to make permanent calls at Changi Naval Base, to balance against the American Empire instead of to balance against Chinese presence in the region. Then the excellent relationship will be elevated to a strategic partnership level.
What do you think?
Mr Teo said the visit was a good opportunity to reunite with longtime friends, forge new relationship ties, as well as to discover new ways for cooperation between the two nations, including a new bilateral council to be established in Shanghai for the purpose of exploring new paths of engagement for Singapore and Shanghai....
Singapore Deputy Prime Minister Teo Chee Hean was jubilant in expressing his satisfaction in the country’s dealings with China as according to him, “Bilateral relations between China and Singapore have grown from strength to strength in the past year.” He further said that Singapore’s relationship with China has progressed “very well” over the past year and hopes this can be taken further in 2019.
On his six-day visit to China, DPM Teo was welcomed by top Chinese anti-graft official Zhao Leji at the Great Hall of the People where both men reaffirmed the two countries’ “excellent state of bilateral relations.”....
The officials from both countries were one in their opinion that Singapore-China relations have been “progressive, forward-looking and strategic,” and they have committed to working closer together in a wide range of areas, from science and technology to trade and culture...
They also vowed to keep to the principles of mutual respect, sovereign equality and non-interference in each other’s internal affairs.'
How many of you reading the above will say this is fake news, or how many of you will say this is real? What if I say the above is copied from a social media site, theindependent.sg, would this fact helps one to decide whether this is real or fake news?
Although many people in high places have been badmouthing social media as the source of fake news, unreliable, undependable, I think this is real, after discounting the dark days of fake courts of UN in the Hague ruling on the South China Sea claim by the Philippines, the Terrex affair, the rules of laws, the principle stand of not allowing foreigners to influence the policies of the govt, the regularity of unkind news about China, and the brazen 'Gang of Four' attacks on China, I must confirm that Singapore's relations have always been very good, excellent, with China.
Nowadays, because of the fake news law, I have this habit of asking people to feel free to disagree with me, especially my opinions posted here.
Oh, with Singapore China relations in such an excellent state, I think in the not too distance future Singapore would likely sign a CECA with China and also offer Chinese naval ships to make permanent calls at Changi Naval Base, to balance against the American Empire instead of to balance against Chinese presence in the region. Then the excellent relationship will be elevated to a strategic partnership level.
What do you think?
4/17/2019
Foreign academics concerned about fake news law in Singapore
'Nearly 100 academics worldwide have expressed concern over
Singapore’s proposed law against “fake news”, warning it could threaten
academic freedom and hurt the city-state’s ambition to become a global
education hub.
The government this month unveiled a bill containing tough measures, including powers for ministers to order sites like Facebook, Google and Twitter to put warnings next to posts authorities deem false, and extreme cases, to take them down.
If an action is deemed malicious and damaging to Singapore’s interests, companies could be hit with fines of up to Sg$1 million ($740,000), while individuals could face jail terms of up to 10 years.
Authorities
in the tightly-controlled country insist the measures are necessary to
prevent online falsehoods sowing social divisions, but the move has
sparked anger from press freedom groups and tech giants such as Facebook
and Google.
Now ninety-seven academics from around the world with expertise in Singapore and Asia have signed a letter warning the proposed legislation “may deter scholarship and set precedents harmful to global academia”.'
The above is part of an AFP article posted in theindependent,sg.
What is the problem? I could not see any. Any of you see any problem with fake news and fake news law? I have my reasons to say that there is no problem, all fake news or violation of fake news law would be carefully scrutinised by Shanmugam and he has expressed in Parliament that he would take undue care to make sure fake news are fake news and no unnecessary abuse of law will take place. Not to worry, trust our leaders. No one in the world has there be such a pool of honourable and righteous leaders, men and women of unquestionable integrity, to govern the people and to take care of the people for the good of the people. If such incorruptible individuals cannot be trusted with the implementation of a simple law like fake news, then no govt leaders in any part of the world can be trusted. We have the best govt in the whole world with the brightest and good as priests and priestess people in the govt. What more can you ask for. They are near to infallible, like they said, immortals.
Another way to look at this is to look at the American govt. They are not only the policemen of the world but also defenders of human rights and freedom of speech and expression. If the Americans did not protest, did not see anything wrong, then it can be safely concluded that the fake news law must be good and unquestionable. We are a rule of law country and we maintain our laws judiciously and we respect our laws more than the Ten Commandments. Throughout our history there has been no cases of abuse of the law, abuse of our laws by the ruling govts of the day. Is that not good enough proof and assurance that this law is good law and good people will make sure the law will be used only when necessary.
I think everything is crying wolf, just like the Americans warning the world that Huawei is dangerous or Chinese loans will only lead to debt traps and nothing else. It is all hypes and fear mongering when really there is absolutely no problem at all.
What do you think? OK you may disagree with me, I know many of you will. I only use my freedom of expression to say what I think is right. See, there is freedom of expression and the fake news law will just be used against people that misuse the freedom of expression to spread fake news. As long as you are telling the truth, like I just did, you can be sure you will be safe from the fake news law.
Do not be surprised the Americans or Donald Trump will come out in support of our fake news law.
The government this month unveiled a bill containing tough measures, including powers for ministers to order sites like Facebook, Google and Twitter to put warnings next to posts authorities deem false, and extreme cases, to take them down.
If an action is deemed malicious and damaging to Singapore’s interests, companies could be hit with fines of up to Sg$1 million ($740,000), while individuals could face jail terms of up to 10 years.
Now ninety-seven academics from around the world with expertise in Singapore and Asia have signed a letter warning the proposed legislation “may deter scholarship and set precedents harmful to global academia”.'
The above is part of an AFP article posted in theindependent,sg.
What is the problem? I could not see any. Any of you see any problem with fake news and fake news law? I have my reasons to say that there is no problem, all fake news or violation of fake news law would be carefully scrutinised by Shanmugam and he has expressed in Parliament that he would take undue care to make sure fake news are fake news and no unnecessary abuse of law will take place. Not to worry, trust our leaders. No one in the world has there be such a pool of honourable and righteous leaders, men and women of unquestionable integrity, to govern the people and to take care of the people for the good of the people. If such incorruptible individuals cannot be trusted with the implementation of a simple law like fake news, then no govt leaders in any part of the world can be trusted. We have the best govt in the whole world with the brightest and good as priests and priestess people in the govt. What more can you ask for. They are near to infallible, like they said, immortals.
Another way to look at this is to look at the American govt. They are not only the policemen of the world but also defenders of human rights and freedom of speech and expression. If the Americans did not protest, did not see anything wrong, then it can be safely concluded that the fake news law must be good and unquestionable. We are a rule of law country and we maintain our laws judiciously and we respect our laws more than the Ten Commandments. Throughout our history there has been no cases of abuse of the law, abuse of our laws by the ruling govts of the day. Is that not good enough proof and assurance that this law is good law and good people will make sure the law will be used only when necessary.
I think everything is crying wolf, just like the Americans warning the world that Huawei is dangerous or Chinese loans will only lead to debt traps and nothing else. It is all hypes and fear mongering when really there is absolutely no problem at all.
What do you think? OK you may disagree with me, I know many of you will. I only use my freedom of expression to say what I think is right. See, there is freedom of expression and the fake news law will just be used against people that misuse the freedom of expression to spread fake news. As long as you are telling the truth, like I just did, you can be sure you will be safe from the fake news law.
Do not be surprised the Americans or Donald Trump will come out in support of our fake news law.
4/16/2019
Boy PM biting more than he can chew
The highly controversial and political detention of Meng Wanzhou by the
boy PM in Canada is still unresolved. China would not take it without
giving the boy PM a kick in the ass. Other than a few Canadians being
arrested and one sentenced to death, China is adding more economic
pressure on Canada. Let me just talked a bit about the drug trafficker
that was sentenced to death in China.
When relations were good, China could be very lenient to Canadians breaking Chinese laws. The Canadian drug trafficker was caught for trying to smuggle a quarter ton of drugs to Australia. Mind you, smuggling a quarter of an ounce of drugs in China will get the death sentence. His lawyer arrogantly appealed against the 15 year jail term, hoping for a lesser sentence. He could get his way when China was treating Canada as a very good friend. Unfortunately after the appealed, boy PM went crazy to arrest Meng Wanzhou under the instruction of the Americans and stubbornly and stupidly claiming that it was all a matter of rule of law, ie Canada is a country that respect law and China has no laws or does not respect law despite behaving like a gangster in arresting Meng Wanzhou, a top Huawei executive that did not commit any crime in Canada.
With such stupidity, the poor drug trafficker found himself in the centre of an unnecessary political conflict and ended not only failing in his appeal but the lenient 15 year sentence was converted to what he should be given in the first place, a death sentence.
In the economic front, China has discouraged its citizens from visiting Canada as tourists, stopped importing Canadian Canola oil resulting in Canada losing tens of billions of dollars and more when salmon, seafood, rapeseed, and other agricultural goods were also banned from the Chinese market. 250,000 Canadian workers are risking losing their jobs because of the stupidity of the boy PM who is still clinging to his stupid rule of law garbage and refusing to admit that he has turned himself into a pawn of Donald Trump, and Canada and Canadian farmers are paying heavily for it.
When would this stupid boy come to his senses and walk away from his stupidity? The farmers are crying and screaming and making many appeals in the Parliament demanding the boy PM to resolve the issue but in vain. As long as the stupid boy PM, incidentally his credential to be a PM was being the son of the former PM and a drama school teacher, he is probably thinking that all the drama is just another great performance and nothing serious, it was all play acting.
Do the Canadians deserve such a silly PM and his equally silly Foreign Minister, another little girl whose expertise is literature? Just imagine if the Americans settle their trade deal with China with the Americans agreeing to drop all charges against Meng Wanzhou and China continues to ban all imports of Canadian products even if Meng Wanzhou is released since there will be no more cases against her?
Where would the boy PM and girly FM going to hide their faces?
When relations were good, China could be very lenient to Canadians breaking Chinese laws. The Canadian drug trafficker was caught for trying to smuggle a quarter ton of drugs to Australia. Mind you, smuggling a quarter of an ounce of drugs in China will get the death sentence. His lawyer arrogantly appealed against the 15 year jail term, hoping for a lesser sentence. He could get his way when China was treating Canada as a very good friend. Unfortunately after the appealed, boy PM went crazy to arrest Meng Wanzhou under the instruction of the Americans and stubbornly and stupidly claiming that it was all a matter of rule of law, ie Canada is a country that respect law and China has no laws or does not respect law despite behaving like a gangster in arresting Meng Wanzhou, a top Huawei executive that did not commit any crime in Canada.
With such stupidity, the poor drug trafficker found himself in the centre of an unnecessary political conflict and ended not only failing in his appeal but the lenient 15 year sentence was converted to what he should be given in the first place, a death sentence.
In the economic front, China has discouraged its citizens from visiting Canada as tourists, stopped importing Canadian Canola oil resulting in Canada losing tens of billions of dollars and more when salmon, seafood, rapeseed, and other agricultural goods were also banned from the Chinese market. 250,000 Canadian workers are risking losing their jobs because of the stupidity of the boy PM who is still clinging to his stupid rule of law garbage and refusing to admit that he has turned himself into a pawn of Donald Trump, and Canada and Canadian farmers are paying heavily for it.
When would this stupid boy come to his senses and walk away from his stupidity? The farmers are crying and screaming and making many appeals in the Parliament demanding the boy PM to resolve the issue but in vain. As long as the stupid boy PM, incidentally his credential to be a PM was being the son of the former PM and a drama school teacher, he is probably thinking that all the drama is just another great performance and nothing serious, it was all play acting.
Do the Canadians deserve such a silly PM and his equally silly Foreign Minister, another little girl whose expertise is literature? Just imagine if the Americans settle their trade deal with China with the Americans agreeing to drop all charges against Meng Wanzhou and China continues to ban all imports of Canadian products even if Meng Wanzhou is released since there will be no more cases against her?
Where would the boy PM and girly FM going to hide their faces?
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