tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post6194445943949905989..comments2024-03-29T22:35:40.298+08:00Comments on My Singapore News: Fearing the straw man of tomorrow while sleeping with the devilChua Chin Leng aka redbeanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11743716923635835397noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post-12155118095552639242015-11-23T21:54:24.582+08:002015-11-23T21:54:24.582+08:00How stupid can one get!How stupid can one get!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post-43680206226928829942015-11-23T19:38:50.262+08:002015-11-23T19:38:50.262+08:00Dear Mr Chua @ 4.01pm
If I may respectfully overst...Dear Mr Chua @ 4.01pm<br />If I may respectfully overstay and overstate my point in this exchange.<br /><br />1. Chinese emperors may still be found today in Singapore. Although they may not be called emperors by name. Just ask anyone who has ever attended a meeting of Singaporeans chaired by a Minister.<br /><br />2. I do not fear a China becoming a hegemon like America. There is no historical Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post-6223062146117165322015-11-23T16:48:09.137+08:002015-11-23T16:48:09.137+08:00There are still plenty of poor chinese with wages ...There are still plenty of poor chinese with wages below $5 per day. Still a long way for china to overtake americo. Americo no need to worry too much. Anyway, number one or two or three is not very important. Most important is whether can stay strong and happy and live long.bnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post-75776831581985044572015-11-23T16:01:57.664+08:002015-11-23T16:01:57.664+08:00You spoke as if there are going to be the return o...You spoke as if there are going to be the return of the emperors unless you are speaking figuratively.<br /><br />I would not spend a moment worrying about shadows like the Southeast Asians worrying about what would happen if China becomes an evil hegemon like the American hegemon.<br /><br />Funny thing is that they are worried about a future ghost but very happy getting in bed with the evil Chua Chin Leng aka redbeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11743716923635835397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post-5314276356757167532015-11-23T15:19:29.496+08:002015-11-23T15:19:29.496+08:00Dear Mr Chua @ 1:50pm
I think you and I will just ...Dear Mr Chua @ 1:50pm<br />I think you and I will just have to agree to disagree about whether Chinese Emperors can be trusted.<br />My mistrust of Chinese emperors did not come about as a result of western mis-information or propaganda.<br /><br />My mistrust of Chinese emperors came about as a result of living the life of a Singaporean in Singapore.<br />------------------------<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post-5632155389823095362015-11-23T13:50:51.462+08:002015-11-23T13:50:51.462+08:00Hi Anon 12:32,
Your are right that Chinese empero...Hi Anon 12:32,<br /><br />Your are right that Chinese emperors of old killed a lot of people. All emperors and kings of the Europe killed. The Doctrine of Discovery authorised them to kill the natives of the world. In North and South Americas, they killed and killed. Not much different from the emperors. It is a bit out of context to talk about thousand years of history.<br /><br />Mao also Chua Chin Leng aka redbeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11743716923635835397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post-32556984578860928252015-11-23T12:53:21.561+08:002015-11-23T12:53:21.561+08:00Or maybe I should have said;
"Achieve happine...Or maybe I should have said;<br />"Achieve happiness, prosperity and progress for Singaporeans.<br />Not leave us in darkness without our CPF money at 55."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post-69721345708197165672015-11-23T12:44:25.361+08:002015-11-23T12:44:25.361+08:00"You were the chosen one!
It was said that y..."You were the chosen one! <br />It was said that you would destroy the Sith, not join them.<br />Bring balance to the Force, not leave it in darkness."<br /><br />What Jedi Master Obi-Wan Kenaobi said to Anakin Skywalker.<br /><br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QiZNSzWIaLo<br /><br />I wonder what would a 1965 Singaporean say to a modern Singaporean Emperor?<br />Would he say:<br /><Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post-76284332008208371422015-11-23T12:32:44.226+08:002015-11-23T12:32:44.226+08:00Dear Mr Chua @ 12:01 p.m.
Again, I really sincerel...Dear Mr Chua @ 12:01 p.m.<br />Again, I really sincerely agree with your points 100%.<br /><br />It is a historical fact that China and Chinese should be very proud of.<br />In our 5,000 years of history.<br />China has been a very peaceful country in its external relations.<br />China rarely if ever engaged in external wars of aggression with other nations.<br />Chinese emperors expected Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post-81651806752402513102015-11-23T12:01:30.713+08:002015-11-23T12:01:30.713+08:00The history of China took a new page with the end ...The history of China took a new page with the end of dynastic China. The China of today is a republic and thrives under a different world system.<br /><br />To your first question, China has been reinventing itself since 1949. It only turned successful after Deng's opening up of China. It has seen many changes of leadership since. Its own political and economic system is changing everyday. <Chua Chin Leng aka redbeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11743716923635835397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post-55631562731221674792015-11-23T11:19:08.007+08:002015-11-23T11:19:08.007+08:00Dear Mr Chua @ 10.42am
I agree with your thesis th...Dear Mr Chua @ 10.42am<br />I agree with your thesis there.<br />But you have not engaged my earlier points.<br /><br />1. To be a sustainable #1 power, a country has to be able to peacefully listen and reflect on dissenting citizens. And to be able to re-invent itself to meet internal and external challenges peacefully ... without tearing itself apart.<br />- China has no such history<br />- Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post-6732576473686773302015-11-23T11:05:12.140+08:002015-11-23T11:05:12.140+08:00"China has reached a level that the US could ..."China has reached a level that the US could not take it on and go away unscathed. That is enough for China."<br />RB 10:42 a.m.<br /><br />Tiok. That's why I always believe there will be no war in the South China Sea, which RB has this unfounded fear. The Pinoys, Vietnamese, and much less the Matlanders, will not dare to start any war with China if America did not support them. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post-69954327914793745002015-11-23T10:42:51.895+08:002015-11-23T10:42:51.895+08:00Hi Anon 10:07,
I have just wrote a piece on preju...Hi Anon 10:07,<br /><br />I have just wrote a piece on prejudices and biases of Singaporeans. Will post it tomorrow. We read western text books and see the world from the western perspectives, even in the way we think. And we think Asians are hopeless.<br /><br />You quoted history but only a small chapter of Chinese history. China was Number One for many centuries until decadence set in and it Chua Chin Leng aka redbeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11743716923635835397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post-75213559035736033652015-11-23T10:22:02.869+08:002015-11-23T10:22:02.869+08:00"Many hopeless Singaporean students (as measu..."Many hopeless Singaporean students (as measured by PAP schools and PAP Ministers) become academic over-achievers in USA"<br /><br />Tiok. And Dr Chee Soon Juan was among the many hopeless Singaporean students who became academic over-achievers in USA by getting a doctorate in an exotic field called neuropsychology. And that was more than 20 years ago. See link below:<br /><br />httpAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post-49071711871638496632015-11-23T10:07:18.238+08:002015-11-23T10:07:18.238+08:00Dear Mr Chua
I am the guilty party who has been ar...Dear Mr Chua<br />I am the guilty party who has been arguing that America will remain number #1 in your earlier post.<br />Please allow me to clarify.<br /><br />I agree with about 90%-95% of what Kishore says.<br />I agree with Kishore's facts.<br />I disagree with the interpretation of those fact.<br /><br />I disagree with Kishore's hypothesis that China will be number #1 <br />- Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post-31007901926952541932015-11-23T09:48:42.027+08:002015-11-23T09:48:42.027+08:00"The Americans are out there to control the w..."The Americans are out there to control the world, to do regime change, to start wars, not to trade and prosper other countries."<br />Anon 9:23 a.m.<br /><br />You must be daft not to realise that there is oil, or at least potential reserves, in ME and even the disputed islands in SC Sea. And oil = money.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post-44625528703946215582015-11-23T09:23:26.748+08:002015-11-23T09:23:26.748+08:00Please lah only daft like you cannot see the diffe...Please lah only daft like you cannot see the difference. China is not there to control the world but to be rich through trade, to help other countries build infrastructures and to make money from it, win win.<br /><br />The Americans are out there to control the world, to do regime change, to start wars, not to trade and prosper other countries.<br /><br />Do you know what the Americans are doingAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post-43134593736079637492015-11-23T09:12:35.632+08:002015-11-23T09:12:35.632+08:00"China is out there all over the world, using..."China is out there all over the world, using its money and technology to rebuild a new world. It is all economics and infrastructure development and trade. No guns."<br />RB<br /><br />Please lah, it is just a different strategy used by China to achieve more or less the same objectives of the Americans who use guns. Only daft Sinkies will think that in doing so, China love the world,Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com