Believe it or not, Hsien Loong's visit to the USA and sitting side by side with the President of the most powerful state in the world, like abang adek, speaks volume of the power of Singapore. No other national leaders could be seen in such a position, other than Zelensky with Donald Trump in the White House. And this is not all, Hsien Loong met almost every American leader of importance, from Nancy Pelosi, Lloyd Austin and Kamala Harris and many others. Every American leaders found time to meet him. This time he was so well received that in many ways he had outdone his father. It would be nice if he also had dinner with Donald Trump, the incoming President. The Istana could look forward to many busy years when American leaders would come back again to seek counsel and wisdom like LKY's time.
Before the visit, Singapore is already recognised as the most powerful state in SE Asia. Now with so many strategic agreements signed with the USA, it is like Singapore is now sitting on the shoulder of the Americans, or like the Chinese say, tiger with added wings. Who still dares to mess around with Singapore? Even the Russians also got tekan by Singapore, sanctioned, funds and assets frozen etc etc like what the Americans are doing. Singapore really sees Russia no up, lecturing Russia on grounds of principles, that no big bully state should invade small states. Like real.
Who in Asean would dare to do such things to the Russians, the country that has more nuclear warheads than the Americans, the most nuclear warheads in the world? Some Asean states had, in one time or another, threatened to go to war with China, but never did anyone dare to do the same to Russia. Singapore did not threaten with empty talks. Singapore 'just do it'. This is really a show of strength, punching above its weight, not just say, say only.
Looks like the only Asian power that can give Singapore a little fight is China. Singaporeans can be proud of being Singaporeans, being citizens of such a powerful nation state. And according to an official survey, most Singaporeans support the govt's tough and principled stand against Russia. With all Singaporeans united behind the govt and its wise leadership, Singapore is fearless. Respect.
Now which country dares to say no respect to Singapore? I would bet no Asean state would dare to take such a stand against Russia. They might try with China, but not Russia. Only Singapore can.
Kilat!
You don't know meh? Man for man, and on per capita basis, SAF is the strongest armed forces in SE Asia.
ReplyDeleteThat's why for 50 years both Malaysia & Indonesia don't dare to even fly a jet or sail a boat anywhere near Singapore.
It's not that we have really friendly relations with them. Our guns & missiles matter more.
ReplyDeleteSingaporean have to protect Sin to their death, says Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong.
But,
I cannot help feeling that the Ruling Class shall be the First to flee at the Slightest Sign of imminent danger.
Who does You think has better reading??
Singaporeans shall all rise to protect the landed properties owned by the rich and the foreigners. Without the rich and foreigners there will be no jobs for Singaporeans.
ReplyDeleteDon't play play with the little red dot !
ReplyDeleteSingapore: The Most Militarized Country in the World
A koyok man would always be a koyok man. He can only shout as loud as he could, bang his gong as loud as he could on the roadside. But a koyok man would never become a leader of the crowd.
ReplyDeleteAfter shouting and banging, to impress the crowd of his prowess, he would have to go his way, and the crowd would go their ways.
There is no connect between the crowd and the koyok man.
Don't be so happy; US is becoming batshit crazy at the possible loss of its hegemonic powers:
ReplyDeletehttp://thesaker.is/events-like-these-only-happen-once-every-century-sergey-glazyev/
'The United States embarked on a worldwide hybrid war – started with the Orange Revolutions to disrupt regions of the world it did not control – in order to strengthen its position and weaken the position of geopolitical rivals. After the famous Munich speech of President Putin (February 2007 – ed. Note), they realized that they had lost control over Yeltsin’s Russia, and this seriously worried them. In 2008, the financial crisis broke out and it became clear that the transition to a new technological order was beginning, and the old world economic order and the previous management system no longer ensured sustainable economic development. China was now leading the way. Well, then afterwards the logic of deploying of a world war happens, only not in the forms that existed 100 years ago, but on three conditional fronts – monetary-financial (where the United States still dominates the world), trade-economic (where they have already lost superiority to China) and information-cognitive (where the Americans also have technologies that are superior to ours). They use all three of these fronts in an attempt to keep the initiative and maintain the hegemony of their corporations.
Well and finally, the fourth front is the biological one, which opened with the advent of the coronavirus from the US-Chinese laboratory in Wuhan. Today we see that a whole network of biological laboratories existed in Ukraine. So the United States has long been preparing to open the biological front of the world war.
The fifth, and most obvious, front is, in fact, the front of combat fighting – as the last tool for forcing the states that they control into unquestioning obedience. Today, the situation on this front is also escalating. That is, active operations are underway on all five fronts of the world hybrid war, and the result can be predicted. The Americans will not be able to win, just as the British did not succeed in their time.'
I love to be a wondering along the mountain tracks.
ReplyDeleteAs I go, I love to sing my nap-sack on my back.
Vera lah, vera leh.
Vera hehe hehe, on my knees.
The Americans are so happy to be able to steal the continent of North America from the indigenous people, the Red Indians.
ReplyDeleteThis piece of land, including Canada and Alaska is 3 times the size of Europe. Bigger than the whole of China, and without having to pay a cent for them.
This is the American Rule of Law. Laws that are written by them for their own benefits. Not the Rule of the UN.
ReplyDeleteNo doubt about Sin being the Most Powerfully-armed in S E Asia. However, military ware alone does not determine the Outcome and Result.
In the Case of Sin, its' minute size itself, is it's own nemesis. It will probably evaporate with a missile or two within hours. Despite so, I think no one would harm Sin with bomb because there are many other ways to skin the Kitten which thinks it is a lion. Cutting supplies of water, food supply, energy etc, could cause the Collapse of the Tiny Barren Rock if not cripples it.
I am of the View that the Only Effective Defence of Sin is to be friendly to all and sundry. Sin is impossible to survive against any aggression of ill intent.
We are dealing with reality, not theory and fancy. Period
DeleteLike to add that no matter how powerful a person and or nation, none will stay in power perpetually. Nature grows, evolves only to one invariable result and that is death and decay. No escape for any being and anything.
Two Chinese mRNA Covid-19 vaccines move towards clinical trials
ReplyDeleteA Chinese company said it has received approval to start clinical trials of a Covid-19 vaccine based on mRNA technology, while local media reported that another domestic company has applied to start a similar trial.
CSPC Pharmaceutical Group has been approved by China's medical product regulator to begin a trial of an Covid-19 vaccine named "SYS6006", it said in a statement to the Hong Kong stock exchange.
The company said pre-clinical studies demonstrated the vaccine can help neutralise against the Omicron variant of coronavirus. It does not need to be stored at below-freezing temperatures, the company said.
China has inoculated the majority of its population using domestically made coronavirus vaccines based on older inactivated virus technology, but the authorities have not approved any based on mRNA outside the cities of Hong Kong and Macau.
China is battling its worst coronavirus outbreak since early 2020 as the more infectious Omicron variant spreads in large cities including Shanghai.
Separately, Shanghai-based Stemirna Therapeutics has applied to Chinese regulators to conduct a clinical trial of its mRNA Covid-19 vaccine, state-media reported.
The company has built production facilities capable of producing 400 million doses a year, the Cailian financial news service reported.
A Chinese mRNA vaccine developed by Walvax Biotechnology, Suzhou Abogen Biosciences and the Chinese military has already entered clinical trials.
But that vaccine may fall short of the benefits generated by shots from Pfizer, BioNTech and Moderna, a study published in January showed.
China National Pharmaceutical Group, better known as Sinopharm, said on Sunday (April 3) that its second-generation recombinant protein Covid-19 vaccine has received approval from Beijing for clinical trials.
The improved vaccine has already been approved by the United Arab Emirates as a booster shot and enhances immune response to the coronavirus, the company said in December.
China will develop mRNA vaccines as a commercial international product to compete with the Americans in the world market since there is a demand for it. No matter how the Americans would try to slander it as less effective than the already proven ineffective Pfizer and Moderna vaccines, China would be able to sell them at a big discount to take away the monopoly of the Americans.
ReplyDeleteThis would provide a cheaper alternative for the poorer nations that in one way or another have been forced to use only mRNA vaccines. This is a win win situation for all except the American pharmas that are now reaping obscene profits with unacceptable conditions tied to the sales.
The hype that China is having a surge in infection is an attempt to discredit Chinese vaccines, a disinformation. What is 10,000 cases in a country the size of China with 1.4b people compare to the hundreds of thousands of cases in smaller populations using mRNA vaccines? Which vaccine is more effective, the numbers are telling.
But the stupid and unthinking will insist that a vaccine that is causing 200,000 cases in small countries like South Korea and European countries, and 800,000 cases in the USA, is more effective than Chinese vaccines with 10,000 cases against a 1.4b population can only be a silly conclusion, or a outright lie.
"Don't play play with the little red dot !
ReplyDeleteSingapore: The Most Militarized Country in the World"
What is the point of been Militarized country when half of population are foreigners ? Are Singaporeans naive enough to believe invasion come afar from enemies' planes and tanks when these enemies are already here in Singapore all along to readily sabotage and disabled any core essential services (like electricity, water, gas, fuel) that military need to operate ?
Pinky meeting Biden, that's the greatest joke. Fancy sign CECA free trade agreement with India mindlessly because GLC companies want to make money in India, and now flood the whole land with Indian taking over jobs, low paid and high paid professional jobs, and now that India want to do business with Russia to angst of the whole world because India say out of nation self business interest, and yet people believe that these foreigners create jobs for local ? Look like Pinky has a lot of explanation and pacification need to make Biden satisfied. Don't be surprised Biden ask Pinky to contribute to war expense financially and indirectly.
Despite the fact that the West have totally lost the vaccine war against the pandemic, all raising the white flags, that no matter how many times they boost and boost, the infection rate by Omicron would shoot to the sky, beyond control, they are still deluding themselves and the world that mRNA vaccines are more effective than Chinese non mrNA vaccines.
ReplyDeleteCan you believe that? China has been very effective in keeping the infection rate and death rate to a minimal with their protocols and used of traditional method vaccines and keeping the lost sheep of the world, all infected and hapless to the Omicron virus, outside its borders.
The Chinese people are going about their lives inside China with negligible infection and no need for masks. On the contrary, the rest of the world injected and boosted with mRNA vaccines are slogging along with extremely high infection rates, unable to control or bring down, and high death rates, and still having to put on masks everywhere they go.
So, how many still believe in the lie that mRNA vaccines are more effective and must go on boosting and boosting, and exposing themselves to potential very serious harm?
Malaysia & Indonesia won't even dare to fire missiles or rockets at Singapore from afar. They know that Singapore will hit back much harder.
ReplyDeleteDo you know that Singapore treats cutting off water, blockade of food etc as a declaration of war? From LKY to today's ministers, this stance has been communicated to Malaysia, Indonesia and the UN. The whole world knows Singapore's position.
SAF is trained NOT for defense, waiting for the enemy to come to our borders or shores. Instead SAF is trained for attack. In the event of above situations or when there is imminent threat without hope of diplomacy, SAF will be mobilised to invade Johor and to destroy the enemy's air forces & naval forces within 1-2 days.
Of course hokkien peng are not told this during NS. They are simply ordered to chiong sua, to kill & to die.
So much air time for an idiot.
ReplyDeleteNo depth, insights or wisdom...just ordinary
diplomatic phrases.. not extraordinary at all.
And this blog can write about an ordinary kow-tow visit.
Singaporeans and Asean should be proud to have a leeder that the World most powerful nation and people consult. There can be no greater honor.
ReplyDeleteDonald Trump is brilliant to acknowledge America is in deep shit, Biden meeting with tiny Singapore leader is the last straw. He had Make America Great Again. Now he going to Save America Again in 2024. Ha ha.
ReplyDeleteSingapore is the only friend the Americans have in Southeast Asia. The Muslim world has decided to stay far far away from the Americans, finally realising that they are the main enemies of the Americans.
ReplyDeleteOpec plus one are considering decoupled from the IEA (International Energy Agency). IEA are consist of most Western Countries led by USA. Energy pricing would became unstable.
ReplyDeleteTomorrow, Biden will ask what is the name of that guy from that little island? Is that the same guy from down under? Biden can only remember what is down under there.
ReplyDeleteThe fact that Russia is tying its gas against the Russian Rubble is the first magical blow in this field of Human Endeavour.
ReplyDeleteRussia will not act thus, if it is not confident of gaining even greater margins.
In a few months, we will know to what extents the Rubble holds against the USD.
Who will be winning this currency war?
At April 04, 2022 11:18 am:
ReplyDelete"So much air time for an idiot.
No depth, insights or wisdom...just ordinary diplomatic phrases.. not extraordinary at all.
And this blog can write about an ordinary kow-tow visit."
This should have been blocked.
Car drivers better start learn how to ride a bike...
ReplyDeleteSingapore elites strongly support the US, but the US sanction Singapore firm - a loss to Singapore's economy.
ReplyDeleteThe US Treasury Department on Thursday imposed fresh sanctions on 21 entities and 13 people, including Joint Stock Company Mikron, Russia’s largest chip maker, and Alexsong Pte Ltd, a Singapore-based telecoms electronics wholesaler that allegedly facilitated transactions that helped Russia evade sanctions.
The sanctions freeze all US assets of the targeted entities and individuals, and generally ban American companies from trading with them. Western sanctions on Russia hit Shenzhen’s online merchants in China The inclusion of Singapore-based Alexsong, which boasts “29 years of expertise in the wholesale market”, is significant, as it represents a potential “secondary sanction risk” that many Chinese businesses are trying to manage.
Wow, one man company with 29 years of expertise ?
ReplyDelete"https://sg.globaldatabase.com/company/alexsong-pte-ltd"
Description:
ALEXSONG PTE LTD is a Private limited company (Ltd.) company based at 60 ALBERT STREET #09-07 OG ALBERT COMPLEX SINGAPORE (189969), Singapore and has 1 employees. The company started trading on 6 September 1991 and their status is listed as Active. ALEXSONG PTE LTD’s registration number is 199104492G, and the company’s principal business activity is Wholesale of electronic components. Their most recent confirmation statements show that the company has 1 directors.
Shell company lah. Just need 1 guy to rubber stamp some pieces of paper to make Russian products appear to be non-Russian goods being exported from S'pore.
DeletePlenty of similar shell import-export companies here. Some do biz with North Korea. Last time many do biz with Burma generals & jade/gold biz.