BRICS expansion derailed by India

 The strength of BRICS lies in its membership. The greater the number of countries joining BRICS, the stronger and more influential will be BRICS to serve the interests of its members. BRICS is seen as an alternative to the western world and their pro western organisations, as an option for the rest of the world to break away from the bullying and stranglehold of the American dominated world order. BRICS is the way to freedom from American threats, sanctions and the abuses of the dollar primacy system.

Given these concerns and backgrounds, BRICS' main priority is to admit as many members as it could attract, unlike the last meeting in South Africa when only 6 countries were admitted. From the grapevines, it seems that BRICS is having a very serious internal problem with one particular member abusing its position to stall the admission of more new members. Just because of this rogue member, BRICS is now held hostage, unable to move forward to admit all the members it wants, to turn it into a force to compete with American controlled organisations like G7, World Bank, IMF and the UN.

It is so sad that a promising organisation like BRICS that the countries of the Global South are pinning their hopes on to lift them out of poverty, to freedom from American oppression and hegemony but now unable to do so. 

It is paramount that the existing members of BRICS that share the same vision, motivation and goal, should stand together to push forward their objectives and agenda despite the objection of a rogue member. If needed be, BRICS should do the necessary, cut off the tumour immediately. It may be painful and hurting but for once and for a short while. BRICS can then pick up itself and steam ahead without this internal trouble maker that is obstructing the progress of BRICS.

Very likely this rogue member would be left out in the lurch even by the American and western camp as they would not trust such a difficult member that only thinks of its own interests and not the interests of all the members of an organisation. BRICS must make a decision fast and now before the main meeting in Kazan in October. The cancer if not removed, would always be a problem to BRICS and hinder its progress in the long run and can derail whatever BRICS want to do. Better severe the tie right now and free itself from a persistent and troublesome member than to be crippled and becomes irrelevant even before it gets started.

BRICS must bring in as many members as possible, as soon as possible, or it will disappoint potential members and loses its credibility and the hope of countries of the Global South. The Americans and the West are pulling all their weights to get this rogue member to pin down BRICS at all costs. Without getting rid of this rogue member, this member would gain strength by influencing more members to form an opposing camp to obstruct the growth of BRICS. BRICS would turn out as a still birth baby, a great misfortune and missed opportunity for the Global South to unite and chart their fortunes together.

Killing one sick member is worth the pain that is likely to be short and temporary. Look ahead to a better future with a membership that shares the same goals and wanted to move along for common prosperity, without the presence of a treacherous traitor in their midst. This is a critical decision that the BRICS members have to make immediately.

Chinese students not going to USA to study humanities...humanities are for Americans

 Chinese students had not been going to USA universities to study humanities en masse in the past and certainly not today, which serves them no purpose for jobs in China that demands knowledge in three disciplines - Science. Engineering and Mathematics. China had been training all the engineers and scientists to helm their developments in science, high speed rail, space technology, shipbuilding, infrastructure construction, semiconductors, EVs, jet engines, and anything and everything that needs such skills.

China does not need graduates in the humanities to teach and quote Shakespeare's Midsummer's Night Dream, which is a comedy. China does not want to import foreign bad habits that had already been imbued in student's who went there to study, being brainwashed by corrupted and immoral behaviors such as drugs, violence and lying, cheating and stealing.

Even if the USA universities deny Chinese students to study Science, or even to enroll in USA universities, it will not stop China's upcoming generations from having the knowledge in Science, Engineering and Mathematics. Chinese universities can play that role better, cheaper and faster by tailoring such courses to suit the country's push forward in a new renewal energy era. That direction had already been charted long before the USA realized it too late.

Moreover, the Chinese Government have little fear of such students studying at home, as opposed to those studying in the USA from staying behind after graduating and helping an ungrateful enemy from taking advantage against China and yet crying foul. It also saves Chinese parents much in terms of the monetary loss from supporting such expensive education in the USA, which can be attained in a much cheaper, better and safer way at home and helps the Chinese economy. 

Anonymous

Malaysia needs a pragmatic leader like Deng Xiaoping to turn around

 The past several decades can be said to be 'Malaysia's half century of humiliation' just like China losing control to foreign power intervention between 1839 to 1949 and dubbed as 'China's century of humiliation'.

Like China rising like a phoenix from the ashes, Malaysia needs a regeneration with a good leader in charge. Malaysia literally needs a Deng Xiaoping to be followed by equally astute and pragmatic leader like Xi to carry through the changes. But with the racial policy deeply entrenched, it will be a difficult task for any leader to do the job. Racial or religious politics destroys most countries, though it may return good result for those ruling the country and needing majority support initially. When racially endowed voters tasted the forbidden fruit, removing that endowment is going to be impossible.

India is morphing into what Malaysia went through, utilizing religious sentiments to woo political support for the ruling party, the BJP, but not without danger when that falls apart. Nothing is forever. Support cannot depend on religious sentiments forever, especially when jobs and living conditions are not properly managed. Shouting religious mantras to rally support cannot generate the jobs to put food on the table nor pay the rent. 

Anonymous

Anglo Saxon devils US and UK will never let the world have peace

 All those peace moves, and ceasefire deals to end the two wars are just postures to fool the world. The USA does not want to stop the war, not in Ukraine nor in Gaza. After all, Netanyahu already said that any ceasefire is not going to stop the war. Netanyahu also needs the war to stay in power. And the USA knows that in Ukraine, Putin will not accept any return of conquered territories to Ukraine, which Zelensky is calling for to get a peace deal.

If an attempt is going to be successful, the USA or UK will throw spanners in the works to sabotage the deal. They will invent hurdles to sidestep the deal, claiming it works to the disadvantage of the crony that they supported. It happened few times in Ukraine.

A real peace deal can only come about without the participation of the USA or UK, nothing more nothing less. That is why the 'peace summit' in Switzerland is being called a shit summit with no possibility of success, even with Joe Biden staying away.

How could that peace deal have any possibility of success without Russia at the talks? Who is answering for Russia in absentia? They probably wanted China to be the scapegoat, which China wisely refused to participate. And they blamed China for instigating other countries to stay away. The USA did that with veiled threats like 'You are either with US or against US' in most instances and Zelensky thinks that China will stoop that low to follow the footsteps of the USA.

Anonymous

Terrorist America budgeted US$1.5b to publish lies, fake news and disinformation

 Those who tell the truth are accused of perpetuating disinformation or misinformation. When they themselves generate disinformation or misinformation, that is their right to do so. Were they taken to task by any world body, including the deluded UN itself over the Iraq War? Using terrorist threats put paid to any action to bring justice for the Iraqis.

Those who go against them are accused of being terrorist. Even those fighting for their right to exists like Hamas on behalf of the Palestinians, are claimed to be a terrorist organization. Israel killing tens of thousands of innocents in Gaza is not an act of terrorism by a de facto terrorist state. It is being claimed as just protecting itself against threats by those innocent victims comprising women and children. This is their warp argument.

Only the biggest terrorist of the world can have the right to judge who is a terrorist and who is not. Attacking Iraq and Libya and killing its leaders is not terrorism. What was the reason? Iraq and Libya were advocating the pricing of oil outside the US$ and were attacked unprovoked. Unable to have justification, they generated the fake WMD hubris in Iraq to launch their attack. But no war crimes for the USA leaders or its military personnel, including those leaders in other countries like Tony Blair. This is what they call 'justice' or their 'Rules Based Order' or disorder.

Now about the release of Julian Assange by the UK after more than a decade in detention. It seems, in my opinion, a precursor to something more sinister behind the event. While in UK detention, getting rid of him in prison, like Jeffrey Epstein, is too openly apparent. Using the same modus operandi is bound to arouse suspicion. But a freed Assange is a different thing, and he must guard his safety even more diligently.

Forget about the plea bargain nonsense. Most of what is revealed are already common knowledge digested and have little value to compromise the USA and the West. Getting rid of him permanently to erase his legacy will be a better deal. Just like destroying any link to the CIA in the John F. Kennedy assassination, working out like a charm. A double assassination ending with a scapegoat dying in prison killed off any link to the CIA.

Anonymous

Wolf Amendment - US long decoupled from China in space exploration

"The Wolf Amendment is a law passed by the United States Congress in 2011, named after then–United States Representative Frank Wolf, that prohibits the United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) from using government funds to engage in direct, bilateral cooperation with the Chinese government and China-affiliated organizations from its activities without explicit authorization from the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the U.S. Congress. It has been inserted annually into appropriations bills since then. 

In May 1999, the Report of the Select Committee on U.S. National Security and Military/Commercial Concerns with the People's Republic of China was made public. It alleged that technical information provided by American commercial satellite manufacturers to China in connection with satellite launches could have been used to improve Chinese intercontinental ballistic missile technology.

In 2010, Rep. John Culberson urged President Barack Obama not to allow further contact between NASA and the China National Space Administration (CNSA). In a letter addressed to the President, he wrote:

I have grave concerns about the nature and goals of China’s space program and strongly oppose any cooperation between NASA and CNSA’s human space flight programs without Congressional authorization."

The above is quoted from Wikipedia.

China has brought back for the first time, moon soil samples from the far side of the moon and the Americans/NASA are desperately trying to get a piece of the sample from China, embarrassingly ignoring the 2011 Wolf Amendment which forbid any cooperation with China on space exploration. This Act was an American initiative pushed and enacted by anti China hillbillies in Washington. This Act effectively decoupled the US from cooperating with China in space technology.

The rationale of this hostile Act was based on American's conceited pride and ignorance that they are the best in science and technology and that the Chinese are inferior to them and would never be allowed to learn from the Americans. This short sighted and imbecile thinking of the hillbillies was smacked of American racism, a hallmark of American policies against the rest of the world...also an act of hostility.

Today, this silly Act is whacking the Americans straight in their faces, now telling the Americans how silly they were and how far behind is their space technology from China. If only their moon landing fictions of the 1960/70s were true, the Americans have proven and confirmed to the rest of the world that they had never been to the moon. The moon landing was a big American lie. All documents, data, blue prints of the rockets were all destroyed to prevent any evidence to be discovered by late r generations. Nothing was left of the Apollo rockets. Can you believe that, lost, top secret material of great importance, completely lost!

Now it called to question all the moon rocks and moon samples that the Americans claimed to have, 300kg, but desperately wanting a bit of China's moon soil. What does this say? The 300kg were as good as useless, fake! Now they want the real stuff from China and China is not going to share with them because of the Wolf Amendment. 

The decoupling in space cooperation started in 2011 by the Americans. There is no need for China to want to couple with the Americans only to decouple or derisk by the Americans again. China must stay far far away from the evil Americans that regard China as an enemy. There is absolutely no reason to cooperate with the enemy, sharing precious moon soil with the enemy. Let the clever Americans go and get their own moon soil, if they are able to do so. 

All the American lies about their superiority in space technology is falling flat in their own faces. The failure of their space programme was confirmed in the 1970s when Nixon cut off funding to NASA knowing very well that their moon landing was a hoax. Obama also did the same. Since then, NASA has nothing to prove and thus no real funding from Washington, and can only churn out pictures or photographs or images of the moon and Mars. Did the Americans really have probes on Mars?

The Americans recent attempt to prove that they are still in the race was to produce a picture of Chang'e 6 on the other side of the moon, claiming that it was taken by their satellite. Oh, the Americans also has a presence on the other side of the moon? Or was it a photoshop job?

China setting new international standards in science and technology...and in space

 The losers are angry and still wanting to call the shot and set the rules on science and technology that they did not have, even accusing China of stealing their technology that they did not have. No matter how they tried to lie, cheat and steal, the Americans and the West are falling behind real fast in new technology.

One great example is 5G. Until today, the Americans and the West are unable to come up with a decent 5G system comparable with Huawei's and faking their 4.5G as 5G. And they are forcing many of their colonies and crony states not to use Huawei's 5G and be content with using 4.5G as their so called 5G. On the other hand, the Global South are going about happily using Huawei's 5G as the new technology and soon would be using Huawei's 6G. Huawei's 5G is now the new international standard of telecommunication, and would move on to an intermediate 5.5G that is 10 times faster than 5G.

China's Beidou global positioning system is many times more accurate than the American's ageing GPS and would soon be the system of choice by countries of the world. The Americans are quietly using Beidou for critical needs without announcing it. Beidou is the new international standard of GPS.

China is also setting new standards for high speed trains and building more and more high speed trains for the Global South using Chinese technology and specifications. Chinese high speed trains are the undisputed leader in train technology, an area that the Americans have neglected and no longer in contention.

Similarly, Chinese EVs and EV batteries are the best in the world and are the standards of EVs and EV technology. Even the Japanese and German automobile makers have conceded defeat and forming joint ventures with the Chinese makers for EVs.

And high up in space, the Chinese Tiangong Space Station is the new standard in space technology. Not only that, the language of communication in the Space Station and in China's permanent moon station would be in Chinese, not English. Yes, Chinese will be the international language in Tiangong Space Station and on the moon station.

With more patents being files by China than the combined of America and Japan, China is going to set the standard for AIs in the future. The backward 'has been' Brits still trying very hard to want to be the leader in AI , wanting to set the standards for AI when they have nothing about AI to prove. How pathetic can the Brits be. Just like the Americans telling the Chinese that the language in space is English when the ageing International Space Station could fall out of the sky tomorrow.

China is a growing economic, science and technology super power and will lead the world in the latest science and technology innovations.

PS. The American terrorists can continue to waste their time and resources in wars, agitating and provoking for more wars, bickering on useless unproductive things. China will continue to grow and develop useful things for the whole world.

Yen tanking, whither Japan?

 The Japanese Yen just tanked to a 38 year low. Intervention is on the cards. But where is Japan going to find the resources to prop up the tanking Yen? Selling its USA treasury holdings is the only answer. Japan is already the country with the highest debt to GDP ratio among countries in the whole developed world. Borrowing more will be a disaster upon a disaster.

Japan is not like the USA, able to print toilet papers without consequences. Japan doing it will cause massive inflation, the likes of which will decimate Japanese businesses and the Japanese people. Already Japanese worker's wages have been stagnant for decades and the falling Yen is adding more misery to its people's living standards. But Japanese businesses cannot afford funding wage increases to help workers fight inflation.

But selling USA treasuries to prop up the Yen is against Yellen's strong warning. She warned Japan not to go overboard with propping up the Yen. So, should Japan just let the Yen dive even lower? Kishida is in deep trouble now, with just 10.4% of Japanese wanting him to remain as PM in a recent poll. When you are a puppet state of the USA, even farting needs permission from the master. Let this be a lesson for Taiwan and the Philippines. Of course, if they are clearer minded enough in their observation, what is happening in the EU should give them a good lesson.

I still cannot get it regarding the talk that Japan is also trying to sanction China and bringing more trouble upon itself. Japan should just live with their deflated ego that China has overtaken them for good and not bring more trouble for its people by following diligently the dictates of the USA. Nothing good will come out of it by following Satan. Satan will only bring doom to others and lead them to hell.

Anonymous

Decadent, corrupt and dysfunctional American Democrazy versus super efficient CCP that is for the people, by the people and with the people

 Picking on mistakes by communist countries had been the preoccupation of the USA and the West. Then, most Communist countries were still largely dirt poor after WW2, with the Soviet Union providing just a semblance of a communist country competing against the democratic system of the West.

After WW2, the USA, untouched except in Hawaii and facing no destruction on the mainland, became the richest country in the world, providing loans to other countries for rebuilding and selling weapons galore. The Jews in USA rose to prominence in the scheme of things and now controls all the major banks in the USA. Does that also tell us anything about the USA's support for Israel at all costs? The Jew's power in the USA Congress is legendary.

The Soviet Union was in no position to compete with the USA after WW2, though it tried, and by 1991 had to let go of most of its Western satellite states like Ukraine, Belarus and many others. Drawing upon the collapse of the Soviet Union, the USA thinks its sole superpower status is sealed and unlikely to be challenged again. The thinking was that no other country will ever rise to take on the USA, or that they will also collapse like the Soviet Union trying to do so. They did not see Russia and China rising under the radar over the last few decades.

However, those days of warp thinking of having no communist country competing with them are over. They betted on their democratic system being able to rule forever and spread. It is the other way round today, with democracy making all the fatal mistakes for the rest of the world to see. The weaponization of the US$ hegemony for sanctions against the rest of the world is a perfect example. The unimpeded printing of the US$ was another that caused all their debt problems, resulting in the spread of USA inflation across the whole world.

The USA and the West are now trying to cover up a massive economic misadventure and fighting tooth and nail to preserve the US$ hegemony that is ending soon. The end of the US$ hegemony will remove most of the ills plaguing the world. The USA will not be able to support its more than 800 military bases around the world, its military spending, its forever wars, its aid to Anglo-Saxon White countries to retain their imperialist aims in Africa mainly.

Suffice to say, the reported spending of the USA military officially announced is just the tip of the iceberg. It is far more than that being trotted out. Remember that they can lie without batting an eyelid. So much rampant corruption is festering within the USA military establishments. Heard of the US$600 toilet seat covers for the military that we can buy for S$40? And an item for its military (I can't remember what it was) costing hundreds of US$ that can be bought for about US$10 at a hardware store inside China? Such a rip-off is unheard of, but why worry when the USA can just merrily print toilet papers to go with it anyway?

China's rise as a communist country put paid to all the decade-long boasting of the USA and the West using the obsolete argument that democracy will always be a better system than communism. Nothing is now further from the truth. And the USA and the West are nervous of what the rest of the world is seeing with China's rise. It must be stopped by hook or by crook. 

Anonymous

De-dollarization good news for BRICS but distressing to the USA

 De-dollarization is progressing much faster than expected and is good news for BRICS but distressing to know for the USA and the West. Venezuela, as expected is joining BRICS. Venezuela is reported to have the biggest oil reserves in the world. Trump wanted to seize those reserves during his first term and the USA is eyeing that as well today.

With that, BRICS would be controlling global oil with Saudi Arabia, UAE, Russia, Iran and Venezuela put together. They would then be pricing oil outside the US$ for sure when the time comes. That will be a major nail in the coffin of the US$ hegemony.

What about other resources that BRICS countries are playing major roles? Brazil, Argentina, Russia are big players in grain production. If trade is carried out under BRICS, the US$ is also out of the equation and diminishing in demand.

What about metals? Those are essential and major commodities that are found in vast quantities in South America, Africa and Central Asia, with large concessions under the control of China or joint venture with China. Not only that, but China is also controlling the processing of most metals needed by the world.

Sure, it is time to play catch up for the USA and Europe, but the time factor is too big a gap for them to draw level fast enough. Processing logistics, supply chains and manufacturing setups are easy to talk about and dream of, but not so easy to bring about to fruition. 

Anonymous

Americans trying to woo India away from China and BRICS

 Kurt Campbell is still unaware or acting dumb not knowing that India is actually playing both sides, pitting the USA against China hoping for them to destroy each other. He probably has never heard the saying about trusting an Indian compared to a snake.

Both the USA and India are untrustworthy snakes themselves. They both hope for the destruction of China. When China is destroyed somehow, India will not get any better treatment from the USA. That is a pipe dream for the Indians.

The USA never look at Indians or other colored races as equals. As long as India plays a subordinate role like Germany and Japan, helping and follows diligently the dictates of the USA, it will be left alone. But India already is telling the world that it is an up-and-coming superpower. The USA is not going to take that lying down when the time comes. That is why some call USA the 'United Snakes of America' not for nothing, LOL.

What are Kurt Campbell's real agenda for attempting to boost the ego of India regarding recruiting Indian students to study science in the USA. Isn't that going to lead to India becoming another China? He is actually also playing both sides, cultivating and using India to counter China with a little bit of encouragement here and there. 

Anonymous

What makes it so difficult for China to reunify Taiwan with the motherland now?

 As every Chinese well versed in Chinese history knows that when China was weak in the decadent years ( 1830s to 1940s ) of the Ching Dynasty the Western powers comprising England, France, Russia, Germany, Spain, Italy, Holland , United States and Japan tore China apart which they referred to insultingly as cutting the Chinese watermelon to be apportioned for extraterritorial  control among the savage invaders as aforementioned and thus deprived China of her sovereignty in her own country. China was turned into a semi-colony of these barbaric invaders.

In due course China also lost large swathes of territories to England, France, Russia, Germany and Japan. England took Hong Kong and large segments of Chinese lands in South West and South East China and incorporated them into British India which is the cause of present China - India territorial dispute. Russia snatched and robbed off  over two million square miles of Chinese lands in the north, north west and north east right up to the coast of the Pacific Ocean. In 1946 Russia cut off a large area of the Chinese province of Outer Mongolia called Tannu Tuva and annexed to Russia bordering Lake Baikal ( Taken from China by Russia in 1689-1700) and then by subterfuge it granted independence to Outer Mongolia through a fake plebiscite without China's permission.  Germany acquired the Chinese province of Shantung. In 1875 Japan took away Liu Chiu Dao which they renamed it as Okinawa and in 1895 it took away the Chinese island of Taiwan.

However after the defeat of Japan in the Second World War 1945, Liu Chiu dao or Okinawa, Diao Yu-Dao and Taiwan together with the Pescadores Island Archipelago and the Paracel and Spratly islands were duly and legally returned to China by the United Nations Organisation base on the Potsdam Treaty and the Cairo Treaty all duly signed by US, UK, Russia, China and Japan.  However at the inopportunte time China was in the midst of a civil war between the highly corrupted and decadent Kuomintang ( strongly supported by the US ) and the CPC in which the US hideously undermined and sabotaged. The Communist Party of China led by Chairman Mao Tse-Tung defeated the KMT of Chiang Kai Shek a stooge of US and soon established the People's Republic of China on 1st of October, 1949. America then illegally interferred in the Chinese civil war when it it stationed its Sevenrh Fleet in the Taiwan Strait from 1950s  to prevent the PRC of Chairman Mao from liberating Taiwan to consummate the unification of Taiwan with the motherland. At that material time China was so weak that it did not have a navy to confront the evil and diabolical warmongering United States.

However, to bring the events fast forward the PRC under lines of strong, fervent, patriotic and competent selfless leadership and with almost total support of the Chinese people soon was able to lift up China like the phoenix from the ashes to build up a strong and powerful modern China with great scientific and technological indutries, a mighty military where its army, navy, airforce, missile and rocket forces are second to none and all well nuclear armed, its AI, High Tec, Cyber and space tech technologies are well ahead of others and all these highly complemented by well established successful trade and commerce industries as well as highly developed banking and financial industries.

However, the West and the United States looked at China's astronomical advancement with evil jaundiced eyes. It began to lay diabolical plans to contain China's development and to bring China down. The evil United States is now using Taiwan as a ploy to contain China. It has been illegally and illicitly arming the Taiwan Chinese traitors hoping to incite and promote a continuation of the Chinese civil war to let the Chinese on both sides of the Taiwan Strait to kill and destroy each other.

China always believe that Chinese should not fight Chinese and Chinese people across the Taiwan Strait should not kill each other. However, the despicable renegades Chinese traitors of the DPP in Taiwan who are actually descendents of  former Japanese occupation armies of Taiwan who refused to be repatriated to Japan and who camouflaged as Chinese people with Chinese names and adopting Chineses citizenship really are Trojan Horses who hope one day to hand over Taiwan to Japan again with the collusion and connivance of the satanic United States.

China always hope to reunify with Taiwan by peaceful means. However, if the diabolical Americans in collusion with the shameless Japs insist on inciting the Taiwanese Chinese traitiors to resist unification China will not hesitate to reunify Taiwan with the mainland by force of the military. If that happens and should the US and Japan dare to interfere then the war will definitely be carried over to the United States mainland and Japan. Let the evil Anglo-Saxon Americans and the Japs be warned that in this war China will not be fighting alone for Russia, Iran, North Korea, Cuba, Venezuella and some other countries of BRICS and the South will be fighting along with China. Should the US be desperate and stupid enough to go nuclear it will be suicidal for the US, Japan and the West for China and its allies like Russia, DPRK and Iran will retaliate with full all out nuclear attacks with no limits. Let's hope sanity will prevail among the desperate psychophant Americans and its neurotic allies.

However the psychopath neurotic Anglo-Saxon Americans intend to lure China into a war over Taiwan hoping thus to contain and destroy China through their planned subterfuge warfare.

Though China is very patient and still hopes to unify with Taiwan through peaceful means but if however it is forced and obliged to unify with Taiwan through force then China must without fail ensure the quick and swift destruction of Japan and the United States with lightning strokes.

The native Americans warning that 'White men speak with fork tongues and can never be trusted' is always true and must be heeded. The United States and its Western allies in many of its treaties with China recognize that Chinese people on both side of the Taiwan Strait are one people belong to the same China in which its legal government is the People's Republic of China ( PRC ) as recognized by the United Nations Organization and by over 180 countries, yet instead of fostering peace among the Chinese on both side of the Taiwan Strait the United States reneged and went on to supply heavy arms to the Taiwanese Chinese traitors in the DPP hoping to get Taiwan secede from mainland China. The least US should do is to stop interfering in Chinese internal affairs. China has been very patient tolerating all the bluffs and nonsense from US and its allies. But tolerance has its limits. Should a war break out in the Taiwan Strait China will and must bring the war to mainland America via its hypersonic bombers, missiles and rockets and its hundreds of nuclear armed submarines. Hopefully with prior agreement and consent China can attack and bomb the United states from Cuba, Venezuela, Jamaica and Bolivia.

Let's hope the Taiwanese Chinese will wake up to the danger of US, Western and Japanese evil diabolical plots against the Chinese people and be sensible to unite with motherland China in a peaceful manner so that China need not take drastic action to unite with Taiwan by force of military means.

Southernglory1

Friday, 28th June, 2024

CNA spreading to North America - good news, can hire more angmohs

It is good news that CNA is spreading its coverage to North America, another English speaking world. Viewership sure to go up if the hillbillies got tired of CNN, NBC, MSN etc etc and their fake news and disinformation. Caveat, hillbillies have their own preferred taste. They only want to read or hear news from white men telling how great they are and how many wars they are winning. They would not want to read what Tan Ah Teck or Ah Teck Tan writes, not even Danson Tan would appeal to their taste.

So this is great opportunity for CNA to hire more angmohs. Hiring angmohs to write and report on Asian affairs looks and sounds ridiculous to start with but over time they would slowly takeover the writing, angmohs writing about Asian affairs from angmoh's perspective and interests.  Oh, it goes against the grain of CNA to have news reported by the respective locals. Hiring angmohs to write about angmoh affairs, perfect match. Now CNA would have legitimate grounds to hire more angmohs to give it the angmoh flavour. If can't hire enough angmohs, can hire coloured angmohs also not bad an option.

If still cannot hire angmohs and coloured angmohs, offer more carrots like promotions and heading the various departments, chief editors, CEOs, would do the trick. After all, daft Singaporeans would not be good enough to fill the top positions, especially when their experiences are in writing about pets, hawkers, disappearing trades, cooks etc etc.

With more angmohs and coloured angmohs aka foreign talents, CNA would look more international and the standard and quality must definitely be better than having just daft Singaporeans. Daft Singaporeans can continue to report and write on what they know best, which hawker or hawker centre is the best, what pets to keep, which old shopkeeper or hawker retiring etc etc. The angmohs and coloured angmohs can cover the high brow and serious stuff. that no Singaporean is good enough to do.

What do you think?

Americans did not trust Japan and South Korea as they are not whites

 Conventional wisdom will tell us how the USA treats allies. There is big difference in how the USA treats White allies and other allies.

Australia is an ally of the USA, just like Japan and South Korea. But the USA trust Australia by giving Australia nuclear submarines. It is a clear case of nuclear proliferation, as simple as that. But why not extend such benefits to South Korea and Japan? The USA does not trust Japan or South Korea because of their skin color. And despite the Philippine bending over backwards to afford the USA more military space, it is not getting nuclear submarines. Why?

Israel is an ally of the USA. Israel just admitted having nukes, allowed to possess by the USA or given by the USA. But why isn't the same benefit given to allies like Japan and South Korea? Because the USA does not trust Japan and South Korea at all but trust the Israelis because they are also Whites.

Anonymous

American dumb hillbillies keep bitching about China

 The Chinese should tell that Tom Cotton guy to 'shake Chinese spears' instead of studying 'Shakespeare'. This is the same guy that cannot even differentiate between a CCP member and a Singapore citizen. He does not even know the graduate situation inside India and wants to talk about recruiting Indian students to study science in the USA. Just cannot understand why he is fond of talking nonsense and making a fool of himself. As they say, no one will say he is stupid if he just keeps his mouth shut.

Chinese universities have better courses in humanities than the USA to speak of. How old are the Chinese classics? Ancient China already had imperial examinations on humanities rather than science, to choose leaders to govern the country. What can a few centuries of USA history teach the Chinese, with more than five thousand years of history, about diplomatic behavior? Kurt Campbell is another moron that still thinks Chinese students should just enroll in USA universities to study cooking and how to wash clothes?

After getting all the Chinese students to fill their top universities and reaping all the monetary benefits over the decades, they are now talking cock and singing songs. Who wants to study 'Shakespeare' going all the way to the USA and paying an arm and a leg to get such a degree? With all these morons leading the country, the USA does not really need enemies.

After decades of free loading on cheap Chinese products, they are now talking about China stealing their jobs, fueling overcapacity, cannot trade with friends, must follow their script and all kinds of nonsense.

Suffice to say, even without the USA now keeping Chinese students out, Chinese students are already avoiding the USA, benefitting other destinations like Australia and turning to local universities that are rising up the ranks to give a better, cheaper and safer education.

The USA has no more bargaining chips and is resorting to using illogical arguments to keep China down. This is not going to work out. It is too late for such hubris to work. As what Russia is saying, the USA is just shooting at the wind. Devoid of targets, the USA is just shooting at imaginary targets.

Anonymous

US and EU fighting the EV war they cannot win

 The EU is committing Hara Kiri. In another sense the USA is doing mercy killing or committing Euthanasia against the EU. But never mind, it is all legal among close allies. No harm done!

No one wins in a trade war. Only Donald Trump, in his warp mind, thinks that trade wars are easy to win. Has the USA really won yet after so many years? In spite of the trade war, China is chalking up even bigger trade surplus with the USA. To indicate any semblance of winning, the trade balance should tilt the other way. But that has not happened, and it tells us the true story.

When Trump gets his second term, he is going to make USA even greater again. Already he promised 100% tariffs against Chinese EVs. Amidst all this hype up action, Chinese EV manufacturers appear set to ditch the USA, EU and Canada EV market altogether. On the other hand, China is set to impose retaliating tariffs on the EU cars, with an ultimatum that those EU tariffs be removed by July 4th in the run up to talks.

The situation smells trouble for USA and EU carmakers. While Chinese EV makers can always migrate from markets in USA and the EU to the much bigger Global South market to mitigate their losses, this is not possible for USA and EU carmakers in a Global South market they cannot compete.

Will that entail the USA passing laws or signing executive orders to prevent the sale of Chinese EVs in the Global South as well? The USA seems to believe that it can unilaterally enact laws that other countries must follow. Countries in the Global South will give the USA their middle fingers. The Africans will be the first to do that. 

Anonymous

Ugly US racism in display by the D grader hillbillies in Washington

 Ugly US racism displayed as US Deputy Secretary of State says Chinese should not be allowed to study sciences

Kurt Campbell, the US Deputy Secretary of State claimed on Monday that the US should welcome more students from China, but to study humanities rather than sciences. He said that international students studying sciences can be recruited from India, "an increasingly important US security partner."

In recent months, the US has been harassing Chinese students studying in the US under the pretext of national security, especially those in STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) fields such as artificial intelligence, information science, cybersecurity, electrical and software engineering and electronic information engineering.

Campbell's remarks directly indicate that the US does not welcome Chinese STEM students; if Chinese students come, they can only study humanities.

Why humanities not sciences? It's perhaps because studying humanities may help facilitate Western cultural "penetration" into China.

As early as April 2020, racist anti-Chinese US Senator Tom Cotton stated that Chinese students should not be allowed to study sciences in US colleges and universities and that they should only learn about Shakespeare.

If China is not military strong, the Americans would have de-humanize the Chinese and slaughter the Chinese like the way genocidal Israelis are currently murdering the Palestinians!

Anonynous

1969 Apollo technology more superior to China's 2024 Chang' e technology? - American Exceptionalism at its best

 While the Americans are still engrossed in their wars, fighting wars, starting wars, provoking and inciting more wars, China quietly went to the far side of the moon and returned with 2 kg of moon soil samples for research and to understand the conditions on the moon. And without fail, the Americans resort to demonise the Chinese scientific exploration of the moon and accusing China of wanting to claim all the resources on the moon, to colonise the moon.  What else is new from the warmongering American terrorists? The trouble making Americans have a budget of US$1.5b just to write negative articles and narratives against China.

The Chinese Chang'e 6 mission took a total of 53 days to return to earth with the moon sample. This is a far cry from the 8 days that Apollo mission took to visit the moon, landed on the moon and return to earth. The duration taken by Apollo must be indeed much more advanced and sophisticated than Chang'e 6. This is how superior the American technology was, but not today. Or was it that the moon then was much nearer to earth than the present moon? Since this is not possible, then it must be the more powerful and advanced Apollo rockets that could cut the time travel to less than 7 times the Chang'e 6 took. American 1969 technology was the best, better than what China has today.

America's 1969/70s space technology and computers are definitely more superior even to their latest technology used in the Artemis mission that even failed to land properly on the moon. It must be a case of the American technology getting from world best to ordinary. Instead of getting better and more advanced and more sophisticated, the American technology is falling down into a black hole day by day.

As they said, the truth can be stranger and more fascinating than fiction. Which is the truth and which is fiction?

 

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Chinese should thank Mao for not becoming like the natives of America, now an endangered specie

 Chinese everywhere must realize how fortunate that China had not be torn to pieces by the eight nations in the 1900. Had that happened, Chinese in China today would now be like the Native American Indians and the Australian Aborigines, having to live in reservations aka concentration camps in the Gobi Desert, under Anglo-Saxon White control. There have been repeated attempts to tear China apart by the West and Japan, but more than five thousand years of tenacity and wisdom saw to its survival against all odds. China is retaking its position in the world today.

The Japanese, thinking that they will control China, had conducted massacres in Nanjing in 1937, probably hoping to exterminate the Chinese population altogether. They even conducted biological tests on Chinese victims intending to end the Chinese population for good. That was what the Nazis did in its attempt to cause the extinction of the Jews in Europe.

For that, Chinese everywhere must remember Mao Tse Tung, who was instrumental in throwing out foreign forces inside China. Mao may have made some mistakes, but his getting rid of foreign forces destroying China was something that the Chinese population are forever thankful for and never will be forgotten. His portrait hanging proudly at Tiananmen square is testament to his importance in Chinese history to the Chinese population. As Chinese, are we not thankful for what Mao did? Only 'Orang China Bukan China' will rubbish that.

And for throwing out the foreign forces, Mao had been demonized to no end by the West. They picked on his mistakes and magnified them, like the famine under his policy. Likewise, Xi Jinping will be demonized for his part in causing the fall of the US$ hegemony and the USA as the sole superpower. 

Anonymous

Silly American colonies in Japan, South Korea and Europe wanting to sanction their biggest customer, China!

 Japan cannot follow de-dollarization as it is under the thumb of the USA. Even trying to prop up the Yen is not allowed. Janet Yellen warned Japan against over-reacting, knowing Japan will sell its US treasuries to buy Yen. Japan is a total puppet on a string.

Kishida thought that by raising interest rates from zero will change the situation. It failed miserably, despite Japan even spending billions to prop up the falling Yen. Japan is a very sick country economically today, all because of the USA's control of its economic direction. Yet Japan is following the USA's dictate to sanction China. Just like the EU, Japan is going to sink into oblivion. Only 10.4% of Japanese in a poll wants Kishida to remain as PM.

It is ironic that some countries have still not realized the consequence of following the USA after seeing what the EU is turning into just by sanctioning Russian energy. Russia is not yet on the level of China in economic strength and clean energy innovation. Sanctioning Chinese EVs is a slap on the face of the USA and the EU.

BYD is pulling out investments in Europe and migrating to Mexico. The Mexicans are welcoming them with open arms. Jobs will be created and EVs made in Mexico will flood the South American and Global South market. BYD is perceptively distancing itself from investing in the USA and Europe for good. There is a bigger market in the Global South, which it is eyeing and will dominate. What are USA and EU EV makers going to do to compete? Cost wise they are unable and unthinkable to do so.

And with China also erecting tariffs against USA and European cars entering the Chinese market, it is a no brain move by the USA and EU to raise tariffs against Chinese EVs to the heavens. It will hurt their own carmakers more than China. And it will certainly hurt their own consumers buying expensive cars that others in the Global South are paying much less for.

Suffice to say, shooting their own feet seems to be the intention of the USA and the West. So be it.

Anonymous

America continues to perpetuate genocides in Gaza and Ukraine

 The Ukraine War started well before 2022, but the USA and the West are trying to promote the Ukraine War as a Russian invasion without provocation. The War against Russian speaking Ukrainians in the Donbass region started in 2014 or even earlier in 2008. But this part of history is never invoked to give a real picture of the background. Those who took the Western propaganda at face value will condemn the Russians as invaders for no reason. That was supposed to be their 'Principled' stand.

The Israeli/Hamas war followed the same pattern, just promoting the Hamas attack on Israel on October 7th, 2023, as without provocation. All those years of Israeli forced occupation and seizing of Palestinian lands to build Israeli settlements was never mentioned as the real cause of the Hamas attack. Hamas was just taking up the cudgel on behalf of the Palestinians in Gaza, just like the Russians in the Donbass region. Again, those who took the propaganda at face value will condemn the Hamas attack of October 7th on Israel as unprovoked.

Strangely, unprecedented, overwhelming and overreacting Israeli attack on a smaller state was not considered an 'Unprincipled' invasion. It was genocide on every scale to extinguish the Palestinians for more land to build Israeli settlements. And who was behind the Israeli action? It does not need a three-year-old child to figure that out, LOL.

In the language of the USA and the West, those opposing them are accused of being terrorist. And the MSM and cronies will repeat the chorus over and over again. The irony is that such propaganda will stick for those not wanting to find out the truth.

Anonymous

Mahathir destroyed, Anwar builds. Mahathir drove away Malaysian talents to Singapore

 The irony is that when Malaysia gets a good leader, Singapore will bear the consequences. All the years of the Mahathir Government principally provided Singapore with all the advantages to grow and prosper at Malaysia's expense. Mahathir was not leading the country forward but nitpicking on issues and feathering his and his children's pockets, creating racial disharmony to remain in power and harming the country. While Anwar Ibrahim was more forward thinking as his deputy, that did not end up well for him in the eyes of Mahathir. He was punished with trumped up charges.

Anwar Ibrahim sounds like a good leader now leading the country forward. But the problem is that he has not yet garnered the full support in Government and has to rely on the tainted UNMO to form a coalition. This is preventing him from exercising his leadership role without hindrance. And the opposition, PAS in particular, and Mahathir are dead set against him. An IS plot against the Malaysian King and Anwar has just been uncovered and arrest made. Who is behind it is going to be interesting. Mahathir had earlier been associated with another plot dubbed 'The Dubai Move' to remove Anwar. Of course, Mahathir denied all links to that attempt.

Talents from Malaysia who came to study in Singapore refused to return to serve the Malaysian side. Most stayed behind, became citizens and contributed to Singapore's growth instead. With incentives like jobs paying multiple times what they can get in Malaysia, who does not want that.

Past leaders like Goh Keng Swee (born in Malacca), Hon Sui Sen (born in Penang) and Howe Yoon Chong (born in China but migrated to Malacca) were also Malaysians who remained behind after separation, providing Singapore with the talents and insights in Government. But of course, they would never be given the opportunity to contribute their talents under the racially biased UMNO Government ruling Malaysia.

Anonymous

Taiwan - Only a military coup can save the Taiwan Chinese

 Lai ChingTe's pro independence gang has hit a road end. The Americans have told them that independence is no go. The Americans by now have assessed the situation thoroughly and know that the Chinese could easily send them into the bottom of the Pacific Ocean in an open war. The Americans would not sacrifice the life of a single American for Taiwan, an island that has little strategic importance to the American Empire. It makes no difference if Taiwan were to return to the motherland. It is only useful as a tool to irritate China and make the stupid Taiwanese pay by the billions without having to deliver the weapons they bought.

What is happening in Taiwan today is as good as a bunch of drunkards and imbeciles thumping their chests and dreaming of taking Taiwan away from China. The only consequence in this silly antic is that up to a point, China would have to step in by force to bring about a reunification. It could lead to a few days of bloodshed before the imbeciles and drunkards know that their wet dream would just be that, that they cannot change the fate of Taiwan.

The best thing to happen to Taiwan, to prevent a bloodbath of the reckless and unthinking Taiwanese is for the Taiwan military to step in, arrest all the DPP and pro independence leaders in a bloodless coup and negotiate with China for a peaceful reunification. Many lives would be saved, Taiwan would not be turned into a wasteland, everything would remain intact, life could go on as normal without hanging on a limbo.

The DPP and pro independence gang could not make any headway except to talk big about their wild dream of independence, to agitate the Taiwanese to want to knock their heads against a wall. But many Taiwanese are pragmatic people and would not want to die for a hopeless cause. Some may choose to die, but their deaths would not change anything.

On the other hand, there is no real and charismatic leader in Taiwan to lead the Taiwanese home. Taiwan would just be an apple rotting from inside, going nowhere. And the noose would be tighten day by day. The Taiwanese are waiting for a decisive leader to end their anxiety and move on. And since the political leadership is so weak, and running out of ideas, the military is the last hope to put an end to this dilemma. Once the military steps in and takes charge, the majority of the Taiwanese would go along with the reunification. Anything is better than what is happening or not happening in Taiwan now.

The Taiwanese people are waiting. Why is the Taiwanese military still hesitating? The political leadership is clueless and helpless, except talking like drunkards and imbeciles and making themselves look silly.

American colonies in same situation as China in the 1930s

 

 In the early 1930s in China, with many territorial concessions given to the foreign invading powers, China was cut up into pieces like a water melon. The 8 western powers, Japan was one of them, had their own territories in China which they called their own, administered by their respective police forces, their own laws and their own soldiers. Japan was particularly notorious with a huge army operating inside China, ruling over China like a colony within a colony. They employed the Chinese to work for them under Japanese rules and laws. And with their military forces, they planned to take over China by force, to colonise China with the help of the Chinese in their employed, with traitors and willing Chinese conspirators. China's sovereignty was at stake with the enemies inside China, on Chinese land.

The situation of many modern states with foreign military bases are very similar to the concession territories in China. The foreign powers actually own the land in the bases, have their own laws, police and soldiers to protect themselves, and if necessary, to take over the countries concern with their military forces. Can you imagine what a foreign power can do with their own military bases, airfields or ports, to stock up all the weapons needed to serve their interests, not the interests of the host countries?

What is happening in Europe is a stark reminder to other countries about having foreign military bases in their land. Japan and South Korea are two very unhappy occupied countries, with many American bases forced upon them, in the name of protecting them, but in reality, turning them into American colonies. Their military presence means they can decide who would be the leaders of the respective states, ie leaders that are pro America, like propping up Zelensky after initiating a coup in Ukraine. Any leader that is not pro the foreign power ie Americans, would be removed by regime change. Saudi Arabia is in a similar situation. They cannot get the American bases and soldiers out of their country.

Today, the Philippines are happily inviting the Americans to set up more military bases, up to 9 from 4 bases, to turn the Philippines into a de facto American colony. And the Pinoys are very happy about it. Or at least they are not protesting like how they protested to chase the Americans out of Subic Naval Base and Clark Air Force Base in the 80s. Now they are welcoming the Americans soldiers back with open arms. Maybe they are planning to be the 52nd state of the USA. 

The Americans are now in a position to decide who would be the President of the Philippines, and now working with Marcos to change the Philippines Constitution to allow him to be president for two terms. Another option is to raise tension and declare martial law like his father and rule the Philippines for as long as he likes. The Pinoys are increasing losing the right to decide what is good for the interests of the Philippines and another dictator Marcos is in the making.

The era of independence movements, independence fighters is over. Fighting for the independence of a nation state, to rule themselves, by their own people, is no longer a desirable thing to the Philippines. They chose to be ruled by the Americans. Similarly, the Taiwanese are very happy choosing to be ruled by the Americans and the Japanese. Who else is next, to want to invite foreign military forces to reside in their own land and to rule over them, to decide who should be their national leaders, with the approval of the foreign power?

Is cocaine in the White House American Exceptionalism?

 

 Do not forget that USA 'exceptionalism' extends to everything, even lying, cheating and stealing. What is a little cocaine in the White House after all? It is just cocaine and if USA can invoke 'exceptionalism' at its whims and fancies, why not Joe Biden?

A little cocaine in the White House is insignificant, affecting only Joe Biden and maybe his beloved son. Compare that to the walking dead on Kensington Ave, Pennsylvania, with a whole street full of people high on drugs. And that is not the only location. It is a nation-wide drug addiction problem. It probably is good that drug addiction extends from the ground right up to the top of the pyramid, so no one can complain, right? So, why try to blame China?

Give old Joe a break, will ya! Poor old Joe is suffering elderly abuse at the hands of the Democrats and has a pile of problem regarding his son, his own health and how to deal with gangster and ruffian Donald Trump. What Joe really needs is a nice place in an old folk's home, undisturbed, not having to be pushed around by handlers telling him when to sit, when to stand, when to turn around, when to walk and when to fall, oops. 

Anonymous

American colony South Korea begging to be screwed

 What Yoon Suk Yeol is doing to South Korea is no different from what Olaf Scholz is doing to Germany. Both are totally beholden to the USA and bending over backwards to please the USA. The way Yoon was groveling at the feet of Joe Biden during his recent visit to Washington was disgusting to say the least.

Germany is already tasting it's just deserts for following the USA's agenda in Europe. Yoon is doing the same to South Korea in East Asia. He wants to escalate the situation on the Korean Peninsula by supplying weapons to Ukraine, thinking this will gain favor with Joe Biden and the USA war mongers. Now he is caught in a bind. Putin is supplying arms to Kim Jong Un and that is bad news for South Korea. He is still threatening Putin when he was already warned earlier.

South Korea supplying weapons to Ukraine will not change the war in Ukraine one bit. It is the same as other NATO countries pouring 'game changing' weapons and achieving nothing positive. The USA and NATO had been doing it for more than two long years and South Korea is hoping to change the situation with a few dozen pieces of howitzers? What has South Korea achieved for its involvement with the USA in Vietnam? Still on the losing side, despite supplying more than 300,000 rotating troops fighting alongside the GIs.

This time around, if hostilities break out on the Korean Peninsula, it will not just be China on the side of the North Koreans. Russia has a security arrangement now with Kim that if one side is attack, it will involve the Russians too. NATO can do it, so does Russia, China and North Korea. The sword cuts both ways. 

Anonymous

Bankrupt European states wanting to conduct trade wars with their biggest market? How silly can they be?

 The Europeans are spooked by China's imposition of tariffs on European cars entering China. That is not all. China is intending to do to the EU what it did with agricultural products from the USA at the start of Trump's trade war. China is no more just taking it lying down. China has shown its ability to retaliate and that frightens the Europeans.

Who stands to lose the most? German car makers will face the biggest hit. Other EU countries will be hit by products like pork. I believe that is just the beginning of China's retaliation. China has found alternative markets in South America and Russia and is mending relations with Australia and New Zealand as well. The recent visit of Chinese Prime Minister Li Qiang to New Zealand and Australia is not for exchanging T-shirts to quote LKY. China is too big a market for them to resist.

If Russian cheap energy crisis is already crippling Europe, can the EU afford another disaster happening with its agricultural sector? This is not a shortage of agricultural products befalling Europe. It is the shortage of demand from the Chinese market that is the problem. European farmers are already at wits end trying to compete with outside producers like Ukraine. The recent farmers protest says it all. It is no use for the EU trying to export its agricultural products to the USA, which is just like 'Carrying coal to Newcastle' to quote an outdated saying. Newcastle itself already had so much coal and sending more coal there is a pointless action.

Elsewhere in South America they are producing just as much agricultural products for export to China, and already competing with the EU. Mess with China and suffer the consequences is something the Europeans better learn.

Anonymous

Tools of the evil American Empire

 I observe with apprehension the dangerous ways Singapore leaders are acting against the interests of ASEAN countries in issues vis-avis between the warmongering and hegemonic West headed by the evil Anglo-Saxon United States and the rest of the world's global south countries which include Iran, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Indonesia, Malaysia, India, China and Russia. Singapore has allowed the USA to use its puny territory as a military base without thinking that it will undoubtedly affect the security of ASEAN countries in which Malaysia, Indonesia and Thailand are its closest neighbours. Don't the imbecile Singapore leaders know that the West headed by the Anglo-Saxon USA and England are incorrigible warmongers which have been attacking and invading other countries non-stop for the last over five hundred years. The West headed by the USA and UK have every intention to bring the whole world under its slavery bond and total hegemonic control.

They are using all kinds of tricks and hybric warfare to bring the global south countries under its domination. It uses divide and rule tactics pitching unsuspecting countries to fight against each other by creating petty territorial disputes or sowing dissension and religious antagonism. Then it will reap rich financial rewards by selling weapons to both warring parties.

One of its most toxic method to bring the global south countries under its control is the use of the patro dollar and the tight illicit control of the World Bank, The IMF and the SWIFT agency. This has resulted in its bringing the whole world under the financial slavery of the Anglo-Saxons.

Besides using the military, the Anglo-Saxons Americans also use trade sanctions, tariffs and blockades to bring others down to heel for their slavish domination and control.

Knowing how wicked and bellicose the Anglo-Saxons are, Singapore political leaders should not have blamed Russia for the Ukraine War and should not have subsequently joined the USA and the West to sanction Russia.

All Singapore's actions and open support for the United States and the West are ultra vires to the interests of ASEAN countries. Now Russia and China have made it clear that among the ASEAN countries only Singapore and the Philippines are not allowed to join the BRICS organisation of the South. Does that show clearly the dismal future of Singapore?

It is of the utmost urgency that Singapore needs to correct its wrong ways and decisions and repent so as to get in line with the interests of the countries of the South. Failing which it will be seen as digging its own graves. Singapore must stop misbehave or else face being booted out of ASEAN too.

Lee Tai Chong.

What is global norms?

 

Commentary: Trash balloons another sign of North Korea's refusal to act within global norms

North Korea sending trash-filled balloons to the South reflects its insouciance and recklessness when interacting with the rest of the world, says Robert Kelly of Pusan National University. CNA

Above is a typical western narrative of what is acceptable behaviour to the West that they called global norms, like freedom, democracy, human rights, freedom of navigations, freedom to incite social unrest by terrorist organisations like the CIA, NED, NGOs etc etc.

North Korea is condemned as violating global norms by sending trash filled balloons to the South. But why did the North Koreans did that? What did the South Koreans do before the North Koreans returned them the compliment? This, the western troublemakers and provocateurs would not say. It is like screaming out loud that Russia invaded Ukraine, but not saying what the Ukrainian Nazis did to the Russian speaking Ukrainians ie genocide. It is like saying the Gaza Genocide was started by the Hamas on 7 Oct and ignoring the military occupation of Palestinian land, massacres, genocides of the Palestinians over decades in Palestinian homeland.

Innocent readers that did not know history, did not bother to know the past, would take these biased and skewed narratives as the truth. The North Koreans are violating global norms, misbehaving, while the South Koreans were the nice guys. Who were the gangsters that were conducting repeated war games on the borders of North Korea, threatening to invade North Korea? The angels of God? The provocations and war games are for peace, for freedom, for democracy which the North Koreans did not have?

Innocent readers are warned of the daily publishing of American and western propaganda by a trillion dollar budget to demonise innocent states, to incite wars, to distort the truths, that terrorists are called angels, and innocent parties are called aggressors and terrorists.

Remember, the number one terrorist state in the world is the USA, at wars with every country, fighting wars everywhere, inciting and provoking to start more wars, and the main architect in the genocidal wars in Ukraine and Gaza. These are the global norms, demonise other states, to spread disinformation, to incite wars, provoke wars, fight wars to destabilise the world.

India needs more silly governments to sign CECA to export its unemployed

 CECA issues

Allegations have erupted across India over widespread cheating and corruption tainting the results of the country’s fiercely competitive national medical entrance exam.

Allegations of cheating and test leaks in the most recent National Eligibility Cum Entrance Exam Test – Undergraduate (NEET-UG) surfaced after the exam results, released on June 4, showed an unusually high number of students receiving top marks, affecting the overall benchmark for admission.

Every year, over 2 million students in India battle it out to get one of just 110,000 available spots to study medicine. Of the total seats available, around 60,000 are in state universities, with the rest in private colleges.

According to the 2024 India Employment Report published by the International Labour Organisation and the Institute of Human Development, the share of educated youth among the unemployed rose from 54.2 per cent in 2000 to 65.7 per cent in 2022.

Anonymous

Scary indeed !

Malacca Strait would not be a choke point if neighbouring states did not allow America to operate a military base to threaten China

 Red Dot can sashay another few years and will be like the Brits, Japs and USA, stagnant in GDP growth and just straggling along. Red Dot is now facing a peer competitor in China, just like what the USA and the EU is facing. China is going to eat Red Dot's lunch. That is why fear mongering by the USA's anti-China mantra is working so well against Japan, South Korea, EU and Red Dot that they have to snuggle close together to contain China.

Malaysia is joining BRICS for a bigger Global South market. Malaysia is also expanding its Ports for a bigger bite of trade using the BRI. Thailand is still undecided about the Isthmus of Kra project, which if China gets involved, is going to be green lights ahead. Thailand will benefit just like the Panama Canal benefitted the Panama Government's coffers. And that puts into question the validity of the Straits of Malacca's choke point which is instrumental in the event of hostilities between the USA and China. Red Dot depends on its strategic position and had been able to benefit from it for centuries. What if all this is just depleted even without being taken away?

Right now, the intention of the Nicaraguan Government and Chinese Government's joint interest to open up another channel to rival the dying Panama Canal due to climate change, is already causing concern for the USA's ability to have its military transit between the Pacific and Atlantic with ease and in a timely manner. There is now a long queue of ships waiting to cross the Panama Canal due to cutbacks and shipowners are crying over loss of revenue and heightened costs from such delays.

This Nicaraguan Canal will be totally beyond the control of the USA. And like the benefit to Thailand with the Isthmus of Kra project, the Nicaraguan Government will benefit if they open up an alternative channel to enable ships to cross the Atlantic into the Pacific with ease and vice versa. 

Anonymous 

PS. China's fear of being choked by the Malacca Strait turns into Malaysia's advantage over Singapore. Malaysia could further leverage on this by keeping Singapore out of the Malaysia, Thailand, Laos and China high speed rail network.

America throwing Japan, Germany and other European states under the bus

 Why blame Russia or Iran for the missiles fired by the Houthis? What about the USA missiles fired by Ukraine and Israel? Must blame the USA also, right?

What if the Russians shot down and found parts of drones made by DJI, bought by Ukraine from Walmart, launched by Ukraine and hitting Russian troops? Must Russia blame China too or blame Ukraine?

The twisted thinking of the West is so warped, that it is unbelievable. Now Japan is trying to sanction Chinese firms doing business with Russia and China is retaliating. China is Japan's largest trading partner and Japan is taking suicidal action against Chinese firms just to please the USA. The Japanese puppet has been screwed around by the Puppeteer without realizing its own interest is being compromised, just like the stupid Europeans.

People in glass houses should not throw stones. Japan is in deep trouble with its economy and the Yen slowly turning into rubbles, and still thinks it is a global economic power trying to please the USA, its master puppeteer. What is laughable is that a crippled Germany can still overtake Japan to become the third largest economy in the world. Further slide in the Yen may see Japan slipping further into the sewers.

If this is not a display of 'stupidity has no cure' syndrome, what else is?

Anonymous

Why China must ban Americans from its Tiangong Space Station

 Let us also not forget that Chinese are not allowed on the International Space Station because they are well, Chinese. Who made that decision to exclude China? The USA of course, the troublemaker anywhere it goes, even in space.

Now China has its own Tiangong Space Station and China is doing the right thing by denying the USA's application to join others in research on China's space station. China slapped the USA by saying that the USA has nothing positive to contribute. That is quite true, considering the USA is still intent on hanging on to a 26-year-old space junk that is falling apart.

China must choose carefully who it will allow to set foot on its own Space Station. Whatever complaints that others may make, China must tell them it is for 'National Security' reasons, LOL.

China is also looking at the possibility of setting up a manned lunar base as soon as this decade. That will put China firmly in a position to dominate space exploration as well. 

Anonymous 

PS. The Americans accused China of violating international law for not using the international space language ie English, in its Tiangong Space Station. This is American rules based order and the Americans set the rules. China just show its middle finger to the Americans and continues to use Chinese in its space station.

Asean should review its membership criteria

 As an organisation of small nation states wanting to preserve peace in the region through neutrality, Asean is always face with the challenge of big power interference, wanting to take control of Asean to do their bidding, to be coerced to take sides and become pawns in big power rivalry. One clear evidence of this is the continuing bickering within Asean to want to poke its fingers into the internal affairs of Myanmar, a position that the founding fathers of Asean clearly did not want Asean to do. Asean must not be allowed to interfere with the domestic affairs of its member states.

Who is behind this fetish behaviour, pushing Asean to poke into the affairs of Myanmar? The answer is quite obvious. Then again, knowing shallow some Asean leaders are, some may unconsciously be duped or persuaded to do the bidding of big powers, some willingly, knowingly, some innocently, some stupidly without know they were doing it.

As an organisation that wants to be free from big power rivalry, Asean wants to be friends of all countries, all powers, but not to the extend of becoming their crony. Asean welcome all big powers to be here, but to leave Asean alone, not to coerce Asean member states to take sides. In this matter, the US has been the biggest culprit forcing Asean to take sides. But the US cronies in Asean would instead call out China as the guilty party coercing Asean to take sides. No prizes for guessing who are the American cronies.

Asean and the region is increasing being dragged into America's hegemonic war plan. And tension has been rising and reaching new heights in the South China Sea with American crony, oops, American new colony the Philippines provoking China under the egging of the Americans. The Philippines has even offered more military bases for the Americans to strengthen their military presence in the region, an act that is contrary to what Asean stands for.

Asean may want to look into this development and review its membership criteria, to forbid Asean member states to host military bases of foreign powers. This should be an important criteria for membership in Asean. If Asean compromise on this, then with more American colonies and crony states within Asean, it would be very difficult for Asean to maintain its neutrality in big power rivalry and would be dragged to become pawns and pay a heavy price like Ukraine.

East Timor is also waiting at the door for membership. East Timor has also allowed the Americans to build a military base in its island. One American colony is bad enough. Two would soon become three and Asean could lose its way and its original purpose, as a neutral regional organisation free from big power interference.

As it is, the Americans are worming into the organisation. A gap has been breached and could get bigger and Asean could sleep walk into becoming a pawn of the Americans.

Lockheed Martin offers very long range radar for Singapore's defence

 This is good news to Singapore. The 3D AESA TPY-4 radar has a detection range of 1,000km, and its functions include airspace monitoring, unmanned aerial system surveillance, ballistic missile detection and monitoring, maritime area surveillance, and satellite monitoring, functions that a super power like the USA needs.

With the TPY-4 Singapore would have the capability to detect aircraft and ballistic missiles coming from China and enemies 1,000km away. It would even be better if Singapore acquires something that can monitor space to detect aliens and meteors to protect its citizens. Singapore would thus be able to defend not only enemies on earth but also aliens from outer space. It definitely would be money worth spending. Hope the Americans are not treating Singapore as a rich cash cow to milk. Maybe they can offer some ICBMs to Singapore as well to defend against imaginary enemies.

Not sure how much is the TPY-4 radar system going to cost Singapore. Offering does not mean it is free. But Singapore must be very grateful as such great defence system would only be offered to good friends like Singapore, and not offered to our neighbours. And the Americans think Singapore needs it. Not sure if Singapore believes it needs such a great defensive radar situation, to protect against what?

By the way, who is Singapore defending against? Singapore got enemies 1,000 km away?

Chinese suffering from 'Stupidity has no cure disease'

 Why are the Chinese still investing in India when they are obviously not welcomed?

Direct passenger flights between China and India have been suspended for four years and have not yet been restored.

As the two most populous countries in the world as well as neighbors, not having direct flights is obviously extremely abnormal. At present, India still imposes strict visa restrictions on Chinese citizens. Chinese people applying for business visas are faced with all kinds of difficulties.

Most Chinese students admitted to Indian universities fail to obtain Indian visas.

Chinese journalists in India have also encountered discriminatory treatment such as rejection of visa renewal applications and forced departure within a time limit. There are no permanent journalists between the two countries and media exchanges have been thwarted.

In addition, since India tightened restrictions on investment from China in 2020, about 200 investment applications from Chinese companies are still waiting for approval by the Indian government.

Not welcomed, but thick-skinned Chinese still want to go to India and then complain about mistreatment ! 

Anonymous

Useless UN would soon be replaced by BRICS

 The UN wants Russia to comply with sanctions against North Korea. Who imposed sanctions against North Korea? Not Russia or China, so why should they comply to help the USA and the West? After all North Korea is now an important strategic partner of Russia and China, just like NATO is to the USA. The Russians, Chinese and North Koreans do not call it 'iron clad' alliance, but just all-weather partners, that cannot be eroded by rusting.

At the UN, not every country must comply with UN declaration. Not all countries voted to sanction Russia over the Ukraine War. The UN deliverance is often skewed in favor of the USA and the West, and this is well known and often been taken up by many UN members of the Global South.

What about the UN asking USA and NATO to stop sending weapons to Ukraine and Israel? Genocide is ongoing in Gaza and had been committed in Eastern Ukraine against Russian speaking Ukrainians. The UN just closed its eyes and mouth - seeing nothing, saying nothing and doing nothing. Who does the UN represent? The USA and the West or the Global Community at large? It is time for BRICS and the Global South to have its own world body with neutral jurisdiction. No country must have a bigger say just because of its bigger contribution. That is bribery by any other name. 

Anonymous

Rise of the South Korean Klowns

 South Korea summoned the Russian ambassador over Putin's visit to North Korea and his threat of supplying the North with weapons.

Russia's ambassador should ask the South Koreans what about South Korea supplying weapons to Ukraine to fight the Russians, despite repeated warning from Putin. The South Koreans think they are also bestowed with the same 'exceptionalism' as the USA doing what it likes without consequences. The Russians are just paying back the South Koreans with the same coin. Russia is now telling the South Koreans that nothing that the South Koreans can do against Russia is without consequences.

Vietnam likewise must not forget that during the Vietnam War, South Korea was the biggest supporter of the USA, with more than 300,000 rotating troops in Vietnam fighting against the North. 

Anonymous

Free loading Americans think the dollar will forever be the reserved currency

 Everything the USA did is just shooting its own foot. But they do not think it is important. The USA is around just to take all the benefits today and the future will look after itself. Their toilet paper is going to remain the global reserve currency forever, or so they think. They were wrong and found out too late.

The USA wanted to take advantage of cheap 'slave labor' and moved their manufacturing to China. They enjoyed the cheap products for decades, made by Chinese and also their companies paying just 'slave wages' to Chinese workers. It was a wonderful arrangement, with others producing and USA citizens just merrily freeloading.

Then China progressed by leaps and bounds over the last three decades and they were caught flat-footed and suddenly they woke up and screamed that China stole their jobs. They also accused the Mexicans and South Americans of entering the country and also stealing their jobs. Jobs that their own people do not want were stolen by Chinese and Mexicans among others.

When they needed Chinese and Black slaves to work their mines, build their railroads, work in their cotton fields, no leader in the USA complained about Chinese, Blacks and others stealing their jobs in the USA itself.

Now, the USA is throwing subsidies to attract EU manufacturing to the USA. Is the USA stealing jobs from the Europeans? Of course, the EU will not say so. After all, what can vassal states say to their master? Even told to bend over backwards, they will just take it in the arse. 

Anonymous

Angmoh tua kee wall mural promoting smoking

SINGAPORE: The Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) is re-evaluating its position over a Chinatown shophouse mural depicting a young samsui woman smoking, due to recent public feedback.

The authority had earlier given the landlord a deadline to erase the cigarette from the artwork....

The initial order by URA to erase the cigarette came to light after Mr Dunston highlighted the incident on Instagram two days ago, sparking plenty of debate and discussion online.

His post went viral, garnering more than 3,000 likes as of Saturday morning, with many people leaving comments supportive of his work. CNA

Wow, 3,000 likes shocked the URA to review this wall mural that is directly promoting smoking when smoking is practically banned in most parts of the island. Singapore has been progressing very well in ridding the city state from this foul, dirty and smelly habit that is as anti social as chewing gums. Other than the foul smell and stench of butts that affect everyone in the vicinity, even in HDB flats, the cigarette butts, plastic lighters and associated waste and leftovers are all over the island, in lifts, in street paths, roads, parks, beaches, carparks, staircases, corridors, void decks, everywhere.

Only Lee Kuan Yew has the stature and determination to stamp out this dirty and smelly habit. No one dared to smoke in his presence. This is one of his legacy that would be well for his clean and healthy city state. Now because of an angmoh and 3,000 likes, URA's legs are wobbling. How can offend an angmoh and his 3,000 likely supporters? Who would likely be the supporters of a smoking young woman disguised innocently as a samsui woman?

What is the subtle message behind this mural? Some see a young prostitute with a cigarette in hand,  a reminder of the sleazy past of Keong Siak Road. The samsui women of the past were weather beaten and harden women, and most of them did not smoke and would not pose like prostitutes. They were proud of themselves as independent and hardworking women, proud of their profession. It is insulting to depict them looking like prostitutes.

Would the URA slap Lee Kuan Yew in the face now that he was gone? Bring back smoking and the sleaze that he had removed from the public eyes and reinstate them proudly in giant size wall mural, to please the angmoh and smokers? How about painting more rainbows and marihuana plants on the walls of HDB flats to beautify the estates and call them art, like this mural? It would even be better to relocate this wall mural to the memorial site of the founding fathers of Singapore....and allow cigarettes to be sold openly, complemented with advertisements and big revenue for the tax department. Media Corp production can also have actors and actresses smoking like prostitutes and gangsters of the past.

What is the intention of the painter? Many painters have hidden messages in their works. Hope URA is not so naive to be duped into doing something undesirable for Singapore. Lee Kuan Yew would be turning in his grave.

What do you think? A single post like this would not be able to defeat 3,000 likes in Instagram, ...and the smoking young prostitute, oops, smoking young samsui woman, would remain untouched, unedited. It would be a great tourist attraction in Chinatown.

Real growth tech companies are run by Chinese entrepreneurs

LAUSANNE, Switzerland: At 61, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang is not your usual Silicon Valley tech rockstar. Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg achieved stardom before age 30, as did Bill Gates and Steve Jobs. This week, Nvidia overtook Microsoft and Apple to become the world’s most valuable company, at about US$3.34 trillion.

It’s not like Nvidia builds products that consumers can easily relate to: Unlike iPhones or Facebook, most of us never directly buy or even see Nvidia’s graphics cards or artificial intelligence chips. CNA

No one could expect this to happen, a Chinese owned tech company to worth more than Apple and Microsoft, to the tune of US$3.34 trillion. Jensen Huang is a Chinese American who came from Taiwan, China. 

There are many more top tech companies owned and run by people of Chinese ethnicity, Morris Chang of TSMC, Lisa Su of AMD, Ren Zhengfei of Huawei, Liang Mong Song of SMIC, Wang Chuan Foo of BYD, William Li of Nio, He Xiaopeng of Xpeng, Lei Jun of Xiaomi, Robin Zeng Yuqun of CATL, Zhang Yiming of ByteDance/TikTok, Jack Ma and Joseph Tsai of Alibaba, Sky Xu of Shein, Colin Huang of Pinduoduo/Temu, Frank Wang Tao of DJI, etc, etc, etc.....

These are all growth companies in the tech industry. What about the likes of Apple, Microsoft, Google, X, Meta, etc etc? They are in decline after being taken over by their Indian CEOs. These companies are not growing anymore and would soon be just another company. The only American company that is still growing is Musk's Tesla and his SpaceX tech company. Musk just bought over Twitter to save Twitter from declining by sacking the Indian 'talents' in Twitter now renamed X.

The growth of Chinese owned tech companies is just beginning and the sky is the limit. The western media would not breathe a word about how successful these companies are and how capable is their Chinese leadership and management. The test is in the results, with innovations and new products flowing profusely out from these companies. The Chinese would not blow their own trumpets to tell the world how good they are, but keep on working diligently, quietly, endlessly, to be the best they can be.

Wang Yi mediated the peace between Saudi Arabia and Iran - Not worthy of Nobel Peace Prize?

 Wang Yi should be given the Nobel Peace Prize for bringing about the peace agreement between Saudi Arabia and Iran last year. That was a game changer in the Middle East, a feat that only Wang Yi can pull off.

But no way. Wang Yi will not qualify, perhaps by inventing the reason that he is a member of the CCP, just like the TikTok issue. The deed does not matter, the race and political association is a more important criterion. To qualify, one must be a dissident of a country that the USA does not like or is against. And that person must be chosen by lackey entities of the USA, approved by them, and submitted to the Nobel Prize Committee.

Just like assessing the happiness ranking of a country, the farce must be there. It must be a European or White ruled country. Socialist countries, like China cannot qualify as the happiest country in the world, even though the metrics tell us so, because it will make democratic countries look shamefully inadequate, even though it is the truth that China should be number 1 on the list.

China cannot be No. 1 in anything. Militarily, economically, innovatively, even happiness wise, and anything under the sun. Chinese must be propagandized as ignorant, poor, living in poverty, suffering under socialism and can at best only be cooks and laundrymen, not even chefs, LOL. Those positions are reserved for the Whites, particularly the USA.

I rest my case.

Anonymous

Has India gained anything from confronting China all these years?

India has still to rely on China's supply chains for the raw materials for its manufacturing, be it electronics, pharmaceuticals, smartphones and computers. This makes India impossible to compete with China in finished products, as its costs will be much higher and quality lower.

The Chinese are not foolish. India may try preventing Chinese finished products like computers and smartphones from entering the Indian market, but Chinese supply chains know how to go around the system by marking up the raw material prices supplied to Indian manufacturers. Why is there a need to sell finished products to India when more money can be made in supplying raw materials instead?

Chinese businesses are doing the same in other areas. Where tariffs are erected against Chinese made products by USA, Chinese manufacturers will shift production offshore to escape the tariffs. Joint ventures can be set up in Vietnam or Mexico, using Vietnamese or Mexican manufacturing set ups to manufacture the same Chinese products to enter the USA and EU market to avoid the tariffs.

Even Russian oil is entering the EU, mixed with oil from other sources, though how it is done is beyond us to know the technicalities involved. 

Anonymous 

PS. The answer is yes. The Indians mandated compulsory buying of 51% of all Chinese mobile phone manufacturers in India. This shows how stupid the Chinese are. Still want to invest in India? Just make in China and sell across the border. Why the need to throw good money into India to be cheated and robbed? 

After so many bad experiences still refused to learn. Stupidity has no cure.

USA bombed the following countries - USA the most peace loving country ...and demonising China as aggressive

 The Chinese Embassy has published a list of states that were bombed by the United States of America after World War II:

• Japan 6.08 and 9.08 1945
• Korea and China 1950-53 (Korean War)
• Guatemala 1954
• Indonesia (1958)
• Cuba (1959-1961)
• Guatemala (1960)
• Congo (1964)
• Laos (1964-1973)
• Vietnam (1961-1973)
• Cambodia (1969-1970)
• Guatemala (1967-1969)
• Grenada (1983)
• Lebanon (1983, 1984) (hitting targets in the territories of Lebanon and Syria)
• Libya (1986)
• Salvador (1980)
• Nicaragua (1980)
• Iran (1987)
• Panama (1989)
• Iraq (1991) (Gulf War)
• Kuwait (1991)
• Somalia (1993)
• Bosnia (1994, 1995)
• Sudan (1998)
• Afghanistan (1998)
• Yugoslavia (1999)
• Yemen (2002)
• Iraq (1991-2003) (joint US & British troops)
• Iraq (2003-2015)
• Afghanistan (2001-2015)
• Pakistan (2007-2015)
• Somalia (2007-2008, 2011)
• Yemen (2009, 2011)
• Libya (2011, 2015)
• Syria (2014-2015)

There are more than 20 states on the list.
China urged "never forget who is the real threat to the world."

Were there outrages from the Western community regarding the United States?

Were there loud accusatory cries?
Were there sanctions against the United States at least once?

This whole hypocritical world caudle sits quietly with its tongue in one place, when the USA nightmares countries like a real bandit.
Not an exclamation, not a shadow of reproach, not a glimmer of indignation.
Cowardly, shameless, hypocritical creatures!
I would spit on everyone in his hypocritical mug and would poke his nose into this list.

This list should be broadcast on all possible channels 24 hours a day, continuously.
Make videos that would gouge all this Western riff-raff, would not let them sleep peacefully!
Pound them and peck, remind every fact of the US crime against other countries.

Help spread👍👍👍

Virgo 

PS. And many unthinking sickos, especially Singaporeans, are berating China as an aggressive country,  China is going to invade Taiwan, Russia is going to invade Europe. They did not want to know all the countries that were bombed by the Americans, and China has yet to bomb one of them. China is aggressive because the Americans told them so. And they just want to believe in their evil white gods, without question, cannot question, cannot think, cannot doubt the white gods. White gods can kill for the good of the believers.

Russia and Vietnam - Vietnam War allies in warm embrace

 After seeing the adulation that Putin received in North Korea and Vietnam, the USA is distraught and angry.

The USA thinks it had Vietnam in the bag with all the visits by its leaders a year or two ago. What else happened after those visits? All quiet on the Western front.

Now that Putin has visited Vietnam, making deals including security, the USA is panicking. The USA is practically paralyzed and unable to accept the warm welcome that Putin received in Hanoi. It was a slap on the USA's face again, showing the USA and the EU that Russia does have friends.

Now the USA is talking about its focus on deepening ties with Hanoi. Just believe in the opposite of what they will do, as what journalist Nury Vittachi of 'Fridayeveryday' advised. It would be more realistic that the USA will now be thinking of ways to punish Vietnam economically, with investment pullout and more barriers against Vietnamese products. You can bet on that.

The USA has now been given a taste of its own medicine, sending high ranking officials to Taiwan to antagonize the Chinese. Now the shoe is on the other foot, with China and Russia sending top leaders to friendly countries. Li Qiang just visited New Zealand and Australia. Putin went to North Korea, receiving the same warm welcome and had the same reception in Hanoi. Two months ago, Xi went to France, Serbia and Hungary and was welcomed in style and making more deals.

Does all this give us a clue as to why so many countries are queuing to join BRICS? Vietnam is not in BRICS yet but has been invited to join the summit in Kazan, Russia in October. The chances are it will be joining BRICS soon. Vietnam is important as it has the second biggest reserves of rare earth that the USA is eyeing. The USA is not interested in Vietnam for any other reason, and we can be sure of that. 

Anonymous