White Water River and Jade Water Valley in Lijiang - A pictorial essay

 

 

Yushui Valley with the mountains as backdrop, also known as the Little Jiuzhaigou. Click to enlarge pics.

 

Tourists at the river bank enjoying picture taking.

 

Waterfalls and crystal clear water

 

Cascading ponds and waterfalls

 

More waterfalls

China being harassed by Mickey Mouse again. When would China start to kick asses to stop such harassments?

On 19 Nov, Chinese cargo ship Yi Peng was detained by Denmark in the Baltic Sea. Mickey Mouse Denmark sent 3 warship in the operation and now demanded that the ship be searched by 4 Nato countries. This is an obvious case of harassment, and it is not the first time that Chinese ship were harassed and boarded by foreign warship forces. They have no evidence that the Chinese ship was responsible for the cutting of cables in the Baltic Sea but conveniently and conspired to arrest the Chinese ship. And little Mickey Mouse Denmark was pushed to be the point man, contributing 3 warship to harass the Chinese ship. The Americans had done it in the past, and now little Mickey Mouse Denmark is bold enough to do the same. This is text book American procedure, using little Mickey Mouse to harass and provoke China, like Canada, Lithuania and the Philippines.

This kind of harassment would never stop if China continues to behave like Ah Q and afraid or refrain from kicking asses. The Meng Wanzhou Incident was bad enough, embarrassing enough. Now this incident, and the Mickey Mouse would think it is alright as China is afraid of the Americans. As long as the Americans are behind them, and they can scratch China without being whacked, more and more Mickey Mouse would volunteer to play the part.

I have said many times, China must act and behave as a big power and prepare to use its clout to whack the daylight out of mischievous and provocative Mickey Mouse to show them and the Americans that such provocation must stop.

So, would China dare to act, and act immediately, or as usual, behave like Ah Q and do nothing? Such embarrassing and humiliating encounters are self inflicted by behaving like Ah Q, by being meek. When slapped, turn the other cheek to be slapped as well.

The Americans like to see China behaving as such, as expected, and the Mickey Mouse too would be emboldened and more Mickey Mouse would join the circus.

Stop being Ah Q and take immediate action against the Mickey Mouse. This is the only way to avoid trouble and not to invite more trouble in the future. Look around, why no other countries are being harassed by Mickey Mouse, except China, the second biggest super power today? The world is getting lawless with the American terrorists attacking everyone, especially China, to stir trouble. China cannot run away from trouble and must face it. And it is NOW or be seen as a meek paper tiger, to be kicked around like Ah Q.

The Pinoys are still very aggressive and unrepentent, never learn anything from Ukraine, and attacking Chinese interests inside the Philippines, arresting Chinese nationals, stationing American Typhoon missiles capable of launching nuclear warheads into China. Mickey Marcos is planning to assassinate and wipe out the Dutertes. When the Dutertes are gone, China would have no more friends in the Philippines. All this is happening because they are NOT afraid of a meek China that claimed that it would not interfere in other countries' internal affairs. This is like Iran saying that their belief would not allow them to build nuclear weapon to defend themselves. This is as good as asking to be nuked.

Non involvement is like the monks standing by watching someone being murdered or raped and do nothing, not his problem, he is a holy man. If China is not going to get involved, Myanmar would be swallowed up by the American terrorists and would become a long term threat on China's border. China's pipeline in Myanmar would be taken over by the American terrorists.

PS. China must cane the Mickey Mouse if it wants to stop the Mickey Mouse from attacking China.

Americans paranoid about ASEAN leaning to China

 ASEAN's reported choice of China as the power to lean to in the region is making the USA paranoid. The USA had been the choice of ASEAN as the force to lean to in the past, and this change of direction is going to make the USA more determined to undermine ASEAN.

The Philippines is the USA's launching pad for ASEAN disintegration, while sparing no effort to destabilize Myanmar, Cambodia and Laos for being closer to Beijing than the rest of ASEAN. Thailand and Vietnam are not as close to China, but mainly in trade, which is important for their economy. They are not a priority for a regime change as yet.

Indonesia had all along been pursuing a non-aligned policy with regard to relations with the USA and China, which the USA is trying hard to influence the new Government. How that new Government under Prabowo is going to respond will determine what the USA will do to determine his direction.

Malaysia has taken its stand, with its stance on Gaza a clear indication of its direction towards the West. You can be sure that the USA and the West will not take this lying down and instigation on the ground by the CIA and USA supported NGOs will be working harder to make life uneasy for Anwar.

As I said before, the USA does not like strong leaders making regime changes difficult like in Myanmar, Thailand and now Malaysia. But they will keep chipping away, even for decades like in Russia and Hong Kong. After all, money is not problem for the USA. Just print will solve all the funding issues. How great to be given the privilege of doing that!

Anonymous

Idiot Macron did not know why China raised tariffs against cognac and brandy?

 Macron is pretending not to know why China is now erecting tariffs against EU brandy, which is affecting France big time. He is reported to be going to find out the reason from China. Can you honestly believe that?

The EU had the tenacity and audacity to slap tariffs on Chinese EVs, dictated and following in the footstep of the USA, and Macron did not know that? Macron must be blind and deaf, but certainly not dumb and know how to use his twisted tongue. Erh, I forgot that White men speak with forked tongues, sorry.

China is going to retaliate and retaliate painfully on the EU over the EV tariffs. Russia is now cutting more gas supply to the EU with the coming winter. Trump is not even sparing allies in his tariff threat to kill their industries and force them to invest in the USA.

The whole Global North can move all their manufacturing to the USA and kill each other just trying to compete among themselves selling to the USA market. They can't compete outside of the USA and neither will China open up its market to them, which in any case is impossible for them to compete in. So, what is left? Mostly White Elephants in the USA trampling upon each other.

Those manufacturers that are smarter will move to China and avoid the USA, which many are doing, to take advantage of the cheaper energy, skilled workers and Chinese market to give them at least a sliver of a chance to compete globally. Those that succumbed to the threat, like TSMC and Samsung may have little choice but just jumping blindly into the fire, to be baptized. They are now finding out the hard way.

China is indeed blessed with its manufacturing domination with cheap energy, skilled workers and a large domestic market as well. The West cannot easily kill China with tariffs and sanctions. The Global South is China's extended hinterland to foray into and conquer.

Anonymous

Trump, with six bankruptcies to his name, a convicted felon, a tax evader with a mental capacity of a juvenile, is the best man to be POTUS

 Trump is choosing all his cronies, some from Fox News and others having little expertise and experience to helm departments like defense, healthcare, and foreign relations. In fact, some like Robert Kennedy Jr were anti-vax proponents during Biden's term and is now in charge of healthcare, probably because he is seen as in Trump's camp regarding COVID issues. Trump is going to run the USA like running 'The Apprentice' show where he is judge, jury and executioner. There is a fear now within the circle of watchers that he is going to disrupt the grilling of the candidate's suitability for those departments and will be using judges of his own appointments to shaft his choice down the throats of USA citizens.

Of course, as in the Biden administration, the whole social media is now nitpicking on the Trump missteps and upping their demonization. Most USA MSM are under Democrat control too. Then social media were picking on Biden's age, health, cognitive ability, gaffes and warts and all. Now Trump is getting the same treatment.

But we know well enough that Trump knows no shame and is even feeling proud of it. How could a men feel shame, with six bankruptcies to his name, a convicted felon, a tax evader with a mental capacity of a juvenile. As someone commented, Trump would be the first convicted felon becoming President, which runs contrary to the Constitution. So used to getting away with silly rhetorics during COVID, he seems to think he is another God Almighty just like Netanyahu.

There will be plenty of fun to watch before his January inauguration. Get your champagnes ready. As Nancy Pelosi used to say - It will be a wonderful sight to behold. 

Anonymous

Trump's New Cabinet - You are fired!

 Trump's cabinet picks show it is really 'garbage out and garbage in' in his new administration. Trump is using something funny that I always see on Youtube with a chuckle, trying to teach investors with the mantra 'when you see the green arrow, you buy. When you see the red arrow, you sell'. So simple? Better to use the analogy to teach people to invest with 'when you see the green man, you cross. When you see the red man, do not cross'.

If things are that simple as plucking grapes from vineyards, every investor would be a millionaire and who are going to be the losers? But investor education is less important as choosing the right people to run a country. Choosing people without the background or experience to helm important departments like defense, healthcare and foreign relations cannot just be based solely on loyalty and reward. Which is why I say that Trump will be doing the same thing as in his first term - changing appointments like changing his underwear when things go awry. How many of his appointments in his first term are now his political enemies?

Truth be said, Trump will really be making China even Greater now, with his tariffs on Chinese products, that will punish his own voters and supporters as well as the other side. The clown show just keeps going from one administration to the next, with shooting own feet being the common theme. What are the tariffs expected to do to China when it has a much bigger market to absorb its overcapacity? China will just keep producing the same products, at the same cost, sell at the same price outside the USA and EU, without the tariffs and the USA and EU can do nothing about it.

Sure, Chinese EVs and other products' market share in USA and EU will be reduced, but on the other hand is growing with the Global South and BRICS countries providing support. As it is, China is already giving Brazil, Argentina and Russia all the support in agriculture while cutting off USA farmers with its retaliatory move. China is de-risking it food security, knowing this is one area that the USA can do much harm to China when conflicts arise, just like in technology. China is not going to start looking for alternatives only when the shit hits the fan. China thinks far ahead, having now tasted the evil and toxic designs of the USA, warts and all.

 Anonymous

Descend to the Tiger Leap Gorges - A pictorial essay of Lijiang

  Tiger Leap Gorges is another popular attraction between Dali and Lijiang. To get to the bottom of the gorges one has the choice of walking down, free, or buy a ticket to take a long escalator down. Actually there are four escalators, each about 50m long and connected. Quite a long descend from the entrance of the escalator. Most visitors took the escalator, or at least on the way up. It is quite challenging as the path down is quite steep.

  

Tiger Leap Gorges in between steep mountain sides, 虎跳峡, Yangtse River. Click to enlarge pics.

  

Fast rushing water at the bottom of the gorges. A stone tiger is on the far side of the river.

  

Visitors on a viewing platform just above the rushing river.

  

A beautiful girl came to stand in front of my camera.

  

A full view of the mountain from the base of the gorges.

'blackface' attendees at dinner and dance event spark backlash

 

SINGAPORE: UOL Group (UOL) has issued an apology after a TikTok video showing a group of attendees in blackface at its dinner and dance sparked criticism online.

Posted on Sunday (Nov 24) by user @summer88959, the video has garnered over 26,000 views as of 6.30pm on Monday. 

It shows a group of eight attendees in blackface posing for a photograph. They were also dressed in black afro wigs, sunglasses and retro 1980s street-style costumes.

A caption superimposed on the video read: “Emmm … like that will kena (be punished) or not?” 

The group attended the annual dinner and dance event by UOL and Pan Pacific Hotels Group - a subsidiary of UOL - titled The Rhythm of the Night.

It was held on Nov 14 at the Sands Grand Ballroom at Marina Bay Sands.  CNA

 

Why is the above offensive, in Singapore, a cosmopolitan city state, not a little third world village with tiny brains that have not seen the world and could easily rattled by the slightest thing that they have not seen or heard? Rhythm of the Night is about soul music, Motown, Afro American culture right?

Are the Afro Americans with black faces something bad, something hideous, cannot be seen, to be ashamed of, to be wiped away from this earth? Why can't they be proud of being black and being beautiful because they are black?

What was the intent of the skit, to insult, to demean the Afro Americans? Or it was just a party, a lighter moment for a little fun and entertainment, creativity, telling the world that Afro American style can be beautiful and fashionable? Were the participants admirers of Afro American culture and wanting to dress like them given a chance, and to promote the culture and style? Many of our young are impressionable and fashionable, like Afro American culture, like to imitate them, dress like them, speak like them, like their music.... Imitation is the highest form of flattery. Why should everything be seen in a negative and racist light?

Should Singapore start to ban anyone black, like the Afro American, from entering the city state, because black Afro American appearance, dressing and style are not acceptable, something to be detest, something ugly and cheap... or something like that, that being black Afro American is nothing to be admired, not welcome here?

What do you think?

Trump replacing the Garbage in Biden's Administration with his own Garbage

 While Biden's garbage is leaving the White House, Trump is sending his own garbage in. Draining the swamp is not happening. Trump has been called a 'bullshiter'. Others called him a 'fraudster'. That must be the best description of someone managing to suffer six bankruptcies and still becoming the President of the USA. How they still want to deal with him after each bankruptcy is mind boggling. In most cases, people in business would just touch him with a long pole, asking who is next to be conned by him.

This coming Presidency is going to be Trump's biggest bankruptcy. Financially, strategically and morally he is destroying the USA that he failed to do so in his previous stint that some had predicted.

Republican voters are going to find out the hard way now, while Democrat voters are going to be the collateral damage.

Anonymous

No American president interested in solving the $35 trillion debt

 This is call 'kicking the can further down the road'. There are many things that the USA does which is just 'kicking the can further down the road' for the next successor to hopefully do something, but that is never going to happen.

Just like the US$35 trillion debt. Every new USA President is intent on outdoing his predecessor and piling on the debts and spending like no tomorrow to make themselves sound great. They have no responsibility to reduce the debt, and it is other people's business. Same with the homeless problem. Lots of talk and shifting the homeless people out of sight is no solution. They just returned to the same place to eat, shit and sleep as soon as the law departs. It will never be solved.

Now the USA has a big problem selling its debts or Treasuries. How long this is going to continue is uncertain. China is not going to buy any more treasuries going forward. China is in fact trying to get rid of the toxic Treasuries, touted to be the safest investment.

Japan has enough financial problem of its own and is also getting out of treasuries to save its Yen, now slipping into the sewers. If Japan cannot extricate itself from its economic malaise, we may live to see new Japanese banana notes version 2 in our lifetime. 

Anonymous

Trump will go after Japan and China in tariffs

 Japan is getting worse economically. The weakening Yen is a big problem as Japan has to import most of its oil. Adding to its problem is the expected shrinkage of Japan's exports to the USA which will get worse under Trump. Trump's intention to add tariffs on goods from every country, friend or foe is going to affect Japan and China most of all.

Japanese goods are expensive for competing in the Global South countries anyway and can only sell well in the USA and EU market, its biggest. Escalating tariffs will hit Japan hard. But Trump is not going to care. It is always USA first under Trump. Japan can continue to avoid by building more factories in the USA. But relying only on the USA market is not the way forward.

Chinese goods are cheaper for the Global South and China may be affected by Trump's tariffs, but not on the scale of Japan, as there is the Global South for China to exploit.

Japan will end up like the EU. Being an enemy of the USA is dangerous, being its friend is fatal. Time for Japan to find out the hard way.

Anonymous

Lebanon Israel Ceasefire - Another victory for the Israelis..and the Lebanese did not know why

 Some are cheering that the IDF was defeated and Nethanyahu had to beg for a ceasefire. The Lebanese are cheering that at least for the moment, the war is over. Some even think they have defeated the Israelis invasion. Is that so? Who is the winner and who is the loser?

Why was Lebanon involved in the conflict and ended with the Israeli invasion? The Lebanon launched rocket attacks across the border in support of the Palestinian cause, to try to stop the Genocide in Gaza. With the ceasefire, the Lebanese cannot send rockets across the border into Israel anymore. 

Who is the loser? The poor Palestinians, now losing one of their supporters to put pressure on the Israelis. The winner of course is the Israelis, with their northern border now safe and secure and their illegal occupation of Palestinian land can continue, can send more illegal settlers to occupy the Palestinian land in the north.

What about the Lebanese? They can have peace and their people returned to their homes, mostly destroyed and tens of thousands killed. A large part of southern Lebanon is now in ruins, and many Lebanese had been displaced or became refugees in Syria or in Turkey. The war was all for nothing but they ended paying a high price in lives and properties destroyed. And they even forgot why they were involved in this war in the first place. Are they still on the side of the Palestinians and want to stop the Genocide?

Israel is the biggest winner. They launched the attack on Lebanon to stop them from supporting the Palestinians and from attacking Israel with rockets, and they succeeded. Israel stopped the Lebanese without paying anything in return.

This is in a way like how the Americans deal with the Chinese. When the Americans want to negotiate with the Chinese to get items A, B, and C, they would expect the Chinese to ask for 3 items in return, a fair exchange. So, before meeting the Chinese, the Americans would accuse, sanction, or raise tariff etc etc as bargaining chips. At the negotiating table, they demanded A, B, and C in return for whatever they accused, sanctioned or tariffs they raised before the trip. And if China were to accept the dropping of the accusation, removed sanction or tariffs in return for giving A, B, C, to the Americans, in reality, the Americans did not give up anything and got A, B, and C for nothing. And the Chinese gave but did not get anything in return.

This tactic had been used by the Americans for a long time. Not sure if the Chinese have learnt anything or get wiser from it. We are seeing the same formula being in play in the Lebanese Israel Ceasefire. The Israelis got peace and the Lebanese to stop attacking them in the North, without acceding anything. And the Lebanese thought they won and happily accepting the Ceasefire and celebrating.

Poor Palestinians ended the real loser. Lebanon, the loser that did not know they lost, and Israel quietly walked away, not saying anything about winning the war.

Stupidity has no cure.

Pictorial essay of Jade Dragon Snow Mountain，玉龙 雪山，in Lijiang, Yunnan

 The Jade Dragon Snow Mountain is a major tourist spot for visitors both from China and abroad. It is a nice change for those from the South or tropical region to enjoy the cold and the snow. The facilities are well developed with coaches and cable cars to ferry the visitors up the mountain. And the last lap, to the peak, would be left to the climbers to decide, if they are fit enough, and the weather permit, to take up the challenge. 

Unlike the gruelling and tortuous climb to the Everest or many other high mountains, this climb may not be that tough or dangerous, and many may try it without all the strenuous exercises and preparation to reach 5,500 metres. Portable oxygen tanks are readily available for RMB 80 to RM100 per canister.

I bought 4 canisters for the whole trip to be on the safe side, but used up only 3. Actually 2 should be enough unless one's body demands for more.

 

Viewing platform of Jade Dragon Snow Mountain, 4,506m high. From here, reached by cable cars, some could venture higher to the peak of the mountain if they are able to withstand the lack of oxygen. Today was snowing and the peak was hidden by the clouds, more than 5,500m. I did not stay long and quickly went indoors as my feet were frozen. Click to enlarge pics.

 

The floor was very slippery with frozen ice. I almost slipped down on my first step on the wooden stairs.

 

Stairway to the peak behind the white cloud.

 

A fuller view of the stairway going up.

 

View of the mountain range, half way up the mountain.Very beautiful view of a different kind for a change, high snow capped mountains, pine trees covered with snow, etc etc.

 

Another view of the mountain range taken from within the coach. Reminds me of the song Highlands of Tibetan Plateau 西藏高原.

 

Blame Biden for escalation in the Ukraine War. So convenient to blame a walking zombie

 

The nameless and faceless American officials who’ve apparently been running the country, since US President Joe Biden has been busy perfecting his Weekend At Bernie’s routine during his final weeks in office, told the Western press that Biden had authorized American long range missile (ATACMS) strikes into Russian territory. Go ahead, Joe, tell ‘em!

But apparently Joe didn’t want to “tell ‘em,” choosing instead to wander off into the Amazonian jungle when asked about it during a trip to Brazil. That also just happens to be where the good hallucinogenic plants are that would allow any remaining functional brain cells to forget about his pratfalling into a potential third world war. RT

By Rachel Marsden, a columnist, political strategist, and host of independently produced talk-shows in French and English.

 

Is it fair to blame Biden for the escalation in the Ukraine War? On the media, facing the media, Biden is still able to smile and walked on his own. In reality, such superficial acts are drug induced. Biden needs to be boosted to stay awake. Most of his time away from the limelight and media, Biden is likely to be snoozing. 

Can anyone really believe that Biden is still in charge of state and world affairs in the White House when he doesn't know when to eat, where is the toilet, or he needs to go to the toilet to pee?

For the real warmongers, the real devils that are masterminding the wars in Ukraine and Gaza, the genocide of the Palestinians, it is so convenient to push all the blame on a clueless and lifeless walking zombie. Biden does not know what is going on, and does not have the mental capacity to even object or protest to what the warmongers are doing behind his back or right before his eyes. He is just too lame, lack of energy and life to want to do anything, say anything or simply to think. He will just read whatever is given to him, sign whatever he is asked to sign.

The biggest military power state on earth is now supposedly headed by a lifeless old man. And the incoming President to replace him is no better, a D grader posing as a political genius to save America and Make America Great Again.

Good luck America. Unfortunately luck is running out. 

Please do not prosecute Biden for war crimes. The court should protect children from such injustice and abuses. Biden is nothing but a child being handheld by his handlers. The real war criminals are Blinken and the clowns in Washington. They usurped the power of POTUS and made all the decisions in the name of Biden.

G7 is a white men's club

 Even before BRICS formation, the very fact is that the G7 represents the enclave of the rich countries, with the rest non-members just considered hangers on.

As it happened, China is now even richer than most of the G7. Yet China is still considered just the richest of the bottom poor, LOL. Still cannot qualify to join G7 I think.

Now, of all countries, India, an invitee to the G7 as observer, sitting in a corner watching the rich doing business, is quite annoyed, I think. India's foreign minister, Subrahmanyam Jaishankar was even reported to have said that the G7 does not allow India as a member, so India joined BRICS instead. He was saying the obvious and pointing out the fact. India's GDP is bigger than the UK, Canada and Italy, all members of the G7.

Most of the G7 countries are going through tough times with Trump in charge. Trump does not care about allies the same way he treated enemies. His main pre-occupation is USA first, regardless of how much allies are going to lose. As I said before, whether Trump or Harris, humanity will lose the most. 

Anonymous

USA pretends to be on moral high ground to drop Mark Gaetz for sexual misconduct... paedophile

 Biden and the Democrats have upended Trump's plan to appoint judges favorable to his cause by appointing and hastily confirming judges, while Trump was enjoying an outing watching Elon Musk's rocket launch. Understand such appointed judges cannot be removed.

Now this is important, as going forward, Trump may try to pardon himself over his hush money conviction, the case now being on hold until after his second term according to reports.

Of course, Biden does not have the mental capacity to carry this out, although the MSM and social media sites are claiming it was all to Biden's credit for hatching such a smart sabotage against Trump. We know better who are behind all this. Biden does not even run the Democrat's show throughout the four years of his Presidency.

I could not help laughing when Mark Gaetz was reported to have declined his nomination after his sexual misconduct surfaced. If Trump, despite his long- standing sexual misconduct, by association with Jeffrey Epstein, can run for office, the USA is pretending to be on moral high ground by using this issue to prevent nominating people with sexual misconduct from holding office. Not that I support the appointment, as I have no interest in such appointments that does not affect me directly.

Some of Trump's other nominees are also said to be involved in sexual misconduct issues too, and will there be more victims in the pipeline? It looks like even before assuming office, Trump already nuked his cabinet appointees. There is going to be an interesting clown show over the next month or so. 

Anonymous

The changing fortunes of China in one generation

 There's a time in the early 70s and 80s when Overseas Chinese in SEA and as far as I know in Sinking Land when had strong bonds with the PRCs and their descendents in China.

When they usually went back for visits or even quite regularly whence can afford used to send back monies and other necessities back to China.

Understood that at that time when China produced all their products even at foodstuffs that they could eat themselves but they sting and scarifice and exported them for the sake of earning revenvue for their MotherLand.

This is how the PRCs answered and Rally to the call of their Nation to strive and work for their survivals.

Those canned famous provisions like the Mincemeat Ham and etc with brands like "Ma Ling" till today are exported from China for the last 50 years or so.

Also, heard many unkind remarks from many boh lean chor Banana Chinese that the PRCs are like beggars with much insults and humuilations.

Just because they are going well in Nanyang.

That's made the PRCs determination as all true blue blooded Chinese elsewhere to make sure to strive hard and to rise up and not to be trodden down again.

Besides our own Chinese pariahs together with the White Barabians they are all laughing with glee at the improvised PRCs.

The PRCs are so determined to Rise again even with their National Anthem of Stand Up and Rise Again with a Militaric Theme.

They do not want to be humilated again and strived the last fifth years to be the World's now actually First World Econmy which they do not want to claim as the White Scoundrels Green Eyes Monsters and their Doggies Bananas would NOT be happy about it.

They knew that their BS Capitalists System had failed against the Socialists System.

Capitalists sponged on the masses of Slaves that had slogged for them and only the Top harvested all the benefits.

Those who are at the top with those doggies that are their balls carriers with their Status quos of wealthy and luxurious lifes would NOT wanted to be down and removed.

That's why they kept prograting their BS Demo CRAZY and what's nonsense human rights.

The Chinese Civilisation shall always remind their young of their past history of their years of humuilations and thus shall be ingrained into them not to forget.

Unlike those who slothed that they had arrived and shall diminish in the future.

Even when China were poor, they alsp helped those even poorer than them like the Africans.

That's why they had so much respects and trusts for them.

The White Barabians are only Robbers and Murderers who had lived their past luxurious on the loots of the coloured peoples that they robbed and stole.

Fortune now changed that they be Papuers soon and the China PRCs shall ruled the Earth.

Cheers

Virgo49

Tan Kah Kee's contribution to rebuilding new China

 Chinese Civilization is everlasting and unlike other civilizations which had long disappeared it has survived for over 5,000 years. Chinese civilization can last so long because it has never indulged in foreign aggression and foreign wars. On the contrary China has always been subjected to foreign aggression and foreign invasions. First for thousands of years China has always been attacked by invading border tribes from Central Asia and Siberia which is north of the Heilongjiang River. China was frequently raided by the savage tribes of the Hsiung Nus from the north western border and the Mongols and Khitans. China always pacified these invading tribes with diplomacy and with huge gifts of food and provisions as well as building the Great Wall of China stretching over 12,000 miles to prevent them from invading China.

But from the 16th century AD, China faced a more menacing and more dangerous type of aggression from the barbaric European countries and Japan. These new barbarians came with modern firearms and were more determined to attack and invade China. China was caught unprepared and as a result lost millions of square miles of Chinese territories to Russia, England, France, Germany and Japan.

From 1800s to 1948 China faced a mortal danger to survival of her sovereignty as a nation and civilization. However, during this critical period many unknown Chinese heroes arose and came to help and lead millions of Chinese patriots to resist and fight the foreign invaders.

From 1931 to 1945 Japan started a very fierce and brutal war of aggression against China. During this critical time China was unfortunate to also face a civil war between the Kuomintang or Nationalist Party of brainless Chiang Kai-Shek and the noble patriotic Chinese Communist Party ( CCP ) of Mao Tse-Tung.

During this period of Japanese invasion many overseas Chinese people and the Chinese Clan Associations donated funds to fight the Japanese. Rich Chinese millionaires and clan associations not only contributed to Chinese defense funds but also helped to provide various Chinese cities with schools and universities to help giving Chinese youths better education. The most notable overseas Chinese patriot and millionaire was Tan Kah Kee who built many schools and universities in Xiamen ( Amoy ), Canton, Shanghai and Nanking.

Indeed and in fact the overseas Chinese diaspora had contributed in some small ways to help China defeat imperial Japan and thus saved the Chinese nation and Chinese civilization.

Southernglory1
Thursday, 21st November, 2024

Myanmar going to be another hot war

 The terrorists are starting to recruit Rohingyas to train and arm them to fight in Myanmar. This would turn Myanmar into a fireball of unending wars. Who are these terrorists, no prizes for the right answer. And where would the American terrorists set up camp to train the Rohingyas? No prizes again for the right answer. India would not want to know or pretend not to know.

Myanmar now has no reason to restrain in their suppression of the Rohingyas and extreme measures would be taken against them, to drive them out of Myanmar for good. Myanmar would not tolerate an armed insurgent force of Rohingya separatists. The American terrorists know this for sure, and know that by arming the Rohingyas, Myanmar will not hesitate to wipe them out. There will be more bloodshed, more deaths among the Rohingyas and more Rohingya refugees. The American terrorists did not care, in fact would like more Rohingyas to be killed.

And the American doggies in ASEAN would have a field day demonising Myanmar for their military actions against the Rohingyas, and demanding ASEAN to take action, even military intervention in Myanmar.

And the American terrorists would provide all the support and weapons like in Ukraine and Gaza and sit back to watch the fighting and killings, and would drum up support in the UN for another Coalition of the Unwilling to invade Myanmar. And for sure, the American doggies in ASEAN would be the first to volunteer.

Welcome to Southeast Asia/South Asia as the new war zone, with compliments from the American terrorists. The fault, according to American narrative, would be Myanmar of course. It is all Myanmar's fault.

Hsien Loong in Suzhou, China...a positive spin from CNA

 

SUZHOU: Singapore remains confident in China’s future, Senior Minister Lee Hsien Loong said on Monday (Nov 25), cautioning it would be both "short-sighted" and "unwise” to dismiss the world's second-largest economy even as Beijing grapples with challenges at home and abroad.

To that end, Singapore believes a growing and prospering China can and should play a major constructive role internationally, remarked the veteran statesman, who is on a six-day official visit to the country.

“(China can contribute) to the prosperity and well-being of other countries, and a stable international order where all countries big and small co-exist peacefully together,” said Mr Lee, who was delivering the keynote address at a roundtable in Suzhou to mark the 30th anniversary of the China-Singapore Suzhou Industrial Park (SIP).

“We therefore wish China well in its efforts to transform its economy, integrate into the global economy, and enhance win-win relations with regional partners and other major powers.”  CNA

 

It is rare to read a positive article about China and its successes in CNA without the but, but, but....

Hsien Loong is as good as all praises on the progress and success of China for the last four decades and for the future. No buts. China can contribute to the well being of other countries and a stable international order peacefully. Nothing on the American's mischievous NOT peaceful rise of China on the lips of many American doggies.

I tried very hard, squinting my eyes to look for the buts, but was pleasantly surprised that there was indeed no buts. Could there be a change in editorial policy to remove the buts on China's progress and development?

What do you think? Hsien Loong also quoted Xi's win win policy. Anyone wants to butt in and say but, but, but....?

Actually there was a but, but this but was not the usual 'something positive but could be negative' narrative from anti China paid writers.

“Economic development is still of high importance (to China), but is no longer the pre-eminent national priority. Policy trade-offs are unavoidable, and will imply less exuberant economic growth for China,” said Mr Lee.

Hsien Loong's speech ended with quoting Xi's 100 year change moment and not to underestimate China and the Chinese people's determination to succeed. Latest, he has met Xi and both were courteous and warm in their speeches on the relations between the two states. Could this visit mark a significant change in Singapore's relations with China and the USA, or nothing changes?

In today's CNA headlines, 'It is all the more important in a troubled international environment for like-minded countries, big and small, to work together, said Senior Minister Lee Hsien Loong in a meeting with President Xi Jinping on Tuesday (Nov 26).

This is perhaps the first time that China is included as a 'like minded countries'. This is quite a significant change coming from Hsien Loong.

India as a super power with great potential is only good in duping the lazy and the unthinking

 To be a superpower, you must first need financial muscle, which India still needs to build up. So many areas of expenditure are needed and without the financial muscle, how to make the dream come to fruition? India's 3 trillion+ GDP is far from what a upcoming superpower needs.

All that hype about India's population dividend does not look at the poverty situation and are just preoccupied with the numbers being added as a sign of upcoming prosperity. Where are the jobs needed to lift them out of poverty? India is still a predominantly agricultural economy, still a far cry from becoming the 'factory of the world' that it also gloated about frequently.

Suffice to say, India still needs to import many raw materials and components needed, without the supply chains in place to support manufacturing on a large scale. And India has not even put in place its control of essential raw materials to support its industrialization dream. Where are the refining logistics that it needed like China to provide a vertical integration of its supply chain? These issues are just hanging in the air and a superpower status just leveraging on thin air and rhetorics.

India's attempt to lure manufacturing to India had also been sabotaged by India's mode of treating foreign investments as potential assets to be seized by changing the law retrospectively. So many foreign entities are now embroiled in tax issues. India thinks that this the same modus operandi as its citizens just wriggling their way up the corporate ladder in the West into entities build up by others. Countries are wising up and companies are deserting India rather than investing in it.

The West is now harping on the number of Indian students studying in the USA and overtaking the Chinese. Let us be honest. These students are not going to benefit India as these students will graduate, stay in the USA and contribute to the USA economy, not India's. India does not have the capability to entice them back like China in the past. Thanks to the anti-China movement started by Trump, Chinese students are now returning to China or just studying in China. Cheaper and safer in fact.

Anonymous

Overseas Chinese little but important contributions to China's fight against foreign aggressions

                                                                                                                                                                         Chinese Civilization is everlasting and unlike other civilizations which had long disappeared it has survived for over 5,000 years. Chinese civilization can last so long because it has never indulged in foreign aggressions and foreign wars. On the contrary China has always been subjected to foreign agrressions and foreign invasions. First for thousands of years China has always been attacked by invading border tribes from Central Asia and Siberia which is north of the Heilongjiang River. China was frequently raided by the savage tribes of the  Hsiung Nus from the north western border  and the Mongols and Khitans. China always pacified these invading tribes with diplomacy  and with huge gifts of food and provisions as well as building the Great Wall of China stretching over 12,000 miles to prevent them from invading China.

But from the 16th century AD, China faced a more menacing and more dangerous type of aggressions from the barbaric European countries and Japan. These new barbarians came with modern firearms and were more determined to attack and invade China. China was caught unprepared and as a result lost millions of square miles of Chinese territories to Russia, England, France, Germany and Japan.

From 1800s to 1948 China faced a mortal danger to survival of  her sovereignty as a nation and civilization. However, during this critical period many unknown Chinese heroes arose and came to help and lead millions of Chinese patriots to resist and fight the foreign invaders. 

From 1931 to 1945 Japan started a very fierce and brutal war of aggression against China. During this critical time China was unfortunate to also face a civil war between the Kuomintang or Nationalist Party of brainless Chiang Kai-Shek and the noble patriotic Chinese Communist Party ( CCP ) of Mao Tse-Tung. 

During this period of Japanese invasion many overseas Chinese people and the Chinese Clan Associations donated funds to fight the Japanese. Rich Chinese millionaires and clan associations not only contributed to Chinese defense funds but also helped to provide various Chinese cities with schools and universities to help giving Chinese youths better education. The most notable overseas Chinese patriot and millionaire was Tan Kah Kee who built many schools and universities in Xiamen ( Amoy ), Canton, Shanghai and Nanking.

Indeed and in fact the overseas Chinese diaspora had contributed in some small ways to help China defeat imperial Japan and thus saved the Chinese nation and Chinese civilization.

Southernglory1

Thursday, 21st November, 2024

Would ASEAN want to be American colonies like EU?

 Question is why did ASEAN invite the Devil in Chief into the house in the first place? Whose idea was it really? Or was ASEAN being forced to? You know, the 'You are either with US or against US' is a very forceful threat.

Europe incorporated the devil into the house and failed to get rid of it and been used by it to further its interest. Now Europe is suffering. This is a good example for ASEAN not to follow. But the USA already has a strong footing in ASEAN affairs with the Philippine at its whims and fancies. The USA found its weak link by holding Mickey Mouse hostage, using his father's wealth in its hands as a bargaining chip.

Other countries in ASEAN, with the exception of you know who, are not at all falling in line with the devil. Myanmar, Laos and Cambodia are close to Beijing. Vietnam, Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia have important trade links with Beijing and knows who is buttering their bread. But the USA will continue to try to split the good relations. This is to be expected. Chinese influence in South-East Asia is still strong.

Why would ASEAN, with its relatively peaceful existence, want to engage in geopolitical conflicts like the Europeans to benefit someone else. It will bring them nothing good. China will always be around and will not collapse tomorrow. China has been around for 5,000 years and did China create much trouble for ASEAN? Hardly, other than the disputes in the South-China Sea that had been around for, perhaps centuries, and just hyped up over the last couple of decades. 

Anonymous

Ukraine War - What are they fighting and dying for?

 Trump is now caught between a rock and hard place trying to end the Ukraine War, with Biden antagonizing Putin by allowing Ukraine to use longer range USA missiles to attack Russia. Biden, or should I say his handlers, just placed a roadblock in front of Trump to make sure peace does not come easy.

In any case, I read somewhere that Putin already knew that Trump's 24-hour peace deal is just impossible to work. It is just a con-man's job that Trump is trying to pull.

Putin knew that for Russia to keep the territories it occupied today is not going to be agreeable to NATO or Zelenskyy. After all the massive sacrifices by both sides, who is going to accept the status quo for nothing? What were they fighting for?

On the other hand, asking Putin to get out of Eastern Ukraine or even Crimea is out of the question, again touching on the massive sacrifices already made by Putin in those two years of war. Kursk was just a distraction, an attempt by Zelenskyy to extract a bargaining chip, but Russia is not taking the bullshit. Russia can take its time retaking Kursk. It has all the time on its hands. Just remember that Russia, like the former Soviet Union, thrives on long wars of attrition.

Anonymous

Yunnan Tour - A pictorial essay of Shaxi ancient town in Dali

 I was on a 8 day tour of 4 cities in Yunnan, Kunming, Dali, Lijiang and Shangri La, visiting the touristy sites and taking a peek into the lives of the minority tribes in this mountainous southwestern province of China. There are many minority tribes here. Our guides were from the Yi, Naxi and Tibetan tribes, driver from the Hui tribe. Many of the businesses were owned by the minority tribes with some earning the stature of being among the top few richest and prominent players in the economy of Yunnan.

The people here are very busy doing their businesses and participating in the growth of Yunnan's economy and in the growth of China's economy in general. China is spending a lot of effort and resources to promote tourism by upgrading the infrastructure in anticipation of a boom in the tourist industry. The transportation, accommodation and associated facilities are adequate and very well organised and professional. The toilet facilities are expansive, clean and well designed, modern and could handle a hundred tourists at one time. 

38 countries have been granted 30 days visa free to enter China. This is going to be another big source of revenue for China where tourists can get real value for money in safe and enchanting China with thousands of years of history.

The people in Yunnan are participating in the booming tourist industry in particular and the province's economic development in general, and getting wealthier and comfortable in their way of life. I will post more pics of the places visited. Below are some pics of a pictorial essay of a little town called Shaxi,沙溪古城,  made famous in a TV series called, To a windy place, 去有风的地方, starring Liu Yifei and Li Jian, 刘亦菲和李现 .  Shaxi, an ancient town of a few hundred year, in Dali, is one of the few Horseback Tea Road still standing. Here is the first installment of my tour.

 

Entrance to Shaxi ancient town of a few hundred years. The horseback tea trade had a stop in this town. Click to enlarge pics.

 

View of the river and mountain from entrance of Shaxi Town.

Street of Shaxi. The Cafe/home of the TV serial was a short distance from here. A wet day when we visited.

 

This is the Cafe/home in the TV serial. Tourists gathered to take photos.

 

Open air theatre stage in the town square.

A title casts magic on the unthinking...or deluding the unthinking?

 Put a crown on a donkey and call it a king and it goes like magic, everyone would be bowing or kneeling in front of the donkey with obedience and fear. It is a king and deserves great deference and respect. His words are wisdom, his jokes are good jokes....

The Arab leaders were pointedly calling Blinken a war criminal. They would not want to shake his hand, not want to be lectured by him or talk to him, let alone take photo ops with him. But to the many unthinking, he is the Secretary of State of the USA, a very powerful position, a very powerful man. How can people be rude to him? Wherever he goes, he deserves the red carpet treatment. What criminal? What war criminal? And a walking zombie is the President of the USA. Never mind if he cannot find the toilet and needs prompting and reading from a card.

The USA has just elected Trump as President. Who is Trump, what is Trump? What crimes and ill reputes Trump has were well published and confirmed, not lies, not fabrication. They are real. But once the title of President of the USA is attached on Trump, he is a different man. He is the President and must be treated with all the honour and decorum of a President. He is a scoundrel, a cheat, liar, sexual predator, etc etc now do not matter.

More important, his intelligence suddenly shot through the roof, he is now smarter, cleverer, his words are the edicts of an emperor. People seek his advice, listen to this words of wisdom and wise cracks. He is no longer the D grader in school and university. Trump and the likes of Bush Junior are not your normal D graders. They are from rich and well off families with all the resources to support their education pursuits, the best teachers and tutors to coach them do well, unlike the poor students who could not afford to go to schools, or the IT and computer nerds that dropped out without a degree. Both are basically not very bright, but they are genuine D graders.

Now, with the title of President, Trump's is now a smart man, a clever man, making wise decisions to make American Great Again. He is the hope of the USA. Can you imagine that? Alright, he wields power, tremendous power take could shake the world, could take lives, go to wars and destroy countries. These are easier things to do, just order the soldiers to do it. But to make America Great Again is not so simple as raising tariffs and imposing sanctions. They need real intelligence and serious deep thinking that D graders are incapable of.

This is what the world believes in, a title. A title changes everything in the man. A donkey can be a king, a criminal can be a President, a D grader can be expected to save America!

What do you think? America will be great again? The hillbillies have high hopes on their President, whoever or whatever he is. A president is a president! This is the epitome of American Democrazy, the best political system for the world to emulate.

AngloSaxon terrorists are everywhere to cause unrest and wars

 Nury Vittachi on his site 'Fridayeveryday' just put up piece on this topic titled 'Claims that HK unfairly jailed 45 activists are missing the real story'. Do watch it.

The National Endowment for Democracy (NED) the regime changing arm of the USA had invested more than two decades in trying to create chaos in Hongkong poring in huge sums of money too. Its failure in Hong Kong was a huge setback, but it is still engaged in such activities in many other places like Moldova, Georgia and closer to home in Myanmar, Cambodia and I suspect eventually in Malaysia, not to promote democracy but more in retaliation over its recent stance.

The fact is that failure seems to derail its nefarious activities all over the world lately. In Russia, huge resources were expended to cultivate Alexei Navalny in the hope of festering a regime change in Moscow to get rid of Putin. His death puts everything into the garbage bin, and all the investments turned into dust. As expected, Putin was blamed for his death. Now, they are cultivating his widow to take over.

Elsewhere many attempts were being made to topple the legally elected Venezuelan leader Nikolas Maduro and trying to install a stooge so that the USA can have access to Venezuela's massive oil reserves. Trump even gloated that he wants to steal the oil reserves. Fancy that!

Another example was in an attempted regime change in Kazakhstan in 2022, which resulted in the intervention by Russia to help stem the riots. And how can we forget Xinjiang, where the radicalized Uyghur Muslims were roped in to create unrest and terrorism issues. That failed too!

Anonymous

China, Singapore launch joint army drill on urban anti-terrorism

 China, Singapore launch joint army drill on urban anti-terrorism

China and Singapore are holding a joint army exercise with the theme of urban anti-terrorism, a move Chinese military experts said on Wednesday displays a high level of mutual trust and military cooperation between the two countries.

The China-Singapore Exercise Cooperation-2024 joint army exercise kicked off with an opening ceremony on Tuesday at a training base in Central China's Henan Province, the official newspaper of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA), the PLA Daily, reported on Wednesday.

Under the theme of conducting a joint urban anti-terrorism operation, the drill aims to train in tactics for joint anti-terrorism operations under complex environments and enhance the two militaries' capabilities in joint command, collaborative coordination and unified operation, the report said, noting that the two sides will mix their troops in teams and practice courses such as basic training, live-fire shooting and live-action comprehensive exercises.

The commander on the Chinese side said that the joint exercise is expected to boost combat capability, enhance exchanges, boost traditional friendship and play a positive role in promoting the development of bilateral relations, while the Singaporean commander said that the Singaporean side is willing to work with the Chinese side in carrying forward traditional friendship, elevating the quality and effect of the joint drill, deepening military mutual trust and promoting the healthy and stable development of the military ties, according to the PLA Daily.

Singapore is a city state, so its military's main mission is defense of the city, with anti-terrorism being a main topic. Against this background, the joint exercise with China will help the two sides to boost exchanges, trust and capabilities in urban anti-terrorism operations.

In September this year, the two countries' navies also held a joint maritime exercise in Zhanjiang, South China's Guangdong Province, according to the Xinhua News Agency.

The consecutive joint exercises on the ground and at sea is a manifestation of the two countries' high level of mutual trust and military cooperation.

Anonymous

Hypocrites decry every now and then awaiting for China to collapse

 Good morning Mr RB and All

All these hypocrites decry every now and then awaiting for China to collapse.

With China's achievements and innovations that benefitted the World these green eyes imbeciles and monsters are jealous and are still thought that they are Superior to the PRCs.

Claiming what's nonsense that they are been subsidies by the government in order to obtain these products.

What's has subsides do with their Superior Products?

Every businesses in a way is been subsidised by one way or.the other.

Your damn Government can also do the same. Only you don't have the capacity and monies.

Loans from Banks raising capitals from public funding of shares are NOT subsides then what is?

Funding from government for research and innovations are investments are the norm in any country.

What's your nonsense unfair trade practices of subsidies in your dead brains?

On one hand many feared that China's economy not doing well shall have ripple effects on the World's Economy and on the other hand you idiots praying and wishing that she falls.

What's idiotic thinking?

One PRC Minister told oft in one meeting with the Americunts that without China economy that boosted the World Spinoff and also their help in the previous Financial Crisis that were created by your damn so called Capitalists, now the Whole World Economy shall be a Mess.

Even the IMF aka IMFinished and World Bank praised China for her role in the World's Economy.

So shut the Farkup and work thru your arses to be like China.

Virgo49

More good years under no leadership in the USA!

 Harris or Trump, I would bet that the war in Ukraine and Israel would just continue. The Deep State says so, and the Deep State needs war for the USA war economy to prosper. And they are making sure that Trump has no way to jeopardize the agenda, with Biden fixing the plot and direction going forward by antagonizing Putin. Peace is a dirty word for the USA to follow.

When you think of why the USA is so desperate to lure manufacturing back, you will understand that without the war economy, it is just not going to be sunny days forever. Not with China going to dominate in most sectors of the world economy and BRICS de-dollarization picking up steam, albeit slowly and objectively.

In the USA, it is not the Presidents elected under 'Hobson's Choice' to have any real say over policies. Both candidates are two cheeks of the same arsehole for the voters to choose, and whoever gets elected follows the same agenda. Nothing is going to change with a two-party system playing musical chairs for the public and the world to see.

Those that refused to toe the line, like John F. Kennedy found out the fatal way. And Trump knew it as well. What kind of treatment he received over the last four years of Democratic rule tells him that even the FBI lost all respect for him when he was out of office, rummaging thru his Mar A Lago residence and even reported to have gone through the closet of Melania Trump, underwear and all according to some sources. Biden was also caught with keeping sensitive documents as Trump in his home but suffered no special treatment from the FBI. Now Trump was just re-elected to play the same game over and over again because the Deep State had no one better to play the game.

Moreover, when you think of the fact that initially Biden and Trump were touted as the best choice inside the whole USA, which really boggles the mind. That said, it might be true with all the clowns to choose from. Only when Biden was forced to withdraw due to so much negative issues regarding his health, mental capacity and cognitive ability did they push Harris into the race. After all the failures as Vice President, they still believe she is the best on offer that they cannot refuse. This shows that everything had been fixed, and a good show was put up for the voters and world to see. How sad!

Anonymous

PS. Biden's mental state would not be able to make such a decision to let Zelensky attack deep into Russia. It is likely decided by the devil in Blinken. Blinken is a war criminal in both wars in Ukraine and in Gaza.

Any Chinese who betray China and the Chinese people is a treacherous traitor

  Any Chinese person who betrays China and the Chinese people is a treacherous traitor who has committed the most heinous unpardonable crime and must be condemned and treated without mercy to face the firing squad.

Those Hong Kong traitors and shameless running dogs of the United States and the West who were being paid by CIA and who under CIA instigation and instructions created almost one whole year of 2019 in utter choas, turmoils, riots and ruthless killings and destructions in that year in Hong Kong should not be given any mercy whatsoever. They should be made to view films of their CIA directed brutal riots, killings and destructions and must be treated in the same cruel manner as they had done on innocent Hong Kong citizens. They must know their treacherous criminal acts as traitors of US and the West to run China down and to destroy Hong Kong and China is unpardonable and is punishable to face the death penalty by the firing squad.

Similarly the Chinese traitors in Taiwan who collude with US and Japan to separate Taiwan from China with the intention to eventually destroy China must also be condemned and arrested and sentence to death. In fact most of the DPP leaders and large numbers of its members are not Chinese but descendants of former Japanese occupation army and civil officers who refused to be repatriated to Japan. They were intentionally made to stay in Taiwan  to assume Chinese citizenship and camouflage  with fake Chinese names so as to act as potential Japanese Trojan horses in future Japanese and American invasion.  

During the Japanese occupation of Malaya and Singapore my family had a deadly brush with a  Chinese traitor who worked as a secret spy and agent for the Japanese.

It all happened in the town of Muar, Johore in 1943.  My father had opened a provision shop in Muar in Jalan Maharani. He let his younger second brother look after the shop. A Chinese man used to frequent the shop to buy provisions.  He was a very troublesome  customer always  posting hard bargains  until it was impossible for the shop to make any profit. One morning he bought quite a few items and refused to pay saying he had no money at that moment of time. So my uncle told him he could not take the goods without payment. He became very angry and told my uncle to watch out for he would come again in the afternoon.  That same afternoon he came with a few Japanese soldiers. Then under threat my uncle said he was not the owner of the shop and proceeded to disclose the identity of my father. 

Not long after my father was arrested and put in prison under the false purported charge of being anti-Japanese. They claimed my father was a member of the Kuomintang or Chiang Kai Shek's Nationalist Party and had contributed money to China's defense fund. My father denied the charge and said he only donated some money to the Chinese refugees fund. During Japanese invasion of China millions of Chinese citizens were dislocated without homes and suffering from extreme poverty and hunger.

Nevertheless my father was kept in prison without given any food. My mother had to camouflage as an ugly woman to bring food to my father every day. My mother had to appear as a very ugly dishevelled old woman to avoid Japanese outrage of rape which was very common to Chinese girls or ladies. Inspite of that she was always slapped by the Japanese soldiers. The food she brought for my father was always either confiscated or  reduced in amount notwithstanding the poor quality of the food.

While in prison my father was always tortured to the point of fainting to extract force confession and information. They forced water down my father's throat until his stomach was very much bloated. Then they stepped on my father's stomach so that water would be forced out through the seven holes of the body. It was a miracle that my father did not die from such brutal and atrocious torture.

All these happened because of the treacherous customer who was actually a traitor and a secret Japanese spy and agent. This treacherous spy and traitor came under the name of Lau Kiam.

One morning a senior Japanese officer came to Muar prison to conduct inspection and interrogation. When he came to question my father he was caught in a dilemma. He dismissed all the others and questioned my father alone in a room. It was then he called my father ''Tua Koo" and revealed who he was. He was actually the son of my father's sister whose family once lived in Xiamen and later moved to Taiwan. He had to cover and sublimate his feelings and emotions to save the situation. 

A few days later after the interrogation my father was released. Three Japanese officers who accompanied my father home then pasted some paper leaflets on the doors with instructions that this family had been cleared of acusations and no more Japanese officers or representatives were allowed to trouble this family again. 

It was heavenly luck that brought his long lost nephew to his rescue. His nephew was recruited by the Japanese occupation government in Taiwan to join the Japanese army.

As for the traitor Lau Kiam who had caused hundreds of Chinese families to suffer in fear, pain, agony and death he was hauled up by the Malaya Communist Party to face justice after the surrender of Japan in1945 but before the British came back to resume its colonisation of Malaya.  Lau Kiam was prosecuted in a fair public trial in the ground of the public square. He had to confess all his dastard criminal activities during the Japanese occupation. During the trial a lot of victimised folks spat at him and threw stones at him. Eventually he was beheaded by the MCP.

My mother and my whole family suffered a lot because of the traitor Lau Kiam. It is so treacherous, so dishonourable and so disgusting for these shameless Chinese traitors to betray their country and their own kind for their own selfish ends and their own despicable agenda. Yet it defies our thinking and common sense why are there still so many Chinese who continue to act against the interests of their country and their own brothers and sisters. 

I myself was a victim of Japanese aggression and invasion when the Japanese bombed Xiamen in 1938 and my parents had to quickly board a boat for Singapore hardly ten days after I was born. The boat was very much overcrowded to capacity. My father and mother suffered the most . I was all the time hugged in the warmth of my mother's bosom not knowing what was happening until Japanese brutal invasion and atrocities caught up again with my family in Singapore and in Muar  from 1940 to 1945.

It will be nice if other netizens can contribute their family stories and brushes with Japanese wanton occupation and with despicable traitors and running dogs of  fascist imperial Japan.

Today China is again facing critical danger from moronic and neurotic Anglo-Saxons US and UK and their barbaric Western allies who have harboured evil intention to run down and destroy China because  of their hatred and envy of China's growing success in power both economically and militarily. Every respectable and dignified Chinese who is proud of being an honourable and respectable descendant of the Chinese Yellow emperor must be ready and prepare to do battle and protect and defend China from dangerous Western warmongers aggression and defeat them with lethal death blows of lightning strikes that that they will never be able to post any further danger to China and other countries of the South.

Southernglory1 Aka Yang Rong Nan

Monday, 25th November, 2024

Southernglory1

Govt handouts - How much is enough not to eat into the savings of the 'no income' savings of the seniors

 The unstoppable and continuous hikes in taxes, fees and fares have one painful result, eating into the litle savings, CPF of the seniors that have retired or not working, no more income. Whatever savings they have is all they have, to keep them alive, fed, clothed and housed for the remaining days of their lives.

For the younger Singaporeans, the economically active with an income, taxes, fees and fare hikes, high cost of everything, can always be mitigated and taken care of by their rising income, by pay increments. Many would in many ways ride along and still feeling comfortable and richer, with little or no worries for the high cost of living.

The seniors and the retired are caught in a very rough patch that needs financial assistance from somewhere to cope with their expenditure in the most expensive city in the world. There is nothing to cover them for the increasing cost of living. The real value of their little savings, if any, is diminishing every day, with every tax hike, fare hike or fee increase. The last thing the govt should be concerned is to protect their little savings, not to rob from it, not to decrease their buying power. Offering some financial assistance to top up their savings to ameliorate the taxes and hikes is the the least the govt can do to help this hapless lot.

The govt has started to roll out some assistance schemes to lower the financial burden of the seniors, subsidised fares and fees, here and there. And now the annual cost of living subsidies, Medisave contributions, subsidies for conservancy charges, essential services etc etc. The big question, are these enough? Are they enough just to cover for all the hikes in taxes and fees? Or should the govt give a little more to the seniors, a little more than all the hikes and taxes and high cost of everything?

Life can be very difficult to the no money seniors without external assistance. A cup of kopi in the kopitiam, a plate of chap chye png, are increasingly out of reach of many no income seniors. And these are really the basic necessities just to stay alive.

Are the govt handouts sufficient to cover the taxes and high cost of living with a little extra? Or the handouts may not even be enough to cover them and eating fiercely into the little savings or no savings of the seniors? There must be a cut off age to stop taxing and making the seniors to pay,... like Medisave Insurance and transport fares etc etc. Singapore is expensive, and many things have to be paid even if one does not eat, drink or get out of the flat. And better not get sick. But what to do when ageing cannot be avoided and sickness is part and parcel of growing old?

What do you think? Are the govt handout and subsidies enough to get by? The least the govt should do is to return, not compensate, for all the taxes and hikes that the seniors are affected. It is morally not right to rob or tax the no income seniors when the govt should be offering some assistance. Is this asking too much?

EU demanding transfer of Chinese technology to them?

 EU to demand technology transfers from Chinese companies

Brussels is planning to force Chinese companies to transfer intellectual property to European businesses in return for EU subsidies.

New criteria requiring Chinese businesses to have factories in Europe and share technological knowhow will be first introduced into a tender for €1bn worth of grants to develop batteries in December, according to two senior EU officials. The pilot could be rolled out to other EU subsidy schemes, they said.

The requirements, while at much smaller scale, echo China’s own regime, which pressures foreign companies into sharing their intellectual property in exchange for access to the Chinese market.

Anonymous

PS. Why would they demand transfer of Chinese technology? Aren't their western technology more superior to Chinese technology?

China Initiative is an anti Chinese racist law...bananas to the hillbillies are also Chinese and would not be spared

 ANTI-CHINA, pro-Washington people of Chinese origin are going to get a shock – they will be first to be sent home by Donald Trump.
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The mass deportation program will begin by deporting Chinese illegal immigrants of military age, NBC News reported, quoting sources from the incoming administration.
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The decision is hugely ironic. A significant number of these are the China-hating people the western mainstream media love to feature, as they are guaranteed to provide anti-China quotes to back the Pentagon's "west good, east bad" narrative.

The move is in line with the deep racism of United States policies towards ethnic Chinese in multiple areas, including education, science and government. 

Anonymous

Housing problems - Overcapacity in China, homelessness in USA

 The USA Government is one designed to favor the 1%, by the 1% and for the 1%. The whole USA homelessness problem stems from the exorbitant housing rental market that are beyond the ability of street squatters to afford. Isn't it ridiculous that the USA, with such a vast land area, has such a problem. If it is Red Dot, I have nothing say. The super rich in the USA are the owners of all the real estate in big cities and ripping off the poor in the process. The top 10% ripping off the bottom 90% and the Government unable or not wanting to do anything.

China on the other hand has a problem in reverse - more housing than demand. It is an overcapacity that the USA is not harping upon. The USA is just harping on the real estate downsizing in China, which is a priority that the Chinese Government is actively looking into. China has seen the problem in proper perspective, knowing what Japan went through in the late 1990s. China is not encouraging real estate development but is shifting resources to stimulate manufacturing of growth sectors like semiconductors, communication equipment, space exploration and encouraging domestic consumer demands to counter external dip in demand for Chinese goods through sanctions. 

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China dumping soya beans and corn purchases

 China dumping soya beans and corn purchases after Trump's trade war in 2018 during his first term already sent a signal to Trump that trade wars are not as easy to win as he thinks.

And more than six years ago, China had by then already found alternatives to compensate for the supplies from the USA. That lesson did not sink in and now Trump wants a tariff war, also touted as easy to win. In those six years, the Chinese were not waiting for the USA to strangle China, but have been actively looking for solutions, building co-operation with partners, helping to purchase their agricultural products and raw materials. China is not wasting time trying to think of how to escalate tensions with enemies.

The tariff war is going to be the self-destruction of the USA. It is a war of USA consumers fighting the USA Government in actual fact, over additional taxes on Chinese products that is going to be self-defeating. The earlier the USA voters realize this, the better for them. What can they do about it is another question. Elections are just a Hobson's Choice for them. Both parties are not good for USA voters and for humanity at large. 

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China replacing the USA by fighting fire with fire strategy

 The challenge to be the strongest and richest country in the world and world dominance between China and the USA is being fought differently, with different strategies. The brutish and rogue Americans are trying to retain its position by force, mainly relying on their military might, to control and rule the world. China is adopting a totally different strategy to stay on top, mainly by soft power and economic well being, a win win strategy for all in a multi polar world.

Economic development and trade are the key ingredients in China's strategy to be the world leader, not war and destruction. For the last 4 decades of China's emergence as a global player, China has been focusing mainly on competing with the Americans in providing everything, consumer goods particularly, to the world offering better quality and affordable prices that are acceptable and welcomed by the Global South countries. When the Global South countries find Chinese goods, products and services good and affordable, such goods and services would in a way be very cheap and attractive in the American and European markets, irresistible, and making the average American and European feel richer and sustaining a high quality of life affordably.

China is now producing almost everything the world needs, from civilian to military goods. Whatever the Americans can produce, China can also produce, much better and cheaper. Such a strategy cannot be sanctioned away. No one would want to turn away good quality goods and services from China to pay for more expensive and lower quality products and services from America and Europe. China has won in civilian and consumer products and services across the board. The latest to fall is the American icon, the automobile industry, being replaced by Chinese EVs. China has superior products in 5G, satellite position system,  high speed trains, mobile phones. Boeing's monopoly is collapsing. The rest is history.

China is not stopping. China is now coming out with all the military hardware that countries of the Global South need, and better and cheaper. From small arms to drones, ships and aircraft, air defence systems, China has it all. The crown jewel of American supremacy in fighter jets, the F35, a trouble infested but touted as a world best fighting machine is now no more. China's J35 is in direct competition with the F35, sleeker, lighter, more powerful, more sophisticated, advanced and of course cheaper.  Pakistan has already placed its order to beat the Indian Rafale. The J35 would wipe out the last vestiges of American superiority in military weapons. China's drones, hypersonic missiles, anti aircraft carrier and anti ship missiles, etc etc are a class above the Americans, and also cheaper. At the Zhuhai Airshow, China laid out a buffet table that would satisfy every weapon needs of the Global South countries, and very gentle with their pockets. The days when America is selling to the world in consumer goods and services and military hardware is over. The F35 junk would be dismissed by everyone.

The latest strategy, the last stronghold of American goods that props up the American military war machine, the dollar, is now being challenged by China and BRICS. It is not just de dollarisation. China is also selling the dollar, with the first dollar bond being offered to Saudi Arabia, and over subscribed by 20 times despite a lower interest rate... and issued by China. Can anyone thought of this, China issuing and selling American dollar bonds in competition with the Americans? The greatest advantage of this bond is that China can afford to pay back with interest, solidly backed by China's war chest of at least $1 trillion hard US dollars, and no fear of being hijacked or robbed by the Americans. After the low thinking behaviour of seizing other country's savings in America and American banks, the credibility and trustworthiness of the Americans have gone up in smokes.

The American clowns in Washington thought they could go on selling their questionable dollar bonds forever, ie borrowing cheaply and absorbing all the excess funds from countries of the world. China is saying no to that. China is cutting this last life line of the Americans. Countries of the world can now get the dollars they want from China, issued by China, and park their savings with China. Janet Yellen would be crying, please buy my Treasury Bonds. She would have to put up a very high price to be able to succeed.

No more free money for the Americans. The Global South countries can get their dollars from China! What a stroke of genius! China is slamming the final door shut to the Americans.