Trump - How do you like my garbage truck?

 

Trump announced his cabinet and it was obvious that the whole team was nothing but garbage. And Trump is asking proudly, how do you like my garbage truck, with all the garbage in it.

Adani, Indian billionaire to be arrested and prosecuted in American courts

 Billionaire Gautam Adani is accused of agreeing to pay more than US$250 million in bribes to Indian government officials to obtain solar energy supply contracts worth US$2 billion.

 NEW YORK: Gautam Adani, the billionaire chair of Indian conglomerate Adani Group and one of the world's richest people, has been indicted in New York over his role in an alleged multibillion-dollar bribery and fraud scheme, US prosecutors said on Wednesday (Nov 20).  CNA

An Indian man, or is he an American citizen, bribing Indian government officials for a contract to supply solar energy in India, is being prosecuted in American courts. What has an Indian man and bribery and contracts in India got to do with the American laws and can be prosecuted in America?

Oh, the Americans have a Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, and Adani is alleged to have violated this Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, a US anti-bribery law. Is this an inThe case involves alleged violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, a US anti-bribery law.  Is this an international law that can be applied to anyone, any citizen of another country and crimes committed outside the American jurisdiction?

Oops, I forget, the American Empire owns the whole world and the whole world is subject to American's Rules Based Order! The Americans can arrest and prosecute anyone, any citizen of any country under their Foreign Law. 

Adani is an Indian citizen, so what? What can he do about it? What can India or Modi do about it? Or is this another sign of American displeasure of Modi and picking faults with India? We just have the release of Indian terrorist activities against a Canadian by the Americans. So this is nothing new. America is not happy with Modi. Modi better stay away from Putin and BRICS or else....more trouble and coercion from the USA.

End of the road for TSMC?

 With the new facilities in Arizona up and running, the Americans have no more use for the TSMC facilities in Taiwan. It is time to close them down. The latest order to stop selling 7nm chips to China is about as good as killing TSMC Taiwan for good. The Americans can now happily rely on the TSMC, America in Arizona to produce for the American market.

So what else can TSMC Taiwan do? With TSMC America producing for the American market, TSMC Taiwan's main customer is China. Without China as its main customer, the rest of its customers added together would not be able to replace China, would not be enough to cover the cost of the facilities. It would run into the red very soon, too big a plant, overcapacity but no big customers to sell to.

Maybe TSMC Taiwan should consider divorcing from TSMC America and selling it to SMIC for good. In this way Morris Chang could still recover some costs and at the same time keep the workers, technicians and engineers continue to be employed. Not doing anything means closing down or downsizing and retrenchment.

Caveat, the American owners would have to agree to sell it to China. There will be no other takers if it is not allowed to sell to China. The Americans have completed its decoupling from Taiwan and there is no need for TSMC Taiwan anymore.

China came for trade, the white savages came to raid

 When Admiral Zeng He was sailing all over South-East Asia to as far as East Africa between 1405 and 1433, he could have behaved like the Anglo-Saxon White barbarians and pirates and seized those lands wherever he visited. But it was not to be, and his visits were always peaceful and all for trade. By the way, Zeng He was a Muslim, and we need not have to talk about how come a Muslim could be elevated to such a position as Admiral even in olden China. Such Chinese respect for Muslims surely cannot be compared to the fake love of Muslims advocated by the Whites.

Mahathir Mohammed, racist he may be, said that when Zeng He visited Malacca, all he wanted and conducted was trade, nothing more. However, when the Portuguese visited Malacca, they had bulging green eyes, and after they left, they returned with an armada, intending to take Malacca, which they did. And this was exactly what the Brits, French, Spanish, Dutch, Belgium and other Anglo-Saxons did in North America, India, the Pacific Islands, Philippines and most of South-East Asia. No country was spared. Even China went through the same treatment during the century of humiliation by the Eight Nations including Japan. Remember that Japan still owes a heavy blood debt to China that has yet to be settled.

There are three important Chinese patriots that Chinese all over the world must be thankful for that Chinese or their kins did not end up like the Native American Indians now living in concentrations camps. Thanks to Mao Tse Tung for throwing the foreigners out of China, Deng Xiaoping for modernizing China and Xi Jinping for lifting more than 800 million Chinese on the mainland out of poverty and elevating Chinese from just being cooks and laundrymen to become the owners of the 'factory of the world' and now well respected globally, especially by Africans and the Global South. Which other country or politician in any democracy has done that on such a scale? 

Anonymous

G7 versus BRICS will lead to a world divide

 Forget about the G7, or even the G20. Russia is now the de facto leader in BRICS, which in time to come will embrace more members than the G7 or even the G20, now largely controlled and looking after the interest of the Anglo-Saxon White clique.

BRICS already has nine member countries, with another thirteen partner countries joining, and many more waiting. No country is too small to consider for joining BRICS, unlike the G7 and G20. No country is too poor to become a member of BRICS. Poor countries may have rich resources hidden beneath the ground, or vast land mass for agriculture that are essential for the world's hungry millions. With cheaper production, they can compete successfully with the likes of those in the USA and EU. The USA and EU are already facing problems with cheaper agricultural products from Ukraine, which is the reason for the farmer's protests recently in the EU.

With China de-risking its food dependence on the USA and the EU, all this is good for BRICS countries like Brazil and Russia. And this is a problem that the USA and EU have to contend with going forward in terms of food security in the West. As more farmers bite the dust, who are thinking of going in with the biggest market now looking elsewhere for alternatives. The USA and EU can just pretend and ignore the problem, just like all other issues pertaining to China. When the shit hits the fan, they will panic and needed desperate measures to deal with the problem. By then it could be too little too late. Does that ring a bell?

Anonymous

Germany and France among the 10 European countries collapsing

 Among ten European countries that are collapsing, Germany and France are now among the PIGS - Portugal, Ireland, Greece and Spain. Germany was the Industrial Powerhouse of the EU before the Ukraine War, leveraging on the cheap energy from Russia. Angela Merkel realized this and called for the construction of the Nord Stream 2 pipelines, only to see it destroyed by Olaf Scholz. And with it the destruction of Germany's Industrial base. Who would have seen this coming for such an illustrious and Industrial Germany conquering not just Europe, but the world.

The USA had all along harbored its intention to lure manufacturing back to the USA, and the Ukraine War and the energy sanctions was the straw that broke the camel's back for Europe. Europe now buys energy three to four times the rate they were getting from Russia. Now that is all gone for good.

And who is making a killing and laughing all the way to the bank? The USA of course. Not only is the USA now selling expensive energy to Europe, but it is also stealing the jobs of Europeans with subsidies to lure European manufacturing to set up factories in the USA. Will Olaf Scholz dare to squeak about the USA stealing German jobs, just like the USA accusing China of doing that? Of course not, as Olaf Scholz is just a puppet on a string, doing the job of destroying Germany to please his master. 

Anonymous

'Rules Based Order' says the USA can interfere in Cambodia's internal affairs and others as well

 'Rules Based Order' says the USA can interfere in Cambodia's internal affairs and others as well, but no country must be allowed to interfere in USA elections.

Even if no country wants to interfere in USA elections, knowing it is just a Hobson's Choice, they must invent a scapegoat to undertake the job of interfering with the USA elections, by hook or by crook, with the usual suspects - Russia, China, Iran and North Korea being targeted.

Would another Russia gate version 2 come into focus in January after Trump is sworn in? This is the normal modus operandi of the USA 'democratic' system. It is a demonizing system. If Trump wins, it is all because of Russia interference. If Harris wins, it is all because of China interference. There are still two more scapegoats standing by just in case - Iran and North Korea.

Between now and January, many things could still happen. Not least of all is another assassination attempt on Trump, the fourth and certainly not the last. If not, just be entertained by another four more years of Russia gate, with a new wild goose chase on the cards. And USA voters will be living happily ever after.

If what is coming is true, Trump already said that he is going to prosecute many people during his second term. For that he has obviously to drain the swamp in the courts first.

Let us wait and see.

Anonymous

India's Fading Superpower Illusion | West Realizes Mistake

 

 

The India shown in the map is not India but Greater India that includes Bangladesh, Pakistan and Afghanistan, like Greater Israel.

 https://www.youtube.com/live/HD_idIdtnQ8

 India's Fading Superpower Illusion | West Realizes Mistake | Info Safari

I am unable to post the clip for easy viewing, so only pasting its link here. This is an 8 min clip telling the truth about India's pretention and fake image that it is a super power, catching up with China and will overtake China soon. And the Indian diaspora in Singapore have been selling this great future super power and the great potential for investment that are all but fakes and illusion.

However, many unthinking Singaporeans are believing in these Indian lies and disinformation and pouring billions of OPM into India, thinking and believing that India is a great place to invest. But the reality is throwing good money into a bottomless dark pit, with little chance of getting the money back.

The earlier these unthinking fund managers wake up and stop throwing good money into the dark pit, the less they will lose. Given all the evidence and facts about India not being what it painted and wanted the world to believe, selling an illusion, it is a crime to throw good money, OPM, into India. It is highly irresponsible and criminal!

Stop losing good money chasing after fake stories and illusions. Cut losses and get out quickly. 

PS. I have added the map above which was produced in the video clip. The India shown in the map is not India but Greater India that includes East and West Pakistan and Afghanistan, like Greater Israel. This is India's ambitious and expansionist big power dream, to be a super power, as big as China and America. Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan got to be wary of the Indian big power expansionist plan. 

When China objected to the new map, India tried to pooh pooh it away by telling China that it was only a map and nothing changes on the ground. This is how the Indians try to double talk when their evil intention was exposed. Why the new map of a bigger India? For fun, for Bollywood?

Rich and blessed Chinese and the Chinese diaspora should contribute to the great revival of the Chinese Civilisation

 

HONG KONG: Pro-democracy Hong Kong tycoon Jimmy Lai will on Wednesday (Nov 20) take the stand in his collusion trial, testifying in court for the first time despite five previous trials in almost four years.

Lai's case is one of the most prominent prosecutions under the national security law imposed by Beijing in 2020, with Western countries and rights groups demanding his release.  CNA

 

Blessed in life with aplenty of wealth, why would Jimmy Lai not use his good fortune to do something more glorious, more meaningful and beneficial to his country and people? Does he think that with only money in his head and nothing else, he can run wild to undermine a country's national interest and the well being of his country men? Does he really believe in the fake American democracy that is anything but anti China and anti Chinese? Does he know or remember the sorrows, pain and tragedies the westerners committed against China and the Chinese people?

What had happened to China was in a big way caused by the invasion and plunder of the westerners. The century of humiliation was an era of oppression, discrimination and condemnation by the West against the Chinese Civilisation, coupled with continuous demonisation and suppression of the Chinese people and Civilisation as a condemned race, useless, no talent, good for nothing scum of the world.

The China today did not happen so easily but had to scrap and crawl from the abyss of human history, to regain its pride and dignity as a respectable people, a Civilisation that is not trash as painted and willed by the West. It is not a mean task, but very arduous, painful and extremely difficult for anyone, any govt to do so. No one, especially the West, would ever believe that China can be what it is today, an advanced nation with the best scientific, engineering and technology talents, to be in the fore front of innovation and creation to benefit the Chinese people and the world.

Rich people like Jimmy Lai and many other Chinese in China and the diaspora should make use of their blessing to promote and assist the revival of the Chinese nation and Civilisation to be the best it could be, and not to be traitors or running dogs of the West, to work with the white savages to bring down the good work of the Chinese Communist Party and the good men and women in Zhongnanhai. 

There were many mistakes done in the early and very difficult years of building an extremely poor and bankrupt nation from scratch. Chinese leaders then were not that fortunate to have received the best education and knowledge to rebuild the country. It was trial and error, 摸水过河, and no one was wiser. But the mission and objective of the first generation of revolutionary leaders were to rebuild China as quickly as possible. Without the availability of talented scientists, engineers and technocrats, the task was enormous and daunting. Blaming the failures or mistakes of the first generation leaders was inappropriate and unfair. Who was so smart and clever to do it right from the start without the resources, funding and knowledge to do the job? Other than a few returned scholars from the West, the pioneering leaders of China were mostly peasants and farmers with little education.

Blessed rich Chinese in China and overseas must use their blessing and wealth to further the revival of the Chinese nation and Civilisation instead of being intoxicated by the lies and misinformation and mischiefs of the West to undermine the progress of China. From now onwards, with the availability and abundance of well educated leaders in science, engineering and technology, China will make lesser mistakes and can only move ahead faster to better the life of its people. 

The new Great Leap Forward is happening now and is unlike the days of ignorance and limited knowledge and knowhow. China's rise and growth to be an advanced and modern and rich technological and scientific nation state will be unstoppable and will progress much more smoothly and rapidly than before.

All Chinese everywhere must contribute to this renaissance of the Chinese Civilisation, not to be a spoil sport or a spanner in the works, to spoil the good work being done in the last few decades. The Chinese people have never had a better way of life, living standards in the last two centuries. Thanks to the leadership of the Chinese Communist Party to bring about this great beneficial change to the Chinese people and the Chinese Civilisation.

PS. Would rich Chinese like Jimmy Lai think they can do a better job than the CPC leaders to build a better China than what it is today? Or would they think the Americans and the West would allow China to be better than them, to be the most advanced and richest country in the world?

What has become of public housing for the average Singaporeans

 Good morning All

Just to add:

Too many times we are been assured that don't worry your flats won't be devalued only up Valued.

They had what's previously SERs aka Selective Estaes Resettlements.

A few selected ones were relocated to their brand new 99 leasehold flats with even some compensations.

Some you be surprised are lucky even had very good payouts in lieu of these Resettlements

So Singaporeans believed that in time to come as their estates grow older and older that their SERs be coming.

Also those flats in the Prime and even Popular Estates are been sold in the open markets by the hundreds of thousands or even at above the million mark.

Where they are been purchased at that time or long ago at a pittance.

So when the HDB were to build any new flats in these estates, they cannot simply sell to the new buyers at their price of their actual costs and also maybe some profits.

They could sell at maybe at our time in the 60s and 70s pricing of even below a one hundred thousand or even less.

This would upset those owners who are now selling at the open market a few hundred thousands nearly a million.

Also those daft daft Ones who thought nothing of these asking prices and also agreed Ed to buy them.

Thinking that they also in time to come shall also made their damn.profits.

So the HDB have no choice as they are the ones in the first place had slaughter the old owners exorbitant prices.

Now the new flats that they build and squeeze in all these estates have to be priced also at the resale marker pricing.

The old owners happy happy that their units are still profitable but the new BTO buyers have to pay a limb and arse to purchase their first homes.

It's a vicious circle unless Ahem something drastic really happen and all these started crumbling down.

Now back to the Papies Scholars Bright Bright idea and scheme.

They are caught in a bind as too many of their Past Big mouths Leaders who just wanted to win the voters in any elections promised SERs

So one fine day, they have to get a newbie Leader or Minister to wake you all up with their pouring of the cold water that there is no such scheme as SERs now.

Anyway, aha hear me out. Now we have VERs.

Ahem Voluntary Estates Resettlements.

Your old Estates will be also selected for Resettlements as too old also hard maintenance and also last time many many had low ratio of real wasted occupationcy.

Too low storeys blocks on prime land.

Also, poor souls blocks too far from each other that your immediate neighbour cannot borrow the salt and vinegar and eggs by just passing through the windows to windows.

Now we planned so social living harmony for you all that you all staying in close intimate proximity as close neighbours that no need to purposely have to go and buy the emergency groceries downstairs.

Okay back to our ingenious VERs scheme.

Now when you are been selected for VERs, don't worry you be still having a new nice flat as according to what you are staying now in all requirements and specifications.

But see here hoh!, if your old flat lease is already too run out ah, like tooth decay you have to patch up right?

So now we shall allocated a new flat for you. But, but hear me out you have to TOP up the lease of your balance old one if you still wants to have a 99 year leasehold.

Aiya, don't worry lah only a few hundred thousands lah depending in what's you selected.

Next time you could even sell at the open market a million plus what!

So this is the NEW scheme of VERs my fellow Singaporeans.

Enjoy and Cheers

Virgo49

Biden's madness to allow strikes deep into Russia is a good thing?

 

BIRMINGHAM: In a surprise decision on Sunday (Nov 17), the United States reversed course on a long-standing policy decision: Ukraine now has permission to use US-supplied long-range missiles for strikes deep inside Russian territory. But after 1,000 days of war, is this too little too late?

The move comes about two months before Donald Trump will re-enter the White House. If President Joe Biden’s gamble pays off, he will have done Ukraine a last favour in the final days of his presidency.... CNA

The author of this article commented that this dangerous gamble could pay off with these remarks below...

Commentary: Biden makes a huge gamble by allowing Ukraine to strike inside Russia with US missiles – but it could pay off.

If Joe Biden’s gamble of allowing US missiles to be used inside Russia pays off, he will have done Ukraine a huge last favour in the final days of his presidency, says international security expert Stefan Wolff. CNA

Holy cow, is this a 3 year old kid talking? Oh, my apologies, he is a professor in University of Birmingham! Biden is playing not with fire but a nuclear war! Did Biden approve this madness or Blinken approved it on his behalf? Biden would not be able to appreciate the consequences of this decision, but Blinken must know how serious it was. Russia is not your Middle East states that can be cowed or coerced not to hit back. And Russia has plenty to hit back, enough to turn USA and Europe into ashes. Every hit by Ukraine could draw many more and bigger hits on Ukraine. Many lives are at stakes.

What does the clown Zelensky and the clowns in Washington hope to achieve with this mad move? To win the war in Ukraine, to gain an upper hand? The upper hand is in the hands of Putin. Putin has all the cards and is in full control of this madness.

As usual, anything silly or dangerous from the West would also come with a but, that it is something good. On the other hand, anything good and beneficial to the world from China would come with a but, that it is bad or would fail. Can you imagine what the West would say if China would to do the same thing?

Come on Zelensky, fire all you have, you have been given the green light...to destroy Ukraine and the Ukrainians, with Kiev as the first city to be vanished in smokes.

With a maniac like Zelensky being let loose by the American terrorists in Washington, Europe is going have a ball of fire for Christmas. Good work, Zelensky, and good work, Biden, oops, should be Blinken.

 

 

Europe being misled by weak and meek leaders

 Europe is toast following the USA. When you have the one-eyed leading the blind, going into the sewers is still following a direction, but at what cost?

Now Trump wants Europe to foot more of NATO's defense budget, a posture he already made during his first term, when Europe is already on the edge of bankruptcy. It does not just rain but pours for Europe. Europe should have started on having its own defense plan without the USA involved.

Suffice to say, without the USA in NATO, expansion of NATO would have been more tempered and relations with Russia would not have descended into a more confrontational approach. Why would Europe want to extend NATO into Ukraine to antagonize Russia? Europe would now not have to suffer an energy crisis, a path that Angela Merkel had tried to avoid all along. She had a cordial relationship with Putin for most of her chancellorship.

Meanwhile, I am waiting for Trump to end the Ukraine War in 24 hours, LOL.

Anonymous

American Rules Based Order meddling in Asean internal affairs

 It has been reported that the USA is conducting a regime change in Cambodia. Laos will be on their radar with Myanmar a works in progress. These are countries having good and close relations with Beijing.

What the USA failed to accomplish in Hong Kong, they are now looking at ASEAN countries to destabilize to further its interest. Thailand too has its fair share of instigations, using the CIA and USA supported NGOs to create instability. The Thai Military and the Thai Monarchy had been able, so far, to deter unrest. What will happen with the new Government is still not known and to whose interest it is migrating towards is not clear.

The USA is targeting a couple of countries in ASEAN, particularly Indonesia. When persuasion fails as in Vietnam, covet action takes over.

By the way, the Philippines is reported to be willing to throw Duterte under the bus, to cater to the demands of the USA. The Government is said to be willing to allow Duterte to be extradited to be punished for his actions against the drug lords in the Philippines while he was in power. That shows how much control the USA had over Mickey Marcos. Supporters of Duterte must do another people's power to make things right. Getting rid of drugs in the Philippines ought to be a good thing rather than being seen as a crime against humanity. It just boggles the mind!

Now that ASEAN had expressed its desirability to have China in the region more than the USA, the splitting up of ASEAN is a priority for the USA and ASEAN leaders must be able to see what is coming. ASEAN will be ruined like Europe if the USA succeeds in breaking up the grouping and turning ASEAN against China. China is still an important trade partner for all ASEAN countries. It is up to ASEAN leaders to measure carefully what is in it for them with the USA dictating the direction.

Anonymous

Ukraine War - Putin's revised nuclear policy is the Most responsible thing for peace

 

 

Instead of stopping the escalation, meek European leaders acquiesced and are preparing for a Russian attack on their soils.

The AngloSaxon savages are denouncing Putin's revision of its use of nuclear weapons on countries that supported war against Russia as irresponsible. The truth is that the AngloSaxon savages are the most irresponsible warmongers in the world, starting wars every where. The Ukraine War was unnecessary but masterminded by the AngloSaxon savages. Russia has been very restrained to contain and limit this war in Ukraine, but the AngloSaxon savages have been pushing the envelop to escalate the war every day, providing more and more deadly weapons to the neo Nazis in Ukraine to attack Russia. 

The latest development, authorising the use of long range missiles to attack deep inside Russia. This is not just escalation, it is putting the lives of Russians at risk, Russian cities would be hit and destroyed. This is a no go and a very irresponsible act of the AngloSaxon savages. Putin is now forced to protect Russian territory and Russian lives and must put an immediate stop to this deadly escalation.

Putin's revision on the use of nuclear weapons is necessary to stop the escalation and expansion of this silly and unnecessary war by a Mickey Mouse, backed by the AngloSaxon savages. No more lies, it is a war by the AngloSaxon plus the Europeans against Russia. Russia alone would not be able to take on the combined forces of the AngloSaxon savages in a conventional war and the nuclear option is the only way to pull the reins on the wild AngloSaxon savages. It is the only responsible thing to do.

The AngloSaxon savages are hell bent to attack, invade and destroy Russia. Putin would not be stupid not to hit back where it hurts. The AngloSaxon savages are flirting with nuclear war and they know it. So be it if they want to destroy Russia, and Russia must respond accordingly to protect itself.

Bring in on you AngloSaxon savages. Bring on WW3! Russia is ready for you.

PS. Europe would be the first victims in a nuclear flare up. Good luck, dimwits.

Saudi Arabia saves at least US$500b annually...Thanks to China for the peace initiative between Saudi Arabia and Iran

 The Arab countries had been duped and taken for a cruel ride for decades by the Americans and the West. They played up their differences, and behind their backs, instigated them to fight with each other, using one to threaten another. Other than so many lives lost, animosity, mutual suspicion and hatred, both sides wasted a lot of money buying weapons to fight each other, even became dependent on the Americans and the West for their national securities. The biggest victim and loser was Saudi Arabia, rich and vulnerable with Iran as their biggest threat and enemy.

The Americans took full advantage of this, kept stirring and provoking the Iranians to attack or threaten to attack Saudi Arabia, making them more paranoid with their own security. The Americans then continue to feed them with all kinds of threats, fictitious, imagined, cooked up by the Americans, to frighten the Saudis to high heavens. And Trump offered to protect the Saudis for a handsome sum of US$500b annually as protection money. On top of this, Trump wanted full control of Saudi's oil production and setting the price of oil. And there will be many American bases in Saudi Arabia. It all added up to turn Saudi Arabia into a protectorate of the Americans, paying a huge ransom to the Americans with practically all its oil revenue, and no freedom, totally under the control of the Americans.

With one ingenious move, China removed the Iranian threat completely by patching up the century old enmity between Saudi Arabia and Iran. They are now friends, no more enemies, no need to fight with each other, no need to waste billions and billions of dollars in weapons and war machine, no need to pay protection money to the Americans, no need to lose their sovereignty and dignity as an independent nation state. Can you imagine how the Americans are fuming?

The Saudis are in a way free from the clutches of the Americans and the West, caveat, the American bases are still there, and their trillions of assets in the USA and western cities are still held as ransom by the Americans and the West. Anyway, the Saudis have freed themselves from paying US$500b annually and free from American control of their oil production and oil prices.

Saudi Arabia now has plenty of free money to buy whatever weapons they need from the protection money they saved. And there is no threat and no enemy threatening them, other than the Americans and Israel. So they are on a shopping spree in Zhuhai, buying and buying whatever latest weapons China can sell to them on a willing buyer willing seller basis, not under any coercion.

The Saudis must be very grateful to China for the peace and freedom their are now enjoying, and with a lot of money to spare and to spend.

Ukraine War - Sly Biden fixed up Trump. Now anyone can push the button to fire deep into Russia

 World cannot have peace is an understatement. With Trump choosing war mongers in his cabinet, more wars are on the line rather than hoping for peace going forward.

Biden is going to plant a time bomb for Trump, allowing Ukraine to hit Russia with longer range missiles, just before he leaves office. It is a trap to ensure Trump does not follow up with his rhetoric of ending the Ukraine War within 24 hours. Zelensky is gloating about this new-found game changer falling on his lap. Left to be seen, if other game changers have been touted to do, are any indication.

This is the same ugly tactic played out before, with Trump planting and setting in motion the withdrawal of USA troops from Afghanistan for Joe Biden to carry out with disastrous consequences. Biden is trying to return the favor with Ukraine, which Trump must now address.

Putin meanwhile has responded to Ukraine using longer range missiles to target Moscow. He will retaliate for sure if that happens. How does that fit in with Trump's rhetoric about ending the war in 24 hours? In reality the war is not going to end just with a few phone calls. It needs long negotiations, and agreements and concessions that are not going to happen in 24 hours. That is a joke and only Trump can come up with it and probably get away with it as well. Nope, the Ukraine War will not going to end in 24 hours.

PS. The silly bananas would say the Americans are peaceful but China is dangerous and a threat to world peace.

Anonymous

Germany suffering in silence while USA squeezing it dry

 Among ten European countries that are collapsing, Germany and France are now among the PIGS - Portugal, Ireland, Greece and Spain. Germany was the Industrial Powerhouse of the EU before the Ukraine War, leveraging on the cheap energy from Russia. Angela Merkel realized this and called for the construction of the Nord Stream 2 pipelines, only to see it destroyed by Olaf Scholz. And with it the destruction of Germany's Industrial base. Who would have seen this coming for such an illustrious and Industrial Germany conquering not just Europe, but the world.

The USA had all along harbored its intention to lure manufacturing back to the USA, and the Ukraine War and the energy sanctions was the straw that broke the camel's back for Europe. Europe now buys energy three to four times the rate they were getting from Russia. Now that is all gone for good.

And who is making a killing and laughing all the way to the bank? The USA of course. Not only is the USA now selling expensive energy to Europe, but it is also stealing the jobs of Europeans with subsidies to lure European manufacturing to set up factories in the USA. Will Olaf Scholz dare to squeak about the USA stealing German jobs, just like the USA accusing China of doing that? Of course not, as Olaf Scholz is just a puppet on a string, doing the job of destroying Germany to please his master. 

Anonymous

Cowboy politicians are all about chest thumbing, NOT problem solving...they failed in Maths

 The biggest advantage of a Presidential candidates in a democratic election is for the candidates not having to take responsibility for any policy foul up after gaining office. Any wrong move is up to the successor to have to correct or just kick the can further down the road back to square one.

Look at the homelessness and drug infestation problem that neither party, Democratic or Republican honestly wants to address or even talk about during campaigning. All they talk about is who is going to hit China harder, who is going to send more money and weapons to Israel to commit more genocide, who are the non-Whites going to support and why. Domestic issues seem far apart from the minds of both candidates.

Look at the gun laws for example that never gets to be amended despite all the gloating after every shooting of action being taken. What does happen are just cosmetic changes just to fool the public. The hold of the gun lobby in Congress will make sure nothing ever changes. Have we heard of the nonsense telling us that 'guns do not kill, humans do". Really?

Will four more years of Trump change anything? All I believe in is that any changes will be for the worse, not the better.

Anonymous

4 more years of Trump will not change anything except higher prices for everything

 Four more years is not going to change anything. The only change coming will be USA citizens having to pay a high price for goods, whether made at home or made in China. What else does the USA make today besides weapons of destruction? Even the USA flag is made in China, said one commentator.

Instead of focusing on moving forward, the USA, running a race against China, is intent on trying desperately to pull China back by hook or by crook. This is not the way for a country to move forward, being supposedly a leader that the world is looking up to. How many countries will be thinking whether they will be next.

After pulling back Germany and Japan, the USA thinks the same modus operandi will work as well against China. And after China, who else is the USA going to pull back? India? India's century is next and will face the same tactical challenge from the USA. No doubt about that.

Anonymous

China would collapse, China would fall apart, it would not work....Really?

 According to silly analysts like Gordon Chang and many western educated reporters or journalists, everything China does would not work, would fall apart, and China is collapsing. If these silly buggers are right, China would have collapsed long ago. China should not try to do anything, it would not work. China should stop building high speed trains, EVs, super chips, going to the moon, BRIs etc etc. They would not work, they would fail.

Have these silly buggers ever reflect on what they wrote and claimed and see how silly and wrong they have been? And they put their names on their great thesis, just like the clown Gordon Chang. Oh, the hillbillies are still sticking to Gordon Chang's prediction of China's long belated fall, without knowing that their own America is falling into the abyss and they needed a clown like Trump and his pea brain dream teams to want to make America great again.

Other than dressing down on China on everything China is doing, take a visit to China, visit Zhuhai Aerospace Airshow, and all the trade expos of China and have a fresh view of the real inventions and innovations that China is pushing out to the world. Many of China's invention are out of this world, nothing seen in the West. Or is it a case of but, but, but or like the usual denial that they are fakes? 

China is a country full of problems and waiting to collapse, unlike the West, all rosy and well, all looking so good, no buts, not falling apart even with clowns with nothing in their heads running the show? 1% GDP growth faking as 3% and claiming it to be rock solid when recession is in sight.

The biggest culprits in demonising China come from the team in Channel News America. The little boys and girls have a standard template. Nitpick on everything in China, highlight the negatives and anything good must include the caveat, but, but, but. But can't blame the unthinking little boys and girls. Or it is not their faults but they were arm twisted to write those silly articles by their editors on China? They cannot be that stupid right?

Who are their paymasters? As they said, the person who pays calls the tune. But again, should one be so desperate for a few dollars to write stupid articles that degrade one's professionalism and integrity and intelligence?

By the way, China is doing fine, doing fine in everything. China would put the first man on the moon in 2030. If the sillies have nothing good to write about China, write about the failing moon ambition of NASA and the impending tragedy awaiting to happen to the International Space Station. Lives are at stake for the stupidity, pride and stubbornness to put on a show that all is well when all is not well. It is not about going to fall apart, it is falling apart.

China's J35A at Zhuhai Airshow...sweeping the F35 off the table

 

 

 

Above two pics are the latest images of China's latest air superiority stealth fighters seen for the first time at the recent Zhuhai Airshow. The first impression would startle everyone that it looked like a replica of the American F22 or the lesser able F35.

Like they said, there is no need to reinvent the wheel. China very likely like the shape of the F22 and took advantage of its design to develop a much more superior fighter jet, much leaner, sleeker, lighter and better in many aspects. China must have studied carefully the design of the F22 and improve on it. And it is really stealth unlike the questionable stealth ability of the F22 or F35, the big fat chicken with short wings. By not reinventing the wheel, China saved many man hours to start redesigning something completely from nothing.

The J35A is reported to be very capable in many areas than the F35. Forget about the F22. For good reasons, the Americans have stopped production of their so called world best aircraft. If it is really that good, they would die die keep producing it to maintain air superiority over the Chinese. Now the Americans are touting the F35 as the world best, but cannot come close to the J35A. And the J35A has twin engines, which make it more powerful, faster, more manoeuvrable and can carry more weapons for a start.

The J35A will erase American bragging right and snobbish attitude, not to sell to their enemy or potential enemy countries. With the J35A around, they no longer have the privilege or exclusive ownership of their so called world best aircraft, the F35. It is way inferior to the J35A.

The best part, Saudi Arabia and all the Arab countries, including Turkey, can now look forward to buying the J35A from China to kick the asses of the F35. Who would want to buy the problem ridden F35 and at an exorbitant price when they could get the J35A from China to boot? The J35A is China's answer to the arrogant Americans that went around touting how good and how superior the F35 is when there was no substitute or alternative available. Now the J35A is the aircraft to own and to have. Those countries that once salivate to own the F35 and willing to pay an arm or leg for it, can now go knocking at the door in Beijing for the J35A.

China also rolled out the latest 6th Generation multi role fighter jet, the White Emperor, a leading edge futuristic aircraft that is more advanced than anything available today.

China's latest air superiority fighter jet, The White Emperor.

World cannot have peace with dangerous creatures in Washington

 Bidamn, Trump, Clinton and whatever, they are all the same insane lunatics and white supremacists and haters of other races. Republicans or Democrats - What's the difference? They are two sides of the same coin own and control by the Deep State. The Deep State is the power behind the curtain and cover by a veil of secrecy and yet powerful and controlling deciding all global decisions detrimental to the safety and security of all the countries of the South inclusive of the BRICS countries. The vile characters and diabolical organisations are the oligarchies of the one percent American elites the robber barons in Wall Street, the billionaires, the Rothschild Zionist Jewish Illuminati and Free Masons Cabal, the Pentagon Military Industrial Complex and the CIA and FBI. Besides the Anglo-Saxons, the despicable Zionist Jews have strong influence and control in Washington, in the Judiciary, in the Pentagon, in CIA and FBI and in all US foreign affairs matters and decisions.

USA government is always infested with tons of dangerous poisonous creatures. you name it and you have it like poisonous snakes, the cobras, black mamba, rattle snakes, toxic centipedes and scorpions, wild beasts like the hyenas, tigers, lions, wolves, wild dogs and bears,

The world cannot hope to have peace and security with such dangerous creatures in the US government.

Southernglory1

Trump refilling the swamp with more vicious beasts

 Trump gloated about draining the swamp during his first term, but instead replenished it with even more grotesque creatures like John Bolton and Mike Pompeo. His Vice President running mate, Mike Pence, even tried to do him in. He restocked the swamp with more traitorous creatures that even tried to incriminate him. His whole four years first term was all about changing the elements in the swamp, just like changing his underpants. What a complete joke!

Now, he is again making the same awful mistake of choosing more grotesque garbage to run the administration in his second term to 'Make America Grief Again'. Or should I say to make him grief again. Trump can make all the promises whether or not he will not carry out, as four more years is all the gets.

Let us see how he is going to end the Ukraine War in 24 hours, which I see is just a bluff. Let us see how his tariffs will cripple China. Let us see how 'Made in USA' is going to compete with China globally.

Remember his remarks that 'Trade Wars are easy to win'? If the USA is winning the trade war, why is there a need to continue to rein in China after his first four years in office and another four more years of Biden? Isn't it true that winners do not have to continue reining in losers, or is the truth too difficult to understand under the USA's 'Rules Based Order'? 

Anoymous

USA spinning its homelessness problem into a 'lifestyle choice' propaganda

 USA spinning its homelessness problem into a 'lifestyle choice' propaganda also does nothing to musk its inequality crisis. Will Channel News America be upfront on the issue as well and not just keeping quiet trying to whitewash the reality. Cherry picking is not working with information at the push of a button.

Of course, homelessness is another issue in the USA that cannot be blamed on China, right? That will invite ridicule from others knowing that China lifted more than 800 million of its citizens out of poverty. What is the USA Government doing about homelessness in the USA? The comparison would be devastating.

The USA is already trying to blame China for its drug infestation issue, claiming that China is selling drugs to the country thus causing the problem. If that is so, China would now be having a bigger drug problem in the country with all the drugs being pushed around. Why is that not happening? It is happening in the USA because of the incompetent garbage running the country. The problem will just fester with 'garbage out and garbage in' in the White House after the election.

Oh, by the way, the White House was reported to be a 'drug house' recently, with the issue pushed under the rugs.

Anonymous

Why the West planted a Zionist Jewish state in Arab Palestine in 1948?

There were two outrageous motives for the West headed by the Anglo-Saxon UK and US to plant the Zionist state of Isreal in Middle East. One main reason was to get rid of the Jews in their countries. The other reason is to establish a Jewish state as guard post for Western future expansion and colonization of whole of Middle East inclusive of Turkey and the whole of Africa, in which the two territories are endowed with vast reserves of oil and many other rich mineral resources and vast wealthy agricultural products .

 For over two thousnd years there never ever had a Jewish state in Middle East in Palestinian Arab land. Since the Roman rule of the whole of Middle East in 60s AD the Jews had rebelled against the Romans. The Romans then put down the Jewish rebellion. To escape from Roman persecution the Jews emigrated enmass to every country in Europe like Spain, Portugal, England, Holland, Germany, France, Austria, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, Belgium, Lithunia, Russia and Poland and years later to America. Wherever the Jews went they multiplied like ants or mosquitoes and they caused a lot of endless troubles. So much so that every year for centuries there were annual Jewish pogroms in all the European countries including in England, France, Germany, Spain, Poland and Russia as well as in the United States. It had come to a stage where every European country and the US wanted to get rid of the Jews. But they had a problem where to settle the Jews to get rid of the problem.

In the 1860s some Jewish commmunity leaders in collusion with British Anglo-Saxon leaders pondered over establishing a Jewish state in Arab Palestine. The idea caught up with every European country and the United States which were quick to support the idea. But they could not do anything because the whole of the Middle East including Egypt, Iraq, Syria and Palestine were under the Turkish Ottoman Empire. 

It was not until the defeat of the Turkish Ottoman Empire in the First World War that the whole of the Middle came under British rule or trusteeship. England then unilaterally got thousands of Jews to emigrate to Palestine which was then at the moment of time under British rule. Large swathes of land was then carved out or taken from Arab Palestine for Jewish emigrants. Arab muslims from all over Middle East staged violent protests against the British and Western diabolical scheme to plant Jewish settlements in their midst. 

In the meantime the British and Anglo-Saxon United States heavily armed the Jewish settlers to fight against the Palestinians and its Arab brothers from Egypt, Iraq, Syria and Jordan. The British and the West did not officially declare their intention to found a Jewish state of Israel in Palestine until the end of the Second World War. In the interim period from 1918 to 1947 the West headed by the Anglo-British and the United States were busily and hastily getting more Jewish immigrants to settle in Palestine while at the same time pouring in and arming the Jewish settlers with the latest most modern weapons to fight against the Arab muslims who were ghastly outraged by the West evil scheme to settle the Jews in Palestine at the expense of the Palestinians and the Arabs. In 1948 after ensuring the new Jewish settlers were heavily better armed than the Arabs the British and the Americans officially proclaimed the establishment of the illicit and illegal state of Israel in part of Palestinian land which was illegally detached from the Arab state of Palestine. After the announcement of the establishment of the illegal Jewish state of Israel hell was let loose and since then the Palestinians and the Arabs have been struggling and fighting hard to get rid of the planted Western scourge of the cancerous Jewish problem.

All countries of the South must give unqualified support to the Palestinians and the Arab muslims in their glorious fight and just struggle against the despicable Jews and their heinous British and American supporters. It is important for all countries of the South to support the Palestinians and the Arab cause and struggle with the latest modern arms including nuclear weapons, volunteer fighters and all available financial means. 

If possible bring the war to Europe, to England and to the American mainland of the Anglo-Saxon United States. There will be no peace and security in Palestine and the Middle East until the West headed by the evil Anglo-Saxon UK and US  is booted out of the region and until the illegal state of Israel is destroyed and the occupied land restored to the Palestinian Arab

In their violent protests against the unilateral and arbitrary sheme by  British and Americans to plant over two million Jewish immigrants in their midst, hundreds of thousands of Palestinians and Arabs were killed and slaughtered by the better armed Jewish soldiers.

It was very callous for the West in general and the Anglo-Saxon British and white Americans in particular to get rid of their dirty Jewish problem and transfered the same to the Arab muslim Middle East especially at the grievous expense of the Palestinian Arab muslims.

Southernglory1

Monday, 18th November, 2024

APEC 2024 - Biden asked to stand in the backrow, in a corner!

 

Poor Biden, poor America, no more in the centre of the front row. With a little ingenuity from host Peru, Biden, the President of America, is shafted into a corner in the back row, inconspicuous. While Xi and Hong Kong's John Lee flanked Peru's President Dina Boluarte in the front row. 

This is the status and place of America in Latin America, better not to be seen and forgotten. America's influence and reputation in Latin America is at its lowest, held in detest for its bullying and interference in Latin America's politics and internal affairs including assassination of their head of states and govts.

Gaza Genocide - Israel must be expelled from the UN: Anwar Ibrahim

 

5 minutes of the cruel truth in Gaza, the cruel genocie and crimes against humanity committed by the Israelis. Not many Arab and Muslim leaders would dare to say the things Anwar was saying about the atrocities against the Palestinians.

Only a country that is free and not beholden to the American Empire is able to say such things. Only a country that is not hoping for freebies or crumbs from the Americans, not looking to appease the Americans could say such things. Malaysia is a truly free and independent country and free to say what is right and what is wrong, and what is in the true interests of Malaysia.

Anwar called for the suspension or expulsion of Israel from the UN and for world body to take immediate actions against Israel, no more talks, and talks and be happy that something has been done, when words are just words and the slaughtering of the Palestinians continues unabated. Arab and Muslim leaders must not be contented with just words and resolutions. The Palestinians are dying everyday by the hundreds and thousands. The genocide must be stopped immediately.

Words are useless, resolutions are useless. Concrete actions must be taken on the ground, with military forces to stop the carnage. Palestinians are human beans, not human animals!

Anwar is an international statesman. He is articulate and confident on the world stage. No one in Asean is near to his level today.

Ukraine War - More rhetoric, more lies about winning the war

 Failing to bring down Russia with all the sanctions is already a loss of face. With 32 member supposedly rich countries of NATO doing everything they can, and even stealing Russian assets, all failing to stop Russia is making them a laughingstock. With all the rhetorics over energy sanctions, Russia collapsing and Ukraine victorious during the initial stages of the war all collapsing like a house of cards. Even the atrocious propaganda harping on Putin's illnesses fail to dampen the Russian resolve. Putin is still alive and out foxing the USA and the West in Ukraine.

On the contrary, Russia is doing even better than the Europeans economically. How is that even possible with Russia isolated they were saying? Russia has no friends is as empty a narrative as those echo chambers gloating about it. Russia is even winning more friends faster than the USA losing them. Now, who is behind the USA except all the Anglo-Saxon Whites and a few hangers on like Japan, South Korea, Philippines and you know who.

Anonymous

Trump has four more years to destroy the USA

 Zelensky is not going to worry about having to pay Ukraine's unpayable debts. He has limited time left on his hands holding power in Ukraine. Whoever comes after him will have to shoulder the debt owed to USA and NATO, or should I say the citizens of Ukraine will be left to shoulder that debt. It is the same with USA Presidents, promising the sky and the moon, but after their four years is over, it is other people's business and responsibility.

Trump has four more years to destroy the USA, which he could not accomplish during his first term. Trump is going to make China Greater Again and make 'America Grief Again'. Already, the media is starting to gloat about factories moving to the USA after Trump's victory, thinking that those tariffs Trump is gloating about is going to make 'Made in USA' conquer the world. Have they asked the question of how such industries in USA are going to compete on the global stage, which is much bigger than the USA market itself. If such products made in USA cannot sell outside the USA, such manufacturing entities will become more or less just white elephants in no time.

Trump is starting to boast that 'tariffs are the best invention of mankind' or something to that effect in his warped mind. Best invention to help the rich, not the common man on the street. They have to pay more for goods imported into the country, nothing more and nothing less.

And Trump is again saying that 'tariffs are easy to win', the same as his 'trade wars are easy to win'. Countries will likely retaliate. If trade wars are easy to win, why is the USA still trying to contain China with so much winning?

Anonymous

American politicians are garbage

 USA's garbage politicians say one thing today, tomorrow they change their stance, just to pander to voters, who are basically just 'garbage' themselves.

Trump's stance on Ukraine and Middle East swings from one direction to the next. Would anyone dare to believe that he will be ending the two wars, after touting that he will still support Ukraine and Israel with aid? Who dares to bet on his rhetoric? He even said that he could end the Ukraine War in 24 hours, even eliciting ridicule from clown Zelenskyy.

Ending the Middle East war is even more distant and unlikely, with Trump having old baggage carried over from his first term of wanting to bomb Iran back to the stone age. Shall we see another love affair with Kim Jong Un on the cards as well? Trump also threatened to bomb North Korea back to the stone age at one stage. Supposing everyone goes back to the stone age, what good does that do to the USA?

Whatever happens, Trump is going to make China even greater again. Tariffs on Chinese goods are not going to make USA any greater overnight or even with his second four-year term, not least with the voters now having to pay more for their products from China. Has the USA even started producing consumer goods to flood the USA market, which the tariffs were supposed to encourage? Putting the cart before the horse is not going to make the reality of moving forward come true. China will retaliate and China has control of very essential stuff to cripple the USA. 

Annymous

USA farmers between a rock and a hard place

 If even China goes back to the stone age, what good does it do to the USA.

With no China to buy USA agricultural products, what are USA farmers going to do for a living? Do a little backyard gardening? With no China to buy USA livestock like pork or chicken, what are USA livestock farmers going to do for a living? Rear a few pigs and chickens for self-consumption?

USA farmers are now between a rock and a hard place, not knowing what to grow or what to rear. China is hitting the USA where it hurts the most. Did I still hear trade wars are easy to win. Now the mantra being chanted by Trump is 'tariffs are easy to win'. Well, let us see.

Anonymous

Trump snubs Prabowo of Indonesia

 'In the call with Trump, Mr Prabowo told him: "Wherever you are, I'm willing to fly to congratulate you personally, sir.”

Trump replied: "We'll do that, anytime you want.”...

The video of the call received mixed reactions on Mr Prabowo’s social media accounts, with some applauding Mr Prabowo for being able to speak to Trump and others saying that he seemed desperate to meet the president-elect.

Mdm Suzie Sudarman, an international relations expert from the University of Indonesia, said the phone call reinforces the view of some Indonesian political watchers that the US has a limited perception of what it wants from Indonesia.

“America cannot conceptualise it. ‘Tell me, I don’t have time. Tell me, 1, 2, 3, what you want.’ That also happened when Jokowi met Obama,” said Mdm Suzie, referring to the previous presidents of both countries.' CNA

Above is from an article about Prabowo's visits to Beijing and Washington when he met with Xi Jinping and his meeting with Joe Biden. He was also hopeful of meeting Trump, to be the first foreign leader to have met him. Unfortunately Trump was too busy for him and no meeting was arranged.

Prabowo's visits to the two largest economies in the world say a lot about his effort to take a neutral line between the two superpowers, to engage with both, to show to both leaders that he valued their relationship and would want to have a better understanding with both of them. It would serve Indonesia well if both superpowers were to accept Indonesia's chosen path, as being neutral in the geopolitics and contest between the two superpowers.

Was it wrong timing or was it as said by Suzie Sudarman above, Indonesia is not of particular importance to the Americans at least for now, and there was no need for Trump to spend time with him? By the way, Trump had time for Milieu of Argentina, the bankrupt country.  Prabowo's eagerness to meet Trump and being rejected did not go well with the people of Indonesia. He flew all the way to the USA, you know how far and how much trouble to get there, but Trump would not spare him 10 minutes to shake his hand.

Well, better luck next time. Trump had said, anytime, anywhere, but not now, not in Washington. He has more important things to do. And there is a very long queue out there waiting to shake Trump's hand.

Would they ever meet going forward would depend on how important Indonesia is to Trump. Xi has no problem with Indonesia's neutral position, but what about Trump when he is going after China? The American's only believe in 'you are with us or against us'. There is no neutrality. Just ask the doggies privately and they will tell you what the Americans really are. Indonesia wants to play both sides like India?

Communism did not expand southwards, NATO expands eastwards

 While communism did not expand Southwards after the fall of South Vietnam, look at what happened in Eastern Europe. NATO kept expanding over there after the West had an agreement with the Soviet Union that NATO will not expand an inch Eastward after the fall of the Soviets. Did the West honor their words? They now claim that there was no written agreement, so they can just merrily expand NATO Eastward to threaten Moscow, thinking that Putin has forgotten what Gorbachev had agreed with the West.

NATO's intended expansion into Ukraine was the straw that broke the camel's back. Ukraine was the buffer zone that Russia intended to keep, due to the extremely wide border that it has with Russia, which would be a National Security issue if Ukraine joins NATO. NATO cannot be allowed to have such a close existence in Ukraine, allowing the USA to station nukes to threaten Moscow. What will happen if Cuba were to be allowed to have Russian nukes stationed on the island? It works the same way.

In South-East Asia, decades ago, Deng Xiaoping had a meeting with Elder Lee and subsequently agreed to stop the communist infiltration into South-East Asia and Chin Peng was reined in. This is according to the words of Elder Lee, in a video post, which is still on Youtube, talking about Deng Xiaoping as being the 'most impressive person he ever met in his life'. Lee's admiration of Deng's trustworthiness cannot be underestimated. Beijing stopped its support of the communist activities in Malaya after that and communism never threatens South-East Asia.

This is the way that credible leaders should be acting, honoring their words to the letter. Was there even a written agreement, I am not sure. Unlike 'garbage' leaders overturning their agreed stance the moment they turn their backs, I would not hesitate to say that their 'iron clad' commitments are also all a mirage, unless you are a White country. 

Anonymous

Global South countries benefitting from China's overcapacity

 Now, why would Global South countries want to cut their noses to spite their faces? Isn't it better to support China's overcapacity and continue to enjoy cheaper consumer goods? Who wants to pay an arm and a leg for things made in the USA or the West? Only a fool wants that.

And so, as Global South countries enjoy US$30,000 EVs, USA consumers are now going to have to pay US$60,000 for the same EV. The tariff of 100% is basically an added tax by the USA Government. China still makes US$30,000 EVs for countries outside the USA. Such a simple concept and so easy to understand. It works the same way as buying a car in Red Dot, when customers in other countries are paying much less for an identical car. Wonder whether only USA voters are stupid enough to believe that tariffs are good for the country.

You would have noticed that the USA is good in inventing 'word salads' like making 'decoupling' into 'de-risking', subsidies into 'inflation reduction' and UN international Law into 'Rules Based Order'.

The USA can fool most people most of the time, some people most of the time and not all people all the time.

Anonymous

Would the US be able to compete again, fairly?

 When will the USA now be able to compete? No way! Starting from scratch is no longer feasible. The horses have bolted and are now too far away to rein in, therefore closing the stable doors now is an exercise in futility. Just inventing the wheel when others are flying is no way to catch up.

In manufacturing, they hollowed themselves out because of cheaper destinations and should I say greed. The USA can no longer compete on cost. In technology, USA is no longer the top dog dictating the pace and in some sectors which China is now ahead. In patents filed, China is ahead of the USA. No, not just in cooking and washing clothes.

In cutting edge research, they are now aware that Chinese research papers written solely in Chinese is a treasure trove of innovation that they had ignored over the decades. Examples are EVs, batteries, space exploration, super computers, nuclear devices and drone technology.

Chinese research papers were sidelined in University rankings in the past, but now they realized that such papers in science and engineering were cutting edge stuff, not to be ignored.

In semiconductors, China may still be behind, but not for long, with the Chinese Government pouring resources into this sector. Do not ever bet against China. Not just by repeating the collapse of China over and over again. It will not happen.

Anonymous

Trump or whatsoever, the wars must go on...forever

 Do not be deluded that Trump will end the war in the Middle East and Ukraine. It is not going to happen. The MSM is now hyping up the assassination attempt on Trump by Iran. True or not does not matter so long as it enables the USA to find an excuse to target Iran and continue with the Middle East War. Trump never walks the talk if he can help it.

Having said that, ending the war in Ukraine could be a possibility, now that Russia is having the upper hand, and the West knows that it is just a matter of time before Zelensky capitulate. Of course, fabricating a Russian assassination attempt on Trump is out of the question, knowing the history of Russia gate, and Trump and Putin's relation over the years. Despite all the false pretenses by NATO, especially Olaf Scholz about helping Ukraine despite his own political future in doubt, it is just political grandstanding, nothing more. Face saving is now very important for the USA and its European allies, after failing to erase Russia from the face of the earth by using the 'Mother of all sanctions' to collapse Russia. Who had been hoping for the collapse of Russia must be suffering withdrawal symptoms by now, just like Gordon Chang's China collapse, a prediction that had been renewed every year.

The Middle East will just continue to fester and escalate, Trump or not, and you can be sure of that. Trump has a lot of baggage carried over from his first term which he will have to fulfill. The point is that more demonization will come the way of Iran, even with fabricated evidence just as in Iraq. There is nothing the USA will not do just to attain its sick agenda of creating forever wars.

The USA just cannot do otherwise than sustaining a war economy. Manufacturing is not its strong point to uplift its economy today. That is why it is resorting to so many underhand tactics just to keep competitors down, which is an exercise in futility. This has been its modus operandi for decades against countries rising too fast like Germany and Japan. China is just unfortunate to be its punching bag today for the same reason. But China is not France or Japan. China is now a peer competitor in every endeavor, a situation that the USA has never faced before.

Anonymous

Resurgence of Western Imperialism and Colonialism .

 Warmongering G7 countries headed by the United States have plans to recolonize all countries of the South.

The resurgence of Western imperialism and colonialism headed by the Anglo-Saxons US is posing a lethal threat to all countries of the South which include the BRICS countries. The G7 countries in partnering with the Zionist Jews have decided on the march to conquer all countries of the South and rule over them in hegemony under the One World Government headed by the United States and Zionist Israel.

It is imperative all countries of the South must wrap up any petty quarrels or misunderstandings among themselves and unite strongly in solidarity to face the mortal danger of the diabolical threat pose by the resurgent imperialism and colonialism of the white countries of G7 and Israel headed by the United States. The planting of the despicable Zionist state of Israel in Palestine and the genocide of the Arab muslims in Middle East is only a preamble to their greater overall plan to take over all Middle East which includes Turkey and the whole continent of Africa. The United States and the Jews have been stirring choas and turmoils in many parts of Africa especially in the north, east and Central Africa. The present Trump administration is fully packed with racialist and white supremacist warhawks and warmongers. They have openly called for the invasion of Venezuela, Bolivia, Cuba, Mexico, Brazil, Guatemala, Jamaica and Haiti. In Asia they have openly called for war against China, Iran,  Syria, Lebanon, North Korea, Russia, Cambodia and Loas. Also they have plans to destabilise India, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia and Papua New Guinea.

Turbulent times are ahead. The United States and the G7 countries are all bankrupt with deep debt of trillions of dollars. In the past few hundred years they could all live in plenty and splendour because they were able to plunder, rob, loot and steal all the wealth and riches from their colonies. So now being poor and bankrupt they think resorting to wars in imperialism and colonialism will solve their problems and their debts. 

War is over the horizon and may start at any time and at any place. Countries of the South led by Russia, India, Brazil, Iran, China and South Africa must go all out to prepare for nuclear war against the desperate West headed by the evil Anglo-Saxon United States. This could be a final battle and we countries of the South headed by the BRICKS leadership must prevail and destroy the diabolical G7 evil imperial fascist countries and its satanic partner of the despicable illegal state of Israel. Do not expect any mercy from the monstrous G7 countries headed by the US . They will definitely unleash a horrendous nuclear war on we countries of the South and therefore the countries of the South must be ready at any time to hit the G7 countries and Israel with full force of nuclear  bombs to wipe them out clean from this global earth.

Russia, China, India, Brazil, South Africa and Iran as leaders of the South must waste no time in getting all countries of the South to galvanize in unity and solidarity to fight and win the last battle against the neurotic insane G7 warmongering countries headed by the evil Anglo-Saxon United States. Time is of the essence. Get fully and totally prepare to destroy the barbaric Western warmongers .

Southernglory1

Saturday, 16th November, 2024

China concerned, worried about North Korean soldiers in the Ukraine War? Really?

'Troops have become North Korea’s latest contribution in support of Russia’s war in Ukraine - which has intensified over the weekend - putting China in an uncomfortable “diplomatic tight spot”.

China has many reasons to be concerned, analysts say. (Who are these analysts?)

It is worried that the escalation risks pulling Asia into the European conflict, raising the stakes and bringing unwelcome conflict closer to its doorstep. 

It is facing pressure from the United States and South Korea to use its sway - however much there is - to rein in North Korea and Russia.  Article Boots on the ground, by Lee Gim Siong, CNA

 

The above comments in CNA discussed the two views, by western so called analysts and the real eastern analysts on how China would perceive and react to the North Koreans fighting in the Ukraine War. Western reports said North Koreans are fighting in the front line together with the Russians and have contacts with the Ukrainians, killing some Ukrainians. They added as usual, many North Koreans have been killed. Really? Where is the proof?

The agenda of the so called western analysts is to create the impression that China was very unhappy with this development, that the North Koreans are leaning closer to the Russians, that there is deep distrust between the Russians and Chinese and they would be disturbed by everything, including the North Koreans fighting in the war. It was quoted that 'China is particularly concerned the conflict could be brought closer to home, Dr Edward Howell, departmental lecturer in international relations at Christ Church, University of Oxford, told CNA.'  The truth is that the North Koreans would help to make sure the war would stay in Ukraine with Russia coming up as the victor. How naive can this Oxford lecturer be? Is this the quality of the thinking of Oxford lecturer?

Another more dramatic view is this,

'There could be grave consequences if Seoul does follow through, warned Dr Alexey Muraviev, an associate professor of national security and strategic studies at Curtin University.

“We may end up having a … proxy conflict, where Ukraine is considered a proxy conflict between the two Koreas and allies,” he told CNA.'

What? North Koreans fighting in Europe would lead to a proxy war between the two Koreans, ...if Seoul does follow through', like what, sending South Koreans to Ukraine to fight the North Koreans? How old is this associate professor, 3 year old? Who is he trying to frighten?

Another silly dig to cause division between China and Russia is this,  'A paper published on Nov 1 by researchers from the Washington-based Institute for the Study of War suggests that Pyongyang may be using its growing alignment with Moscow to reduce its dependence on Beijing.' Are the Russians, Chinese and North Koreans that dull, in the face of existential threat from the evil Americans and still bickering with each other over minor issues? Only the American terrorists can think and act rationality in their national interests? The Russian, Chinese and North Korean leaders are full time politicians, not news reader, con men, lawyers or charlatans elected to be part time leaders for a few years. They think deeply and far ahead than those clowns in Washington. They know what they are doing, not to rally support from the ignorant crowds for their votes.

What is frightening the Americans and the West is this, 'On the one hand, the Russia-North Korea arrangement risks a bloc being formed. Inevitably including China, it would be placed against a US-South Korea-Japan alliance, said Mr Zhu Feng, dean of the Institute of International Studies at Nanjing University, in a Nov 6 report by British news outlet The Guardian. 'Yeah, a bloc is forming, actually formed long ago without any fanfare, for the 3 states to fight together against the aggressive Americans and the West. They cannot afford to break ranks and be taken down one at a time by the American warmongers and the expansionist NATO.

'Dr Muraviev suggested that China may be tacitly offering "quiet approval," or at the very least, choosing not to "vehemently oppose" the expanding military cooperation between North Korea and Russia....

I cannot see North Korea and Russia pursuing a path that excludes Beijing,” said Dr Muraviev, citing China’s “significant influence” over both nations.' This is a sensible comment by a thinking academic, not the fly by night so called western analysts, probably paid by the Americans to write what the Americans wanted them to say.

Another logical comment is this, 'Likewise, Ms Divya of Fudan University believes Moscow and Pyongyang will continue to put their relations with Beijing ahead of their own.'  The Russians, Chinese and the North Koreans are serious players in international relations and clear thinking. They know that they are all targeted for destruction by the Americans and the West and their only hope for survival is to unite and fight together. Wish the Arab and Muslim states could act the same way, could know who is their real enemy, and what their fate would be if there is no Russia, China, North Korea and Iran to hold the fort, to keep the aggressive and expansionist American and western terrorists from conquering and ruling the world.

If China, Russia, North Korea and Iran failed to stop the American and western terrorists, what would life be for the Arab and Muslim states, for the Latin American and African states?

Kim Jung Un has proven to be a decisive and clear thinking leader of international standard. He knows very well what would become of North Korea if Russia and China would to fall. He is standing up and putting his support in the most crucial way, by sending his soldiers to the front line to fight the aggressors that are planning to take over his country. 

Many Arab and Muslim states are increasingly taking firmer stand against the American and Israeli genocide and their plan to take over the Middle East, to rule the Arab and Muslim states by Israel. Clear thinking leaders of the Global South have no choice but to make a stand. Unless they are happy to be ruled by the racist white supremacy terrorists in Washington and London and their European colonies.

Saudi Arabia and Jordan are under extreme pressure from the American terrorists but are still trying their best to stand with the Palestinians. None would be seen going to Washington to kiss Trump's ass.

And the Americans wanted to order China to tell the North Koreans not to send troops to support Russia. They think the can order China around to do their bidding. They think North Korea is like American doggies, would be ordered by the Americans to do whatever the Americans want them do so.

China finding cures for deadly diseases, western pharmas think about profit by prolonging treatments with moderated drugs

 Understand that China had made some amazing discoveries of curing terminal as well as chronic diseases.

They are still researching to perfection and are willing to.share with the World and do their surgeries there.

One regrading the stem cells transplants of diabetes which they claimed to be successful.

Unlike all cronies Western vassals and their own countries that hoo Haa long ago their what's successful stem cells transplants of organs and genomes and genes and all came to naught.

The Big Evil Pharmaceutical Companies simply greased the hands of these corrupted beans and all kept mum.

The Big Pharmaceutical Companies are going to lose their billions of their drugs if these stem cells transplants and cures are been offered and done.

So they had to shut the mouths of these as usual who don't wants monies scoundrels and scums.

So much for their Hippocrates Oaths!

Virgo49

American military might can be marginalised

 Military might can be marginalized as history have shown us. The USA and NATO thinks that prolonging the war in Ukraine will diminish Russia's military capabilities when it comes to a direct confrontation. That is why the West is barking like rabid dogs with the military co-operation between Russia, China, Iran and North Korea. Russia has as many nukes as the USA and any outcome is still not a certainty. The military might of the USA in Vietnam and Afghanistan does nothing when the shit hits the fan.

The latter three, China, Iran and North Korea are not at war yet, and still have plenty of fire power to deter any form of aggression by the West. Moreover, China still calls the shots in terms of control of essential raw materials for making weapons, that can cripple the West. Dig deeper and you will find that not all is apparent on the surface regarding military strategy. What we see may not be what we are told as propaganda are created to be misleading.

Of course, the USA will not walk away without a fight. So does Hitler and Napoleon. But when it comes to a fight that cannot be won outright, walking away is not too far off as in Vietnam and Afghanistan. Then what?

China is de-risking from the West by not buying USA treasuries and de-investing in the West. De-risking is not something that the USA and the West can gloat about. It is a double-edged sword and works both ways. China is hoarding gold and silver instead with all the surpluses it generated in trade. China has all the other avenues to recycle its surpluses with the BRI, BRICS and Global South at its disposal. 

Anonymous

Neocons liar Mike Pompeo and crazy Indian Nikki Haley will not be in second Trump administration !

President-elect Donald Trump announced Saturday he will not be inviting his former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and U.N. ambassador Nikki Haley to join his cabinet.

Haley ran against Trump for president in 2024 and did not campaign with him . Pompeo, who also served as Trump’s CIA director, flirted with a presidential bid of his own in 2024.

After Trump's win, Pompeo was making a concerted effort to be named to the position of defense secretary. Pompeo’s bid to become the nation’s defense chief ran into heated opposition from close allies of the former president, including his son, Donald Trump Jr., and far-right commentator and former Fox News host Tucker Carlson.

“There is a desire to not have people with presidential ambitions” use Trump cabinet posts as a launch pad, said a former senior Trump administration official. “He got burned by Mike previously, and by Haley, and his foreign policy views are not aligned with the president.”

Pompeo, who unleashed a barrage of measures against China in his final weeks in office, and declared that China had committed genocide against its Uighur Muslims , had been sanctioned by Beijing .

Pompeo "planned, promoted and executed a series of crazy moves, gravely interfered in China's internal affairs, undermined China's interests, offended the Chinese people, and seriously disrupted China-U.S. relations," Beijing had said.

Anonymous 

European countries and the United States still arrogantly claim that they are superior to the rest of the world

 The European countries and the United States still arrogantly claim that they the white people especially the Anglo-Saxons US and UK are superior to non-white people of Africa, Asia, Middle East Arabs and South America. They insult other non-white people with all kinds of dirty derogatory terms, calling Africans shit holes and Africans slave animals, the Chinese 'sick men, devils and yellow peril', the Malays and Indonesians dirty little brown goats. The Europeans and the Anglo-Saxons US and UK are being carried away by their fake and false greatness and superiority forgetting that their good lives in prosperity is due to their ravaging, robbing and plundering of all the wealth and riches of all the countries of the South for the last over 500 years.

The countries of the South have now awakened and are now fighting back in unity and solidarity against the white terrorists and exploiters. Soon these white rogues and scoundrels and ruffians will realise that their good lives base on plundering exploiting will soon be over and they will face reality to live the life of miserable paupers.

Anonymous

We came, we saw, we conquered. This is the template of white savages

 

 

 

12 minutes of British brutality against the Tibetans that the western history books on Colonialism would not write about. Colonialism in western history books is about conquest and glory to the Empires, would not mention anything about crimes against humanity, slaughtering of the natives, genocides etc etc. 

 

They used the same narrative, calling others a threat, and used it to attack that country. Till today, the evil Americans are still using this devious formula, you are a threat and we will attack you. The real threat to the world, to world peace, is the evil American Empire, threatening and invading countries on this false excuse.

 We came, we saw, we conquered! This is the glorious war crime of the white savages from Europe. They spread across the world just to do this, to conquer, kill, loot and rule the world. And this mindset has not changed. This war cry has been prominently displayed and written in the history books of the West, as a great thing, to kill the sub humans and natives of the world, and to take their land by force, take their lives if they resist, and to use and rule over them like slaves or servants.

The white men have never been apologetic over this mantra of ruling over the coloured people of the world. This is the natural behaviour of uncivilised savages and tribes, law of the jungle, rule by force. And in every colony, they erected statues of the colonial masters, ie murderers and slave owners, as the pride of their achievements. They called these murderers and slave owners great men, great leaders.

And many descendants of the victims of the mantra, 'We came, we saw, we conquered!' are very happy and proud to continue with the practice of their colonial masters, to continue to worship the murderers and slave owners, continue to clean and polish the statues, to keep them in strategic locations to be seen by their unthinking citizens that did not know their history. 

The Brits are the masters of colonialism, turning the wealth and fortune of their colonies into British properties and belonging and telling the daft colonial subjects that it is Commonwealth. All the wealth belongs to the Queen or King of England. And the daft continue to celebrate their tragedy without knowing why, and happily doing so.

'We came, we saw, we conquered!' are good for the colonial masters, the conquerors or more rightly, the robbers, pirates, invaders. To the victim and colonised people, it was something else. They came, we saw and we were enslaved! The colonised people lost everything, including many lives and their dignity as human beans, their human rights, to live as decent people without having to work and serve their colonial masters. Many today, are still very proud of their slave and subject status, and wanting to continue to serve their colonial masters, to continue to fly the flag of the Commonwealth, to keep the memory of the good time under British colonial rule fresh in their memory. Wow, the British rule was benign, because they killed less and were less brutal, but still the same. They took everything, and many slaves to the unfortunate Africans. They massacred many Africans to tame them, to conquer them.

We came, we saw, we conquered! is a glorious mantra to the white savages, but a plague to their victims, a cruel disease. And the white savages are reviving this mantra, to conquer and rule the world once again. This time they could be more successful as only a few stubborn countries would stand up to them. The rest are willing to be ruled again, by the white savages under a neo Pax Americana.

Resistance is futile!

Russia was in G7...China would be alone to fight the Axis of Evil - USA, UK and Israel, and its doggies.

 Russia was in the G7 and had Russia not be expelled, and had Russia joined NATO, which the group rejected, the ambition of the Anglo-Saxons and Zionist Jews would have succeeded beyond imagination. China would be left alone to fight the Axis of Evil - USA, UK and Israel, and its doggies. And China will not now be working with Russia to set up BRICS to bring down the USA hegemony.

It was a strategic mistake of the USA and the West trying to expand NATO towards Russia and pushing Russia towards China. How detrimental was that can be seen in the energy war, with China helping to soak up Russian energy after the sanctions by the West. The EU and vis a vis NATO suffered all the consequences of cheap Russian energy, benefitting China and India in the process. The plot really misfired. The USA thought Putin was a weak leader like Mikhail Gorbachev and can easily be contained. 

Anonymous

Singapore's future by Virgo49

 Good morning Mr RB and All

Hope you are having a good time in China on your holidays.

Anyway, beg to differ.

Singapore housings shall be one day like Hong Kong in the future.

Now also we had shoe boxes 35/45 claustrophobic last time called Studio and now 2 tiny roomed Flexi units.

Even in condos where they called shoe boxes.

Now even the estates plans and arrangement of the blocks are like Hong Kong where you could pass a cup of salt or vinegar or even lend an egg to your neighbour by passing thru your windows.

Also certain designs of the units undergone a long and dark tunnel with two units facing each other like the same designs we have in the older estates of Jalan Kukoh at Chin Swee Havelock.

These are the rental fast to accommodate the Singaporeans at that time in the 60s and 70s.

Now it's back in vogue at Bukit Batok West Plains Ave 8 where my daft friend paid S$169K for just 25 years leasehold.

In my opinion the costs less than 20K.

Just see the coming Tengah Meadows layout plan where there are about ten blocks in a circle with nearly six of them in the centre enclosed by the other outer blocks that faced each other directly.

Just like those Hakka Design Circular Block in China olden time.

Pity those who selected the enclosed blocks that see no outside world except their neighbours blocks facing them directly.

If I were to live in one, within a few years have to seek Mental Counselling as suffered from Claustrohobia.

Now the biggest is even 4 roomed as they knew they cannot sharpen thwir butcher knives too sharp to slaughter the Sinkies buying 5 roomed which is too expensive and then retired as Papuers.

With their what's nonsense Prime, Premier Middle and them Standard pricing at all these extortion prices prices Singaporeans in the future shall be staying in.cages bunks like the Hong Kong.

These Cut Thorats Scholars knew that in the past classification the difference in pricing just within certain boundaries next to one another differs a lot.

For example Jurong East and West.

JE Estates are higher in their pricing than JW with some vast differences in certain units and sizes.

Just across the boundary.

Furthermore they are also building and squeezing new flats into the old estates.

So now they KENG that their extortion prices must be EVEN for all these so called last time named Urban, Suburban and Rural or New Town pricing.

More profits lah!

So now they have this new term so as to go away with the old different uneven pricing which they cam make much lah!

No eyes see and pity the new generation of Worker Bees that are going to be enslaved by them.

Singaporeans had no time to even know their been shackled as they had to slog thru to service all these mortgages and liabilities.

As I said they will once a while thrown some subsistence of a few chicken wings for you all to survive and ai see beh see and ai wak beh wak so that you shall all continue to slog and earned monies for them

Chia lat!

Virgo49

Hong Kong's housing problem - Remember Hong Kong was under British rule for more than 150 years!

 Remember that Hong Kong was under British rule for more than 150 years, from 1841 until 1997. The root of all these overcrowded housing was never addressed during those one and a half century. The Brits Administration, the big banks, business houses and property speculators were preoccupied with making money in Hong Kong, not lifting people out of poverty. Who is now talking about inequality or irresponsibility?

China is supposed to let Hong Kong have its own way for 50 years after 1997 and is in no position to interfere in Hong Kong other than security issues. Hong Kong still belongs to China and security is paramount. If lifting poverty comes into the picture after 1997, doing that is going to result in accusations of human rights abuses, such as forcing Hong Kong citizens to vacate areas for redevelopment to tackle the issues.

Talking about responsibility, what about discussing about those tents lying along the streets of USA cities? Homelessness is even more of an inequality and irresponsibility of the Government than having crammed spaces. Why isn't Channel News America picking on the irresponsibility of the USA Government to tackle the issue? Why are the MSM not talking about the genocides in Gaza, the genocides in North America, the fake love of the Muslims in Xinjiang and the real love of the Muslims in Gaza by the USA's double standard of interpretation. Hypocrisy?

Anonymous