Singapore should start to learn from China in public health and transportation

 When Deng Xiaoping opened up China in 1978, he sent many delegations of Chinese leaders to Singapore to study and learn how this little island could prosper like the rich western countries. After a few hundred visits and studying, the Chinese leaders brought back all the blueprints of how to build and develop a city state to China, including the procedures, processes, rules and regulations to govern a city state. The Chinese did not copy everything from the book. They studied and digested whatever they had learnt and were selective in picking up the best practices and discarded what were not suitable to China, modified and scaled up everything to apply to a continental size country when a big city is more than ten times the size of Singapore in every aspect.

China has problems of its own, eg corruption. But they did not adopt Singapore's way of paying their leaders obscene salaries to keep them from corruption. They did not adopt the COE system to drive car prices sky high. They did not allow public transport to become too expensive for the average citizen. They realised that housing's main objective for their citizens is a good and affordable home, not for speculation and skyhigh prices like in Hong Kong. 

China has grown, developed and changed, in many ways quite similar to Singapore, and in many ways quite different from Singapore. Both countries developed differently in some areas that served their respective countries and people well.

Public transportation is something that Singapore can learn from China. China's policy is to provide efficient and relatively cheap public transportation for its people, understanding that the moving of goods, services and people are like the blood system in the human body. Stopping or slowing the flow is critical to the health of the system. China has now the best and most affordable public transport system in the whole world, very modern, and very fast and efficient.

Singapore needs to bring down the cost of public transportation, both MRT, buses and taxis to really within the means of the average Singaporeans, especially the retirees and seniors. Not many average Singaporeans can afford to pay $30 to $50 for a taxi ride. The exorbitant prices of taxis in New York, London, Paris and major western cities are not the right models for Singapore. Ok for the rich but not the average Singaporeans, let alone the retirees. Many retirees have 20 or 30 years to live without an income but may need to take taxis in times of need. How to pay $30 when they don't even have a dollar in their pocket?

The buses and MRT can always serve the no income Singaporeans better, with lower fares to allow them to move freely to explore Singapore, to enjoy the infrastructure and smell the roses.

The other big issue is medical care and services which China has done very much better in many ways. Cost, efficiency, affordability and availability are things that Singapore can learn from. The quality of Singapore's health and medical facilities and services may be world class, but very unaffordable and not accessible to the average Singaporeans and the seniors. Waiting time for medical appointments, especially specialist, the cost of such appointments are serious matters. Even basic GP services, dental treatment are now priced beyond imagination. 

China did not have cheap third world medical professionals to fall back on. There is no need to pay third world professionals the same level of income as Singaporeans. There is a better mid point to make them happy while working here while helping to bring down medicare cost.

Learn from China to bring down the cost of medical care and services. China is a very big country, with very big population and not as rich as Singapore. If China can have a more efficient and accessible medical care and service than Singapore, and really affordable measured by the average Chinese income and retirees, there is no reason why Singapore cannot do so.

There are many things that Singapore, once the master, can learn from the student, China. Just start by looking at the cost of public transportation and public medical care and services for a start. Public housing is heading to fall over the cliff.

More evidence that Qatar bombing was executed by the Americans stationed in Qatar

Qatar has probably forgotten about how they were bombed and Palestinian leaders were killed inside Qatar. It is time to resume good relations with their 'guardian angels', the Americans. Maybe buy another Boeing 747 to present to Trump for assuring that the incident would not happen again. Just trust the Americans as always, like the whole Arab and Muslim world trusting the Americans for protection and buying American weapons with no questions whether they can be used when in need. Maybe the truth is now surfacing too often and too fast and even if they did not want to believe that the Americans were lying to them, taking them as fools, the truths are slamming them hard in their faces that they cannot pretend not to be. Another likelihood is that the Qataris knew that it was the Americans that did it but pretended not to know. The Arabs have been living with this lie for centuries, knowing who were the real devils but have no choice, have to sleep with the devils or been killed and destroyed like Iraq, Syria and Libya, like Saddam Hussein, Gaddafi and Assad.

There are now more evidences that the Israelis did not fly all the way from Israel, across hostile Arab territories, engaged in several dangerous air to air refuelling, enduring aircrew fatigue of several hours strapped inside fighter jets, violating Arab airspace, to be seen on radar screens, just to conduct such a mission and risked being shot down. The easiest thing was for the American forces in Qatar to execute the assassination, a piece of cake.

There are tens of radar stations in every Arab country in the region, in Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Iraq and also in Qatar. They have all confirmed that their radars did not pick up the Israeli aircraft on their screens. How could this be possible? In Qatar, this can be easily done, assuming the Israeli jets did come in, by standing down all the Qatari radar controllers and operators. There is no need to switch off the radars with the Americans operating them. They could even guide the Israeli jets to their targets, without the Qataris knowing what was happening.

If the Israelis really flew their fighter jets and refuelling tankers, they must be picked up by ground radars. Only the F35s, if their stealth coating were effective, may escaped detection. But not the F15s, F16s or tankers. They would be there like light bulbs on a Christmas tree. They can only switch off the IFF in the aircraft. The ground radars cannot be switched off without being noticed, unless, like in Qatar, when the Americans were in charge and told them to go for their prayers or stand down. For all the radars to be switched off, or all the radar operators and controllers to stand down cannot go unnoticed or reported. No such reports, no such evidence. All the radars were operating and running. The Israeli aircraft must be spotted, if not by all, would be seen by most of them. But none had seen them, meaning they were not there. The Israelis did not fly them across the Arabian sky.

It was so easy for the American or Israeli forces on the ground or sea to fire a few Tomahawks or even handheld launchers at the targets. Cheap, fast, efficient, and easily scattered without leaving a trace. Did the Israelis or Americans do it? No aircraft were in the air for sure. Talking about 10 or 12 aircraft, and launching missiles at the same target within a minute each! A fighter jet would need several minutes to make a turn. They could not be all at their respective launching points to release their targets with such precision, and not spotted, not seen!

The whole incident smells like hell.

America can only fight a military war. China is fighting in all fronts and winning

I think the USA and the West would still love to hear the showboating that China is still far behind in the high-end chips area and will take another ten years to catch up. Well, China is undoubtedly unfazed by all the hyping, with all the questioning and answering done by the Western media and analysts.

What does it matter when China can make all the money just leveraging on legacy chips? If China can spend a little money to improve its chip design and upgrading, well and good. No need to fork out an arm and a leg to compete in the high-end chips sector. That will come naturally sooner or later. It is the same with development. A country can develop faster, but others can still catch up in time. Just look around and you will understand.

So, I think China is not going to follow or compete with the USA blindly. China does what is best for its people and not what the USA thinks it should do for the USA's interest by pouring money into doing unnecessary things for egos sake. China learnt its lesson from the collapse of the Soviet Union trying to compete militarily against the USA and hollowed out itself.


Anonymous

Bankrupt Trump wants to build warships named after him...what about a 100m gold Trump statue?

 With so much money collected from tariffs, according to Trump, the USA is now furiously going into building warships, named Trump-class warships he boasted about, no less, all to counter China. They will be state of the art warships with hypersonic missiles and laser weapons. Ya, just wonder how Trump's Space Force is doing. Trump wants to control the global seas as well as space. Big plans!

Did Trump forget something? China controls rare earth that those warships are going to need for construction, from basic 2.4 tons to 4 tons, on top of all the rare earth needed for those weapons on board. And China is not going to relent on its rare earth grip for sure, not to allow its enemy to build weapons that will be used to target China later on. That would be stupidity of the highest order.

Trump can continue to fool his base with his rhetoric, but not everyone around the world is convinced. USA shipbuilding is totally non-existent, just 0.1% of global total, and that was in 2023. That sector existed just to keep the USA's naval fleet functioning. Oh, sure the USA can just start building up its fantasy shipyards using Lego bricks for speed. How long is real building of shipyards going to take? How long it will take just to train skilled workers to go big into shipbuilding? Have they even started training and producing naval engineers in universities to cater to the expected demand? I think they just found out about China's shipbuilding dominance not long ago, so no head start yet obviously to address the manpower problem. Same old same old Trump standing on a dung heap, showboating and putting the cart before the horse. Why brag so much when the world knows it is all baloney, same as the rare earth alliances now being created.

I expect China to say nothing and keep mum about the issue, as always. Let the facts speak for itself in time to come. By the way, all the crowing about China's weapon development have been done by the MSM of the West and anti-China social media, just to keep hyping up the Chinese threat. China just built weapons that it needs, quietly, tested them discreetly, keep them away from prying eyes. They are only exposed in battle, like the India/Pakistan conflict recently. Chinese weapons will be tested again in Venezuela and Iran, as Israel is planning another attack.

Anonymous

American rainbow warriors good only to kill women, children and old folks

Like I posted before, the Americunts Soldiers won't meet face to face with REAL Soldiers of Other Countries!

Their Military Tactics are to carpet bomb the enemies then when they are already half dead then they moved in for mopping up operations.

But if the other adversaries are also Militarily trained then they be scared to even move in.

DEFEATED even by Vietcongs Girls and also Previously Chinese Peasants Militias and also the sandals wearing Afghans they the Americunts hype and hot airs soldiers dare you fight face to face with adversaries of Russia, China, North Korea?

Fat hope! Even shoot hot air balloons also needed three to four missiles and also these are quite Stationery in the air, what's about Fighters Jets?

Also hand guns own planes downed by own friendly fires and also on-board own Carrier also fall-out into the Seas.

Planes and helicopters also flying nearby own fleet and not in Real wars actions also fell and sunk!

The Americunts can only use proxies to fight their wars and all the while are sloths and bums enjoying their blind pays.

If at Home bases lies in Grandma's panties or long Jane's.

Shall be slaughtered if dared fight with Russians and the PRCs.

See Ukraine so many NATO Officers and soldiers surrendered without a fight.

The Euro Nuts and Brits still wants to boast

Must be tired of livings


Virgo49

Blockade America without blockading

 Blockade has been a vicious weapon of the American terrorists to cripple the economies of many Global South countries, like Cuba, Iran, North Korea, even Russia and now Venezuela, and a few Latin American countries in the queue. The evil American Empire has been bullying, threatening, coercing countries of the Global South also through sanctions, trade embargoes, bans, Entity List etc etc. This has always been a one way affair with irresponsible and aggressive tactics and behaviours that the western media and their crony media would not dare or want to report, always painting the American terrorists as the good guy, the responsible guy, for peace, freedom, democracy and respecting human rights and national sovereignty.

Look at what the American terrorists are doing to Venezuela and other Central and Latin American countries. It is now cold blooded murder in the Caribbean Sea and naked daylight piracy by the American terrorists in uniforms.

Venezuela is now facing a very severe challenge to its survival, with complete blockade by the American terrorists headed by lunatic Trump and his Washington clowns. Many countries would like to help the Venezuelans. The crushing of Venezuela will embolden the American terrorists to do the same to more countries in Central and Latin America and the global South. The rest of the world cannot stand idle without responding to this savage threat by the Americans. Canada and Greenland will be next for the taking. 

The Global South countries, especially China, Russia, Iran, North Korea must take the lead to organise a united front against the American terrorists. A direct blockade of the American homeland is difficult and dangerous. But the whole world can blockade the Americans without having to lift a finger, without putting themselves in harms way. Just quietly stop trading with the Americans. No buying American goods and services, no selling goods and services to the Americans. When the rest of the world acts in concert, together, it is as good as blockading America. America will become like a lion in the desert, deprived of food and water and comfort, left high and dry, to die starving in under the heat of the desert.

Central and Latin American states have to close rank to take on the Americans. They are closest to the threat. Trump is imposing the Monroe Doctrine on them, treating them like American assets, American colonies to be dispossess of everything they have, natural resources, wealth, their gold reserves, their freedom and dignity. Make the first move to be free and independent from the evil American Empire. China, Russia, Iran, North Korea, the BRICS nations and the Global South will be with you. 

American power comes from its warships and warplanes. China and Russia did not have to fight directly with the Americans, warships and warplanes versus warships and warplanes. They can fight an asymetrical war with the Americans, providing all the anti warships and anti warplanes hypersonic missiles to cripple the American military might and power projection. The Houthis could do it with lesser military resources, Venezuela and Latin American states are better equipped with Russian, Chinese and Iranian missiles that will keep the American warplanes and warships out of Latin and Central America. That would be good enough. 

The cost of the blockade at tens of millions daily will bankrupt the American terrorists, couple with the ceasing of trades and economic blockade that would lead to unrest in American homeland. 

The evil American Empire has isolated itself, has no friends. Even its allies and cronies are wanting to break free from American oppression.

Blockade the evil American Empire by doing nothing, not doing anything, just stay at home and watch TV with champagne and popcorns. Yes, Global South countries can help Venezuela and themselves by simply doing nothing...stop all trades with the evil American Empire.

The real winners and losers in blockade of Venezuelan oil

 

18 min of shocking truth about the works of the Washington clowns in trying to cut off oil from Venezuelan oil to China and the squeezing of European economies from cheap Russian oil. The end result, Europe buys expensive American oil at US$80, the world buys direct from OPEC sources at US$65. And the cake of everything, China buys Venezuelan oil at US$40. 

China is the biggest factory in the world. China does not need to do anything to reduce its production costs for everything, to sell goods cheaper to the whole world. How are the Europeans going to compete with China in price alone?  The American clowns are killing the European Mickey Mouse by squeezing their balls dry. Being friends of America is fatal.

In the meantime, China is stockpiling all the oil it needs at highly discounted prices from Venezuela, Russia and Iran, all sanctioned countries of the evil American Empire. They are now supplying China with all the oil China needs at discounted prices. 

Thank you, Washington clowns. You cannot do any better than this.

America delays chip tariffs hoping for more leverage?

 US delays China chip tariffs until 2027 amid trade truce

Officials said the timing would allow Washington to maintain leverage without derailing broader negotiations with Beijing.

WASHINGTON: The United States will impose new tariffs on Chinese semiconductor imports but has delayed the move until June 2027, the Trump administration said on Tuesday (Dec 23), signalling an effort to preserve a fragile trade truce with Beijing.

The Office of the US Trade Representative (USTR) said the tariffs would target Chinese “legacy” or older-technology chips, following a year-long investigation into what Washington called Beijing’s “unreasonable” push for dominance in the semiconductor industry. The tariff rate will be announced at least 30 days before taking effect.  CNA

The Americans continue with their incessant attacks on China in all fields, in trades and technology etc etc. Anyone thinking that this trade war will stop for any reason needs to get his head checked. This is America's war to bring down China so that the Americans can continue to sit on top of the pecking world order. It is about American control and dominance, about the American Empire.

Now, why would the Americans want a pause? Oh, a pause for more negotiations? My toes are laughing. The Americans would not hold back anything to destroy China. The real reasons, they cannot do away with the Chinese legacy chips and the Chinese supply chains. American industries, especially the automobile industries would run into an abrupt halt without the Chinese chips. They are fully dependent on China to keep the lights on in the factories. F35s have stopped production and delivery for shortage of rare earths.

It would be better for China just to cut off the supply chains and chips and see the American factory workers having to stand down, unable to continue with their production. Just because the Americans are delaying chip tariff does not mean that China will continue to supply them with what they want. A complete decoupling should be the goal. Yes, the American balls are being squeezed by China in their stupid and unthinking war with their main suppliers, or as they said, war against their bankers and creditors. Only the clowns in Washington cannot see the stupidity and futility of this war that they cannot win.

Go on and raise tariffs on Chinese chips, do not be afraid, do not be shy. Who are you bluffing?

PS. The American pirates have started to attack Chinese tankers. China must respond to such piracy directly or indirectly. China must hit back.

USA's AI and Data Centers cripple by lack of power supply

The USA's AI and Data Centers are already facing big issues with energy supply that the USA had neglected for decades. This is another case of putting the cart before the horse. It has been reported that the USA is even bringing back older power plants that were mothballed due to inefficiencies, on-line to provide the needed energy demands. That is how serious the desperation is. 
China, on the other hand had already provided 'over-capacity' in its energy infrastructure, with the building of more dams, nuclear power stations, renewables like wind and solar. The USA was laughing and making fun of the latter two energy infrastructure development. Trump claimed that wind-turbines were killing birds, while demonizing Chinese solar panels for National Security reasons. Who is laughing now? As the saying goes 'Who laughs last laughs best'.

Who is going to win the AI war? Of course, having the ability to print as much money as needed will win, right? Let us wait and see.


Anonymous

Sleeping with the enemies - Insanity

 All these White Barbarians and Savages still thought of Olden days Controlling and Dominating the World for their DAMN Decadence and Sinful Lifestyles of Sloths and Bums.

Jepun also thought of Conquering the Eastern Hemisphere and they are also Whites.

Still in nightmares that their own women folks are been raped and manipulated by their White Masters.

Anyway this is Karma for their Cruelties of their Past Actrocites against so many humans around China and Asia.

The World is insane where the Japs now leaned to the Americunts who bombed their Japs to dust

The Stupid NATO Nuts and Brutes, oops Brits against Russia who are their Allies to defeat the Germans and now they are with the Germans against Russia who died the most for their freedoms.

Sinkies in Sinkeland sided with the Japs and not China where their are own are being slaughtered by the Japs!

The Brits and the Americunts are just Passive Actors in the WWII and are the Shits stirrers and manipulators till now.

No eyes see.

Virgo49

When white men cannot bully coloured people, they go after their own white men

I love it when the Whites start fighting other Whites. USA versus Canada is a good show that I am now enjoying. I am on the side of Canada obviously, silly me.

Now Denmark is picking bones with the appointment of an envoy by the USA to Greenland. Greenland belongs to Denmark, but USA is trying to say it is a sovereign state, pushing Denmark's claim aside. Hope the Vikings still retain their fighting spirit to hit back. Which is another reason why countries want to have nukes. It makes a world of difference, seeing what North Korea is capable of and threats no longer matter to Kim Jong Un.

Now, North Korea is testing its own nuclear submarine. The USA and the West can make fun of it, but then the test-firing of its intercontinental missile shows it is not joking. Not everything not done by the USA or the West is a joke. Now jokes have gone too far with EVs for example, which Elon Musk made fun of a decade ago. Again, who laughs last laughs best. I like it when the plot comes together and the enemy is not looking closely.

Some countries around North Korea will be worrying, which is good for the USA. Why USA? It is an opportunity now for Japan and South Korea to also ask for nuclear submarines to counter China, the same mantra repeated over and over. Just hype up the threat and everything goes according to plan.


Anonymous

Ominous Signs of US Dollar Crash. When It Happens There Will Be Tremendous Runs On Banks Throughout U.S. and The World.

 The United States fake currency, the toxic Petro Dollar is the world greatest historical financial scam. For the last over 80 years all countries have been scammed and cheated off trillions of dollars in being forced to use the dollar as a standard reserve currency in which the US just print the endless trillions of dollars to pay for other countries genuine tangible assets, products and resources without US really having to produce anything for trade in exchange. 

As US started to weaponize the toxic petro dollar by conveniently robbing Russia off 300 Billion Dollars some years ago the world was shocked and trust in the US dollar as a world reserve currency was shattered completely and forever. So countries like BRICS and all other countries of the South have to safeguard their long term economic, financial and national survival interests by moving away from the toxic US dollar scam.

In addition to the toxic dollar scheme the United States further floated supporting fake financial agencies like the World Bank, the IMF and SWIFT to entrench the dirty dollar scamming scheme by controlling further the  trade, commerce, industries and currencies of all other countries on this globe.

Today the United States is totally bankrupt with a debt of over 40 Trillion Dollars and still growing and is in irreparable financial malaise. The fact that the United States has come to such low debacle and irrecoverable malaise with failing economy, poor industries, joblessness, homelessness and horrible decrepit infrastructures is not due to external factors but due to US evil objective of achieving world hegemony by overspending without limits on wars of conquest and with over 800 to a thousand bellicose and threatening military bases all over the world, on war industries and the toxic internet and cyber warfare as well as billions on toxic diabolical propaganda to bring down other countries and great powers like China, Russia, Iran and North Korea or DPRK.

The United States is now in dire straits and in its hopelessness it may like an injured dying wild beast   anyhow strike in all directions. In desperation the US may resort to starting more wars and in open conflict with Russia and China thinking this may help to solve US problems.

In the meantime as the US failed to get international financial loans through its fake Treasury Bills and toxic Bonds the US petro Dollar will lose its value totally and drop down and out like a hot potato. When this happens all banks not only in US but also in European countries and other countries of the South and in BRICS which still hold substantial billions of US Dollars will face bankruptcies. Consequentially all the banks will secure their own safety first by refusing to let depositors withdraw any money no matter how much money they have deposited with the banks and in whatever accounts like Savings Account, Fixed Deposits, Securities or Bonds.

So it is important for people especially the working class proletariats to be alert to the coming financial crisis and be prepared to have cash safely in hand by withdrawing a certain some of money from their banks before the crash and and run down on the banks. They should gradually withdraw some now before the real run on the banks happen. Do it now before it is too late for there are ominous signs of USA Dollar crash happening at anytime and any moment.

The Great Depressions of the United States in the 1920s and 1930s caused not only disastrous run down on US banks but also in banks in Europe and other countries on the globe causing great devastation to people's lives and living. The coming Great Depression that will result from the imminent crash of the US dollar will be many times worse than that of the 1920s and 1930s. So act now before it is too late. As a caveat do not keep money in American banks or  subscribe to American bonds or Treasury Bills or have any dealing with American insurance companies, for your money will definitely be robbed and gone forever.

Southernglory1

Saturday, 27th December, 2025

Trump faces stiff opposition to his mafia ways

 Mafia don Donald Trump continues his rampage around the world, bullying friends and allies and enemies to do his bidding or faces his wrath and tantrums. The Europeans are lost as to what to do with Trump who totally disregards and shows no respect to their views and interests in Ukraine and relations with Russia. Trump just wants his way with no exceptions or discussions with the European leaders. Everything was decided in the White House in Washington. The Europeans still did not know that they are just Mickey Mouse in the eyes of Trump, dispensable.

Canada is under tremendous pressure with trade relations hanging in the balance. Denmark is about to lose control over Greenland. Trump simply said, he must have Greenland. What can Denmark do? This is America's rule of law, Trump writes the rule and law, Denmark just have to obey. This American rule of lawlessness will apply to all American allies and cronies with no exception. And many know this but pretending not to know and even trumpet to the world about this lawless American rule of law... the free world of democracy, freedom and sovereignty.

The two biggest adversaries of Trump are Putin and Xi. Trump is treading very carefully to avoid going into direct conflict with them. The Americans would not fight a war with Russia or China directly. Putin is staring right into Trump's face and telling Trump what are his terms. Xi is a bit soft, playing his long game of trying to win without fighting. Trump is exploiting this weakness and pushing the envelop as far as he could, seizing Chinese tankers, boarding Chinese cargo ships, selling more weapons, though useless weapons, to Taiwan. Xi's response was just a whimper, silence. But up to a point, Trump knows his limit with Xi. Trump has conceded the Western Pacific to Xi without a fight, knowing that it would be futile. The Pacific Great Wall of China is up.

Trump's biggest headache came from Iran and Venezuela. Both leaders are not backing off. When the Americans seized Iranian tankers, Iran will seize American tankers in reply. Iran's control of the Strait of Hormuz and the need for American tankers to traverse the Strait is Trump's Achille's Heel. Iran can play rough and close the Strait. The American aircraft carriers and warships cannot transit the Strait of Bab el Mandeb without being sunk.

Maduro is standing firm, digging in with support from Russia and China and friends. Trump cannot hit Venezuela without losing a few F35s and bombers and warships, maybe the Gerald Ford. The cost is too prohibitive for Trump. Trump and the Americans cannot afford such heavy losses. Trump can continue to growl and snarl, but cannot behave recklessly to invade Venezuela. Not a piece of cake.

Can anyone imagine what Trump is feeling now with two leaders from his sanctioned countries, Iran and Venezuela, showing him their middle fingers. Iran has almost complete its acquisition of more fighter aircraft and air defence systems and missiles from China and Russia and ready to take on the Americans and the Israelis. In the past the Americans would have bombed Iran and Venezuela before Trump put down his phone. Now all Trump can do is hesitate, playing hardball by shouting and threats but unable to move.

To add to his fury, the slipper wearing Houthis are cutting off American warships and aircraft carriers from transiting the Red Sea. What a joke! American supreme military power got checkmate by slipper wearing militias and chooses to retreat to safety. Maybe the news of the sinking of an aircraft carrier or warship, or the downing of a F35 or a B2 or B52 would be so devastating that staying away is the best option for Trump. 

When countries have the wherewithal to hit back with deadly and accurate hypersonic missiles, the game is changed. It is game over for the American terrorists. What can Trump do or cannot do to small regional powers and leaders today is unthinkable.

Epstein Files - More than 9,000 photos, only a handful disclosed. It will take a long time to scrub 9,000 photos

 Of course, all the pictures released from the Epstein Files of Trump and Epstein should be interpreted as innocent and should not be instead interpreted as anything sinister, on the surface that is, as professed by Trump himself. Why then is there a need to do scrubbing of pages, passages and pictures that ought to be shown as well? If nothing is incriminating, nothing should be hidden.

Trump claims that any release of more incriminating pictures will tarnish the reputation of himself and other elites. What he is saying is that the elites must be allowed to get away with murder because they are elites, different from ordinary folks. The elites are above the law, or there is a different law existing for them and himself of course.

More scrubbed portions will be released as more demands are made for their release, but it is an exercise in futility when they have all the time to go through and do the scrubbing. Trump will make sure he has all his sycophants to do the work. Those that do not toe the line will be removed, like Jerome Powell. Another Fed chief appointed will make sure that interest rates will be cut, fast and furious, to suit Trump's agenda. Trump does not care about the effect on the USA economy.


Anonymous

PS. Countries or organisations that wanted these photographs would have bought copies of them.

American stranglehold on Argentina using the IMF's debt trap

 The USA has a stranglehold on Argentina using the IMF's debt trap. Argentina has been trapped since 1958, signing multi-agreements for loans from the IMF and sinking deeper into quicksand that it cannot extricate itself, so much so that Javier Milei even had to succumb to the 'dollarizing' of Argentina's economy to please the USA.

The USA now cannot allow Argentina to default and collapse under the load of debt to the IMF. Too much are at stake if Argentina collapses, with hedge funds and retirement funds all involved. That is why the USA Government has to bail Argentina out recently, with a US$20 billion loan by the Government and another US$20 billion clobbered together from other sources and guaranteed by the USA Government.

It was a bailout that Scott Bessent tried very hard to deflect when critics are arguing that the US$40 billion could be more handily used to fight homelessness, cost of living and improve lives in the USA itself.

Argentina had been in debt to the IMF since 1958 or almost seventy years, just unable to repay and needing further IMF loans over the decades. Argentina is a perfect example and a case study by many of how debt traps are set by the West to control countries that unwittingly fall into the trap. It is another version of 'Opium War' designed to invoke dependency just like what the Brits tried to do to make China weak and dependent.

With China and Russia knocking at the door of Argentina with more carrots dangling at the front yard, will Argentina take the bait that will decimate the agenda of the IMF and the USA.



Anonymous

Japan will collapse when its automobile industry becomes obsolete

What is even more telling is that Japan has been pushed into a corner by the inability of the country to lift itself out of the malaise over the last three decades after the property and stock market catastrophe. Much has been said about Japan rising from the ashes of WW2, when no other country was posing a competitive edge. That is totally different today, with China looming large and ominously proving to be a peer competitor. Coupled with the USA's engineered eclipse of the Japanese economic revival, Japan never again found its footing.

Now Japan is trying to use the old ideology of invasion and conquest. But it does not have the military capability nor economic power to do so. Unless it uses its sneaky stealth to do the job, backed by the USA. I think China is perfectly aware and has taken steps to make sure no more a repeat of the old history.

From an economic superpower, Japan is struggling to find its footing, competing with the likes of China and South Korea. It looks to be losing more and more, with even its motor vehicle sector unable to withstand the Chinese EV onslaught and on shaky ground.

Just like the previous two world wars, when Japan is pushed into a corner, it will resort to desperate measures and today looks to be the case. Everything is now in competition with China, but China has all the resources, the cheap energy supplied by Russia and the skilled workforce to come out on top.

Japan's motor vehicle industry betted on the wrong horse, or should I say forced to bet on the wrong horse with all the raw materials for EVs already cornered by China. The bet on hydrogen fuel cell vehicles never took off. It never took off without the Chinese market adopting it and that is the golden truth. China chose electric, Japan chose hydrogen. Toyota favored that, and the rest of the minor manufacturers have to follow according to sources. Therein lies the future and the outcome of Japan's motor vehicle industry.


Anonymous

China dumps 50% of its holding of American Treasuries. Run for your life if you are still holding American bonds

 China used to hold US$1.3 trillion in American Treasury bills. This is now down to US$680 billion. China has dumped almost 50% of what it used to hold as the top buyer of American bonds. China has dropped to third place behind Japan and UK. What does this mean when the top buyer of American bond is fleeing from this volatile and weaponised asset? It means China does not trust the safety and value of American dollar anymore and is liquidating as fast as it could. For the moment the pace of liquidation is still moderate but would gather momentum very soon when China's holding falls below 50%. By then the whole world and bond holders will get the signal. There will be panick selling for safety. Those who are too slow in getting rid of the bonds will be crushed. Run for your life before the big rush sets in.

The dollar is going to lose its value very fast. All the alternative banking systems to bypass the use of the dollar are in place. Nearly all the BRICS countries and Global South countries have signed up and set up alternative banking systems to trade outside the dollar. The usage and utility value of the dollar will shrink to a level unheard off before and will never recover. The clowns in Washington are doing all they can to crash the dollar, to sow distrust in the dollar, to keep printing the dollar to depreciate its value further. 

In the last two weeks, the dollar has depreciated more than 2% against the yuan. This is a dangerous sign and all the banks and funds will react to this to rebalance their dollar and yuan portfolio. When the herd instinct begins on its rampage, there is no where to run. The dollar will just crash. No one is seeing this, no one thinks this is possible. Not the clowns in Washington, still celebrating their last Christmas before the curtain comes down.

Merry Christmas for the last time to all holders of American bonds and dollars. The selling of American bonds by China will gather pace. Japan is also panicking. As the top holders of American bonds now, with more than a trillion, Japan cannot be caught holding the baby. Run, run, run.

Piracy is Trump's new beautiful word

  Tariff was a beautiful word that Trump discovered in the first week of his second term of Presidency. Now at the end of his first year in office, he has discovered a new word, Piracy. This is now his most beautiful word after tariff. Piracy is not a crime in Trump's world. In the world of a mafia chief, every crime is a sweet word. Killing or bombing picnickers in their speedboats is no crime. 

Stealing is also no crime especially stealing a big island like Greenland. Just say it is for the national security of America. America is under threats. Everyone is going to attack America. Chinese and Russian ships are calling on Greenland. This is a security threat. America must have Greenland for national security to be safe from China and Russia. 

What excuse will he used to want Canada for national security reason? Too many Indians in Canada? As for Mexico or Venezuela, it would be easy. Trump needs Mexico and Venezuela to stop drug trafficking, a national security threat. What else is new and delirious?

He was asked about the containers and the oil he stole in the Caribbean. Easy, he will just keep them, the oil and the oil tanker. This is not piracy, not stealing when done by the Americans. It is about national security. Anything floating in the Caribbean or the Gulf of America is free for the taking, or to be bombed and killed by Trump and his American pirates. Trump needs all the oil, lithium, copper, raw material, everything in Central and Latin America for national security and must have them. Get it?

How many silly pro American asses agree and support Trump's piracy and stealing of country, oil, tankers and whatever? They all agree. They are not saying anything, not complaining, not condemning, not screaming or shouting foul. Silence is consent. No unthinking and braindead pro American supporters will disagree with Trump, no matter how sick and perverse and immoral are Trump's behaviours.  Oops, oops, these are very responsible behaviours of Trump and America. I rest my case.

Piracy is a beautiful word. Genocide, war crimes, assassination are all beautiful words to the Americans. By the way, Trump's pirates just stole a third tanker belonging to Hong Kong, China. China is going to steal an American tanker soon to tell Trump China will follow American's good and responsible behaviour.

NATO needs to invade NATO countries to stay relevant

NATO Europe is a lost sheep trying to find its foothold. And NATO Europe had even been talking about forming NATO Asia, with Japan leading the way. NATO Europe pushing and threatening Russia to the West and NATO Asia threatening and pushing China and Russia from the East is such a smart move. What a wonderful idea to suit the USA's interest.

It would be interesting to see how the three stooges, the USA, NATO Europe and NATO Asia, not just running in circles, but in loop fashion, going back and forth and ending up in square one.

NATO Europe is a derelict of WW2, being kept alive by the USA hyping up the Russian threat that never existed. Russia's invasion of Ukraine had been the result of NATO trying to expand to Russia's border, a very wide border, giving the USA a foothold in Ukraine to site nukes to target Moscow. That has been the agenda of the USA prodding NATO to expand into Ukraine, the buffer zone that Russia needs against NATO vis a vis the USA. Now that narrative has been hijacked and twisted around, using the claim that Russia is expanding its border. Russia is not interested in taking control of Ukraine when it is sufficient for it just to serve as a buffer zone against other NATO Europe. Why would Russia want to carry the burden of ruling and taking care of Ukraine with its corrupted DNA? Is that really too difficult to accept?


Anonymous

America's white elephant AI infrastructure for the royalties

When China succeeds in making high-end chips, which will be a matter of time, USA's Rolls Royce chips will only be saleable to the Royalties in UK and Europe, LOL. How realistically big enough is the market to sustain those Rolls Royce manufacturers I wonder.

Let us watch the show unfolding, with USA Rolls Royce chip giants pouring hundreds of billions into building up aggressively its AI infrastructure and data centers, trying to stifle China. Wonder how white elephants come into being? Chinese AI developers took the 'on the cheap' route of just putting in a couple of millions to stand shoulder to shoulder with USA top AI giants. That was really an example of more bang for the buck.

The USA can forget about using the AI investment trap of luring China into competition to collapse China's technology infrastructure, thinking that what works against the Soviet Union in the military spending spree is going to work against China.


Anonymous

Can anyone believe anything from Trump and the Empire of Lies?

Never underestimate Trump. He pulled off six bankruptcies and is on the verge of pulling off another big one. Everything in the USA is crashing. Job creations are crashing as farms collapse, retail outlets close, food and beverage outlets fold and tourist stayed away. It cannot be any other way, no matter how Trump and his sycophants try to spin and flog a dying horse.

Tariff collections are crashing too as countries just ignored his extortion letter, even having the audacity to thank them hypocritically for what Trump is doing to them. This is adding insult to injury. How many countries realistically have gone to Washington to kiss his arsehole? Just a handful of sycophants and cronies hoping to get the crumbs and getting insulted.

Yesterday, it was reported that consumer spending was 'robust', yet today the report says unemployment rate has risen to 4.6%. Knowing that most USA citizens have been reported to not have just US$400 in their savings to meet emergency needs, how realistic is the report than they are still spending 'robustly'. I suspect all the figures reported and statistics trotted out are all massaged to give a rosy picture.

Trump is one kind of person who will remove any personnel in his administration that tells the truth about unemployment and jobs and putting another that can lie, cheat and steal. I just do not know what is going to happen with the one replacing Jerone Powell. As Richard Wolff said - 'I was scared earlier, but now I am terrified'


Anonymous

China Japan tension - China still talking, Japan still defying

 The tension caused by the mamasan is still festering. China has made a few careful steps to demand the Japanese to apologise but to no avail. The Japanese are still strutting around arrogantly, taking steps to strengthen their military and making offensive deployments of missiles against China, totally ignoring China, treating China like in the past, a weak and useless nation, ripe for another invasion and take over. And the latest, announcing to the world that Japan is going to acquire nuclear weapons.

And what was China's best shot at the Japanese? Please apologise, take back your words. That is all China can do or willing to accept to deescalate. The Japanese didn't even admit the Nanjing Massacre and the barbarity of Unit 731, let alone apologising. Why would they apologise on such a small matter, a few hurting words? And China is still hoping that the Japanese will apologise and waiting. Does China think scratching the back of the mamasan will be enough? The majority of the Japanese imperialists are behind the mamasan, and egging her to go on.

Maybe the Japanese should apologise and move on. This is the only thing that China is asking. Also apologise for the massacre and 731 and move on if an apology is what China wants, what China thinks is good enough.

Unfortunately, in the eyes of the Japanese, sorry to say this, the Chinese are nothing, to be polite. The Japanese despise the Chinese, look down on the Chinese since the defeat of China in 1894 and the invasion in WW2. And they got away unscathed. And have regained almost all their lost territories in the Ryukyu island chains and contesting with China for Diaoyu Island in China's doorstep. This is how arrogant the Japanese are and how dismissive they are to China. China is nothing to worry about. The Japanese are remilitarising, wanting to have nuclear bombs. When that happens, they will be able to threaten China again, re conquer China to take over China. This is how low the Japanese view the Chinese and China. The superior Japanese would not apologise to the inferior Chinese.

China can keep on begging for the Japanese to apologise. Maybe should go down on their knees to beg. Then maybe the Japanese will apologise, but not before making more demands on China, like surrendering Taiwan to Japan again.

PS. China's latest move, cancel 46 China airline routes to Japan permanently.

This is the pathetic state of affair of the China Japan relations. A giant begging a vicious for peace, to be nice to China. China still cannot see the big Japanese finger in its face, or pretending not to see.

Japan claims that its destiny is to conquer Asia which includes China, India and the South East Asia countries.

 For centuries Japan has been known to have wild objective of conquering Asia and the world just as the Europeans especially the Anglo-Saxons Britain did in the last few centuries. Japan politicians have always claimed that the South East Asia countries of Indonesia, Vietnam, Malaysia, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Myanmar, Philippines and Brunei are inferior countries and should be justly ruled by imperial Japan. But to achieve its aim of conquering Asia, Japan will collude with the United States. Just as before Japan says it will first bring China under Japan's rule and thereafter the job of conquering whole of Asia is no problem. After conquering Asia, the Japanese final objective is to conquer the whole world.

In view of Japanese diabolical objective of wanting to conquer  all of Asia and not just China alone, all countries in Asia especially the ten ASEAN countries must wake up to the new Japanese danger over the horizon. With the United States help Japan has built up its military and is intending to possess nuclear weapons. Asian countries must ensure Japan is not allowed to possess nuclear weapons. And should Japan shows clear signs of engineering the production of nuclear weapons, China, Russia and North Korea should not hesitate to nuclear bomb all Japanese cities and military bases and installations. 

Below is a relatively long article forwarded to me by a netizen. It warns of the grave danger  post by a remilitarize Japan.  Every Asian citizen especially the Chinese must read this message seriously and forward the same message to as many friends and relatives as possible wherever they may be.

Here is the article:

"The following online post , shared by former Singaporean Ambassador to Japan, Lai King Fook, in a WeChat Moments primarily frequented by alumni of Japanese universities, is quite shocking. Please treat the article seriously and pass it on as it is of paramount importance.

This is a translation of a post that garnered an astonishing number of views on a Japanese BBS. It's a declaration of national dreams by a current Japanese politician. After reading it, I was utterly shocked.

( Original text, word for word )

---------"Due to Japan's unique geographical location and scarcity of resources , the ultimate form of our country's development is determined to be : waging war !"

''I have always believed that the Yamato people are the most outstanding people in the world. A strong sense of crisis and realism are the spiritual sources that support the nation's continuous innovation and development; this is the unique fighting spirit of the diligent, thrifty and intelligent Yamato people."

The lurking crisis made us realize that navigating the resource limited, ruthlessly competitive modern jungle of the world, only by maintaining a vigorous fighting spirit and a suitable degree of wildness can a nation secure its fundamental survival. This is the law of survival on earth, and this is the reality faced by the diligent, thrifty and wise people of Japan Island. "

'The nation's fate will ultimately be to perish at sea, and the scarcity of resources will serve the nation's driving force for progress. Our only way out is military expansion, using the bravery, wisdom and spirit of the Yamato people to conquer Asia and the world. To wash away the shame of the failed holy war decades ago, to use the superiority of the Yamato people to overcome the inferiority of other nations, and thus propel the progress of the entire world."

This is what the Emperor bestowed upon the Japanese .---This is the mission of our people  -- a holy war waged to uphold the noble dignity of the Yamato race!

In the holy war we waged decades ago our attempt to conquer the world, we learned  two lessons: 

1. We should not provoke the United States before we have fully conquered Asia and consolidated our position. In the new century, the United States should be a good partner and helper in our conquest of Asia, although it will be our enemy in the holy war to conquer the world. 

2. When conquering a large country like China, one should not rush to devour it all at once, but rather eat it piece by piece, like sashimi.

China is different from Japan, it is a multi-ethnic country with many internal contradictions . We should exploit its internal divisions and differences to split the country, then eliminate it one by one. Xinjiang, Tibet, Qinghai, Ningxia, Manchuria etc, should all become independent and autonomous countries . The basis for splitting these regions is their unique ethnic characteristics.

This is the "Seven Pieces of China' theory circulating outside, which we specially call the "Plan to Split China." This is part of our conquest of Asia, the destruction of China, and our holy war.

In China, only the Han people in the east have the ability to hinder us. Therefore, if China is split into seven or more countries,, the power of the Han people will be greatly weakened. Japan's strategic maneuvering space will be significantly reduced, and the demise of China and the resurgence of the Japanese Empire will be imminent!

And once we conquer China, we will have laid the foundation for conquering Asia. Other countries will submit to us, emulating the subjugation of the Han Chinese. 

Only in this way will we have the resources to defeat the United States and dominate the world.

Of course the Westward expansion of the Han Chinese --- While this issue will present some obstacles, we should not abandon our efforts to split China! Because waging Holy War is our only way out. If Japan wants to conquer the world, it must first conquer Asia, it must first conquer China; and to conquer China, it must first split and weaken China.

Japan is a small island nation with very little military maneuvering space. Only by building a powerful imperial fleet can it achieve its goals. The future empire's need for Holy War. The strategic steps of the "Great Japanese Empire's Holy War Plan for national rejuvenation".

1. Destroy China and conquer Asia.

To destroy China, it is necessary to first divide and weaken it. Taiwan has already succeeded through our efforts. The next step should be to take absolute control of Taiwan. Even if we proceed in this way, we will only have completed the first step of the "Plan to divide China," including Xinjiang, Tibet and Manchuria. 

Relatively weak Japan's development has reached its limit with its current technology and standards.

Without launching a holy War soon, Japan's economy, lacking any resource support, will eventually collapse.

However, in its attempt to divide Western China, the Chinese government seems to have become aware of our plans and has formulated the Strategy for the Development of Western China."This strategy with its role in national assimilation , not only has economic objectives. This also has significant strategic objectives, which will inevitably thwart our separatist plans. However, things always have the opposite effect. As Han Chinese migrate to to western minority areas, it will inevitably increase contact assimilation, and conflict between Han Chinese and ethnic minorities. Absolute Han Chinese consolidation will not occur within 5-10 years. We can use this opportunity to create opportunities to incite conflict between Han Chinese and ethnic minorities. Conflicts and frictions may, however, evolve in a direction favorable to us.

Therefore the Plan to split Western China should be resolutely pursued.

Furthermore in our attempt in Manchuria, we have encountered resistance from South Korea. To this day South Korea still refuses to allow a single soldier of the Imperial Japanese Army to set foot on its soil. This will inevitably hinder our control over the Korean Peninsula and slow down our efforts to split Manchuria and Mongolia. 

The process of division.

Regarding South Korea's resistance, tension can be eased through diplomatic means, and if necessary pressure from the United States can be utilized. Regarding North Korea, military pressure from the United States and South Korea can be used.

China is a possibility. Since division is not a quick process, and time does not allow delays, we should at the opportune moment  utilize the powerful fleet of the Great Japanese Empire , taking advantage of a Taiwan Strait conflict or a Second Korean War to decisively defeat China. The destruction of a massive but not actually frightening fleet is a threat. The United States would support the destruction of a Chinese fleet, as would Taiwan and the surrounding countries in the South China Sea would be quite happy to do so.

If successful, this operation would allow us to firmly control Taiwan and turn it into our military base.

Having lost naval and air superiority, China's reaction to our suppression of North Korea would be more pronounced. They are powerless to act.

The image of the Chinese will be severely damaged, their spirit and will greatly weakened. They will once again be gripped by fear of the Imperial Japanese Army, the government's prestige will be greatly diminished and the foundation upon which China's stability rests will be shattered. This could provide an opportunity to incite separatist forces in various regions of China to launch independence movements, thus weakening China without a fight.

And we can then use Mongolia to rebuild the headquarters of the Kwantung Army of the Imperial Japanese Army in preparation for the annihilation of the remaining Han Chinese-ruled China.

Another issue is that there is no need to worry about an economically impoverished Russia intervening militarily as Russia would welcome a moderate weakening of China.

The Chechen War also demonstrated that Russia's weak military is incapable of sustaining a significant war. 

11:  Consolidating its position in Asia to Dominate the World.

After conquering China, Japan should rightfully become the leader of Asia. It should use the superior spirit of the Yamato people to intimidate the spirit of the inferior nations, eradicate their language, customs and extravagant lifestyles --- the inherent inferiority of these races --- eliminate their existence, destroy everything about them, and instead learn everything from us. On their land it should cultivate Chinese, Japanese, Taiwanese and Korean and Japanese in our own way so that the whole of Asia is not only unified into one nation, but also unifying into one nation --- the Yamato people.

Achieving this goal requires the combined strength , extraordinary wisdom and indomitable spirit of the Yamato people. We must thoroughly conquer the hearts and minds of every Asian, making them recognize and admire our spirit, respect our striving and ultimately submit to the Great Japanese Empire, ensuring their boundless loyalty.

Only in this way can we firmly grasp Asia and then conquer the entire world.

Conquering the world solely through the power of the Japanese Empire is far from sufficient. That's enough we also need some capable helpers and partners.

The United States is our best partner in dividing the world. We can use the United States to suppress Europe, assist the Germanic fascist party in regaining power and then use the Germans to conquer Europe.

Facts have proven that allowing the Italians to join in the last alliance signed for the Holy War was a mistake for Japan's Holy War. The descendants of the Roman Empire have lost the fighting spirit of their ancestors, becoming an ignorant and inferior race, just like the Han and Tang people whom our ancestors admired. They have now degenerated into inferior Han Chinese, unable to escape their fate of being ruled.

Finally, once we have firmly controlled Asia and Germany and the United States have controlled Europe, we will join forces to destroy the CIS from both sides. The entire process will take approximately 30 years." 

"If you are the descendant of the Chinese people, if you deeply love your country and nation and do not want to be colonized and invaded by the Japanese devils again, please widely share this after reading, so that as many patriotic people as possible can know.

 Have you heard of a snake swallowing an elephant?"

Southernglory1

Thursday, 25th December, 2025

Trump's Art of the Steal, oops, Deal

 Emperor Trump is the most valued President of the USA. Like football, he scored goals, plenty of goals. No American president has ever brought in so much money for America. Armed with his famous Art of the Steal, oops, oops, Deal, he can simply strut into any capital of American allied countries or crony countries and ask, demand or coerce to be paid in the billions and trillions. This is the easiest way of collecting revenue for a country. This is not much different from the mafia Godfathers collecting protection money.

And who are his willing victims? American allies and cronies of course. Top on the list are the rich Arab countries. Next on the list are Japan, South Korea and Taiwan. No European country is in the list of willing payers so far. Maybe they have contributed enough for the Ukraine War. Or maybe they are already broke. Britain has been told to buy up more Treasury bills as an option when no one else is buying.

But America is still broke, dead broke. The national debt is now US$38 trillion and adding more than US$2 trillion annually. The interest payment is more than US$1 trillion a year. How many countries have a GDP of US$1 trillion? For comparison, Singapore's GDP is about US$600 billion. Brazil's is US$2 trillion. US$1 trillion to many countries is oh la la!

The Americans are still looking for more suckers to milk. The next likely targets will be the crony countries, especially those that are considered rich and have money to pay. And those that owed their security and prosperity to the American Empire. Trump is sending out his ambassadors demand for payments.

Collecting protection money is very much easier than printing COEs. The amount asked by mafia chief Trump is no small chain. Arab countries paid in the trillions. Japan paid US$550 billion, South Korea US$350 billion. Silly country like Taiwan paid a few hundred billions, supposedly for buying American military junks that would not be delivered. And the silly Taiwan govt is going to pay more, trying to pass a bill in their parliament to pay another tens of billions to buy military toys to fight China.

The lucky countries would be those Mickey Mouse like the Philippines that really have no money to pay up. Trump only needs to open his mouth, and money in the billions and trillions will flow into the USA. He is a real magician, a very intelligent man. The most intelligent American president in the history of America. He made more money than Nvidia, Microsoft, Warren Buffett, Bill Gates, Jensen Huang etc etc. Now you know who is the smartest man in America. Making mountains of money without sweating his small stuff. No need to be a top engineer or scientist or Wall Street punter. No need to have a string of degrees and PhDs. A D grade first degree is good enough.

PS. Merry Christmas to all believers.

Clown Trump demands countries in BRICS not to do trade outside the US$

The headline reads - Trump demands that countries in BRICS not to do trade outside the US$. The word 'demand' evokes contempt over his mafia-like behavior. BRICS was set up specifically to assist countries to de-dollarize by using other currencies and there is nothing Trump can do about it.

Why is the Trump now worried about countries using other currencies to trade among themselves? Wasn't Western media and analysts galore brushing aside BRICS as irrelevant and just an irritant against the mighty US$?

China and Russia do not do unnecessary things just for fun, like setting up alliances for irrelevant purposes. They do things after serious thought and planning, not making decisions after waking up from a nightmare or from the wrong side of bed. The irony is that some countries after making mistakes on the spur of the moment, still refused to accept their failings and still move further ahead suffering more consequences instead of correcting them.

Anyway, just let this continue and China should just continue to adopt the maxim 'never try to correct the mistakes of your enemy'.


Anonymous

American chip strategy - to sell Rolls Royce chips, not to the mass market

While the USA and its cronies are hyping up the high-end chips and pouring resources into it, China is content to continue to make and extract the most benefit out of legacy and mid-range chips. The USA can continue to hype up and pour in subsidies setting up AI and data centers to blow up the high-end chip development balloon, but the returns are not as lucrative as concentrating on making low and mid-range chips to cater to general demand.

What the world does not realize is that everything we have in our homes and outside the home just needs and are powered by legacy chips - TVs, refrigerators, washing machine, lifts, vehicles, EVs, drones, airplanes, trains and everything you can think of that needs a circuit board. Which is why China has shown its hidden power behind the Nexperia fiasco, just one sector that can cripple the whole global vehicle manufacturing eco-system.

High end chips are only needed for smartphones, computers and the military, while legacy chips are what is needed to sustain lifestyles of every human on earth.


Anonymous

Trump and NATO Europe are running in circles to keep the war in Ukraine going

Trump and NATO Europe are running in circles to keep the war in Ukraine going. In actual fact it is going back to square one, over and over and time and again to keep the war current. Those wannabe clowns or should I call them corrupt politicians in Congress in Washington and EU leaders in Brussels are being conned by the other chief clown in Ukraine, who was once a 'comedian and actor' before becoming Ukraine's President. Having said that, it all amounted to a win-win arrangement for their pockets, not at all a con job if you look at the circle of events. These are facts, not misinformation.

Zelenskyy's acting experience deserves an Oscar for the way he twisted the other clowns around his finger. But I believe it is all a front to milk Ukraine's supporters dry, benefitting those in Congress and other top Government leaders in Europe with 'kickbacks' for them from the aid given. All the 'crooks' in Zelenskyy's regime had been removed, after becoming millionaires from siphoning all the aid given. Their removal is all pulling wool over eyes in order not to tarnish Zelenskyy's reputation further, which will make it difficult for him to keep conning the other clowns. But not removing the chief crook makes little sense, just like in Washington.

Now, Zelenskyy is telling Washington - to exert more pressure and give him more aid to bring down Russia, knowing that NATO Europe is at the end of its financial tether and looking desperately to use the seized Russian assets to fund Zelenskyy's war. NATO should just give all those Russian assets to Zelenskyy to keep him away from pestering for more and more for him to win the war, LOL. But that is a fantasy, knowing greed has no bounds.

Russia is not going to lose this war. India is now moving closer to Russia, which really change the global geopolitical situation that is making Trump uneasy. India has every reason to rely on cheap Russian energy, which no one else can provide, on top of which it can make money reselling them to Europe. The falling Indian rupee is making life more difficult for India if it were to ditch cheap Russian energy for others.


Anonymous

America draining away US$4 trillion annually for nothing ... the collapse is inevitable

 The US$38 trillion national debt is mind blowing and growing rapidly. The Americans said no problem. The western media also would not talk about it, no problem. Only China has millions of problems like a trade surplus of US$1 trillion. With this kind of money, China is going to explode and collapse very soon, the Chinese economy is shrinking and all the fake pro American 'anal lysts' are offering their snake oil solutions on how to save the Chinese economy. Would they spare a moment to teach the Washington clowns on how to resolve this US$38 trillion debt? No idea?

America is already bankrupt and still wanting to spend more on wars, destabilising other countries, bringing down China and Russia, and demanding China to buy more Treasuries, ie lending America more money to bring down China! No one can see that this is not making any sense, pure nonsense. But the clowns think, if they are able to think, this is the way to go.

The wars against the world, paying for a huge armed forces, CIA covert operations, propaganda machine etc are costing the American US$1 trillion annually. Added to this financial burden, the Americans still have to pay US$1 trillion on interests to its debt. These make a big hole in the American pocket, draining two US$ trillion just like that when the money can be put for better uses to improve the lives of the Americans.

And the annual trade deficit of America is another US$2 trillion, meaning an outflow of US$4 trillion annually for nothing, not producing anything or getting anything in return to improve the American economy and the lives of Americans.

And the Washington clowns are very happy with this situation. So are the western 'anal lysts'. America has no problem at all, doing very fine. For comparison, Brazil's GDP is only US$2 trillion. And the fake fourth largest GDP of India is US$4 trillion. America just allowed US$4 trillion to slip away annually and not doing anything to stop this flow. Still very happy printing money, making weapons for wars, supplying weapons for wars in Ukraine and the Middle East.

How long can this last? How long can the Americans continue with the pretense that all is well? The collapse of the dollar and the American economy is imminent and can happen any moment. The rest of the world, especially the Global South need not worry. Alternative banking systems, currencies, are all ready when the dollar collapses under its own weight from more printing. BRICS have already rolled out all systems in anticipation of this, BRICS digital currencies, BRICS payment system, Chinese and Russian banking systems for trading using national currencies. 

The Global South has never been so lucky, so well prepared for the collapse of the dollar and the American SWIFT banking system. The Global South will go on trading as per normal, outside the American system, without having to use the dollar.

Rebellion in Central and Latin America

 For centuries, the American Imperialists have been treating the Central and Latin Americans as their possessions, their assets, beasts of burdens, to supply and support the interests of the Americans, their colonial masters. Practically every one of these states have been invaded, their leaders arrested, jailed or assassinated. The Americans intervened with their political affairs, everything in these states, decide who should be their leaders, who they can be friends and trade with, who should be killed with many massacres all over these countries. These countries are only permitted to buy downgraded or obsolete weapons and technologies from the Americans. No foreign country can sell them any military weapons. The biggest victim was Argentina during the Falkland war. The Americans passed all the military sensitive information to help the Brits to defeat the Argentine forces. Milei is still an admirer of the Americans that sold out Argentina.

In short, the Americans control, decide and dictate the lives of the Central and Latin American states. No democracy, no freedom of choice, no independence, no human rights. They are treated like subhumans, people of a neglected civilisation, detached from the developments of the world, holed up in a corner of the world by the Americans.

Things are changing rapidly in the political and economic developments of Central and Latin America, not because the Americans allowed them to happen. The Americans were too busy with their wars all over the world and forgot about their backyards. China and Russia and other Global South countries slowly moved in to engage in trade and economic cooperation. China's BRI is warmly received despite objections from the Americans who did not see how this could help to uplift the economies of these states. China offered many infrastructure development projects, including nuclear stations and Huawei's 5G, to prepare these countries to participate and trade with the rest of the world. Many Chinese companies expanded in Central and Latin America, setting up factories and joint ventures. The level of economic activities reached a scale that had not been seen or expected for centuries. The Americans would want to keep these countries laid back, underdeveloped, to be milked by the Americans at their own time only for raw material and natural resources.

The more impactful developments came from Russia, selling them all the advanced weapons they need to defend their territorial integrity and sovereignty, to protect their independence. The clowns in Washington were half asleep when these were going on. They have kept these countries very weak militarily by not selling the real weapons they need to defend their independence. From Mexico, Nicaragua, Cuba, Bolivia, Brazil all the way to Argentina, Russian and Chinese missile systems, fighter planes and warships are now part of their military arsenal, no more ageing or obsolete and downgraded American hardware that can be rendered useless when America cuts off the supply of parts and components or even switch them off.

All these developments happened quietly, without any announcement or fanfare, thus avoiding alarming the clowns in Washington that were distracted with their preoccupation of wars in Europe, the Middle East and other parts of the world. There is a silent revolution in Central and Latin America against the evil American Empire. It is fortunate that all these could happen without being stopped by the American terrorists. The stage has been set, with a new balance of power in the region. 

The inability of the American terrorists to invade Venezuela is very telling. They used to simply walk in, arrest the leaders and replaced them with American stooges. The Americans can no longer walk into Venezuela or any Central and Latin American states freely, as if they are their playgrounds. These countries are now armed with new and modern weapons to hit back at the American terrorists. The Americans are thinking very hard on how to invade Venezuela as the Russians, the Chinese and Iranians, and other friendly countries are already in Venezuela, and other Central and Latin American countries.

Trump just woke up to the idea of the Monroe Doctrine, a disrespectful and insulting piece of archaic idea of American Imperialism to want to rule over Central and Latin American states like before. This doctrine is very dismissive and totally ignore the rights, freedom and independence of the Central and Latin American states. Trump did not have to consult them or ask them if they like it, to be subordinated to American rules and domination. It is a unilateral concept conceived in Washington with no regards or respect to the people of the region as if they are non existence, and the American terrorists can do whatever they want with them, like colonies of the evil American Empire. 

Any silly leaders of the Global South still shouting that the American terrorists are the protectors of democracy, freedom, independence and human rights of the people of the world? The American terrorists have deprived these rights to the Central and Latin American countries for two centuries and still want to impose it on them. 

Venezuela is the first battlefield to retake Central and Latin America. Once Venezuela falls, the rest will follow suit. Russia, China, Iran and all the friends of Central and Latin America must have the political and military will to defend Venezuela's independence and the independence of all Central and Latin American states. Caveat, the Central and Latin American states must want to fight to be free from the evil American Empire. If they give in, did not want to fight, then there is no reason for Russia, China and friends to do the fighting.

Let's wish the rebellion in Central and Latin America be successful and get rid of all the American oppression, control and CIA presence in the region. The Central and Latin Americans deserve to be free from oppression and control by the American terrorists.

In a way Trump and his clowns have acknowledged that they have lost Europe, Asia, SE Asia, the Middle East and Africa. The American Empire is declining and in retreat. Trump is now hoping to revive and sustain the Empire in the Americas, to take full control of North and South America continents as spelt out in the latest National Security Strategy. He is dreaming of a Neo Monroe Doctrine to be the Emperor of the Americas. Greenland, Canada, Mexico, the Caribbeans are also not safe. Trump idiotically just claimed that Greenland is important to America's security and wanted to take it over from Denmark. Under the same reasoning, Trump can take over any country in Central and Latin America, and countries around the world, including Singapore or any Asean state.

The evil American Empire is all about control and domination of the world. Period.

American GIs turning to piracy

Yes, it is now back to basics of piracy on the high seas. But others can also play the same game today without needing aircraft carriers. So that should tell the pot not to call the kettle black.

The pirates operating around the coast of Africa, Red Sea, Straits of Malacca and Indian Ocean must be happy to hear that piracy is now a legalized mainstream occupation coming back into fashion, not one demonized before. Maybe the UN should legitimize piracy as a legal activity, LOL. But who needs to UN to show the way when the way is already shown.

The USA must be given all the credit for bringing back piracy to provide jobs for many of its citizens, when other jobs are hard to come by. When manufacturing jobs are not returning to the USA en masse, perhaps piracy should be counted in its employment statistics. Tens of thousands of USA naval personnel are now engaged in piracy, so what is the problem. Trump is just bringing back all the old jobs that the USA lost.

The movie 'Pirates of the Caribbean' must have been a dry run for the USA. That has now been put into practice. The USA's innovative spirit has been put into good use. It ought to be patented and outsourced to anyone wanting to go into piracy, LOL. Just pay a 25% levy to use the formula.


Anonymous

Japan going nuclear. America behind this?

Venezuela owing a 'mountain of debt' to China can easily be repaid from its 'sea of oil', so why is the USA worrying about someone else's problem instead of trying to solve its own.

The USA, on the other hand, is owing a mountain of debt to others that it cannot honestly even repay. Now borrowing more is becoming a big problem with Japan pulling the plug.

Japan is raising interest rates and no more providing dirt cheap loans for buying USA treasuries and investing in the USA for better returns. That is going to end the good old days of borrowing cheaply in Japan and using the loans to invest in the USA to reap all the benefits.

Now Japan is talking about going nuclear, with many already suspecting that Japan may already be a nuclear state. I believe the USA itself has its reservations about allowing Japan to become a nuclear state. Japan was a rogue state before, so it is a dangerous rogue state if given access to nukes, capable of using them sneakily and unprovoked. Does Pearl Harbor ring a bell?

Allowing Japan to have nukes must be seen in the context of what the USA and the rest of the world are saying about Iran wanting to go nuclear. There cannot be a different interpretation of the same rules by the IAEA. Anyway, the IAEA is just a stooge, controlled by the USA and the West. So, let us wait and see.


Anonymous

Epstein Files - Trump has censored and erased whatever he needs to cleanse himself and his friends

 As I commented earlier, the Epstein Files have been scrubbed and sanitized and now released in its sanitized version. Pages and passages have been blacked out, images as well, and what is left is just what had already been fed by and speculated on by social media. All the clown show going on has been to save the reputation of Trump and other elites, nothing else.

To add to the ridiculous rigmarole of the whole affair, Bill Clinton has now been moved into central position for stone casting, the central figure in all the demonization, pushing public attention away from Trump. We already knew Prince Andrew was the prime scapegoat before and using him now has lost its effect. Now Bill Clinton is the target and the other elite perpetrators, including Trump are escaping scrutiny and attention for now.

That, by the way is how USA media works. It never varies and it is the norm.

Anonymous

Freedom of navigation in the Red Sea

 The cowardly American socalled Special Forces, Seal or Marines are only good at attacking herdsmen or unarmed civilians, attacking civilian tankers that are not protected by armed soldiers. And they hit their unarmed or poorly armed victims with heavy weapons, bombs and missiles. Such bravery, and received bravery medals. This is the real American soldiers, not those from Hollywood movies.

Every day the American media will report about their freedom of navigation flights or trips in the South China Sea or the Taiwan Strait, knowing that China will not hit back in peace time. China has never stop any ship or aircraft in the South China Sea.

The region that really needs the Americans to police for freedom of navigation is the Red Sea and the Bab el Mandeb Strait. The Houthis are in control of the waters in the region. No freedom of navigation without the approval of the slipper wearing Houthis with their deadly missiles against ships and aircraft. No American warship or warship of their Mickey Mouse allies dare to sail through the Bab el Mandeb Strait. No aircraft dares to as well. The Americans only dare to send in their unmanned drones to overfly the area. But even their best MQ9 drones had been hit and brought down 9 times with each costing the Americans US$30 million. And their threatening aircraft carriers chose to stay thousands of miles from the Houthis for safety. This is how brave the American forces are. Only good to bully unarmed or poorly armed enemies.

In the Caribbeans, they need 15,000 soldiers, aircraft carriers and warships to fight imaginary drug traffickers in their speed boats unarmed. And their Special Forces were so brave, bombed 28 speedboats that could not hit back, and killed 104 civilians in the name of fighting narco traffickers. Their bravest and most daring mission, to land on commercial tankers with no soldiers on board. Wow, so brave, so daring. 

Actually the American terrorists are the ones that stopped freedom of navigation in the Caribbean with their fleet of warships and warplanes. What a great job to protect freedom of navigation by the American terrorists.

War when Japan acquires WMD ... 大傻还在等什么？

 The American terrorists accused Iraq of having WMD, invaded and destroyed the country, killed Saddam Hussein and a million Iraqis and millions wounded and becoming refugees. This is how serious when a rogue state acquired WMD.

Japan is not just a rogue state. Japan is a defeated barbaric and cruel militant Empire that invaded every country in Asia and Southeast Asia, massacring millions in its military campaign in WW2. China alone lost 35 million people. The Japanese committed abominable atrocities in every country it invaded. It took two atomic bombs from the Americans to tame this beast. And the Americans and allies rightly imposed a Pacifist Constitution on Japan, forbidding it from having an armed force that could repeat its invasion of Asia, forbidding it from having, or acquiring nuclear weapons.

This did not deter the slimy and cunning Japanese from building a military force that is second only to China in Asia, big enough, with modern offensive weapons to conduct another invasion of Asia, with tacit approval from the evil American Empire. Japan is now openly declaring that it is going to develop nuclear weapons on its own. It has secretly harvested and kept thousands of tons of enriched uranium that it boasted could be turned into nuclear weapons in 100 days. It has restarted the biggest nuclear power station to harvest more enriched uranium.

This confession and ambition of the barbaric Japanese cannot be taken lightly. China, Russia, the Koreas and every Asian and SE Asian countries must submit a resolution in the UN to prevent Japan from acquiring nuclear weapons or WMD. They must request the UN to send an inspection team from IAEA to Japan to conduct investigation on Japan's secretive nuclear and WMD programme like they did in Iraq and Iran. Japan is a far more dangerous animal that Iraq or Iran, having invaded every country in Asia and SE Asia and with expressed intention to remilitarise and to possess nuclear weapons. Japan is many times more dangerous and evil than the Israelis. The Israelis have held the Arab states in ransom, threatening to nuke them, even to nuke China. Woe behold when this evil nation called Japan possesses nuclear weapons or WMD. 

The inspection by IAEA must start immediately. This barbaric country must be stopped from acquiring nuclear weapons and WMD. Japan is a very dangerous and cruel country. Japan must not be allowed to have these destructive weapons and must be stopped before this happened. Japan must not be allowed to use nuclear weapons or WMD to threaten and bully any country. It must be war if Japan insists on moving along in this destructive and dangerous road. Stop the cruel and barbaric Japanese. War with Japan if necessary to prevent this evil nation from its military and Imperial ambition against Asia and SE Asia.

China, Russia and the Koreas cannot fall victim to the cruel and barbaric Japanese again. Take immediate action to defang this vicious and aggressive dog for the good of humankind. What is China waiting for, still talking cock, no action. Waiting for the mamasan to shit on their heads then realise it is shit will be too late. Japan is working on its nuclear programme for many years and may already have nuclear weapons hiding somewhere. This is why the Japanese are so arrogant and confident to want to attack China and have no fear of Russia and North Korea. 

 大傻还在等什么？

What's nonsense Singaporeans must work overseas to be better workers?

 What's nonsense Singaporeans must work overseas to be better workers?

Own country main Government objectives are to create jobs and are first for their own citizens.

Don't be conned by these rhetoric as spouted by these scums who wanted you out so that they could have less competitions for their own careers.

Let me relate my own experiences.

Unless you are a high powered Management Staff with all sorts of bonuses and benefits to be posted overseas with your family in tow and they also enjoy all their benefits of sponsored overseas education and other perks then its alright you are posted overseas.

The worse is that when you are just a mid-management employee and you are in your thirties with small below teen children.

Posted alone overseas and sometimes even unable to return frequently due to work commitments.

Leaving all your kids to just your spouse alone.

Children needed a Father's Figure to balance their growth at this crucial time.

You be shocked that sometimes the mum could not really substitute a Dad's handling and understanding of especially a son's problems and insecurity.

They could turn out rebellious and later be real problems in the future.

So don't be stupid to believe all these well versed mantras of better and talented workers after a stint working overseas.

Also no guarantee that you be promoted after your postings as some balls carriers in your cohort may curry more favours with your bosses and you are being sidelined.

That's the reality.

Virgo49