Japan should charge the Americans for military bases in Japan

 Idiot Trump foolishly told Japan and the world that the American occupation forces and military bases in their countries are there to protect them, thinking that the world leaders are as stupid as him. Every American colony and crony state knows that the American soldiers and bases in their countries are there to protect the American Empire and to control these countries, to conduct regime change, to threaten these countries in case they want to be free from the American control. 

Japan and South Korea, Germany, are clear cases of American colonies. The American military bases would be in their countries forever to control and colonise them. In the Middle East, the same is true. Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Iraq, Syria etc etc, all have American military bases and soldiers to control them, to conduct regime change if the leaders want to break free from the evil American Empire The Arab leaders are not stupid. They are trying to break free from the American choking grip. Japan and South Korea too, having been colonised and ruled by the Americans since WW2.

With idiot Trump in charge and his delusion of protecting these countries, maintaining world peace, and demanding every country to pay for this protection ie from being invaded and attacked by the American terrorists, this is the time to say NO to the American gangsters and terrorists.

Japan, the biggest victim, with hundreds of American bases, should simply tell Trump, please pay for the use of Japanese land, and American soldiers must abide by Japanese laws as they are in Japan. The military bases are in Japan, and American soldiers must come under Japanese laws, not American laws. It would be interesting to see how idiot Trump reacts to this Japanese demand. 

Very likely Trump would say the American bases would not move out of Japan and still insisting Japan to pay for them, for their own protection from being attacked by the American terrorists. There is still a possibility that idiot Trump would say if the Japanese refused to pay rent, he would withdraw all American soldiers and bases from Japan. This would be most welcomed by the Japanese, to be free from American control and colonisation, to be a truly independent nation for once.

Japan, this is your chance to end the humiliation. There cannot be another idiot in Washington to present such a golden opportunity to free Japan from the American Empire. This is a rare silver lining for the Japanese to redeem their pride instead of suffering as a colonised people under the American Empire in the 21st Century!

What the world would be like without China standing in the way of the rogue American terrorists?

 Some quarters in Asean, especially the pro American Asean states and English educated opinion influencers, especially those with ethnic Chinese roots, are still propagating the view that they trusted the Americans more than China. They still believe that American is for peace, to protect peace, and China's effort for peace is not genuine...and Americans' war in Europe, the Middle East and Africa are for peace, or fiction, did not happen.

This kind of silly colonial views in favour of the white men, their former colonial masters, cannot be easily erased after centuries of western programming of their minds with English literatures they read in schools, in the media and their occupation that were facilitated by their ability to speak and write in English to an English speaking world. They benefitted from being in an English speaking environment and an English speaking audience and an English speaking echoing chamber that bounced around their Pinkerton tinted lenses and mindsets.

For the last few hundred years, the history of the world, the massacres, genocides, invasions, wars and occupation of foreign lands, crimes against humanity, were all conducted and committed by the white men. They invaded and conquered the whole world, and China was one of their victims, broken up, impoverished and bankrupted and oppressed. This did not change their thinking about the West as the invaders and oppressors of the world, of the coloured people, as their minds and thinkings were also colonised by the western literature that painted colonialism and imperialism as a glorious conquest for the white men. No crimes, no violation of national sovereignty, no violation of human rights, no wrong.

Today, the recent history is also full of invasions and wars committed by the white men against the coloured people and their former colonies. The wars in Europe, in the Middle East, in Africa and Latin America, and the impending wars that the white men are agitating and wanting to start in Asia, are all facts and evidence of the aggressive and savage nature of the white men. 

China was not involved in any wars and aggression against any country. The territorial claims in the South China Sea were started and supported by the Americans to claim territories long claimed by China under the finder's keepers principle. China has all the historical rights to these uninhabited islands and reefs that they reclaimed from the sea. The countries challenging China's claims did not exist till after WW2. Their claims were supported by the western fake and mischievous narratives and based on a new Law of the Sea that they tried to apply retrospectively against China. By agitating and inciting these claims against China, the West was able to divert the attention and memories from their illegal occupation of native lands like USA and Canada, Australia, New Zealand and many lands and islands in the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans

And the English educated Anglophiles simply and conveniently accepted the American and western narratives as the version of truth and repeatedly echo this position to demonise China in support of the fake and mischievous western narratives.

How the Americans and the West deviously divided the Middle East for centuries, sowing discord and unending wars among these states were totally ignored by the English educated Anglosphiles. China stepped in to patch up the centuries of rivalry between Saudi Arabia and Iran, curtailing the white men's divide and rule was simply brushed aside by these silly English educated Anglophiles as unimportant and to serve China's interest. The great contribution by China in maintaining peace among the Arab and Muslim states vis a vis the continuous provocations, intrigues by the West to keep the Arab and Muslim countries fighting endlessly could not be noticed or appreciated by the unthinking English educated Anglophiles.

To this unthinking, but thinking that they are thinking, English educated Anglophiles, the white men are the white gods and it is their rights and privilege to conduct wars, commit war crimes, genocides with impunity. China on the other hand did not commit any of such hideous crimes but still be seen as the bad guy. This state of mind is so pathetic, when the so called literate and thinking elites are unable to think clearly and continue to live with their colonised mindset and spreading lies and white men's mischievous narratives against the Asian and coloured people.

The holocaust and genocide in Gaza still cannot change their dull and thick heads as to who is the real devil. China is still their Satan without engaging in wars and war crimes against humanity. The murderers and butchers are still their gods and angels, the good guys. It is so despicable. Even some Muslims also believe the Americans and the white men are the good guys, ignoring and refusing to see what is happening in Gaza. The Palestinians are still dying in the hands of their white gods, the Americans, the Brits, the French and the Israelis, and they are still pointing the fingers at China who is not a party to the war crimes and crimes against the Arabs and Muslims. They still trust the Americans more than the Chinese, according to a suspicious and mischievous survey.

Can the silly English educated coloured people imagine what the world would be like without China standing in the way of the rogue American terrorists? Trump would make sure they crawled to Washington to kiss his ass. Perhaps they really want to do that, to kiss Trump's ass as a great privilege. None has expressed disdain or felt insulted by this rude boast of Trump.

Rogue state USA is the most dangerous threat to the world. Iran needs nukes to protect itself

 The USA wanted to coax France to use nukes on North Vietnam before the fall of the French at Dien Bien Phu during the Indo-China war against Ho Chi Minh.

The USA also wanted to use nukes against the North Koreans during the Korean War but did not to do so after considering the retaliation from the Russians and Chinese on North Korea's side.

The USA, in fact, had been revealed to be talking about using nukes against China on many occasions. Remember also that Trump wanted to nuke North Korea back to the stone age during his first term.

The USA is the only country that is the most dangerous threat to world peace. It tried to spin it around to demonize North Korea as a danger to world peace for possessing nukes. This is the same narrative that the USA and Israel are trying to spin against Iran.

Anonymous

Capitalism and new economy have no place for hillbillies

 Even trying to go from first world to third is not easy for the USA. First and foremost, USA workers will have nothing of it. They have lost the ability to do an honest day's work on low factory wages. And the Unions representing the workers are not going to lie down on low wages and will demand high wages and shorter working hours. That puts competitiveness beyond reach.

I think it is no use talking further about manufacturing and jobs returning to the USA. It is just flogging a dead horse, when everything is already lost to China - resources, supply chains, markets and work attitudes. The USA should just go back to money printing to exchange for the products from China. Having said that, the USA by weaponizing the US$ hegemony, tentatively also destroyed that privilege, and even this privilege is already being decimated by the progress of de-dollarization moves by BRICS. The USA has no more cards to play and just trying to play dirty. Now experimenting with tariffs and hoping to turn the tables.

Now Trump is trying to force FED chief, Jerone Powell to discard economic considerations and cut interest rates in a move that runs contradictory to reality. Trump is talking about removing Powell now for not lowering interest rates to cater to his agenda. Even if Trump cannot remove Powell legally, he will find crooked ways to do it for sure.

Trump is now a de-facto dictator that has thrown the USA constitution into the dust bin. It is up to USA citizens to save the country. A revolution is the only way out for them. Otherwise, they will lose everything - all the freedoms and may even lose the freedom to vote under a dictatorship in the making. This should not be a time for USA citizens to procrastinate and descend into a situation of waking up to a nightmare and trying to cope with it when it is too little too late.

Anonymous

Virgo49's morning bread

 Took the Americunts least three years to build a factory.

Took at least one year to train the workers and also their high demanded wages can only employ a few.

Unless come to Sinkesland for the Skills Ungrade and Upscales and have 5K subsidies going to 7k or more and also shiok shiok 6 months of 3K allownces or more for this upgrading and upscaling to no where.

Got jobs meh? Only learnt how to bring in Swift Taylor and Lady Gaga ah Kek Tah! And MICE real Mice

Anyway don't care just register and get all these first lah!

My Son of Gan now on the Ball getting Committee to start balls rolling!

Back to the Americunts, got all the necessary production materials or NOT?

How your logistics and supply chains functions ah?

Now your own for too long had lost their abilities to work alreday!

All living on Credits Good Decadence Lifes on the strength of tour non stop printing of bananas currency.

This just the trivial hiccups in bringing the manufacturing industries back.

Can start with the Usual China's First Sweats shops of basic Toys. Textiles and just welding or soldering the electronic parts.

No eyes see!

Virgo49

GE2025 - More of the same or new strategies?

 So far, from all the news and reports generated, the GE is likely to be contested like before, with the same strategies, the same contesting parties and the same tactics and a few new faces. This would lead to about the same results as in the past. With a little luck, the opposition may wrestle another GRC or a couple of SMCs from the ruling party, or nothing at all, or may even lose whatever they have won in the last election. If there are no dramatic changes in how the opposition approaches the GE, do not expect any shattering changes.

Perhaps the opposition parties may want to consider adopting new strategies and tactics to ensure better results in their favour. An understanding of the overall political situation in Singapore, the main issues troubling the people, how serious are they, the strength of the PAP candidates vis a vis the opposition candidates may be a useful guide as to how the candidates are to be fielded and where.

Based on previous GEs, the opposition camps are like placing bets in a roulette table. Each party with a limited number of chips but trying to spread their bets as wide as possible and hoping that one or two would strike. Unless there is a dramatic change in ground sentiments that have turned against the ruling party, spreading wide and thin is unlikely to reap any big wins. 

If the reading is that the ground is fairly stable, the opposition may want to rethink their strategies. They may want to concentrate their strength and bundle the good candidates in one or two GRCs to take on the weaker PAP teams. The PAP may still be strong overall, but some ministers anchoring GRCs are no longer the unbeatable ministers of the past. Some have been affected by controversies, some are not well received by the people, some have not been performing to expectation, some are like they have gone AWOL. By pitting their best teams against the weakest teams in the ruling party, the opposition could improve the odds and have a better chance of winning. If they continue to do as in the past, spreading their good candidates to compete in all GRCs, every team will be diluted and turn out to be average, meaning no contest, no fight against the better ruling party teams.

PSP seems to be moving along this line, fielding their strongest candidates in a team to contest in West Coast Jurong. Would the other opposition parties do the same? When their best candidates in a team are still having a tough time trying to win, it is quite unthinkable to think that diluted teams with only one or two strong candidates would stand a chance against the stronger PAP teams.

The same strategy can also be applied to SMCs, by fielding a strong candidate against a weaker PAP candidate. This would require a bit more thinking unlike simply fielding candidates anywhere, against anyone, like tikam tikam. Like the saying, it is better to have a bird in hand than two in the bush. Unfortunately, this strategy may be difficult to apply in SMCs as the seats are limited and opposition candidates are aplenty from the various parties, with some ending in multi corner fights.

CIA tried to sabotage the good relationship between China and Malaysia through deception and subterfuge.

 The American terrorist arm CIA capacity for carrying out evil and wicked deeds have no limits and no boundaries. Whatever diabolical acts and deeds they cannot carry out openly or directly they will do it through deception and subterfuge,

A case in point as pointed out by Chua Chin Leng is the mischievous flag blunder by two local Malaysian Chinese dailies, the Sin Chew Daily and the Kwong Wah Yit Poh  during the state visit of President Xi Jinping  to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. These two dailies are old established news publishers and have very professional editors and journalists and reporters. So it is absurb and impossible for them to make such glaring mistakes. This reminds us of the American government's 1.5 Billion Dollars for CIA to pay to foreign journalists and reporters to write disparaging articles or carry out outrageous acts of subversion against foreign governments which US feels are not friendly to America or do not obey American dictates. This is clearly a case of CIA trying to sabotage the good relationship between China and Malaysia through the subterfuge of the fake and mischievous flag blunder.

In this situation it is clearly seen of the diabolical intention of CIA not only to create tensions and hatred and suspicion among the different races in Malaysia especially between the Chinese and the Malays but with the ultimate motive to destroy the good relationship between China and Malaysia and ultimately to destroy the good relationship between China and ASEAN countries .

As the situation is of the utmost importance to not only China and Malaysia but to ASEAN as a whole it is of paramount importance that the Malaysian government  investigate the matter in depth to fish out the trouble makers especially those who are in the pay book of CIA. In almost all ASEAN countries that CIA infiltrated  it can often be found that local newsprints post negative articles or reports and comments that frequently insinuate the bad side of countries which the USA treats with derision and disfavour. Also these CIA paid lackies and writers' articles often stoke the undercurrents to create choas and turmoil in the countries concerned. The red dot state has many of such CIA lackies in many of its think tanks though they are already well overpaid with high salaries by local tax payers money. It is imperative that all ASEAN countries must get rid of  CIA secret agents and  USA lackies in their think tanks and in their institutes of higher learnings as well as in their military establishments and police force to prevent them from creating chaos and turmoil to suit their geopolitical agenda of engineering regime change to install a pro American government.

The  evil and sinister flag incident in KL cannot be just dismissed as an incidental blunder. All the monsters and evil doers must be hounded  out and punished and  the Malaysian government must ensure that such CIA diabolical plots will never happen again.

Southernglory1

Sunday, 20th April, 2025.

Carrying or wearing luxury brands says...'I am a fool'. I have been ripped off

 The exposure by TikTokers on the cost of manufacturing luxury branded goods or apparels and where they were actually made is sending a tsunami across the Pacific Ocean. An item costing $5 could be sold for $200, an item costing $1,500 could be sold for $30,000. And what were the buyers actually paying for? It was thought to be good material, quality and artisan skills but these cost only a fraction of the final shelf price. 90% of the shelf price is for the branding and the embossing of Made in Italy, France etc etc. The bulk of the shelf price is for the logo or the brand, not the quality of the item.

Buyers and potential buyers of such branded luxury goods are in shock. They have all gone hiding, too ashamed to be seen with their overpriced luxury items. Carrying or wearing them is like telling the world they are fools. They used to brag about how many thousands they paid for these exclusive high quality items. Many are screaming foul, that they have been scammed, cheated, duped, ripped off, overcharging etc etc. This is an unexpected result of Trump's tariff war against China. The OEMs or Original Equipment Manufacturers are mostly from China. And for all their hard work and expertise, they are only being paid a pittance, slave wages. The biggest beneficiaries are the branded companies. They just subcontract everything to China and collecting huge profits by stamping their brands on the goods.

What made the OEMs angry is that they could not even make a few dollars because of the tariffs, unable to sell their goods. They are even called cheats by the Americans. The real cheats are the luxury brand companies for embossing the goods as Made in their countries, not Made in China when more than 80% of the items are Made in China.  The OEMs are taking to TikTok and other social media to advertise their products, inviting customers to buy direct from them, for the real stuff at a fraction of the price of luxury brand companies. They are telling the whole world that China can make high quality luxury stuff.

A direct consequence of this development is that customers that paid for the 'real' stuff at thousands or tens of thousands of dollars are now feeling stupid. They have been educated by the TikTokers for being suckers and paying exceptionally high prices for items that cost the OEMs a fraction to make. Now these buyers of luxury brand goods are afraid to carry them or wear them as it is like making a statement, "I am a fool or I am an idiot' for stupidly wasting so much money for something Made in China, not what was embossed on the item.

For buyers that appreciate good designs and quality they now know where to get them at really affordable prices and come out feeling smart and feeling good. They are paying for quality without being made a sucker by the luxury brand companies. These are the people that would be carrying and wearing this good quality stuff bought at reasonable prices and can brag about it. They are booking the next flight to China for a shopping spree. Those that paid foolishly to the luxury brand companies would not dare to talk about how much they had paid for their branded goods as they would look very silly to their friends and onlookers. People would be staring at them for their stupidity.

The stupendous high margins for branded goods are going to take a hit. The luxury brand companies can only blame Trump for this mess. They cannot lie to their customers anymore. Their loyal customers are running away after knowing that they have been cheated and made a fool off.

All western branded luxury goods are Made in China

 Why the West had insisted on so called "Intellectual Properties" and their Trade Marks?

This is to con the Dafts and Stupids of their Fleecing of your monies under their socalled Manufactured Brands that are NOT even produced by them.

Also, they had implemented their socalled Counterfeit FAKE Goods Laws especially the EURO Nuts which leeching on the Stupidty of Many with their socalled Luxurious and High Class Esteemed Goods that are NOT even really Manufactured by them.

So when you unwittingly were to wear or carry their so called "Fake" branded goods into their countries they shall arrest and charge you in their Courts. This is to protect their Scams.

Saved for the SWISS with their real skilled Branded Watches and also the Japanese.

The Italians and Frenchies and the Others are just profiting from the outsourced labours that Manufactured their goods for them.

The cost at a few hundreds or just a thousand plus ans they charged you hundreds of thousands.

They insisted that countries must on their behalf protect their Scams of their socalled "Intellectual Properties"

China been their Main Source of Outsourced Labours for their Manufactured Goods as been their Industries had gentlemanly kept their obligations to silence of this real costs of Manufactures.

Also been in their contracts a non-disclosure clause NOT to reveal any of their Trade Secrets and Costs.

Deng Siao Ping ever in his exhortation scolded the Americunts when they accused China of unfair trading said We produced your Sports Shoes example NIKE at just US$5.00 to 10 a pair and you sell them in the hundreds and you still accused us of unfair practices?

Frankly, these EURO Nuts countries with their socalled BS luxury first class goods that are been manufactured by the Real Manufacturers that is China is leeching on the World's Dafts to part their monies.

The Goods been sent back to them and they smartly just finished off the products with their Insignias or Logos themselves which they shall give them to the Manufacturers

Now China been fed up and decoupled from them began to disclose the truths and they are the ONEs now telling the World that we could do these ourselves and sell to you cheaper.

Also we could even in the future create and innovate better designs for you.

The Collapse of the EU Luxurious Branded Industries.

This is now the Open Secrets Free for ALL fights

Cheers

Virgo49

Inflation and recession guaranteed for the USA...and coming very fast

 The USA is still trying to spin the possibility of inflation rising as a result of those tariffs. Possibility is just the usual denial, and certainty is the more appropriate reality. How could cost of living in USA not expected to rise without all the cheap Chinese goods and all the more expensive stuff from other countries that have been targeted by tariffs, for example steel and aluminum, that goes into almost every household product made in USA and not just cars.

We can expect the Trump administration to keep lying and hoping for a miracle to happen. Manufacturing is not returning to the USA anytime soon and job creation is just a figment of Trump's delusional mind. Any factory owner knows that automation and robotics coupled with AI is the norm in present day manufacturing and not many jobs will be created. On top of that, high cost is not going to make such investments competitive and USA consumers can wait for Trump's manufacturing to return, years down the road. 'Hang tough' is an empty war cry to fool the silly Hillbillies.

During his first term, Trump already had been caught lying tens of thousands of times, and he is not stopping his disgusting bad habit. And he is still swinging his pussy grabbing hands as a reminder of his disgusting trademark. The fact that he could still be elected as President is a testimony of how far the USA has slid into the sewers and what is to become of the USA going forward. Trump is not making America Great Again. He is doing the exact opposite, with some even saying he is making China even greater than ever.

Xi Jinping is calling Asian countries to come together in the face of the deteriorating geopolitical issues. He is hinting that Asian ought to unite to face the Anglo-Saxon agenda that is rising. Oh yes, not forgetting that NATO is expanding into Asia with Japan calling for it, and with Japan now the de-facto leader of the formation of NATO-Asia.

Anonymous

Trump punishing Americans to pay 3 times what the world is paying for Chinese goods and services

 The US$ is no more than a counterfeit currency and the USA is the biggest counterfeiter in history. But blaming others is just a ploy to distract the reality.

That means the USA is also the biggest currency manipulator in the world, but it is trying to tarnish China as a major currency manipulator by keeping its Yuan low to help its manufacturing to compete globally. Again, after decades of enjoying cheaper Chinese products with a strong dollar and a weaker Yuan, the USA is turning around to bite the hand of China. In the face of the tariff war, China is now weakening the Yuan further to make its manufacturing more competitive. This is good news for BRICS and the Global South countries, with China exporting its deflation to benefit them.

The BRI was a very strategic move by China. With the BRI, China also found an alternative way to recycle its trade surpluses, without the danger of further investments of those surpluses into USA Treasuries and assets. This move made the USA paranoid and nervous, resulting in the manifestation of the debt trap mantra to demonize China.

With China moving its surplus of US$ from trade into helping poorer countries with infrastructure means China is killing two birds with one stone - firstly getting a safer investment alternative besides USA Treasuries and other assets, with secondly lifting more out of poverty of those countries with infrastructures that will benefit China in trade in the longer term. This is what I always say about China thinking long term and far ahead, building a strong foundation for what it intends to move forward towards.

Anonymous

Empire of Lies and naked Emperor Trump still lying about China

 Trump had been dreaming of forcing manufacturing to return to USA since his first term, claiming that China stole these companies together with all the jobs. Did China put a gun to Steve Job's head to make iPhones in China? Did China put a gun to the heads of CEOs of vehicle manufacturers from USA and EU to invest in China? They wanted to take advantage of the cheap wages and massive Chinese market to invest in. That was the reality.

Additionally, did China put a gun to former chief of Amazon, Jeff Bezos head to stock his warehouses with China made products? Did China put a gun to the CEO of Walmart's head forcing him to stock up on Chinese products for display and sale? Did China put a gun to USA consumers' heads to force them to buy Chinese products?

Trump is delusional that he can force manufacturing to relocate from China to the USA. It is as impossible as hoping for the moon to turn blue. China is still the biggest market for some of the biggest USA manufacturing outfits, and they are not going to risk losing that market that is four times bigger than the USA, with the Chinese population possibly already having the bigger spending power relative to USA consumers on purchasing power parity basis.

Western companies that chose to move out of Russia after the Ukraine War started are beginning to regret their mistake of abandoning the Russian market too hastily. Too bad their market share in Russia is already gone for good. And thinking about that will make them ask themselves whether it is worthwhile to do the same with China.

Anonymous

China Malaysia relations sabotaged by mischievous flag incident

 Xi Jinping's visit to Malaysia was a new milestone in the relations between the two countries. Xi calling it as another 50 golden years. Anwar and the Agong also have similar expectations. What was unexpected was the Malaysian flag being misrepresented in Sin Chew Daily and Kwong Wah Yit Poh. The absence of the crescent cannot be a simple error. No one in Malaysia can miss it. Not a reporter, not the chief editor or dep chief sub editor. These are professional news makers and would not make such an atrocious error that would sabotage the good relations between China and Malaysia. Worse, two dailies were involved. How could this be a mistake, an oversight, an error?

Malaysians are angry. The Agong is angry for good reasons. They must get to the bottom of this mischievous incident. No one that wants China Malaysia relations to progress and get better would want this incident to happen. It is likely the black ops conducted by anti China elements that want to create trouble for China and Malaysia, to create discord and incite hatred and anger among the Malaysians against China. It may even result in ethnic strife.

Who are the likely masterminds behind this incident?  The answer is quite obvious. Only two countries are likely to be behind this fiasco, Taiwan and the USA.

The Malaysian govt must conduct a thorough investigation and fish out the provocateurs and punish them severely. An apology is not enough as the intent and agenda of this mischievous incident could create so much mistrust and anger in the Malaysians against China. The losers would be both Malaysia and China if this is not handled sensitively and intelligently leading to a souring of relations between China and Malaysia, between Malaysians and Chinese and Malaysian Chinese.

International relations are getting more difficult with the American terrorists sowing discord and mistrust all over the world with their black ops.

Seismic shift ...Singapore creeping out of the American clutches?

 Singapore's pro American stance has stood the test of time after having benefitted from the largesse of the Brits and then the Americans for being friendly to these two AngloSaxon empires. The British rule did not result in too much bad blood partially because there were too few natives to fight a war of independence, and the Americans out of political necessity during a turbulent time of its early days as a young nation. Singapore grew up in an era of western dominance and naturally its western educated leaders found it easier to forge a closer relation with the West.

The rise of China did not create too much conflict of interests despite Singapore having a large Chinese population. It was expected that the Chinese majority would want a closer relation with China because of ethnic and cultural affinity. But the western educated political elite, both the Chinese and non Chinese, have a greater say and stick to their pro western policies to the extent of providing access to military facilities to the Americans to the ire of China.

The Anglophiles went to the extent of parroting American narratives that were anti China, even openly claiming that China was coercing and trying to influence Singapore's policies, forcing Singapore to take sides, when the truth was that the Americans were the ones forcing and often dictating Singapore's foreign policy positions. The main media is still publishing negative news about China, giving an unfavourable slant to everything happening in China.

In the last few weeks, speeches by Hsien Loong and Lawrence Wong had taken a different twist. This is about the first time in Singapore's history that the govt officially took a hard stance against what the Americans are doing, in particular on the indiscriminate and bullying tariff wars. Singapore's position in the Gaza Genocide is also shaping up firmly in favour of Palestine, a very difficult position to take in view of Singapore's past relations with Israel. Singapore cannot ignore the sentiments of its Muslim population and Muslim neighbours, Malaysia and Indonesia, to keep turning a blind eye to the genocide against the Palestinians.

In view of the American trade war against China and the rest of the world, MFA conveniently was left in the cold, not to speak a word. It was left to Hsien Loong and Lawrence Wong to do all the talking.  In a way, these are signs that a seismic shift in Singapore's foreign policies vis a vis China and the USA is in the making. Thanks or no thanks to the gangsters in Washington, Singapore must be under tremendous constant pressure from the rogue regime that it has to speak out and defend its neutral position for its own national interests. To continue to bow to the Americans' dictate and become more anti China and anti Russia ie anti Global South, are no longer in Singapore's interests.

Singapore's first big blunder was its sanction against Russia, a stark position against Asean's common stand, and the consequences are too much to bear and would take a long time to repair. Singapore is now steering precariously in a new direction but likely to be scratched left and right as it moves along. The Americans would want to control Singapore's foreign policies especially against China.  Lawrence Wong would be under great pressure from the Americans to behave and do the American bidding. How successful is Singapore in charting a new course in its foreign policies in the face of the aggressive and coercive Americans against China would be a big test on Singapore, and on Lawrence Wong's toughness to stay neutral and independent. This is likely to be the biggest challenge to Singapore and Lawrence Wong's premiership. Singapore must constantly be aware of American terrorists conducting regime change when it suits them.

Rogue Trump and his gangsters are not easy to deal with. The ugliness and heavy handed American operators would not leave Singapore alone to be neutral for sure, and this would come out into the open. The pro American Anglophiles cannot go on to lie about how nice and friendly the American gangsters are and put the blame on China, the victim of American aggression and oppression. All the aggression, coercion to force Singapore to take sides was done by the Americans, not China.

Deranged Trump needs to see a shrink. 245% tariff? Xi, please call me, please call me.

 As Trump gets more anxious and not having elicited a call from Xi, he is raving mad and raising the tariffs to 245% on Chinese goods. Trump is really going over the edge.

China knows this is a meaningless figure and academic, as any tariff above 100% will raise prices to double and products are not going to be saleable anymore. This is as good as forcing China not to sell anything to the USA at all, which China is going to oblige. China has already made up its mind to de-couple completely from the USA and is ready for it. Who is going to suffer more? USA consumers of course, with no alternatives to turn to. Chinese manufacturing has the alternative to sell to the Global South and BRICS countries.

According to a survey carried out at the World's largest wholesale market, the Yiwu Market, with 80,000 shops where it was claimed it will take a shopper three years to visit every shop inside at 5 minutes per shop, the mood was totally calm and collected, with vendors hardly fazed by the tariffs. Most vendors brushed aside the tariffs and are not unduly worried about losing the USA market. Most are saying that it is just a matter of shifting sales to other markets outside the USA. That is how confident these Chinese businesspeople are, where overcoming setbacks is built into their DNA.

In some countries, a few days of rain ruining business will result in complaints and soliciting for help. You know what I mean?

Anonymous

Boeing going bankrupt. Huge landing fees for Boeing aircraft in Chinese airports

 China is telling its aviation sector to stop taking delivery of Boeing planes. This is a very significant move, hitting at the belly of the USA technological sector.

Why is China doing this and what makes China so confident of its attempt to ditch reliance on Boeing? With the EU now pivoting towards China, Airbus will undoubtedly be salivating this move by China. Things are really taking a sharp turn especially over as important a sector as aviation. China is a big market for Boeing, with 25% of its business supplying planes to China aviation sector. This is going to be a big loss for Boeing.

Domestically, China is selling its own planes to its own airlines operating inside China. Airbus will be needed to cater to the global sector, for the time being.

In anticipation of Trump going after China in the maritime sector with levies being on the cards on Chinese built ships, would China be considering doing a levy on Boeing planes landing on Chinese airports in retaliation. How many airlines do not have Boeing planes on its fleet? China has many cards to play with to counter the USA.

In passing, I was wondering why the Russians are not leveraging on its aviation sector as the Russians have the expertise and numerous plane makers who are able to build their own planes and fighter jets. Brazil is another country that has an aviation sector but playing a minor role in global aviation. This is their time to grow, with China giving a helping hand in orders.

Anonymous

Trump painted himself into a corner. Any leader calling him is kissing his ass. Who wants to call him?

 Trump is losing his sanity not being able to force Xi to give him a call to negotiate, which he will later be using to boast that Xi backed down and also has to kiss his arse like everyone else. No joke, he will twist it to his benefit as all other USA clowns are also doing.

The irony is that the sycophants in Trump's administration are, like him, still boasting that Xi will have to come to the negotiating table at 'some point in time'. In the meantime, Trump is now about to backtrack on tariffs for the Auto Industry in the USA, which needed parts from trade partners. Xi does not need to negotiate, as Trump will be backtracking day after day.

On the other hand, Trump wants to end tariff exemption on pharmaceuticals, which will decimate big Pharma that depended largely on China for the raw materials and ingredients needed for the manufacture of drugs. Big Pharma in USA had been making obscene big money on drugs sourced from China, rebranded and resold at huge profits in the USA. Big Pharma had been ripping off USA citizens and the rest of the world for decades and this might just wake them up. Perhaps this will really tell USA citizens to take action regarding the high cost of healthcare in the USA.

It would have been a distant possibility and hope by the USA about negotiating with China, but that mindless comment by Trump about countries going to 'kiss his arse' is humiliation on top of injury, destroying all possibility of Xi calling him now. Further, the equally mindless comment by J. G. Vance of the USA borrowing money from 'Chinese peasants' to buy products made by them is the straw that broke the camel's back.

Now the joke is on the USA, with the Chinese making videos using AI to hit back. There were many such videos flooding social media, with one showing Trump, Musk, Vance and other administration officials working in a shoe factory busily handling shoes. Another video shows Trump sewing garments in a factory, looking glum. Others show big fat USA workers sewing clothes in a garment factory. I could not help laughing at the ingenuity of the Chinese vloggers. This is what bringing manufacturing back to the USA is all going to be about, but that is just for laughs. The reality is that job creation is just not going to happen, as automation and robotics partnering AI have already replaced humans in factories in China and the EU.

Anonymous

Greater Israel to replace the Arabs and Muslim states...the agenda of the Jews and Americans

 

9 minutes of revelation of the evil agenda of the Jews against the Arabs and Muslims in the Middle East, backed by the American terrorists in Washington. This clip is just a reminder as practically every Arab and Muslim in the Middle East and Africa knows about it, that they are going to be decimated by the Americans and the Jews to create a Greater Israel from their homeland. Unfortunately, some silly Anglophiles in Asean are still spreading the lie that Asean people trust the Americans more than China.

Listen very carefully all the daft Anglophiles and American ass lickers. Prof Sach said it plainly many times over, that the Americans are the main protagonists in all the wars in the Middle East, And Israel would not want to stop the wars until Greater Israel is created from Arab and Muslim lands. Get that into your thick skull.

Nuking Iran - How many Jews and Americans would have to die?

 The Jews and the American terrorists are openly talking about nuking Iran. The Americans are boasting about the redeployment of nuclear armed B2 bombers and warships into the region in preparation for the attack. Iran has taken this very seriously and its armed forces are on high alert. They are watching the sky and the seas every minute, every second, for the slightest and earliest sign of an attack. (Some Muslims in Asean still trust the Americans more than China, according to ISEAS survey and Channel News America).

Under such a serious threat of being nuked, the Iranians are not sleeping and wishing that it would not happen. They are expecting it to happen any moment and planning on what to do the moment it happens. As this is as good as a live or die scenario, the Iranians must be planning for an all out attack against the attackers, launching everything they have before it is too late, before they are wiped out and cannot hit back.

What would the Iranians hit, every city in Israel would be attacked by many missiles and drones. Tel Aviv will be target number one. How many Jews are living in Tel Aviv and how many missiles would be assigned to make sure Tel Aviv is flattened and no more?  This would apply to all the big cities and ports and military bases, nuclear facilities in Israel. By the end of such an attack, Israel would return to Stone Age, the same fate they did to Gaza and what they planned for Iran. There will be no holding back. The Iranians know how vicious are the Israelis and they have only one chance to do it before they too suffer the same fate. There would be not many Jews left alive by the end of this all out war. The Jews think this would not happen as their plan is to wipe out Iran first.

The other major targets would be all the American bases in the region, in all the Middle East countries, including Diego Garcia, and all the warships and submarines in the surrounding seas. Iran too would send everything they have to the Americans. How many Americans would be killed in the process?

Were the Jews and Americans lying? Definitely not. When would it start? Who would fire the first shot? I bet it would be the Iranians. The Iranians have no choice. The Jews and Americans have told the whole world of their intentions to wipe out Iran and the preparation for such an invasion has started. It can be any moment.

Why is it that Iran would fire first and not the Jews or Americans? Technically and intentionally it would be the Jews and the Americans to fire first. They have all the firepower and hold the initiative. Iran is the weaker opponent and would want to avoid such a war if they could. The point is that the Iranians cannot avoid such a war, cannot afford not to strike first if they want to survive or at least take down the other sides.

What is likely to happen is that the Iranians would be on edges, watching for every sign of an attack from the air or sea. The B2 approaching Iran, the opening of the hatches of American nuclear subs, American or Jewish missiles airborne and heading towards Iran, would all be watched and once the Iranians assessed that the attack has started, they would be forced to push all the buttons. Even before the Jews and American missiles or bombs arrived in Iran, Iranian missiles and bombs would have taken off towards Israel and American bases and warships.

The Americans and the Jews have forced the Iranians into a position of self preservation and sitting on the edge of their chairs, all ready to jump. A slight miscalculation is all it takes for a full scale all out war to start. And very likely Iran would activate all its allies, including Russia and China, all the Arab and Muslim states that this is it. Send everything they have to Israel and to the Americans. This is an end day scenario for Iran.

This is how precarious and dire the situation has become, no thanks to the hostile Jews and American terrorists. Just a miscalculation on the part of Iran is all it needs to see Armageddon in the Middle East and the end of Israel. The Jews and the Americans think only they can plan and hit Iran. The Iranians are also planning and ready to hit back. Yes, the Iranians can hit back and hard.

Stupidity has no cure. The Jews and the Americans are asking for it.

PS. RT reported that Trump shot down Israel's plan to bomb Iran's nuclear sites next month. How real is this? The only reason for Trump to stop it is the number of Americans that are going to die as a result. The Jews are dragging the Americans into WW3 for their own selfish interests. Many Americans would die in the process.

Trump forcing the return of sweat shops to America

 Trump eats, sleep and dreams about China approaching him and begging to negotiate. It is not going to happen and by repeating it will not make it happen either. Xi is now busily building more bridges than thinking about negotiating with Trump. It is driving Trump insane. The joke has gone too far.

Do we still remember that Trump also kept repeating that Mexico will pay for the wall during his first term. Who really paid for the wall? The whole world knows that Mexico did not pay for that wall. Trump also kept repeating that he will bomb North Korea to the stone age if Kim Jong Un did not comply with his de-nuclearization threat. Did Kim Jong Un de-nuclearize? If not, what did Trump do? Nothing! Absolutely nothing!

Trump kept gloating that he is bringing manufacturing back to USA using his tariff weapon and repeating this to support his arguments. Most analysts are saying that this is just a fanciful pipe dream that can never be fulfilled, an empty promise he made since his first term. In fact, the opposite is true with companies like John Deere moving a large part of its production to Mexico due to cost factors. And costs will be the decisive factor that those companies intending to move production to the USA will have to think carefully about. In addition to that, tariffs are going to inflate costs even more. With no plans, strategy, control of raw materials, supply chains to match, all that gloating is going nowhere.

Now the Chinese are making fun of Trump by making AI generated videos of the type of jobs that the Chinese were accused of stealing and which Trump is asking to be returned to the USA. Those were just sweatshop jobs that were pushed to China to benefit USA investors trying to make bigger profits. The Chinese 'peasants' were at that time hungry, prepared to endure hardship, prepared to work hard and bear with the humiliation. Today, Chinese manufacturing has come a long way with automation and robotics coupled with AI and needs fewer workers to run factories.

Trump can take such jobs to the USA for his MAGA base. But the obese MAGA voters are in no position to want to work in such sweatshop environment, having enjoyed the easy life afforded by the money printing mindset and waiting to exchange their toilet papers for the products made by 'peasants'.

Anonymous

Tariff war - USA consumers and USA businesses will suffer.

 Honestly, it is not just USA consumers that will suffer. USA businesses that have to depend on China's supply chain will possibly collapse without the parts and continued inputs. Walmart and Amazon depends on China's manufacturing to stock up on supplies and will find it impossible to do business as usual.

The shit has not hit the fan yet and the USA has yet to face the worst that is yet to come. Stock-piling may keep the problem at bay for a couple of weeks or months, but it cannot be avoided further down the road. That is why Xi is not going to negotiate and let the USA have a taste of its own bitter medicine. China knows that all that talk about luring manufacturing back to the USA is just hot air.

China has gone through worse setbacks and is still standing for more than five thousand years. It will not collapse that easily because of a trade war even if Gordon Chang continues with his cheering on a year-by-year basis.

Anonymous

The Great Wall of China will protect the Global South from the American bullying and tariff war

 China thinks long term, prepares for the long term and works for the long term. That means covering all angles - leveraging on the past, planning for the present and preparing for the future.

China remembers the century of humiliation and has learnt from it not to remain weak as before. China in its present state lifted more than eight hundred million of its 1.4 billion population out of poverty, adding a big boost to its domestic demand with the added spending power and powering along with its manufacturing domination. China knows that its future direction is de-coupling completely from the USA, which is the best bet for its smooth progress and is definitely serious about it.

China is telling the USA 'We don't care' talking about the tariff war and planning to fight to the very end. China is prepared to sacrifice the 15% of its exports to the USA, out of a total of US$3.6 trillion globally, if the worst happens. Will China collapse because of that? Some morons have been talking about China's collapse for more than 20 years and people are tired of it. Even Russia is standing tall in the face of a collective effort of more than 32 countries trying to bring it down. Did Russia collapse? Or for a wider comparison, did Cuba, North Korea, Iran or Venezuela collapse despite all the sanctions imposed, some for half a century. Some, like North Korea and Iran have even grown stronger.

Sanctions have been rendered ineffective. Tariffs will backfire and also be rendered ineffective as countries find alternatives to trade among themselves. As many have already been saying, the USA is not the only market for others to trade with. That is already an outdated mindset.

Anonymous

Low intellect Trump and his pick of low intellect cabinet

 With a low intellect, Trump still claims he is a 'stable genius'. He is indeed a stable genius - a stable genius in bankruptcies. Some are touting that bringing down the USA will be his 'mother of all bankruptcies'.

Trump has the 'Art of the Deal', which actually means the art of cheating others through declaring bankruptcies - six times in all, mind you. Trump has a long list of accolades that he is proud of - six bankruptcies, a convicted felon, scores of sexual misdeeds and yet here he is, the President of the USA. A wonderful country filled with wonderful voters.

Trump's cabinet pick is another gathering of clowns in a circus. We have seen the grotesque performance of J. D. Vance in Greenland and his racist remarks on China, Pete Hegseth over the security leaks, Peter Navorro and Scott Bessent on the tariff's confusion now unfolding.

What has not been on the news is the performance of Robert Kennedy Jr that has gone under the radar. He was an anti-vax proponent during COVID19 and now denying the undeniable. Now he is said to be doing another anti-vax move over the measles outbreak in the USA, claiming that vaccination provides no long-term effectiveness.

The other most ridiculous appointment was the Education Secretary, the 76- year-old former CEO of the World Wrestling Entertainment, Linda McMahon. Her main expertise is promoting a sports entertainment entity and education is nothing like entertainment promotion. She already made a blurred gaffe getting confused talking about AI and getting entangled with A1, a brand of sauce by Kraft.

The circus is getting more entertaining. Let us sit back and enjoy the clowns doing the rounds.

Anonymous

End of American dollar...Beijing instructs all Chinese banks to ditch the dollar

 Beijing has instructed all Chinese banks to ditch the dollar, ie not buying or accepting the dollar. What does this mean and what are its implications? The first reaction is that China does not need any more American dollar, either because it has too many or does not have any more needs for the dollar.

China has liquidated about $700 billion treasury bills and still holding on to about $750 billion, and still in the process of selling them off. China is also reported to have a reserve of more than $3 trillion, and unofficially the sum could be much more. Given the hostility of the American trade and tariff wars and the 245% tariff, the decoupling of the two economies is as good as complete. When China is no longer buying anything from the Americans, there is no more need to hold on to any American dollar as there is no more practical use for them. 

Another major reason is the dedollarisation process, to trade using local national currencies and the yuan. This means holding on to American dollar is unnecesary and a big risk with the American gangsters ready to confiscate them. The faster China gets rid of its holding of American dollars and treasury bills the better. 

The other big implication of not wanting to own American dollars is that there will be no need to sell Chinese goods to the USA in exchange for dollars that China does not want. The high trade tariffs that Trump's regime imposed on China makes selling to the American market irrelevant. Exporting to America would plunge to near zero.

Countries importing goods and services from China would also have to pay China in their own currencies or in yuan, not in American dollar. A complete decoupling and break from the American economy would become a clean break. And the dumping of treasury bills and the dollar would increase in speed in the coming days.

When China, the biggest exporter and trading partner of more than 125 countries in the world stops accepting the American dollar, whither the American dollar? Countries of the world would increasingly find that they do not need the dollar as well as they cannot use the dollar as payment for Chinese goods and services. Unless they need the dollar to buy expensive American goods and services, they too would follow China in reducing their needs and holdings of the dollar.

If this trend catches on, the dollar would turn into another banana currency, plenty in supply but no demand for it or to use it. It would be the final nail to the coffin of the American dollar.