World Aquatic Championship postponed...but to resume

 World Aquatics executive director Brent Nowicki said later on Tuesday afternoon that elevated levels of the E. coli bacteria were responsible for the race postponement. He added that the source of the contamination had yet to be determined.

E. coli are bacteria typically found in the intestines of humans and animals. Common symptoms of ingesting a pathogenic strain of E. coli include vomiting and diarrhoea. CNA

Singapore is not only the world's richest country, it is also one of the cleanest island state in the world. No or very little sewage or wastewater flows into the surrounding sea. The sewage water is being harvested to make Newater or clean water and the residue waste are properly disposed off without contaminating the environment or water in the sea.

How on earth that the water around Sentosa Island, the venue for the World Aquatic Championship be found to have unacceptable high level of E Coli bacteria leading to a postponement of the event? Fortunately, subsequent testing found that the water quality was from good to excellent and the Championship could proceed after a day of delay. 

Singapore authority has been testing the water quality for the period prior to the race and found the quality to be acceptable. How on earth that the E Coli level gone to bad or unacceptable on the day of the event? It was reported 'that tests are outsourced to “outside testing agencies” to ensure rigour and independence'. Which agency did the testing? 

The other big question, how did the E Coli bacteria get into the water in unacceptable quantities? The main source of E Coli comes from shit. How did so much shit get into the water in Sentosa when all the shit was directed for further treatment in special treatment facilities, not directly into the sea?

Singapore as a clean and safe city state and a top tourist destination could be harmed by this incident.

India has to buy Chinese J10s or J35s to be at par with Pakistan

 Indians dream of controlling the skies in South Asia is now in tatters. Modi was led to believe that the Rafales were an air superiority fighter, the best in the world and could take down all Chinese aircraft, including the 5th generation J20s easily. The Indians even bragged that one Rafale could take down 5 J20s in a fight. This could be the reason why Modi did not mind paying crazily for the Rafales at nearly US$200m each, much more than the US$100m for an American F35. The F35 is ranked several rungs below the Rafales. Only the American F22s are ranked above the Rafales.

After the acquisition of the Rafales, Modi really thought that the Indian Air Force is now better than the PLAAF, and India would rule the sky.  He was so eager to prove this newly acquired Indian might in the sky, a staged false flag incident was conducted leading to the Indian Pakistan 4 Day War.  Operation Sindoor was India's graduating party into the world of military power. Thrashing Pakistan's small air force was easy and a show of force, to teach the Chinese a lesson with India's world best Rafale fighters.

Cannot imagine how bad Modi took it when at least 3 Rafales were taken down within hours of the war.  Modi paid a ransom just to buy the Rafales, and French took full advantage of it, knowing how badly the Indians wanted the Rafales and sold them at double the price of a F35.

With the Rafales now in the dust, India has to look for a better fighter jet to take on China's J10 and the more superior J35 and J20. Where on earth is India going to find such a machine? The supposedly world best, ranked number one F22 is now out of production, as good as scrapped by the Americans. And with the F22 out of the way, the Americans are painting the F35s as the new world best fighters. Only the brain dead would believe in this claim. Modi, after learning a painful lesson from the Rafale fiasco, would be much wiser and would not be duped again. But Trump tried to offer the F35 to Modi, but with many conditions, as good as saying no.

The F35 is looking like a non starter to Modi. And there is no other better aircraft available in the market to take on the J10. What to do? Maybe wait for the aliens to come visiting and offer an alien space ship to better the J10. A more practical way is of go to Xi and ask to buy the J10, at least to be on par with Pakistan's J10. And with Indian pilots, supposedly better trained than the Pakistanis, they would be one up against the Pakistanis using the same J10s. But wait a minute. Pakistan has upgraded to J35, a much more superior twin engine fighter that is many times more superior than the single engine F35. The Americans may still crow about the F35 as world best, but no one is going to believe in this joke. Several F35s had already be shot down by Iran to prove that it is not worthy of its claim, like the Rafales.

J10 is the first buy for India, but to match Pakistan, India must also look to buying the J35s. Otherwise, the Indian Air Force would look like a sick cat and the Indian pilots would be afraid to take to the sky to face the J10s. India has no choice, only China has better aircraft than the J10.

From Boeing to Moeing, Make in India

Scary data!

Boeing former CEO Dennis Muilemburg in the few years he was in charge outsourced a large amount of Boeing’s business, especially software development, flight control system and core technologies, to suppliers in India to reduce costs. He also promoted a huge number of Indian engineers and managers.

Before 2015, in the entire Boeing company, the number of Indian employees was only about 1,000. But by the year 2024, the number has grown to 20,000. As Boeing engineers numbered 33,000, that means more than half of Boeing engineers are of Indian descent.


Anonymous

China knew what was coming and fully prepared for it

When being pushed against a wall, China has no other choice but to be self-dependent. And this choice is making the USA and the West nervous, so they want to cripple China come what may.

Fortunately, China already knew what was coming, so they build all the bridges to control all the raw materials, all the refining logistics for rare earth elements, recalibrate its education system to support a manufacturing base and lured back some of the top overseas scientists and engineers. Now it is not only these highly trained scientists and engineers forming the backbone of China's manufacturing and innovative research. What is even more telling is the knowledge that these top scientists and engineers will be imparting to younger Chinese scientists and engineers. China now holds top spot in global patents filed in technology like communication, EVs, batteries and drone technology.

China is on the verge of not relying anymore on Nvidia high end chips for its AI development. Jensen Huang may be the four trillion company in history, but he is nevertheless worried. Huawei comes into the picture in China's AI development.


Anonymous

If China is more dependent on USA, Xi would have gone to Washington

If China is more dependent on USA, Xi would long have gone to Washington to be humiliated. But it is the other way round, with the USA yearning for a meeting with Xi. What had been discussed in Switzerland and London are peripheral issues that still needs the go ahead from Xi. The USA can make all kinds of claims about illusory agreements that were forged in their delusional mind.

Just look at India, with Modi rushing to Washington before everyone else, thinking he is going to catch the early worm and be patted on the head by Trump. Instead, Modi was humiliated and forced to buy expensive weapons from the USA and even now coerced to buy agricultural products that had been rejected by China. Some of the agricultural products have also been rejected by the EU due to genetically modified issues which the EU is very strict about. This is going to kill Indian farmers.

Farmers in USA are going bankrupt without the Chinese market, which is never going to return. The USA will face a National Security Issue with regard to food in time to come, if more farmers bite the dust. In the initial stages of the trade war during Trump's first term, subsidies were used to keep farmers in business. Long term subsidies are not going to work, just like subsidizing semiconductor manufacturers. It sounds good for a start, but not feasible for the longer term. Even monopolizing the semiconductor sector needs a big enough market and if they cannot break into the China market, that spells doom and gloom. Samsung has seen the reality and having cold feet, refusing to go deeper into investing in the USA. Lack of demand was the reason, and who is fueling the demand? Not the USA manufacturers for sure.


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