10% is coming back in full force

 Sometime not in the distance past, 10% is the most important catchphrase in the developing world. Everything, every project and development, is about 10%.  Even retard politicians were suddenly rushing to promote more economic projects everywhere not because they are really into economic development for their countries, but because of 10%. There was this story of UN officials visiting developing countries to check on their progress. The govt officials would point to the schools, bridges, roads, etc etc to impress the UN officials. When asked about the cost, the govt official will say 10%. Then he pointed to a vacant space and said sports stadium. The UN officials looked keenly at the open space but could not see anything, no building around. The govt official smiled and said, 100%.

Corruption in the developing countries was a disease and got very bad when the appetite of the corrupt officials became too big, instead of a few hundred thousand bucks, it became a few millions, a few billions. Then the roof came crashing down, only some, as many continue to collect their 10% or 100% as long as they are not caught.

Taiwan's ruling party is banging in the Parliament for more fun, oops I mean fund, to buy more expensive American weapons from America's junkyard. The opposition parties have succeeded partially to cut it down to size, but still very substantial, like US$800m. The ruling govt is not happy and continue to ask for more, another US$400m or US$500m. The Americans are asking for US$14b! When a govt is so desperate asking for more money, they are not too far from the 10% formula. When a govt is so happy to spend money, big money, in the millions and billions, beware!

This 10% disease is now spreading to America. The biggest practitioner of big spending is none other than Trump. When America is so broke, he got his way to knock down the ballroom in the White House to be replaced with a new ballroom, probably called Trump and Melania's ballroom. This is only the appetiser. It is costing the American taxpayers something like US$400m. How much is 10% of US$400m? But Trump's demand is 15% like for Nvidia chips. In the case of the Board of Piss, it is 100%. And the War Secretary wants US$200b for his operation to kill Iranians, and a US$1.5 trillion defence budget.  Who cares about the US$40 trillion debt?

The appetite is growing really big, and growing bigger. There is no limit to greed. Beware when someone is demanding more money for big projects or expenditure. 10% is only a starter, very cheap. By the way, after returning from Beijing, Trump is saying that he wanted to build a Great Hall for the American people, to be bigger and grander than China's Great Hall of the People. 15%?

Taiwan believes it is independent or going to be independent. What a joke!

 The DPP and its followers believe that Taiwan is going to be an independent country. They proudly called themselves the independent movement, to be independent from China, their Motherland. And many daft Taiwanese are being duped into this silly idea. Politically and historically, Taiwan is a part of China and will always be a part of China. The present status is an aberration that will not last. Taiwan will be reunited with the Motherland sooner or later. Period.

What the daft Taiwanese did not know, they would not know, is that the fish in a fishbowl will be fish in a fishbowl. That is their place, they will not be free swimming in the river or the sea, but they think they are free. The sad thing is that instead of becoming an independent state, Taiwan now has two foreign masters, the Americans and Japanese. Both are pulling the strings and Taiwan is nothing but just a puppet, Everything the Taiwanese want to do, they must ask permission from their puppet masters, America and Japan. And they think this is normal, this is freedom and independence.

The AIT is the official govt of Taiwan. The Taiwanese from the ruling party and the opposition parties must pay homage to the AIT, to inform them of their every action, to seek their approval for anything they want to do. And they must crawl to Washington and often to Japan to get their blessings and support. This is how silly and pathetic the Taiwanese have become. Instead of being first class Chinese, they now have two foreign masters to rule over them. The Americans even demand protection money from the Taiwanese, pay up, pay up, and also decide to remove TSMC from Taiwan. And the Taiwanese cannot say no. It is just the way it is, Taiwan is 'independent' as a colony of the USA and a semi colony of the Japanese.

The Taiwanese need to get out of the fishbowl to look from outside, to see that they are actually living inside a fishbowl own by the American and Japanese. All the silly calls about being independent is to be a colony of the Americans and the Japanese.

Would the Taiwanese wake up from their silly dream and free themselves from their American and Japanese masters? When are they going to make decisions for their own future without having to ask for approval from the Americans and the Japanese? Stop being the dogs of the Americans and the Japanese.

India betrays everyone and thinks there is no consequences

What is India doing in international affairs? On hindsight, very simple - India is waiting to see who wins and then pick the winning side. This is the Indian DNA.

India was supposed to be Russia's close friend for decades but pivoted to USA when the mask fell. India's testicles have been caught in the US$ hegemony, as the Indian rupee is avoided by Russia and other countries. It has no cards to play, when Russia insisted on being paid in Chinese Yuan for weapons and oil and the US$ was its only lifeline.

India in BRICS was never about providing inputs to improve BRICS. It was to erect hurdles for BRICS in de-dollarization to please the USA. India is the USA's Trojan Horse in BRICS, answering to the USA, the side that is now still on the winning side, but not for long.

India betrayed Iran by allowing the USA to sink its unarmed warship taking part in a competition in India to leave port and targeted by the USA, killing hundreds of innocent Iranians. India is secretly supporting the Arabs, particularly UAE, against Iran. The outcome is still undecided, but India is waiting to see how it turns out with its bets.

There have been calls for Iran to replace India as the 'I' in BRICS. This is not without reason, as India is perceived as the traitor in BRICS. How much harm has India done to BRICS is not marginal. India is also in the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, doing it dirty work for the USA.


Anonymous

The Chinese Genie is out of the bottle....

Without the bans, tariffs and sanctions, China will eat up the breakfast, lunch and dinner of USA entities. Just look at the number of patents filed by China over the last few years, putting the USA and the rest of the world in the dust.

Yet, despite all the above desperate measures, China is still powering ahead. The main preoccupation of the USA and the West is keeping China away from dominating the high-end chips and the AI sector. But China is not just concentrating its priority in the chips and AI sector. China is undertaking research and development in so many other areas if you care to keep track of China's domination now in chemical research, research papers in energy, physics, science, computer, high speed rails, aviation, shipbuilding and now moving into AI.

The USA knows China is chipping away at its last bastion, the semiconductor sector, while the AI sector is still a close call, and is making every effort to deny China the means to move ahead. Trying to stymy China now is an exercise in futility, once the Chinese are determined to break the stranglehold. Where China cannot get the top end ASML chipmaking machine, China will even make their own. Necessity is the mother of invention.


Anonymous

Malaysia - Another case of stupidity has no cure, another joke

 From Anwar warning to US$250m claim - what’s behind Malaysia’s response to Norway’s scrapped missile deal?

The strength of Malaysia’s case will depend on whether export approval was explicitly tied to delivery of the missiles, and what remedies exist if a sovereign government blocks the transfer, says an analyst.

KUALA LUMPUR: Putrajaya’s RM1 billion (US$251.5 million) claim against a Norwegian defence company shows it is maintaining pressure on Oslo after the Scandinavian country unilaterally halted delivery of crucial naval missiles to Malaysia under a previously agreed contract, analysts say.

The notice of demand came after Malaysia Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim last week slammed Norway’s move to cancel export of its naval strike missiles (NSM), which were intended to equip Malaysia’s upcoming littoral combat ships (LCS).  CNA

After so many centuries of being controlled and duped by the white men, believing in white men's rule of law that applies only to daft coloured people, and this is happening again. Malaysia, like many developing countries, stuck with the colonial mentality and white men is the best, honourable, will play by the rule, bought missiles from Norway believing every word the white men said, and every word in the contract. Now the white men tore away the contract, refused to deliver, what can Malaysia do? Hopefully the money is not all paid upfront. Normally this is how white men deal with hungry and begging to buy white men stuff, will do to coloured developing countries. They know that these developing countries are hardup for white men stuff, pay upfront or else no contract.

And Malaysia is now trying to go the legal way, thinking that white men's law will be objective and impartial and they can win a legal case against Norway, to get the missiles it bought, or at least money back. Who is putting a break on this deal? No need to guess. But Malaysia, like all developing countries, will not want to know, thinking it is a level playing field, transparency and all is fair and square under the law.

What is the best response for Malaysia? Stop being daft, stop believing in white men. Money paid is gone, the missiles will not be delivered. White men still rule over the coloured people, in their thinking, in their minds, that white men is sikit atas, actually semua atas in the eyes of colonised minds.