Imbeciles are very trusting of foreigners

 IT team lead attached to State Courts installed remote desktop app risking 18,000 files, gets jail

Janarthanan Tamil Kovan had granted his foreign acquaintance remote access to the government-managed laptop as Janarthanan wanted to use it to take a cyber security examination.

SINGAPORE: Because his personal laptop was faulty, an IT team leader in charge of the State Courts' cloud system team decided to use his government-managed device containing over 18,000 restricted files to take a cyber security examination.

In doing so, he granted an acquaintance remote access to his laptop, causing unauthorised computer modification and risking protected files which included login credentials and secret keys of the State Courts' network.

Janarthanan Tamil Kovan, a 42-year-old Indian national, was sentenced to 28 weeks' jail on Monday (Sep 28).

He pleaded guilty to a charge each of endangering the safety of documents belonging to the State Courts and the Government of Singapore under the Official Secrets Act, and for causing an unauthorised modification of the laptop. CNA

You can expect more of such incidents to happen. Too many foreigners are given access to our sensitive data, information and operating systems. AI is dangerous? Imbeciles are even more dangerous, openly inviting and employing unknown foreigners with unknown character, motivation or background to work in sensitive areas and operations. How many thousands are already in position to do harm to Singapore?

Is this the only case that happened to be caught? What would happen to all the files now in unknown hands? No report of other violations or breaches of security does not mean all is well. Many of our secrets or sensitive information and data could be compromised but ignorance is blissed.

Welcome more foreigners?

Mass murderer Trump can annihilate Iran, ... 'Who is next?

Trump can annihilate Iran, but he is going to spark the question of 'Who is next?'. There are 193 countries in the world and countries like Russia and China are not waiting for their turn to be held hostage by the rogue and terrorist USA. It will be another rush to build more nukes as deterrents. And more ways to deliver such nukes using hypersonic missiles. No country in the world will be safe, not USA for sure.

After the seizure of Russian assets resulting from the Ukraine War, countries have not stopped asking, 'Who is next?' Which is why more and more countries are queueing to join BRICS, to get away from being threatened by the use of sanctions. Which is why countries and big banks are now going for investments in gold instead of treasuries and assets in the USA and Europe. Treasury yields in USA and Japan are spiking, but the risk that investors are taking are also spiking and demanding higher and higher yields to compensate. Countries like China are no longer interested in buying USA treasuries. Rather be safe than sorry when the shit hits the fan.

If Trump does go ahead by using nukes on Iran in order to annihilate it, as that is the only possibility that can exists, it means that the USA is the only rogue country to do that twice. No other nuclear capable country has ever done that. Which begs the question of who really is the biggest threat to world peace. Not the North Koreans as fabricated by Trump himself just a couple of years ago, not Russia, not China, not India and not Pakistan but comes back to the USA itself. Who is Trump to say that Iran's possession of any nuke is a threat to the world? Trump is always fabricating evidence to suit his agenda when that has not been shown to be true.

Now you can be sure that Iran is going to have a nuke in time. No question about it. It is the ultimate deterrent, clear and simple. And Trump would be the catalyst that pushed Iran into that position.


Anonymous

Washington clowns coercing the world to break away from American controlled systems. China offering the alternatives

Remember the Global South is fast developing and expanding economically as Chinese investments and infrastructures help them to progress. As I always say, progress and becoming wealthy is not the prerogative and monopoly of the Anglo-Saxon Whites. It is a universal aspiration now being unleashed by China's example. BRICS may still be seen as just an irritant but will soon be more than that.

The Global South is an expanding market for China whichever way they may want to propagandize and demonize it regarding the Chinese help given as a debt trap. The USA market is not China's priority going forward. It will be a huge loss for USA consumers and a big gain for the Global South. No two ways looking at it as well.

The bigger picture is what effect that will eventually be if countries begin to see the benefits of trading in their own currencies instead of being held hostage by the US$ hegemony at huge costs. The exchange rate losses resulting from ridiculous currency exchanges trotted out in big deals like the oil trade is nothing that sounds like peanuts to small and poor countries. If they can cut down on such losses, why still stick to using US$ for trade. Same as smaller deals made under credit card spending that is losing steam in the face of other payment systems that does away with currency conversion for every purchase done using credit cards.

For decades, the whole world had been held hostage by the USA weaponizing its US$ hegemony. Now, with BRICS, the game is changing. The USA can continue to create more opportunities for countries to shy away from using the US$, which is of no benefit to itself. Trying to invoke secondary sanctions is another nail in its US$ hegemony coffin. It is going to backfire badly.


Anonymous

Dangerous software glitch...and 737 Max still flying, not grounded

 Boeing flags 737 MAX software glitch affecting landing navigation feature: Report

A Boeing 737 MAX software glitch could knock out automated flight guidance during landing after a missed approach, adding fresh scrutiny to the jetmaker.


WASHINGTON: Boeing has identified a previously undisclosed 737 MAX software glitch that could cause an automated navigation feature to fail during landing, the Wall Street Journal reported on Saturday (Sep 26), citing company documents.

The issue emerged from a cockpit software update and can occur when flight crews alter their planned flight path after a missed approach, the report said.

When reached for comment, Boeing said it informed all 737 operators last month about the software issue under which pilots may not have access to automated flight guidance during a specific landing scenario.

"We shared information with operators that reinforced existing pilot procedures for safely handling such cases. Our engineers are working on a software update to permanently address the issue," Boeing said in an emailed statement to Reuters.  CNA

Boeing's action or non action is highly irresponsible and could lead to loss of lives. This is unacceptable. All the 737 Max must be grounded and the glitch rectified before allowing to fly again. Passenger safety cannot be compromised and the aircraft must be 100% safe before flying. The glitch is waiting to happen any moment and crash the aircraft and killing its passengers.

Time for China to call another grounding of all 737 Max aircraft for the world, or at least in China.

America's brute President threatening to annihilate Iran in the UN, in front of world leaders

 UNITED NATIONS: US President Donald Trump used his UN General Assembly speech on Tuesday (Sep 22) to make the case for his war on Iran, arguing he has prevented Tehran from obtaining a nuclear weapon and warning that he could "annihilate the Islamic Republic" if no deal is reached to end the conflict.

While predicting his administration would strike a peace deal with Iran following the Nov 3 US midterm elections, Trump called on other nations to join America in isolating Iran economically to force it to the negotiating table. 

"I have a big decision to make. Will a deal be made with Iran that lets them rebuild and create a far greater country than it ever was before?" Trump said. "Or do I annihilate the Islamic Republic and do it quickly, never giving them a chance to kill and destroy people and countries again?"

 CNA

Did the world leaders give this primitive brute a standing ovation for threatening to wipe out a civilisation in the UN?  Trump proudly told the world leaders in the UN that he would wipe out Iran if he did not get his peace deal with Iran. What is the meaning of peace to this mass murderer and war criminal? Trump demands Iran to surrender to his terms and be dictated by the American terrorists to live according to what the American terrorists decide for them. This is his version of making peace, like taking over Venezuela and Greenland.

And as usual, the balless and brain dead leaders in the UN just keep mum, and let this brute to threaten them about how he would annihilate Iran or any country that did not do his bidding. No one there thinks it right to protest and denounce this mass murderer for wanting to annihilate the Iranian people like squashing cockroaches. To brute Trump and his American terrorists, killing Iranians, Palestinians, Arabs and Muslims is normal, just something to be done and no one will be there to object or oppose them. Trump acts like he is the emperor of the world and can do what he likes. 

The American terrorists are the most peace loving people, all kindness and caring to their lackeys and cronies, but not to their victims. The American terrorists' behaviour is the best behaviour in the world. Killing, lying, threatening to wipe out civilisations are second nature to the very nice and admirable American terrorists. Surrender to their demands or perish like the Iranians and Palestinians. This is how they make peace in their fake free world of fake democracy and human rights.

America is like the biblical Garden of Eden, where man still did not know what is good and evil, nor what is shame walking around naked. Trump is walking around naked and threatening to kill whenever he wants, no good, no evil. The American hillbillies and rednecks too did not know what is good and evil. They will go along with their naked President, kill, kill, kill. Nothing wrong with that.

Did the foolish leaders give Trump a standing ovation? Which foolish leaders are going to obey Trump to isolate Iran and sanction Iran? The UN has been turned into a stage for mass murderers, war criminals, savages etc etc to threaten to kill people. The rest of the world leaders are just props, talking rubbish like school children while the savages and beasts talk about annihilation, about genocide.

Xi's visit, so much fanfare all for nothing

Xi will be happy going home empty handed. I do not think Trump will likewise be happy. Xi is just following diplomacy by taking up the invitation to visit and take that as a fully paid holiday. Trump wants a visit and gets it, probably to boost his November mid-term. It probably backfired. That is the truth that is difficult for Trump's base to digest.

There is no such thing as the USA bargaining in a position of strength anymore going forward. That is water under the bridge. The USA has never been in a position that it cannot dictate. We are entering an era of a multipolar world, and the USA should realize it and live with it. I know the truth hurts, and it is only a question of whether the USA can handle the truth.

Whatever happens, China will continue to move ahead regardless of whether the USA likes it or not. China has been working for decades to become what it is today knowing that the USA will go all out to prevent China from rising. That is the USA playbook that China has known for more than 250 years.

How many Empires have wanted to remain at its pinnacle over the centuries but failed? The USA thought that with its US$ hegemony, its military might, protected by more than 800 military bases around the world is enough to control any country trying to pose a threat. It worked against Iraq, Libya, Syria, Venezuela and trying its luck with Iran to set another example.

The world is not as simple as forcing countries to comply, like preventing Germany and Japan from overtaking the USA. They depended on the USA market in those days and have no cards to play. Now, the Global South is rising with developments initiated by China and will be a big enough market for Global South countries themselves to survive.

As I always say, the USA can deny its market to other countries like China. But the reality is that what China cannot sell to the USA, it can still sell to the Global South countries. China can sell its manufactured products to the Global South at the same price as it is selling to the USA right now, without tariffs, makes the same margin of profit, keeps its factories busy as usual, selling even quality products that it used to make for the West at bigger profits and is none the worse doing that. So, what exactly is the problem?


Anonymous

Xi's message to Trump, we can do without trade with America

 Xi’s CEO-free delegation at Trump state dinner spotlights strains in US-China business ties

Chinese President Xi Jinping brought China’s top economic officials to Washington but left its business leaders at home, even as corporate America turned out in force for US President Donald Trump’s state dinner.

SHANGHAI: Chinese CEOs were conspicuously missing from United States President Donald Trump’s state dinner for Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping on Thursday (Sep 24), even as more than 30 American business leaders filled the room.

Their absence changes little at the negotiating table, where Beijing’s senior economic officials - who were present - remain the key decision-makers, analysts say....

Corporate America was represented in force at the White House state dinner on Thursday.  CNA

All the hype, pomp and pageantry, Xi arrived and was greeted in person by Trump at the aircraft, with red carpet, an honour rarely offered to any head of state. The Emperor does not greet any leader at the aircraft. He normally stays back in the comfort of his palace, the White House. In a way, Trump finally returned the favour Xi offered to him in Beijing in his previous visits and accepted Xi as an equal in big power politics.

To Xi, this is a reciprocity to Trump's visit earlier in the year, nothing more. There were a lot of high expectations that relations would be better, with more trades and less sanctions. But everyone knows that this is fiction, fantasy. Trump and his rogues have never let a day passed without imposing more sanctions, bans and restrictions on China. Xi noted without saying a word. The whole rigmarole set up by clown Trump was just that. China has seen this happened over and over again and no longer pay any hope in the American thugs and their hypocritical behaviour. The American gangsters will punch you in the face and smile and say we are very good friends. Xi will not have any of that anymore, but will play along with the Americans using their same playbook.

Trump and his clowns are all set to not only decouple from China but to bring down China, to stop China's growth and development in every way possible. Have no doubt about that. All the smiles and niceties coming out from Trump's filthy mouth are filths, not be be taken seriously.

While Trump gathered all the top business honchos to his White House dinner, giving the impression that he wanted more business, Xi did not believe a wee bit in this gesture. Xi's delegation did not have a single business CEO in them. What does this say of the visit? A courtesy call at best.

Xi is telling Trump and his clowns through his actions. No trade. China can do without trade with the Americans, and no pretense. This is just diplomacy and a show, relations with America is just a farce. Xi's only message to Trump is very simple. Both can play the same game. Set the relations right before trade can proceed. You want to fool around, mess around, to pretend to be smiling but holding a dagger behind your back, China can do the same. Until Trump and the Americans are serious in what they say and want good relations with China, relations with America will be superficial. 

Trump and his rogues can keep on bashing China, blocking China, attacking China, attacking China's assets and investments around the world, China will take note and quietly take steps to decouple completely from the Americans. All the strategies and plans have been put into action for China to be independent and self sufficient and to do away with America. The world is big enough for China and the rest of the world to live and prosper without the American terrorists. 

China no longer needs America. Xi does not need Trump but will just play along with him for as long as the clown thinks he can go on clowning without consequences, and keep on believing that Xi is a fool at his finger tips. China's relations with America is theatric, political, NOT economic and trade. Clown Trump got to get use to a China that no longer trust a single word coming out from him. You want a show, China will reciprocate. China has developed all the technologies it needed and will surpass the Americans in a few years in everything. What is Nvidia, what are AI models and data centres?  China is surging ahead in and leaving the American clowns behind.

Let's toast to MAGA and the great America and Trump's circus in Washington. Xi has no delusion about this trip. Xi will go home empty handed for sure and be very happy with it. Trump and his CEOs will also be empty handed and be very happy about it without knowing why. What a great relationship between Trump and Xi, between America and China.

Empire of Lies still spreading lies that China is still their IP when they did not even have the tech

The anti-China faction lies so unconvincingly that I sometimes cannot imagine where they got such frivolous ideas.

For example, when China showcased its robots performing with humans, they claimed that those robots were under remote control. That was not a single robot, but dozens of them doing the same stuff in perfect unison with the human performers. How could such precise control over their jumping, somersaulting and doing wushu be under remote control?

Suffice to say, just because they are unable to do the same, they demonized. The same thing they always do without fail. It is just sour grapes. Just like the fox unable to get at the grapes and yet tells everyone that they are sour. Not tasing it yet the fox knows it is sour.

But going a step further, they may claim that what the robots are doing is just copying from them. While Elon Musk is making robots to do housework like watering plants and serving tea, China is using robots in an industrial landscape. Compare the productivity of the two and you can gauge who is really thinking out of the box.


Anonymous

American propaganda machine backfired with silly lies falling flat

As reported by some mischievous sites showing Xi hospitalized and in an intensive care unit in a hospital, why is there a Xi Jinping now shaking hands with Trump? Must be AI generated, like the one about Xi in hospital. Or was that a stand-in for Xi, lol. Putin has so many stand-ins. So does Kim Jong Un.

So much speculation about Xi's health lately came to naught. It destroys the reputation of those anti-China social media sites. Putin's health had been under scrutiny for years. He was supposed to have died many times, like the collapse of China. Even Kim Jong Urn's non-appearance for a few weeks cannot be left un-propagated.

Now there are much speculation circulating about Xi's hold on power in China with opponents going for his removal. How true are those? That video of Hu Jintao being removed from a meeting was given a real boosting by anti-China bots, with much speculation about the reason, but not really touching on the real reason.

There was also much speculation about Xi's departure from the BRICS summit in India and his non-attendance at the gala dinner hosted by Modi. The speculation even said that Xi suffered a minor stroke. Another was speculating about Xi's anger over Modi's criticism over China's rare earth control. Yet another was speculating about Xi being afraid of being poisoned consuming food in India. Only the fertile minded can come up with such mischievous ideas.

But, as they say, the dogs barked, but the caravan moves on.


Anonymous

Singapore primary education - Parents want the best for their child, ... hopefully no parents will be jailed for this

Commentary: Parents want the best for their child, but P1 registration cannot be only about 'me first'

Before considering bolder changes, we need to decide how to balance individual competitiveness and our collective values, say SMU’s Jacqueline Ho, NIE’s Jason Tan and NUS’ Vincent Chua.

SINGAPORE: In a high-stakes, credential-conscious environment, parents understandably want to deploy every available resource to secure their child’s educational future.

Recognising these pressures, the Ministry of Education recently announced adjustments to the Primary 1 registration framework. There will be more reserved places in Phase 2C for children with no prior connection to the school, up from 40 to 60 spots. Additionally, twelve schools in neighbourhoods with more private housing will offer a two-track Phase 2C to include those living beyond the usual 2km radius. CNA

Can anyone fault the parents for wanting the best for their children, especially in education? The Singapore govt understands this very well and is trying to do everything it could to satisfy their aspirations, love and devotion for their children and their future. This move will be music to the parents in Singapore.

Anyone thinks more should be done for the parents and their charge? Parental or motherly love must not be seen as a crime, or a serious crime that warrants jail sentences. Would the wise and clever men and women understand this?

"The stated goals of Phase 2A and Phase 2B are to preserve school culture through alumni, clan and church connections, and recognise volunteer or grassroots contributions. For decades, these priorities have defined the boundaries of what Singaporeans imagine the P1 registration framework can and should accomplish.

Yet while these policy objectives sound reasonable in theory, the registration rules meant to achieve them have become gameable levers of advantage in practice." CNA

A crime is a crime. But is gaming for a place in a good school for a child be seen in the same light as a violent crime or gaming in a casino or in the stock market? If so, then parents should not be allowed to do volunteer works for schools to gain points for admission as well. It is also a form of gaming. No?

What do you think?

China is building this and that, very good....BUT

 

Testing the waters? Businesses weigh China’s new trade shortcut to Southeast Asia

The Pinglu Canal provides China’s landlocked southwest region with a much shorter water route to the South China Sea - and Southeast Asia. But turning early business interest into sustained demand will be the bigger test, say analysts.  Melody Chan, CNA

Not to worry, anything China does will fail. China is going to collapse soon, or already collapsed 26 years ago. China's EVs, solar panel, EV battery, AI, chips, anything China seeks to do will fail. China's factories will collapse, China's robots will collapse....  They will look good initially, BUT will fail. China is doomed and will never overtake the Americans.

Happy? The brain dead Anglophiles can start to celebrate the collapse of China, after wishing for China's collapse for so long. I guarantee that Trump will collapse before China will collapse. Maybe the rogue America Empire will collapse before China. 

Who are the analysts that are praying for China's collapse everyday?

The Anglo Saxons do not know what is good and what is evil

The Brits, the forerunner of the USA, stole the North American continent from the Native American Indians by force. That was the biggest robbery in history. The USA stole most of their manufacturing expertise from the Europeans in the past but will never admit it. It also stole all the resources from other countries to fuel its manufacturing in the past but will never admit it as well. It is stealing oil from Venezuela, just outright daylight robbery in fact. The USA is going to steal all the resources of Greenland under its new agreement with Denmark. Watch the USA strangle Denmark into compliance.

USA committed the biggest fraud in history by pulling out gold in support for the US$ in 1971. What countries held in their hands were basically left with toilet papers supported by thin air, nothing more. To remedy that they conned the Arabs instead into using oil to support the US$ in 1973. Oil that the USA does not truly control to be used to support the US$ hegemony. To be able to con the Arabs into agreement, the USA used their mantra of protecting the oil installations in Arab countries by building military bases in the Middle East. The Arabs invited the devil into the house and have not been able to exorcise it ever since, digging a bigger hole by investing their oil wealth in the USA.

Iran is the only Middle East country trying to counter that for years and the USA knows it has to get Iran out of the picture. With no practical reason to take out Iran, the only avenue to exploit was demonizing Iran enriching Uranium to make a bomb. Iran, under religious constraints had never intended to go nuclear. That Obama agreement already did the necessary. And that agreement did put a stop to what the USA could do to Iran, until Trump just unilaterally tore it up. Now attacking Iran is open season for Trump with no agreement in place. And now Iran is going to make a bomb, sooner of later.

Do the Arabs now realize that the USA is unable to protect their interests in the Middle East? What is even more clearly exposed is that the USA is even unable to protect its own military bases and installations in the Middle East. A whole can of worms had now opened up for the Arabs to think about.

Now another front for conflict is opening up against the Saudis. The Bab Al-Mandab for navigation is under serious threat, with insurance premiums shooting to the sky. The Saudis are paying the price for its war against the Houthis. The Houthis have nothing to lose or fear, while the Saudis are being strangled and begging the USA for help.


Anonymous

The dogs barked, but the caravan moves on

As reported by some mischievous sites showing Xi hospitalized and in an intensive care unit in a hospital, why is there a Xi Jinping now shaking hands with Trump? Must be AI generated, like the one about Xi in hospital. Or was that a stand-in for Xi, lol. Putin has so many stand-ins. So does Kim Jong Un.

So much speculation about Xi's health lately came to naught. It destroys the reputation of those anti-China social media sites. Putin's health had been under scrutiny for years. He was supposed to have died many times, like the collapse of China. Even Kim Jong Urn's non-appearance for a few weeks cannot be left un-propagated.

Now there are much speculation circulating about Xi's hold on power in China with opponents going for his removal. How true are those? That video of Hu Jintao being removed from a meeting was given a real boosting by anti-China bots, with much speculation about the reason, but not really touching on the real reason.

There was also much speculation about Xi's departure from the BRICS summit in India and his non-attendance at the gala dinner hosted by Modi. The speculation even said that Xi suffered a minor stroke. Another was speculating about Xi's anger over Modi's criticism over China's rare earth control. Yet another was speculating about Xi being afraid of being poisoned consuming food in India. Only the fertile minded can come up with such mischievous ideas.

But, as they say, the dogs barked, but the caravan moves on.


Anonymous

The new forbidden fruit in America

 What is the forbidden fruit? According to the believers of the Bible, it is a fruit that should not be eaten. When eaten, the fruit would make the eater smarter or enlightened, to know the truth about shame if walking around naked and more. The forbidden fruit was actually a good thing, from the tree of knowledge, unless you believe being ignorant is a better thing. Man was forbidden to eat the forbidden fruit,...a bit like telling the people that AI is dangerous, knowledge is dangerous and should be forbidden.

What is the modern forbidden fruit in America? Actually the Americans are being teased with many forbidden fruits hanging in their face. Many good stuff are forbidden and kept away from the Americans, the free people of a farcical free country. The gods in Washington would not allow the 'free' Americans to have many things that are good for them. And the daft Americans accepted that. The Americans only have dumb blondes not smart enough to offer them the forbidden fruit, and would not dare to protest or want a taste of the forbidden fruits.

Real 5G technology is not allowed in America, only fake 4G disguised as 5G. The most consequential forbidden fruit of today in America is EV technology and EVs. These are the most advanced automobiles that have been kept away from the Americans, like the forbidden fruit in the Bible. Americans shalt not have EVs or shalt die if they do. Americans must be kept ignorant from what is good for them by their gods in Washington, fed with false information and fake news and lies, to keep them dumb and ignorant. The Washington clowns are planning to ban Chinese EVs from the Americans.

Now they are going to turn AI as the next forbidden fruit. AI is knowledge and information, AI is like the Tree of Knowledge and must be kept away from the brainless Americans. Keep the Americans as dumb as Adam or Trump, happily walking around naked. Knowledge and knowing are dangerous for the Americans. Keep the Americans safe from having too much knowledge, from knowing good from evil. Let them be forever like the brain dead hillbillies and rednecks, so said the white gods now controlling the Americans, what they can know, what they need to know and be happy in their fake world of freedom, liberty and Democrazy. Keep the brainless Americans safe from acquiring new knowledge or they will come to know that the American terrorists are committing war crimes, massacres, genocides and crimes against humanity, all the bad things. Now the hillbillies and rednecks did not know what is good and what is evil. Ignorance is a blessing for the hillbillies and rednecks. Actually their main target is the daft people of the world. Do not let them have full access to AI. This is to be monopolised by the Americans. Spread the fear of AI to frighten the shit out of the daft world. They will always be led or misled by the American narratives. When Americans say something is bad, it must be bad.

How long more will the Americans be kept in the dark, away from the forbidden fruits? When will a smart Eve tempt the Americans with the forbidden fruit and let them be free to know what is good and evil, and to have a taste of all the forbidden fruits that the world is having and enjoying?  When will the Americans have real freedom, freedom of choice, free to know what is good and evil, and free to have the best and most advanced and affordable EVs from China?

Who copy and steal from who?

I came across this Youtube video on the site 'Statrys' titled 'Now it's the West copying China (but they'll never admit it). A very insightful view of the changing world. Some of the stuff that the West are starting to do, China has been doing that for years. The only mantra we have been hearing is that China is stealing ideas, which the propaganda machine has been so successful in doing for decades.

Aside from the propaganda, China not only is dominating in areas like EVs, solar panels, wind turbines, shipbuilding and high-speed railway systems, there are areas less well known, but which China is already killing the competition, quietly, discreetly and as always without the shouting.

The diamond industry, dominated by the West is already taken apart by the artificial diamond industry of China. Even the experts could not differentiate the quality of artificial diamonds compared to the real stuff controlled by British De Beers all over the decades. This company had been able to keep diamond prices artificially high by controlling global diamond output using its monopolistic position. India faces the same problem with its import and export of diamond industry crippled by falling demand. Now, the shit has hit the fan. The touting of 'Diamonds are Forever' is no longer holding true, with China's cut-throat prices competing on the global market.

Diamonds are not just to cater to the jewelry market. One important sector, the semiconductor industry, needed diamonds for its unique qualities. This is going to be another industry that China could weaponize in years to come.

An even less known industry that the Chinese have taken apart is the roe of the sturgeon fish, a very expensive delicacy of the Norwegian Caviar industry which is facing stiff competition from China. China had been breeding this fish for decades and is now harvesting its roe to compete on the global caviar market.

China is also already making substantial progress in the food production sector, being now the biggest producer of farmed seafood, reclaiming desert lands now providing more space for agriculture, growing a rice specie in salt water. Food is a national security issue, together with energy, for China's survival. And China is not letting these be left behind while concentrating on its manufacturing domination.

There are so many other sectors that China is innovating with ideas that could kill the global competition. This is the overcapacity that the USA and the West fears.


Anonymous

Clown Trump making foolish claims in the UN

Trump made 'multiple false and misleading' claims at the UN General Assembly according to sources. Whether the attendees laughed at him or not was not reported. Oh, I guess some reporters of some media are banned and those who were allowed to cover the event dare not tell the truth. He was laughed at in the past when he spoke at the UN. This man knows no shame at all and still delivering horseshit.

Among the claims he made was about a deal with Iran after the midterm on November 3rd. How many times have we heard similar dates being trotted out and gone out the window? Trump sets dates that only he could have gathered from his sleepwalking during the night. Of course he can annihilate Iran, a threat he made every time he opens his big mouth with his boasting. Iran has trampled on those claims, calling it just 'domestic propaganda' to enhance his midterm standing, nothing more. Trump can continue to fool the rednecks and hillbillies, who are too 'dull of mind' to understand. They just love to clap whenever Trump farts, not knowing what they are clapping for.

Trump claims he has denied Iran the capacity to have a nuclear bomb, without an agreement to show. In any case such an agreement is not even worth the paper it is written on, as it can be torn up according to Trump's whims and fancies.

Now Trump is calling the rest of the world to isolate Iran. I think most of those present will instead be asking - Who is next? The isolation has already failed, without China doing the necessary. The threat against those doing trade with Iran using secondary sanctions is going to do more harm to the USA with trade being conducted outside the US$. Talk about knocking those doing trade with Iran out of the US$ system is just hubris.

In the face of all the theatrics, wasn't the original Obama agreement with Iran all about reining in Iran from possessing a nuke that he tore up? Was that just a love letter? Wasn't that agreement already preventing Iran from going nuclear? Was Obama in love with the Supreme Leader of Iran and giving Iran permission to have a nuke in that agreement, the same as himself falling in love with Kim Jong Un and no longer telling the world that North Korea is a threat to the rest of the world without de-nuclearization. What happened to all his crowing, standing on top of a dung heap?


Anonymous

Trump opposes curbs on AI. Did he get it right this time?

UNITED NATIONS: US President Donald Trump on Tuesday (Sep 22) announced that the US government would rename artificial intelligence "super intelligence" in official communications, as world leaders jostled over how to address the dangers of the fast-advancing technology.

AI has become a major topic at the UN General Assembly after incidents of the technology falling out of the control of humans and warnings by company insiders drew global alarm and calls for better government supervision of the industry.

Speaking to the assembly, Trump stood by his firm opposition to regulating AI, while arguing the word "artificial" undersold the technology and voicing hope the rest of the world would adopt the new term. CNA

Where is the call for wanting to constrain the growth of AI coming from? Who is spreading fear of AI? Like all new technology, there will be doomsayers calling for its ban or restriction. AI is the natural progression of human civilisation towards more knowledge, information and understanding of everything in life. No one is disputing the power of AI and Trump is not wrong to want to rename it super intelligence. He may even want to call it Trump Intelligence if he could think of it.

Is the fear of AI valid? Why opposing AI or fearing the spread of AI when it is a good thing? The Americans have called on the banning of many new technologies, from 5G, EVs, solar panels, mobile phone technologies, drones, CCTV and face recognition...for reasons best known to themselves. Missuse, abuse, AI being used as a weapon for espionage and destruction, with Anthropic even suggesting AI will end civilisation. CCTV and face recognition are the best and most effective weapons against crimes, terrorists, mischiefs, saboteurs, trouble makers, and you know who.

Now the world is parroting the call to stop the growth of AI. What a joke. The threat and fear of AI are the evil people with unfriendly and hostile intent in the use of AI, not AI per se. The call to limit or slow the growth of AI by the jokers called world leaders is the same as their calls for the ban of nuclear weapons. It will end up with the little guys being handcuffed and not allowed to maximise the use of AIs while the rogues will continue to develop them to the fullest extend to be used against countries and individuals. 

Iran is going to be annihilated by the savages with the most deadly nuclear weapons using the excuse that Iran is going to have nuclear weapons one day. What a silly crap argument. And the rogues and savages using this argument will continue to develop and build more and more deadly nuclear weapons. This will also be the case for AI if the rogues and savages have their way. Only they are allowed to have the best AIs while the rest of the world will be constrained, limited and may even be banned from using AI. They may even make it a crime for the small and weak countries to use AI and deprive them from the technology. Remember the fearmongering about aliens on the moon to frighten people from going to the moon?

The push to ban 5G, EVs, CCTV/facial recognition etc etc is a lie being pushed by the Americans to stop countries using these technologies as the Americans' evil intent to deploy these technologies against civilisation will be compromised and made difficult. Facial recognition will mean all American spies, CIA operators will not be able to function freely in other countries, all the evil men and criminals would be easily identified and arrested...no where to hide.

The Americans would want to curb the advancement and spread of AI to prevent others from getting the full benefits of AI. They will want to monopolise AI and the use of AI to control the world, to threaten the rest of the world, to blackmail the world, just like their multi billion dollar data centres and chip technologies.

AI should go the way of Open AI models, freely available to all and sundry. The abusers and criminals that are exploiting AI are the real problems to be tackled. Stop undermining the young and deprive them of AI technology and stopping their growth and development in acquiring technologies and information in the new world. Why tie the hands of the innocent users but to enable the rogues and criminals a free hand at AI? Why stop countries like Iran to have nuclear weapons when rogue America is having all the nuclear weapons to threaten to wipe out Iran?

PS. When everyone has AI, like nuclear weapons, no one has to fear the Americans or those who have. Everyone will be able to hack into American systems, not only the Americans hacking into other countries' systems. Both can play the game on a level playing field.

Virgo's take on million dollar men and women

Good morning Mr Yang Tai Chong and All
You are absolutely RIGHT!

Successors ars supposed to be wiser and even more capable with their predecessors as they are been groomed and had better education and all opportunities and yet they turned our to be DUDs

As LKY once said once you are not hungry any more and no threats of survivals you shall become complacent and soft

Those who had undergone such Dire circumstances and hardships are streets smart and gung ho with even daring to put their lives on their beliefs

Once became soft and easy that's be the downfall

These self righteous Leaders thought they are First Class Elites must be compensated with what's their imaginary nonsense that if they did not sacrificed to be in Government with mundane rewards and being at the Private Sectors they be multi millionaires or billionaires with their talents

In the Private Sectors they thinks they could be like those who make it with their millions and billions

Wishful lots of them!

Outside the ups and downs of owning own businesses took a lot of courage and resourcefulness and I do not think they have the calibres for it

It's riding a bicycle non stop and once you stop peddling you fall.

Think if they were now not in as the Portfolios they are holding, they be just like others, salaried men and women in.the Government Services or just as Managers in.the Private Sectors

Please don't think too highly of yourselves

Have they ever been in businesses?

I had!

No eyes see


Virgo49

New America coming, broken up like the Soviet Union

If history is anything to go by, 'New America' could really be coming true. What is left could just be 'New Mexico' becoming the 'New America', lol. Trump could be the last President of the USA to make it come true to fulfil a prophecy.

Remember the British Empire, encompassing almost a third of the world, now reduced to an island and a half. It ruled over three massive land mass - Canada, Australia, India and other smaller regions. At its peak, it puts the present USA empire in shame. Yet, look at it today, a pitiful 'has been' still attempting to crow on a dung heap without any voice.

Trump is trying to expand his empire into Canada and Greenland. Canada wants nothing more than absorbing USA as its eleventh province or fourth territory instead. Greenland being taken over is just a matter of time, knowing that the Danes have little backbone to do anything despite all the talk of Greenland not for sale. Take that as just a show to pull wool over the eyes of the world.


Anonymous

European or White Men's Christian religion is fake and has two facades, one for white men and one for non-white people.

Jesus teachings was meant to save the people to save mankind from wayward means of sin and evil. But white men have turned Jesus teachings upside down to suit their own wicked agenda of being God's chosen race and god's chosen people and label other non-white people and non Christians as evil heathens not worthy of Jesus love . White people scammed that their God empowered them to take away all the wealth and riches of non-Christians and non-white people's land and properties. In short they blasphemed against God , against Jesus teachings to love one another irrespective of races, colour or creed. 

White men's false claim to Christianity has two facades, one for Europeans or white people and the other for non-white people. The Christian God for white men is encompassing of all good things for white people and all protective for white people as their God's chosen race and they will always be free from danger. But the facade for non-white people is full of craps, toxic and a mental, brain or spiritual anaesthesia to brain wash or dull non-white people into mental stupor or brain dead non-thinking being that will always have to listen and obey the scam and toxic dictates of the white Christians. The Middle East Arab muslims have somewhat fallen into the trap of Anglo-Saxon American Christian deception and are innocently following American or white men's dictates. They tend to believe and trust white Christians especially the Anglo-Saxon Americans and the British rather then their fellow muslim Iranian brothers and sisters. They have been taken in by the West especially the Anglo-Saxon American and British diabolical exploitation of the scism between their Arab Sunni Islam and the Iran Shia Islam. They are both muslims but differ in their approach to the religion. Whereas Islam is anathema to the Europeans or white Christians who have never hidden their intense hatred for Islam and muslims and have vouched that they will forever pursue the death and destruction of all muslims and Islam to the end. In fact the Anglo-Saxon Americans and the British and all or most white Christians hate all non-white people and non-white people's faith and religions. They and the most deceitful and hated evil diabolical Zionist Jews never cease to claim that they are the supreme race and the chosen people of their most evil satan. The white Christians and the Zionist Jews are double face satans. While the Europeans or white people practise Christianity the Zionist Jews practise Judaism and call their satanic holy book or bible Torah. In their satanic book Torah the despicable Zionist Jews have printed and revealed their most evil militant and religious doctrines of hate for other people especially for the muslims while on the other hand it has espoused great love and respect for and among all Jewish people. There is no difference between the Zionist Jews unholy book the Torah and the adulterated Christians Bible for they come from the same satanic source far beyond human historical times. Both the Torah and the Christian Bible are very toxic in their versatile twists and turns in their unprecedented diabolical propaganda in all aspects of lives to suit their opportunistic agenda of the day. To their own people they teach God is love but they can kill non-white people like flies or cockroaches without betting an eyelid. Their holy book teaches 'Thou shall not steal', but they not only steal all the lands of non-white people but also kill all the natives of the land they steal. What a hogwash of their evil doctrines. But inspite and despite the evil doctrines and toxic propaganda of the European Christian religion it is ironical that throughout the passage of time many non-white intellectuals be they lawyers, accountants, doctors, engineers, scientists, politicians or whatsoever fell for their propaganda and are or were converted to their faith. Once converted these intellectuals brains are in comatose and like plasticene they can be manipulated by the white Christians to do their biddings. A case in point was the Chinese politician Hong Siu Chuan who after being converted to Christianity started a Chinese civil war from the 1860s to the late 1870s claiming he wanted to found a Chinese Christian kingdom for the White Christian god. This Chinese civil war to found a Western influence Christian society caused the death of over 30 to 50 million innocent Chinese people. All these was the result of the British Opium Wars on China from 1839 to 1860 and the fake toxic Western Christian religion enhance the weakness of the Chinese political will and power to resist British and Western colonialism and imperialism. Western Christian religion had done serious great harm to Chinese people and Chinese Civilization. The great Chinese nation and country would have been totally destroyed by the West and Japan had it not been for the appearance of the glorious Chinese Red Star of the Chinese Commjunist Party led by the glorious leadership of Mao Tze-tung and his comrades of great Chinese patriots who managed to defeat and drove out Western imperialism and Japanese military aggression to found the glorious Peoples Republic of China on October 1st, 1949 and thus restored the greatness, self-respect, honour and dignity of the Chinese people and civilization.

Have the people of the South, the intellectuals of Africa, Asia, the Middle East, Central America and South America ever pause to think how white men claim to the goodness of their Christian religious doctrine but on the contrary have for the last over 500 years carried out 500 years of violent invasion, destruction and killings and genocide of hundreds of millions of innocent natives in the lands they had invaded. These senseless killings and genocide of hundreds of thousands of innocent natives are still going on in the Middle East, in Africa, in some parts of Asia, in Central and South America and they are now being carried out by the Anglo-Saxon American Christians who now carry the banner of the White Christians in aggressive wars of invasions and glorify it in their anti-Christ Christian hymn, "Onward Christian soldiers marching as to war, to kill and genocide natives and non-white and non-Christian people for the glory of their God" or rather their great satan Lucifer.

Let's be clear, true Christians, true followers of Jesus teachings do not go on invading other people's land and countries and do not and will not kill and genocide other non-white people on their whims  and fancies and then justify their diabolical evil deeds of killings and genocide on their false God empowerment or rather their great Satan, Lucifer's order.

Let's hope people of the South will wake up and smash these arrogant fake white Christians and their evil diabolical Zionist Jews accomplices to permanent destruction and oblivion so that the earthly world may have everlasting peace and harmony.

Southernglory1

Wednesday, 23rd September, 2026