After 500 years of colonization, exploitation and oppression, the
Europeans left the African continent broken, barren, bankrupt, poor and
underdeveloped. The European patted their backsides and simply walked
away from Africa leaving every African country in ruins and in poverty.
The African countries needed help, needed financial aid, technology,
education and infrastructures to grow and progress. The western
controlled banks and agencies, like IMF and World Bank’s response is
that these countries are too poor to service their loans, they have no
money to pay back. No money means no loan. Period. They would not give
bad loans to poor African countries, made poor by them.
So, what is the choice for Africa when their former colonial masters
wrote them off as poor and bad credit risk and do not deserve to be
given loans? Without loans and financing the African countries can’t
rebuild themselves. Their former colonial masters did not care, your
poverty is not their problem. Show me you can pay back your loans or
else no loans. The African countries were thus stuck in between the
devil and the deep blue sea. They want economic growth, they need
infrastructures, investments, factories, jobs, but without money, they
could do nothing other than remain barren and poor and undeveloped
countries.
While the Europeans, the ex colonial masters that robbed them sneered at
the poor African countries, ignored their pleas for help, financial,
social, economic and technology, China stepped in. China offered these
countries all they needed with no strings attached, no political
blackmail, no interference in their domestic affairs, no regime change,
just pure business transactions. China offered the African countries
cheap loans, sometimes interest free, to rebuild the African countries,
investments and infrastructure developments, for a small fee. China is
not a rich country, not the former colonial masters that robbed these
countries and thus has no obligation to be Santa Claus. China came to
trade, to help, to do business and needs to be paid. Fair? When the
former colonial masters that robbed these countries refused to lift a
finger, China was there in times of need.
The African leaders are not stupid. They saw a white knight that was
willing to work with them, to invest in their countries, provide aids
and technology, why not? And the loans were cheaper than those provided
by the IMF or World Bank, banks that would not even want to talk to
them. There was a willing buyer and a willing seller, both came together
with their eyes open, negotiated the best deals they could, signed on
the dotted line without a gun on their heads, to develop the African
countries. Most of the African countries are now progressing very well
and moving up the economic ladder. There were jobs for their people,
investments, more wealth and development, better infrastructures and
connectivity by rail and road, life is certainly better every day.
What went wrong, or anything went wrong? Sure, some of the deals did not
turn out as expected. A few deals went bad due to miscalculation and
some due to poor leadership and corruption. But the majority of the
deals were big successes. If not, China would be kicked out of Africa,
would not be welcomed even for a day longer. The African countries would
be waiting at the doors of their former colonial masters begging for
mercy if China did not lend a helping hand.
What went wrong? The West, out of envy and mischief, started to bad
mouth China and its investments in Africa. The standard smears include
non transparency, bad debt, China is there for the minerals, in other
words China is in Africa to cheat the Africans and the African leaders
are so stupid that they did not know they were being cheated and keep
going to China to ask for more. How valid are these smears and white
lies?
No transparency? The whites are saying that the African leaders signed
all the deals without knowing what they were signing, all blind or
ignorant fools? This is not the days of colonialism or white supremacy
when the Africans had their hands tied or chained and forced to sign
away their countries and resources. The African countries are
independent countries and their leaders are educated elites of their
respective countries. There would be some bad hats for sure. But
generally these are responsible good men and women running their
countries and would want the best for their people and countries. They
would not be so foolish to sign away their countries when there is no
transparency. Period.
Oh, China did not do it out of good will. China was there for the
natural resources. What is wrong with that? The African countries have
no money, anything worthy had been stolen or looted from them by their
colonial masters. And the former colonial masters knew the African
countries have nothing left to be taken, or else they would not have
left Africa. And this is also the reason why they refused to lend the
African countries money to rebuild themselves. When offered funds and
aids and technology for the minerals. The ex colonial masters, the
people that are criticizing China, came and took the minerals for free!
China is helping the African countries to develop their economies and
infrastructure and it is only rightful and fair that the Africans find
ways to pay for them. And China even had to move in with their equipment
to extract the minerals so that they could be paid. Anything wrong? It
is fair trade, barter trade of sort. The white lies said this is bad.
China is exploiting the African resources. Really? Why don’t the West do
the same if they are so kind and sincere? No, they would want to take
the minerals without paying like they did in the past or in exchange for
weapons of war.
What about bad debts, debt traps? How many hundreds or thousands of
projects were there in Africa and how many turned bad? Sri Lanka’s
Hantambota port now under China control for 99 years? Did the accusers
know the deal, how the port was eventually leased to China, what were
the favourable terms offered to the Sri Lankan govt that they found it a
fair deal? All the hyping of bad debt by the whites is simply white
lies to create mischief and mistrust between the African countries and
China.
If China is really the predator and exploiter of African countries, it
does not need to take one year before the whole of Africa turned against
China. But they are the best of pals, with many new projects and loans
being signed everyday. What do these said about non transparency,
exploitation and debt trap? Bull.
The good relations between China and the host of African countries and
the numerous projects in progress and more coming on stream speak for
themselves. China is doing the right thing, the things that the African
countries wanted and the African countries appreciate and are grateful
to China for lending a helping hand when their evil colonial masters
turned them away to rot and die by not helping and not willing to lend
them the funds they needed.
White lies are white lies and only the stupid would believe in them.
China has been in Africa and in Central Asia for decades and there is
peace in these countries. Look at the countries where the Americans are
there, peace or at war or at various stages of war? Who is the real
trouble maker?
Sri Lanka, a Buddhist majority country, Christians and Muslims are
minorities and living in peace. Why out of the blue the Muslims attacked
the Christians? Who would benefit from a destabilized Sri Lanka? Who
would want to see Sri Lanka turned into a war zone? China is a big
investor in Sri Lanka and would stand to lose if the country is at war.
Same as in Venezuela.
If China did not become the white knight in Africa, remove China from
Africa, what would happen to Africa? Removing China from Africa means
removing the hundreds of billions of dollars China poured into Africa
building infrastructures and factories and homes.
The western countries are avoiding Africa like a leech, a disease.
Another mischievous white narrative is that China is attempting to
colonise Africa. It is this kind of white lies they are spreading to
create fears in the unthinking to smear China. But many sillies would
happily parrot it when they open their mouths, especially the banana
reporters in Asia.
5/16/2019
In celebration of fake news and manipulation of history
This year Singaporeans, or some Singaporeans, are blindly celebrating the Bicentennial, to remember 200 years after this island was colonised and taken over by a foreign power, the British Empire. Do Singaporeans understand the significance of being colonised and becoming the subjects of an Empire? When you are colonised, your country went with it, including your rights as a person, no more human rights. You are subjects, not citizens of a country, with lesser rights, no voting rights. Everything in the country, including you belong to the Empire.
Are we supposed to celebrate this occasion with ommphs and revelry, with pride and joy, hallelujah, God Save the Queen? Our history books, written by the British and the western historians distorted this part of our history as something normal, something glorious. It was glorious to the Brits and the British Empire. It was not glorious for being subjugated and ruled by foreigners, for them to take over our country and everything in it.
Our historians should rewrite this part of our history, we read it as history but actually fake news, manipulated to white wash how they stole our land and our wealth and our rights and dignity as independent people of our own island. Our fore fathers were here for centuries, living a peaceful life until the Brits came. And they unashamingly proclaimed that they founded this island, Stamford Raffles founded this island for the King of England. The residents in the island did not count. Fake news? Manipulated news?
Our history should read, in 1819, a hoard of European pirates let by a man called Stamford Raffles, landed along the Singapore River. The residents welcomed them as guests and invited them to trade with us, even to stay. Within days, the intruders forced the local rulers to sign a document, written in English, which the rulers did not understand, to give away the islands to them, under the guise of some goodies, and the protection of the British Empire, like the gangsters collecting protection money to protect from their harassment. The rulers did not have any choice as the intruders were armed with guns and cannons.
The intruders then went on to become the rulers of this island, putting the local rulers aside as passive audience, puppets without any power, and without knowing that the intruders had robbed them of their land. And the intruders ruled the island until 1963 when Singapore was returned to be a part of Malaysia.
During the rule of the British intruders/pirates, the people lost all their rights to everything in the island. The Brits did whatever they wanted with the island, formed their army and police to rule over the people. They were the white lords.
This was how the British distorted our history, manipulated the narrative like it was an innocent and acceptable thing to colonise and rule the people, our forefathers, as their subjects and owning them and the island.
So, is it not true that the Bicentennial celebration is a celebration of fake news and manipulation of our history? Would POFMA be activated to denounce the fake history that we have been brought up with? Would our historians and politicians get it right this time, that colonialists and colonial masters were bad people? They did not deserve any honour! Only the beneficiaries of their crimes would honour them. They robbed, they killed, they bullied and they turned everyone into their slaves, their possessions, called subjects. Why are we glorifying them like white gods? Have we grown up and grown out of our colonial subject mentality?
What do you think? Stupidity has no cure?
We don't have to accept western history as our history. We are an independent country, no longer a colony of the British Empire.
Are we supposed to celebrate this occasion with ommphs and revelry, with pride and joy, hallelujah, God Save the Queen? Our history books, written by the British and the western historians distorted this part of our history as something normal, something glorious. It was glorious to the Brits and the British Empire. It was not glorious for being subjugated and ruled by foreigners, for them to take over our country and everything in it.
Our historians should rewrite this part of our history, we read it as history but actually fake news, manipulated to white wash how they stole our land and our wealth and our rights and dignity as independent people of our own island. Our fore fathers were here for centuries, living a peaceful life until the Brits came. And they unashamingly proclaimed that they founded this island, Stamford Raffles founded this island for the King of England. The residents in the island did not count. Fake news? Manipulated news?
Our history should read, in 1819, a hoard of European pirates let by a man called Stamford Raffles, landed along the Singapore River. The residents welcomed them as guests and invited them to trade with us, even to stay. Within days, the intruders forced the local rulers to sign a document, written in English, which the rulers did not understand, to give away the islands to them, under the guise of some goodies, and the protection of the British Empire, like the gangsters collecting protection money to protect from their harassment. The rulers did not have any choice as the intruders were armed with guns and cannons.
The intruders then went on to become the rulers of this island, putting the local rulers aside as passive audience, puppets without any power, and without knowing that the intruders had robbed them of their land. And the intruders ruled the island until 1963 when Singapore was returned to be a part of Malaysia.
During the rule of the British intruders/pirates, the people lost all their rights to everything in the island. The Brits did whatever they wanted with the island, formed their army and police to rule over the people. They were the white lords.
This was how the British distorted our history, manipulated the narrative like it was an innocent and acceptable thing to colonise and rule the people, our forefathers, as their subjects and owning them and the island.
So, is it not true that the Bicentennial celebration is a celebration of fake news and manipulation of our history? Would POFMA be activated to denounce the fake history that we have been brought up with? Would our historians and politicians get it right this time, that colonialists and colonial masters were bad people? They did not deserve any honour! Only the beneficiaries of their crimes would honour them. They robbed, they killed, they bullied and they turned everyone into their slaves, their possessions, called subjects. Why are we glorifying them like white gods? Have we grown up and grown out of our colonial subject mentality?
What do you think? Stupidity has no cure?
We don't have to accept western history as our history. We are an independent country, no longer a colony of the British Empire.
5/15/2019
Education – Why are we so cruel to our children?
The demands on our children are so out of this world. No children in the
world are subject to what our children are exposed to, expected to, in
our education system and social norms. They are not only expected to
score straight As in schools, but to excel in sports, in ECAs, even in
trying to make money, to think like business people and entrepreneurs,
to be able to dance, to sing and to appreciate the arts, in sports. What
else do we need our children to do to be a better person and to compete
against the world?
And the poor parents are not spared either. They need not only to spend the time and money, yes, some are really poor to pay for all the extra costs needed to bring up our children as the most well educated people on earth. They need to spend time to monitor the progress of their children personally. Leaving them to third world maids would not do unless they want all their effort and sacrifices go the third world ways.
But these are not all that our children are faced with. After coming out from the ‘best’ education system with a string of ECAs, they would need to compete with children that do not need to know or appreciate arts, no need to be an all round super kid, just passed their village examinations, real or by cheating, in order to be hired by the foreigners now in our local companies doing the recruitment with unfair biases for their own kinds, or be assisted by foreign recruitment agents and placed for jobs in our local companies, including ministries and GLCs, neglecting our super kids from our very expensive education system. Some even have to spend money going overseas to experience what is being overseas thinking that it would be an advantage.
The foreign kids need not be super kids, need not be worldly wise, just street wise, to beat our expensively schooled kids and get the jobs, stole the jobs from our kids, deprived our kids from the good jobs that they paid a small fortune in our education system and hoping to land in one.
Why are we so unfair to our kids? Oh, wait a minute, our poor kids still need to ‘waste’ one and a half to two years running up hills and bashing through jungle terrain before they can start to look for a job that the foreign kids need not have to. Why are we doing this to our poor children, and smugly telling them that they have to compete with the rest of the fucking world?
You do not need the devils if you have such wicked morons ruling and ruining our lives and the lives and future of our children. Maybe some of these morons are thinking that our children should not be working as their parents are all millionaires, and their lives are meant to live and play, education is just for fun, to be a well rounded person, not to look for job
And the poor parents are not spared either. They need not only to spend the time and money, yes, some are really poor to pay for all the extra costs needed to bring up our children as the most well educated people on earth. They need to spend time to monitor the progress of their children personally. Leaving them to third world maids would not do unless they want all their effort and sacrifices go the third world ways.
But these are not all that our children are faced with. After coming out from the ‘best’ education system with a string of ECAs, they would need to compete with children that do not need to know or appreciate arts, no need to be an all round super kid, just passed their village examinations, real or by cheating, in order to be hired by the foreigners now in our local companies doing the recruitment with unfair biases for their own kinds, or be assisted by foreign recruitment agents and placed for jobs in our local companies, including ministries and GLCs, neglecting our super kids from our very expensive education system. Some even have to spend money going overseas to experience what is being overseas thinking that it would be an advantage.
The foreign kids need not be super kids, need not be worldly wise, just street wise, to beat our expensively schooled kids and get the jobs, stole the jobs from our kids, deprived our kids from the good jobs that they paid a small fortune in our education system and hoping to land in one.
Why are we so unfair to our kids? Oh, wait a minute, our poor kids still need to ‘waste’ one and a half to two years running up hills and bashing through jungle terrain before they can start to look for a job that the foreign kids need not have to. Why are we doing this to our poor children, and smugly telling them that they have to compete with the rest of the fucking world?
You do not need the devils if you have such wicked morons ruling and ruining our lives and the lives and future of our children. Maybe some of these morons are thinking that our children should not be working as their parents are all millionaires, and their lives are meant to live and play, education is just for fun, to be a well rounded person, not to look for job
5/14/2019
American fake news – Trump flattering himself that he would win the trade war
Trump can do no wrong. In his trade negotiations with China, Trump has
all the winning cards and he carries a big stick. China is sure to lose.
So he thought. The Americans must be tough on China, so said all the
American politicians. America must negotiate from a position of
strength. China is suffering, the American economy is flourishing. China
needs a deal, the Americans do not. China is paying for the additional
tariffs and Trump is collecting billions from China so that he can spend
it on his farmers and help other poor countries by selling them more
arms.
These are the fake news the Americans want China, the rest of the world and the American people to believe. The Americans are winning in this trade war, China is losing, soon China will be begging on its knees, the Chinese economy will collapse. The Chinese have no cards to play, they cannot win. They are stupid, the Americans are so smart. The Americans are in control of everything and calling the shots.
The American economists are telling a different story. The Americans consumers are paying for all the hikes in tariffs. The importers are paying for the tariffs, not the Chinese sellers. And the cost of tariffs would be passed down to the ordinary American consumers. The Chinese could lower their price a little and even devalue the Yuan to counter the tariff hike. So who is the winner eventually?
Trump does not need a trade deal? What has Trump achieved so far? His Great Wall of America is failing, no trade deal with China, no denuclearization deal with North Korea, Europe is furious and turning towards China and Russia. Canada, after being made use of in the Huawei affair is angry with the Americans, the Arabs are angry with the American support for Israel and the seizure of Jerusalem. The 5 eyes partners and Europe are not listening and not following the American edict not to use Huawei. UK has just announced cooperation with Huawei in 5G technology. Americans would have to live with 4G or fake 5G technologies.
So, where is the achievement of Trump except fake rhetoric that he is winning and the whole world has to accept his bullying? What would happen to Trump’s presidential campaign if China and North Korea pull the rug beneath Trump’s feet and walk away from the negotiations? No deal! Trump won?
Chinese goods can be sold in all corners of the world. American goods can only be sold in richer countries that could afford to pay or be forced to pay for high priced American goods. Without the 1.4b Chinese buying American products, who is going to buy except being arm twisted by the Americans. The rest of the world cannot afford American goods. The Americans can only sell to themselves.
Trump is so clever, everything he is doing is right and the best, that he is winning in all fronts…except maybe impeachment. China just retaliated by raising tariffs on US$60b American goods. Let’s see how long can the Americans last paying more for everything they need without Chinese goods. The bully must be dealt with in the same way it tries to bully others and put in his rightful and proper place, to be ignored and forgotten.
The days when the Americans can go around bullying other countries are over!
These are the fake news the Americans want China, the rest of the world and the American people to believe. The Americans are winning in this trade war, China is losing, soon China will be begging on its knees, the Chinese economy will collapse. The Chinese have no cards to play, they cannot win. They are stupid, the Americans are so smart. The Americans are in control of everything and calling the shots.
The American economists are telling a different story. The Americans consumers are paying for all the hikes in tariffs. The importers are paying for the tariffs, not the Chinese sellers. And the cost of tariffs would be passed down to the ordinary American consumers. The Chinese could lower their price a little and even devalue the Yuan to counter the tariff hike. So who is the winner eventually?
Trump does not need a trade deal? What has Trump achieved so far? His Great Wall of America is failing, no trade deal with China, no denuclearization deal with North Korea, Europe is furious and turning towards China and Russia. Canada, after being made use of in the Huawei affair is angry with the Americans, the Arabs are angry with the American support for Israel and the seizure of Jerusalem. The 5 eyes partners and Europe are not listening and not following the American edict not to use Huawei. UK has just announced cooperation with Huawei in 5G technology. Americans would have to live with 4G or fake 5G technologies.
So, where is the achievement of Trump except fake rhetoric that he is winning and the whole world has to accept his bullying? What would happen to Trump’s presidential campaign if China and North Korea pull the rug beneath Trump’s feet and walk away from the negotiations? No deal! Trump won?
Chinese goods can be sold in all corners of the world. American goods can only be sold in richer countries that could afford to pay or be forced to pay for high priced American goods. Without the 1.4b Chinese buying American products, who is going to buy except being arm twisted by the Americans. The rest of the world cannot afford American goods. The Americans can only sell to themselves.
Trump is so clever, everything he is doing is right and the best, that he is winning in all fronts…except maybe impeachment. China just retaliated by raising tariffs on US$60b American goods. Let’s see how long can the Americans last paying more for everything they need without Chinese goods. The bully must be dealt with in the same way it tries to bully others and put in his rightful and proper place, to be ignored and forgotten.
The days when the Americans can go around bullying other countries are over!
5/13/2019
Fake news law will help and promote innovation
Concerns raised – Today online
Google says Singapore's fake news laws may hurt innovation
"We remain concerned that this law will hurt innovation and the growth of the digital information ecosystem," said Google.
Google said fake news law may hurt innovation. I say rubbish. Google does not understand Singapore and how clever is our govt. They did not know how many manhours of great men and women were put into making this fake laws to make sure it does not hurt anything, especially innovation.
I think this fake law would be good, in fact very good for innovation. No fake innovations by fake innovators. Maybe this fake law would also target fake degrees and qualifications to keep the fakes out of Singapore. Now that would be great.
Come to think of it, which is more dangerous, fake news or fake degrees? Why no new laws to curb fake degrees and make it a serious crimes when there are so many fake degrees here and depriving Singaporeans from getting decent jobs?
Personally I think fake degrees are a clear and present danger, already hurting many Singaporean PMETs and now new young graduates.
Back to this innovation and digital information ecosystem thing. This fake laws come very handy and timely. The digital information ecosystem will also be protected from fake news and probably also fake degrees. So how can this fake laws be bad and against innovation?
Singapore will definitely be the place for digital information when all the fakes are kept outside of this island. Everything is genuine, no fake news, no fake talents, no fake degrees.
Now you understand how good this fake law is. Every law is carefully considered and crafted by the best talent money can buy. Fake news law is a blessing for innovation in this island. All innovations will be real innovations, not fake innovations. All innovators are real innovators and not fake innovators.
This fake news law is the best thing that can happen to Singapore.
Google says Singapore's fake news laws may hurt innovation
"We remain concerned that this law will hurt innovation and the growth of the digital information ecosystem," said Google.
Google said fake news law may hurt innovation. I say rubbish. Google does not understand Singapore and how clever is our govt. They did not know how many manhours of great men and women were put into making this fake laws to make sure it does not hurt anything, especially innovation.
I think this fake law would be good, in fact very good for innovation. No fake innovations by fake innovators. Maybe this fake law would also target fake degrees and qualifications to keep the fakes out of Singapore. Now that would be great.
Come to think of it, which is more dangerous, fake news or fake degrees? Why no new laws to curb fake degrees and make it a serious crimes when there are so many fake degrees here and depriving Singaporeans from getting decent jobs?
Personally I think fake degrees are a clear and present danger, already hurting many Singaporean PMETs and now new young graduates.
Back to this innovation and digital information ecosystem thing. This fake laws come very handy and timely. The digital information ecosystem will also be protected from fake news and probably also fake degrees. So how can this fake laws be bad and against innovation?
Singapore will definitely be the place for digital information when all the fakes are kept outside of this island. Everything is genuine, no fake news, no fake talents, no fake degrees.
Now you understand how good this fake law is. Every law is carefully considered and crafted by the best talent money can buy. Fake news law is a blessing for innovation in this island. All innovations will be real innovations, not fake innovations. All innovators are real innovators and not fake innovators.
This fake news law is the best thing that can happen to Singapore.
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