SINGAPORE: To help Singapore residents through their efforts to stay
home in a bid to curb the spread of COVID-19, a series of media and
digital-related initiatives was announced on Wednesday (Apr 8).
These include providing more content for viewers on free-to-air channels, as well as on Singtel and StarHub's pay-TV platforms.
The Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA) said it will also
support telcos in making investments to upgrade their networks. In
addition, it will help low-income students who require digital access
for home-based learning.
These initiatives come as Singapore
kicked off a month-long "circuit breaker" period on Tuesday. Most
workplaces are closed, schools have moved to full home-based learning
and dining in at food and beverage outlets are not allowed. CNA
Can anyone pick up what I am going to say from the above quotes from CNA? Some say this is Channel News America, instead of Channel News Asia. Is Singapore a country or a hotel where its primary concern is about the residents, NOT Singaporeans? The narrative and words are slowly changing. The first few words in the opening paragraph, 'To help Singapore residents....' , (bold is inserted by me), not to help Singaporeans show how important are residents over citizens. This is similar to the often used word like locals in govt statistics instead of Singaporeans, where locals means citizens and PRs.
This is a trend in diminishing the importance of Singaporeans, the citizens of this nation state, towards the importance of non citizens like PRs and work pass holders and now residents which means anyone living here. We are so caring and so concern about everyone in this island. Hopefully we don't forget about the citizens, the Singaporeans in this island as time goes by. Why would a country, a nation state, be emphasising the importance of residents and not citizens?
Is Singapore moving towards a hotel, a non state, when citizens will gradually become not important or less important, when all the govt is concerned is about residents, about headcounts, citizens and non citizens all same same.
The narrative is changing. But before the distinction is blurred over time, Singaporeans must wake up to this trend and must not allow this to go further at their eventual demise and irrelevance. This nation state is a country, though small, and must not be turned into a hotel, a non state, belonging to every Tom, Dick and Harry that happened to be here. Singaporeans must be politically conscious of their well being as citizens of this little country before it becomes a piece of rock that belongs to everyone, to anyone and Singaporeans don't count anymore.
What do you think, words are not important. Subtle changes, nuances, innuendos would not mean anything, just like the little incremental changes to your CPF savings that was uttered in Parliament that it is not your money. Then whose money? What about this island state, whose country is it?
When the first thought that came to people's mind is about residents and not Singaporeans, you know things are changing against Singaporeans right under your nose.
Do Singaporeans matter any more?
Below is posted in theindependent.sg claiming that foreign workers are part of Singapore society by a Anna Maria Romero.
'Netizens have spoken up on social media, saying that migrant workers are
part of Singaporean society and should not be seen as, nor treated as,
separate. These “woke” folks seem to acknowledge that part of
Singapore’s success has been made possible because these workers, the
majority of whom come from South Asian countries such as Bangladesh and
India, who have come to work here, doing the menial and low-paying jobs
that Singaporeans refuse to do.'
Foreigners that are working here are starting to claim that they are part of Singapore. Why? Just because they worked here and claiming credit? Did they work for free or a big sacrifice for Singapore like our NSmen? Why are these foreigners feeling that they are the one that contributed to the success of Singapore and Singaporeans owe them a gratitude? Why is it not that Singapore offered them a decent job and a pay relatively better than what they could get at home or be jobless, and that they should be grateful instead?
Oh, Singapore belongs to everyone here. They heard this and thus wanting to claim a part of Singapore, to be one of us, to be given citizenship as a right because they contributed to our success? Is Singapore citizenship so cheap and so easy to get? Just ask, just demand and it is yours?
The latest, there is another group appearing in Singapore calling themselves 'sovereign'. How did this group get to thinking that they are sovereign in our country needs to be investigated. Sovereign, according to this group of people, one just surfaced, is that they are above the law, they don't have to put on mask in public as required by the law on all Singaporeans and non Singaporeans here. They need not minimise contact with people in public, they need to keep a safe social distance from other people. This sovereign idea must have been talked about and did not flow freely from the mouth of an imbecile in a market place.
Not sure how big is this group of sovereign in Singapore. Are they the new royalties, the new owners of this island? Has Singapore been sold to this group of sovereign that Singaporeans are not aware of, still going about their lives in ignorant bliss? We have sovereigns living among us and we don't even know. Isn't this frightening?
PS. The relationship between the FWs and their employers is simply contractual and subject to supply and demand. Nothing more, nothing less. If gratitude is a factor, then all employers in every industry must be grateful to their employees.
5/04/2020
The narratives of white 'gods'
In every seminar, discussion, literature... when the white 'gods' are present and talking about China, the narrative is always about China as a monster, a communist country, an authoritarian system, no rule of law, no democracy, no human rights. China's intention is going to conquer and rule the world, that is the belief, the premises to start with. The white 'gods' are flawless, no violation of human rights, protector of the weak and small, democracy is the ideal state of govt, anything is bad. The white 'gods' do not believe in conquering the world, just to maintain its Empire.
How did the white 'gods' get to this present state of affair to pass judgement on China and to presume that China is everything bad and must be opposed and condemned and should not be dealt with as another nation state, that China is untrustworthy, all lying?
Take a look at the white 'gods' about 700 or 800 years ago when they started to fan out from Europe to invade the rest of the world, to kill and loot and occupy lands that belonged to other tribes and people. Where were all the human rights, virtues, goodness, other than a bunch of murderers, thieves, robbers, gangsters, pirates and butchers?
Perhaps the white 'gods' had done all the killings they needed, all the looting and robbing of other people and their land. Now that they have stolen all their lands and wealth, like the continents of the Americas, Australia, New Zealand and many countries that they now called their own, there is no need to go on killing and robbing anymore. Now they are setting standards of conduct and laws to protect what they had stolen from the rest of the world. Oops, the killings are still going on in many parts of the world by the white 'gods' in the name of freedom, human rights and democracy.
People living in non democratic system of govt have no rights to exist, they are bad and should be conquered and forced to live in a democratic system like the white 'gods' and to follow the rules of law and standards set by the white 'gods' ie, to protect what they had stolen as theirs, cannot be questioned, cannot be taken back. No conquered people, if they are still alive, have the right to fight the white 'gods' to reclaim their land and wealth stolen and looted by the white 'gods'. It would be against the rule of laws of the white 'gods'. All must live under the rules and laws set by the white 'gods'.
China is really bad. China is building military bases in the islands in the South China Sea. Guam and Diego Garcia are different. Never mind if the natives of Diego Garcia were forcefully expelled from their islands and these islands turned into bases for nuclear weapons. White 'gods' can built bases in islands in the ocean, China cannot.
China also have conflicting claims for islands in South China Sea and East China Sea with its neighbours. The white 'gods' did not have such problems. Why? They killed all the natives in the land they stole from them or made them so poor and so few that they could not fight back anymore. So problem solved. The white 'gods' are living peacefully with their neighbours.
And China is bullying the Uighurs. Why are the white 'gods' shedding crocodile tears when they were and are killing all the Muslims in the Middle East? Did the white 'gods' know that the Uighurs are fighting to take a piece of Chinese land to be another separate state through violence? China is bullying the Muslim Uighurs. What are the white 'gods' doing in Iraq, Syria, Iran, Yemen, Afghanistan, Somalia and many parts of Africa and the Middle East? Protecting the Muslims minorities, Muslim majorities, defending their rights of existence, like the Palestinians? Why are the white 'gods' championing the cause of the Uighers but killing the Muslims in the Middle East and defending the rights of the Israelis against the Palestinians?
What about the rights of the people of North Korea, Iran, Venezuela, Cuba, Colombia and many states in Latin America and Africa? Why are these people suffering in poverty? Who is forcing these people to live in poverty? Oh, they did not have democratic system of govt and it is the right of the white 'gods' to punish them.
Back to the monster the white 'gods' called China. Have China invaded any of the European countries or new countries the white 'gods' created from stolen land? Why are the white 'gods' spreading this lie that China might or would want to invade them when the truth was that the white 'gods' were the ones that invaded China. China invading the white 'gods' land is a big if, what if, and that is what the white 'gods' used to justify their demonisation of China. We did not know the intention of China, what if China attacks us? China has not done that in its history. Only the white 'gods' did that to China and the rest of the world.
Who is the evil one? How many people believe in the white 'gods' narrative that they are all goodness and everyone must live under their system and their laws, their righteous conducts and values of human rights and democracy.
How did the white 'gods' get to this present state of affair to pass judgement on China and to presume that China is everything bad and must be opposed and condemned and should not be dealt with as another nation state, that China is untrustworthy, all lying?
Take a look at the white 'gods' about 700 or 800 years ago when they started to fan out from Europe to invade the rest of the world, to kill and loot and occupy lands that belonged to other tribes and people. Where were all the human rights, virtues, goodness, other than a bunch of murderers, thieves, robbers, gangsters, pirates and butchers?
Perhaps the white 'gods' had done all the killings they needed, all the looting and robbing of other people and their land. Now that they have stolen all their lands and wealth, like the continents of the Americas, Australia, New Zealand and many countries that they now called their own, there is no need to go on killing and robbing anymore. Now they are setting standards of conduct and laws to protect what they had stolen from the rest of the world. Oops, the killings are still going on in many parts of the world by the white 'gods' in the name of freedom, human rights and democracy.
People living in non democratic system of govt have no rights to exist, they are bad and should be conquered and forced to live in a democratic system like the white 'gods' and to follow the rules of law and standards set by the white 'gods' ie, to protect what they had stolen as theirs, cannot be questioned, cannot be taken back. No conquered people, if they are still alive, have the right to fight the white 'gods' to reclaim their land and wealth stolen and looted by the white 'gods'. It would be against the rule of laws of the white 'gods'. All must live under the rules and laws set by the white 'gods'.
China is really bad. China is building military bases in the islands in the South China Sea. Guam and Diego Garcia are different. Never mind if the natives of Diego Garcia were forcefully expelled from their islands and these islands turned into bases for nuclear weapons. White 'gods' can built bases in islands in the ocean, China cannot.
China also have conflicting claims for islands in South China Sea and East China Sea with its neighbours. The white 'gods' did not have such problems. Why? They killed all the natives in the land they stole from them or made them so poor and so few that they could not fight back anymore. So problem solved. The white 'gods' are living peacefully with their neighbours.
And China is bullying the Uighurs. Why are the white 'gods' shedding crocodile tears when they were and are killing all the Muslims in the Middle East? Did the white 'gods' know that the Uighurs are fighting to take a piece of Chinese land to be another separate state through violence? China is bullying the Muslim Uighurs. What are the white 'gods' doing in Iraq, Syria, Iran, Yemen, Afghanistan, Somalia and many parts of Africa and the Middle East? Protecting the Muslims minorities, Muslim majorities, defending their rights of existence, like the Palestinians? Why are the white 'gods' championing the cause of the Uighers but killing the Muslims in the Middle East and defending the rights of the Israelis against the Palestinians?
What about the rights of the people of North Korea, Iran, Venezuela, Cuba, Colombia and many states in Latin America and Africa? Why are these people suffering in poverty? Who is forcing these people to live in poverty? Oh, they did not have democratic system of govt and it is the right of the white 'gods' to punish them.
Back to the monster the white 'gods' called China. Have China invaded any of the European countries or new countries the white 'gods' created from stolen land? Why are the white 'gods' spreading this lie that China might or would want to invade them when the truth was that the white 'gods' were the ones that invaded China. China invading the white 'gods' land is a big if, what if, and that is what the white 'gods' used to justify their demonisation of China. We did not know the intention of China, what if China attacks us? China has not done that in its history. Only the white 'gods' did that to China and the rest of the world.
Who is the evil one? How many people believe in the white 'gods' narrative that they are all goodness and everyone must live under their system and their laws, their righteous conducts and values of human rights and democracy.
5/03/2020
Covid19 will change the world and the domestic politics of Singapore
The most remarkable thing about this Covid19 is to show the world what an air head Donald Trump is and how he and his team fumble and stumble along in this pandemic, wasting precious time doing nothing useful and confirm their idiocy by becoming the worse hit country in the world, leading by a huge margin on every count, more than a million infected cases and still counting and more than 64,000 death. These are numbers that would make everyone's mouth gapping wide in awe.
While the world, including the USA were given ample notice of this virus outbreak, starting with China informing WHO on 31 Dec 19 and giving the world the virus genome in early January 20, the USA, the leading power in the world, stood still, doing nothing about it other than sneering at the information and treating it lightly like a hoax. When China informed the world, the Americans must be telling themselves it must be a joke as the number of cases were hardly anything worthy of taking notice. It was a Chinese domestic epidemic at worse or China crying wolf to cause fear in the world.
The USA missed the opportunity to show world leadership, to treat the epidemic that eventually a pandemic, to coordinate a joint effort to deal with this crisis. More than two months were wasted and now the USA stood up like a sore thumb, glowing red and swollen beyond recognition and the only thing it could do, or thought the wisest thing, is to look for scapegoats for its own blunders.
The Americans have shown the world its inability to lead and its inability to rise up to tackle a crisis like this covid19. Everything that happened in the USA, in its response to control and contain this problem is at best ludicrous. It is incompetence everywhere and all Trump was/is doing is to lie and lie about how wonderful he and his clowns have done. Now is May and many of the medical professionals are still crying for help for medical equipment and testings for the virus that Trump said already solved, no problem. Bill Gates even had to call out that the testings done in the US are bogus testings.
The Americans have done absolutely nothing for any country in this whole pandemic. Nothing, zero, zilch. Oops, they did a lot in stirring shit, sowing discords, blaming others, trying to start a fight, demonishing China in every opportunity until they forgot that their homeland is under attack and on fire. Oh, they also indulged in modern day piracy. The whole world is watching how reckless, irresponsible and evil the Americans are.
On the other hand, China seized the bull by the horns, took swift and tough actions to lockdown and contain the problem from spreading all over China. If China had reacted like the Americans, the numbers would be quite frightening given its huge population and at a time when every Chinese was returning home for a family reunion. The infected rate and death toll would be unimaginable.
After putting this epidemic under control, China quietly went about helping every country with medical supplies, medical aid, expertise and medical personnel in the best way it could. Many countries were very grateful to what the Chinese were doing but the ugly and mischievous Americans, instead of fighting this crisis in their homeland, had the luxury to politicise the pandemic and to smear China with all the negativities for everything China was doing to help the affected countries.
While China stood out as a silent benefactor to many countries, the Americans did nothing other than bahaving like pirates, stealing medical supplies from its allies for their own selfish use. Between the two superpowers, one was doing its best to help, the other was uttering rubbish and spreading its negative and destructive energy that were anything but being helpful. Covid19 has shown the world the ugliness of an inept and notorious shit stirrer in the Americans, no positive contribution except hot air and mishandling the crisis back home, leading to more American death in two months than the death of Americans in the 20 year Vietnam war.
Covid19 has shown the declining fortune of a has been Empire, hapless and clueless as to what this pandemic was all about but still has the energy to sow discord and ferment suspicion among countries. This is exactly what a dying Empire in its last days is supposed to behave, making empty noises but doing nothing useful, incapable to doing anything useful in a crisis and still bragging about how well it has done to deal with this pandemic, in helping other countries. Which country did the Americans helped?
Where were you Americans, when your presence was sorely needed to lead the world in this world pandemic? The world post Covid19 will bade farewell to the dying American Empire and good riddance. China will quietly do what it has to do and quietly taken over the role of world leader when the dust settles. The lack of positive leadership in the Americans is all there for the world to see, totally clueless and with a congenital liar clown in charge. What a disappointment.
How would this Covid19 put the PAP leadership in the eyes of the Singaporeans? They were put to test in a crucial time when they were planning for an early GE after throwing out a series of goodies and thinking of reaping the rewards they were expecting. Now the GE is also in doubt, maybe a non starter. Would the PAP leadership pour accolades on themselves like Trump and his team for a job well done and go ahead with the GE? What is their own assessment of their performance, and what is the assessment of the Singaporeans?
If they is a GE, it will be a referendum on the ability of the PAP in tackling this crisis. Good or bad, it will be reflected in the results. PAP will be judged by the people for sure.
While the world, including the USA were given ample notice of this virus outbreak, starting with China informing WHO on 31 Dec 19 and giving the world the virus genome in early January 20, the USA, the leading power in the world, stood still, doing nothing about it other than sneering at the information and treating it lightly like a hoax. When China informed the world, the Americans must be telling themselves it must be a joke as the number of cases were hardly anything worthy of taking notice. It was a Chinese domestic epidemic at worse or China crying wolf to cause fear in the world.
The USA missed the opportunity to show world leadership, to treat the epidemic that eventually a pandemic, to coordinate a joint effort to deal with this crisis. More than two months were wasted and now the USA stood up like a sore thumb, glowing red and swollen beyond recognition and the only thing it could do, or thought the wisest thing, is to look for scapegoats for its own blunders.
The Americans have shown the world its inability to lead and its inability to rise up to tackle a crisis like this covid19. Everything that happened in the USA, in its response to control and contain this problem is at best ludicrous. It is incompetence everywhere and all Trump was/is doing is to lie and lie about how wonderful he and his clowns have done. Now is May and many of the medical professionals are still crying for help for medical equipment and testings for the virus that Trump said already solved, no problem. Bill Gates even had to call out that the testings done in the US are bogus testings.
The Americans have done absolutely nothing for any country in this whole pandemic. Nothing, zero, zilch. Oops, they did a lot in stirring shit, sowing discords, blaming others, trying to start a fight, demonishing China in every opportunity until they forgot that their homeland is under attack and on fire. Oh, they also indulged in modern day piracy. The whole world is watching how reckless, irresponsible and evil the Americans are.
On the other hand, China seized the bull by the horns, took swift and tough actions to lockdown and contain the problem from spreading all over China. If China had reacted like the Americans, the numbers would be quite frightening given its huge population and at a time when every Chinese was returning home for a family reunion. The infected rate and death toll would be unimaginable.
After putting this epidemic under control, China quietly went about helping every country with medical supplies, medical aid, expertise and medical personnel in the best way it could. Many countries were very grateful to what the Chinese were doing but the ugly and mischievous Americans, instead of fighting this crisis in their homeland, had the luxury to politicise the pandemic and to smear China with all the negativities for everything China was doing to help the affected countries.
While China stood out as a silent benefactor to many countries, the Americans did nothing other than bahaving like pirates, stealing medical supplies from its allies for their own selfish use. Between the two superpowers, one was doing its best to help, the other was uttering rubbish and spreading its negative and destructive energy that were anything but being helpful. Covid19 has shown the world the ugliness of an inept and notorious shit stirrer in the Americans, no positive contribution except hot air and mishandling the crisis back home, leading to more American death in two months than the death of Americans in the 20 year Vietnam war.
Covid19 has shown the declining fortune of a has been Empire, hapless and clueless as to what this pandemic was all about but still has the energy to sow discord and ferment suspicion among countries. This is exactly what a dying Empire in its last days is supposed to behave, making empty noises but doing nothing useful, incapable to doing anything useful in a crisis and still bragging about how well it has done to deal with this pandemic, in helping other countries. Which country did the Americans helped?
Where were you Americans, when your presence was sorely needed to lead the world in this world pandemic? The world post Covid19 will bade farewell to the dying American Empire and good riddance. China will quietly do what it has to do and quietly taken over the role of world leader when the dust settles. The lack of positive leadership in the Americans is all there for the world to see, totally clueless and with a congenital liar clown in charge. What a disappointment.
How would this Covid19 put the PAP leadership in the eyes of the Singaporeans? They were put to test in a crucial time when they were planning for an early GE after throwing out a series of goodies and thinking of reaping the rewards they were expecting. Now the GE is also in doubt, maybe a non starter. Would the PAP leadership pour accolades on themselves like Trump and his team for a job well done and go ahead with the GE? What is their own assessment of their performance, and what is the assessment of the Singaporeans?
If they is a GE, it will be a referendum on the ability of the PAP in tackling this crisis. Good or bad, it will be reflected in the results. PAP will be judged by the people for sure.
5/02/2020
Chinese diplomacy - The Bruce Lee Way
China is now one of two super powers in the world. This status of a super power did not come easy and it is only in recent years that these words reluctantly slipped out of the lips of westerners. For a long time, they had always took the position that China was not there yet with all kinds of lies and excuses. Now China is a de facto super power and in many areas already ahead of the Americans. But this stature did not come with the respect that a super power should be accorded, and often, not only the Americans would be doing the bullying and threatening, even small pariah states would also stand up to shout at China with total disregard to their own little stature in all aspects as a state.
Today, daily, the Americans have been doing their best to belittle China, to smear China, to demonise China and with China barely throwing back any punches other than some weak attempts to avoid a direct confrontation with the aggressive and thuggish Americans. As long as China continues to behave the way it is, walking away from a fight, the Americans would keep on pushing, taking the avoidance as a sign of weakness and an invitation to throw a few punches.
China must change its way in dealings with the Americans and other smaller powers and small little countries if it wants to keep trouble away. The best way to deal with them is the Bruce Lee Way. Bruce Lee did not get any respect from the Americans and the West by being nice. He tried to initially but was taken for a ride. They continued to treat him like a sick man of Asia, to be taken advantage of and not to be taken seriously, not to be respected.
After trying for several years to be nice and thinking that his sincerity and talent would be accepted by the West, by Hollywood, he learned a painful lesson, in a hard way. They cheated him again and again and ignored his ability. They simply refused to accept him or to respect him because he was Chinese, except when they needed him to do things the westerners could not do, like the role of Kato in Green Hornet or the part of Grasshopper in the serial Kung Fu. The serial Green Hornet was terminated prematurely when they found out that Bruce Lee's role as Kato was more popular than the main actor played by a westerner. So insulting. In the case of Kung Fu, they sweet talked Bruce Lee to teach David Carradine kung fu only to have him to take over the starring role as Grasshopper.
Bruce Lee decided to fight his way to be recognised and respected. He fought everyone that came his way, defeated them, to gain fame and dignity. This was and is the only language the West understand. China has to fight to be respected. Being nice and diplomatic would only be pushed and kicked around by the Americans and by little countries. There is no other way if China wants to be recognised as a big power, to be taken seriously, other than to carry the big stick and to whack the daylight out of any one that tries to be mischievous.
History has also taught the world that being able to kick asses is the only way to be looked up to, even in fear, and be taken seriously, not as a joke. Look at how the ex colonial people respect their former colonial masters till today after being conquered, ruled, abused, looted and robbed of everything, including their country and dignity. They still held their colonial masters in high regards, and hated China because China did not conquer and rule them but tries to be nice to them, gave them aids, low interest loans with no strings attached, helped them build their infrastructures, only for them to turnaround to badmouth China and to ally with the Americans to attack China.
China not only has to confront the Americans head on, punch for punch, but also to kick asses when little countries try to be funny and mischievous. Niceties would only encourage and embolden little countries to go against China thinking China is a lame power.
China needs to stand up a second time, to tell the trouble makers that China is a super power and would kick asses when provoked. China must make the world know that it has arrived and means business and not to be mucked around. The frivolous and provocative freedom of navigation operations conducted by the Americans and western powers must be treated as such, hostile and unfriendly and must be challenged with equally unfriendly responses. Only then would these mischievous trouble makers know their place and allow China to have peace in its backyard. Trying to be nice and avoid a confrontation would means endless trouble for China in its neighbouring seas.
It is time China take a stand, a militant and firm stand against all trouble makers, especially the Americans and its mischievous allies and lackeys. China must adopt the Bruce Lee way if it wants to be taken seriously as super power, to be respected if not feared. Its diplomacy of minding its own business and walking away from trouble when provoked is obsolete and not working and must be discarded. Walk with a big stick and swing it when needed, when silly little countries stand in its way. That is the only language the silly little countries understood, and the Americans too, will know that they have to stop their bullying. China has stood up in the international arena as a super power and will behave as a super power, confident of its power and willingness to use its power when confronted.
The day China stands up, it is the day the Americans and silly little countries would stop creating trouble with China. Until today, several decades after he passed away, Bruce Lee is still respected all over the world because he stood up and fought to be respected. No one or country would respect anyone or country trying to be nice but weak and when slapped, would turn the other cheek.
Today, daily, the Americans have been doing their best to belittle China, to smear China, to demonise China and with China barely throwing back any punches other than some weak attempts to avoid a direct confrontation with the aggressive and thuggish Americans. As long as China continues to behave the way it is, walking away from a fight, the Americans would keep on pushing, taking the avoidance as a sign of weakness and an invitation to throw a few punches.
China must change its way in dealings with the Americans and other smaller powers and small little countries if it wants to keep trouble away. The best way to deal with them is the Bruce Lee Way. Bruce Lee did not get any respect from the Americans and the West by being nice. He tried to initially but was taken for a ride. They continued to treat him like a sick man of Asia, to be taken advantage of and not to be taken seriously, not to be respected.
After trying for several years to be nice and thinking that his sincerity and talent would be accepted by the West, by Hollywood, he learned a painful lesson, in a hard way. They cheated him again and again and ignored his ability. They simply refused to accept him or to respect him because he was Chinese, except when they needed him to do things the westerners could not do, like the role of Kato in Green Hornet or the part of Grasshopper in the serial Kung Fu. The serial Green Hornet was terminated prematurely when they found out that Bruce Lee's role as Kato was more popular than the main actor played by a westerner. So insulting. In the case of Kung Fu, they sweet talked Bruce Lee to teach David Carradine kung fu only to have him to take over the starring role as Grasshopper.
Bruce Lee decided to fight his way to be recognised and respected. He fought everyone that came his way, defeated them, to gain fame and dignity. This was and is the only language the West understand. China has to fight to be respected. Being nice and diplomatic would only be pushed and kicked around by the Americans and by little countries. There is no other way if China wants to be recognised as a big power, to be taken seriously, other than to carry the big stick and to whack the daylight out of any one that tries to be mischievous.
History has also taught the world that being able to kick asses is the only way to be looked up to, even in fear, and be taken seriously, not as a joke. Look at how the ex colonial people respect their former colonial masters till today after being conquered, ruled, abused, looted and robbed of everything, including their country and dignity. They still held their colonial masters in high regards, and hated China because China did not conquer and rule them but tries to be nice to them, gave them aids, low interest loans with no strings attached, helped them build their infrastructures, only for them to turnaround to badmouth China and to ally with the Americans to attack China.
China not only has to confront the Americans head on, punch for punch, but also to kick asses when little countries try to be funny and mischievous. Niceties would only encourage and embolden little countries to go against China thinking China is a lame power.
China needs to stand up a second time, to tell the trouble makers that China is a super power and would kick asses when provoked. China must make the world know that it has arrived and means business and not to be mucked around. The frivolous and provocative freedom of navigation operations conducted by the Americans and western powers must be treated as such, hostile and unfriendly and must be challenged with equally unfriendly responses. Only then would these mischievous trouble makers know their place and allow China to have peace in its backyard. Trying to be nice and avoid a confrontation would means endless trouble for China in its neighbouring seas.
It is time China take a stand, a militant and firm stand against all trouble makers, especially the Americans and its mischievous allies and lackeys. China must adopt the Bruce Lee way if it wants to be taken seriously as super power, to be respected if not feared. Its diplomacy of minding its own business and walking away from trouble when provoked is obsolete and not working and must be discarded. Walk with a big stick and swing it when needed, when silly little countries stand in its way. That is the only language the silly little countries understood, and the Americans too, will know that they have to stop their bullying. China has stood up in the international arena as a super power and will behave as a super power, confident of its power and willingness to use its power when confronted.
The day China stands up, it is the day the Americans and silly little countries would stop creating trouble with China. Until today, several decades after he passed away, Bruce Lee is still respected all over the world because he stood up and fought to be respected. No one or country would respect anyone or country trying to be nice but weak and when slapped, would turn the other cheek.
5/01/2020
Covid19 - 21st Century Opium War
"We believe it could have been stopped at the source. It could have
been stopped quickly and it wouldn't have spread all over the world."
Trump's criticism was the latest from his administration to target China's handling of the COVID-19 outbreak, which began late last year in the Chinese city of Wuhan and has grown into a global pandemic.
The US president said he may seek damages from China. Trump was asked about a recent German newspaper editorial which called on China to pay Germany US$165 billion in reparations because of economic damage done by the virus. CNA
The above is what the western powers are thinking, to exact reparation from China for the Covid19 pandemic. The situation is quite similar to what happened in the Opium Wars of the 19th Century. Then the British and several western powers were selling opium to China and was stopped by China. They started a war, China was defeated and had to pay for war damages and reparation.
Today, the Americans started the virus in Wuhan, China, China stopped its spread inside China. But the virus spread all over the world, especially in the USA, probably the virus was there in the beginning. The western powers again are trying to gang up to start a war with China and to demand war reparation after planting a poisonous virus in China, like they did with opium.
This time it is not so easy. When this is all over, China would be demanding war reparation from these vicious and evil countries, including what China paid during the Opium Wars plus interest. In the law of retribution, justice will prevail and the evil doers would have to pay for their crimes.
What goes around must come around, just like infecting European diseases on the native Americans to genocide them, now this new disease is going to genocide the Americans who did that to the native Americans.
Karma is fair and unescapable. What you sow you shalt reap.
By the way, when this virus hit China, it was completely new. China reported it as a mysterious new virus which it had no knowledge of. When China reported to WHO, it could only report what it knew then as information on this virus was being investigated and it would take time to know its full potential. Even today, no one can say they have known all they did to know about this virus.
It was so easy for the evil lying Americans and Trump to claim that China could stop it in Wuhan. When China was infected, the rest of the world was supposedly free from this virus. This does not rule out that the virus was already all over the USA. With this as a starting point, the Americans and the rest of the world could not even stop it from entering their countries and not able to stop it like China did and allowed it to spread like wild fires.
This only proved that the virus is not that easy to stop and control. When the Americans and the rest of the world could not stop it from spreading with advanced warnings, the Americans expect the Chinese to do it when the Chinese were the first to be hit and did not know what this virus was in the first place.
The world must be alerted of this warmongering Evil Empire trying to start a war to take control of the world in the only way they know best, WAR. They have nothing to offer to the world anymore other than more weapons and more weapons of mass destruction. War is what that benefits them.
Trump's criticism was the latest from his administration to target China's handling of the COVID-19 outbreak, which began late last year in the Chinese city of Wuhan and has grown into a global pandemic.
The US president said he may seek damages from China. Trump was asked about a recent German newspaper editorial which called on China to pay Germany US$165 billion in reparations because of economic damage done by the virus. CNA
The above is what the western powers are thinking, to exact reparation from China for the Covid19 pandemic. The situation is quite similar to what happened in the Opium Wars of the 19th Century. Then the British and several western powers were selling opium to China and was stopped by China. They started a war, China was defeated and had to pay for war damages and reparation.
Today, the Americans started the virus in Wuhan, China, China stopped its spread inside China. But the virus spread all over the world, especially in the USA, probably the virus was there in the beginning. The western powers again are trying to gang up to start a war with China and to demand war reparation after planting a poisonous virus in China, like they did with opium.
This time it is not so easy. When this is all over, China would be demanding war reparation from these vicious and evil countries, including what China paid during the Opium Wars plus interest. In the law of retribution, justice will prevail and the evil doers would have to pay for their crimes.
What goes around must come around, just like infecting European diseases on the native Americans to genocide them, now this new disease is going to genocide the Americans who did that to the native Americans.
Karma is fair and unescapable. What you sow you shalt reap.
By the way, when this virus hit China, it was completely new. China reported it as a mysterious new virus which it had no knowledge of. When China reported to WHO, it could only report what it knew then as information on this virus was being investigated and it would take time to know its full potential. Even today, no one can say they have known all they did to know about this virus.
It was so easy for the evil lying Americans and Trump to claim that China could stop it in Wuhan. When China was infected, the rest of the world was supposedly free from this virus. This does not rule out that the virus was already all over the USA. With this as a starting point, the Americans and the rest of the world could not even stop it from entering their countries and not able to stop it like China did and allowed it to spread like wild fires.
This only proved that the virus is not that easy to stop and control. When the Americans and the rest of the world could not stop it from spreading with advanced warnings, the Americans expect the Chinese to do it when the Chinese were the first to be hit and did not know what this virus was in the first place.
The world must be alerted of this warmongering Evil Empire trying to start a war to take control of the world in the only way they know best, WAR. They have nothing to offer to the world anymore other than more weapons and more weapons of mass destruction. War is what that benefits them.
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