Chinese suffering from 'Stupidity has no cure disease'

 Why are the Chinese still investing in India when they are obviously not welcomed?

Direct passenger flights between China and India have been suspended for four years and have not yet been restored.

As the two most populous countries in the world as well as neighbors, not having direct flights is obviously extremely abnormal. At present, India still imposes strict visa restrictions on Chinese citizens. Chinese people applying for business visas are faced with all kinds of difficulties.

Most Chinese students admitted to Indian universities fail to obtain Indian visas.

Chinese journalists in India have also encountered discriminatory treatment such as rejection of visa renewal applications and forced departure within a time limit. There are no permanent journalists between the two countries and media exchanges have been thwarted.

In addition, since India tightened restrictions on investment from China in 2020, about 200 investment applications from Chinese companies are still waiting for approval by the Indian government.

Not welcomed, but thick-skinned Chinese still want to go to India and then complain about mistreatment ! 

Anonymous

Useless UN would soon be replaced by BRICS

 The UN wants Russia to comply with sanctions against North Korea. Who imposed sanctions against North Korea? Not Russia or China, so why should they comply to help the USA and the West? After all North Korea is now an important strategic partner of Russia and China, just like NATO is to the USA. The Russians, Chinese and North Koreans do not call it 'iron clad' alliance, but just all-weather partners, that cannot be eroded by rusting.

At the UN, not every country must comply with UN declaration. Not all countries voted to sanction Russia over the Ukraine War. The UN deliverance is often skewed in favor of the USA and the West, and this is well known and often been taken up by many UN members of the Global South.

What about the UN asking USA and NATO to stop sending weapons to Ukraine and Israel? Genocide is ongoing in Gaza and had been committed in Eastern Ukraine against Russian speaking Ukrainians. The UN just closed its eyes and mouth - seeing nothing, saying nothing and doing nothing. Who does the UN represent? The USA and the West or the Global Community at large? It is time for BRICS and the Global South to have its own world body with neutral jurisdiction. No country must have a bigger say just because of its bigger contribution. That is bribery by any other name. 

Anonymous

Rise of the South Korean Klowns

 South Korea summoned the Russian ambassador over Putin's visit to North Korea and his threat of supplying the North with weapons.

Russia's ambassador should ask the South Koreans what about South Korea supplying weapons to Ukraine to fight the Russians, despite repeated warning from Putin. The South Koreans think they are also bestowed with the same 'exceptionalism' as the USA doing what it likes without consequences. The Russians are just paying back the South Koreans with the same coin. Russia is now telling the South Koreans that nothing that the South Koreans can do against Russia is without consequences.

Vietnam likewise must not forget that during the Vietnam War, South Korea was the biggest supporter of the USA, with more than 300,000 rotating troops in Vietnam fighting against the North. 

Anonymous

Free loading Americans think the dollar will forever be the reserved currency

 Everything the USA did is just shooting its own foot. But they do not think it is important. The USA is around just to take all the benefits today and the future will look after itself. Their toilet paper is going to remain the global reserve currency forever, or so they think. They were wrong and found out too late.

The USA wanted to take advantage of cheap 'slave labor' and moved their manufacturing to China. They enjoyed the cheap products for decades, made by Chinese and also their companies paying just 'slave wages' to Chinese workers. It was a wonderful arrangement, with others producing and USA citizens just merrily freeloading.

Then China progressed by leaps and bounds over the last three decades and they were caught flat-footed and suddenly they woke up and screamed that China stole their jobs. They also accused the Mexicans and South Americans of entering the country and also stealing their jobs. Jobs that their own people do not want were stolen by Chinese and Mexicans among others.

When they needed Chinese and Black slaves to work their mines, build their railroads, work in their cotton fields, no leader in the USA complained about Chinese, Blacks and others stealing their jobs in the USA itself.

Now, the USA is throwing subsidies to attract EU manufacturing to the USA. Is the USA stealing jobs from the Europeans? Of course, the EU will not say so. After all, what can vassal states say to their master? Even told to bend over backwards, they will just take it in the arse. 

Anonymous

Angmoh tua kee wall mural promoting smoking

SINGAPORE: The Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) is re-evaluating its position over a Chinatown shophouse mural depicting a young samsui woman smoking, due to recent public feedback.

The authority had earlier given the landlord a deadline to erase the cigarette from the artwork....

The initial order by URA to erase the cigarette came to light after Mr Dunston highlighted the incident on Instagram two days ago, sparking plenty of debate and discussion online.

His post went viral, garnering more than 3,000 likes as of Saturday morning, with many people leaving comments supportive of his work. CNA

Wow, 3,000 likes shocked the URA to review this wall mural that is directly promoting smoking when smoking is practically banned in most parts of the island. Singapore has been progressing very well in ridding the city state from this foul, dirty and smelly habit that is as anti social as chewing gums. Other than the foul smell and stench of butts that affect everyone in the vicinity, even in HDB flats, the cigarette butts, plastic lighters and associated waste and leftovers are all over the island, in lifts, in street paths, roads, parks, beaches, carparks, staircases, corridors, void decks, everywhere.

Only Lee Kuan Yew has the stature and determination to stamp out this dirty and smelly habit. No one dared to smoke in his presence. This is one of his legacy that would be well for his clean and healthy city state. Now because of an angmoh and 3,000 likes, URA's legs are wobbling. How can offend an angmoh and his 3,000 likely supporters? Who would likely be the supporters of a smoking young woman disguised innocently as a samsui woman?

What is the subtle message behind this mural? Some see a young prostitute with a cigarette in hand,  a reminder of the sleazy past of Keong Siak Road. The samsui women of the past were weather beaten and harden women, and most of them did not smoke and would not pose like prostitutes. They were proud of themselves as independent and hardworking women, proud of their profession. It is insulting to depict them looking like prostitutes.

Would the URA slap Lee Kuan Yew in the face now that he was gone? Bring back smoking and the sleaze that he had removed from the public eyes and reinstate them proudly in giant size wall mural, to please the angmoh and smokers? How about painting more rainbows and marihuana plants on the walls of HDB flats to beautify the estates and call them art, like this mural? It would even be better to relocate this wall mural to the memorial site of the founding fathers of Singapore....and allow cigarettes to be sold openly, complemented with advertisements and big revenue for the tax department. Media Corp production can also have actors and actresses smoking like prostitutes and gangsters of the past.

What is the intention of the painter? Many painters have hidden messages in their works. Hope URA is not so naive to be duped into doing something undesirable for Singapore. Lee Kuan Yew would be turning in his grave.

What do you think? A single post like this would not be able to defeat 3,000 likes in Instagram, ...and the smoking young prostitute, oops, smoking young samsui woman, would remain untouched, unedited. It would be a great tourist attraction in Chinatown.