Trump just became Time Magazine's 'Man of the Year'. Next Nobel Peace Prize

 Trump just became Time Magazine's 'Man of the Year'. What an achievement! Based probably on his six bankruptcies, his discovery that tariffs are the most important invention of mankind and his defeat of Dracula's protege. I just could not help thinking Dracula's protege's defeat was a self-inflicted loss, nothing to do with Trump's real capabilities.

Funny that Zelenskyy failed to gloss the cover of Time Magazine as the 'Man of the Year'' instead of Trump. Going forward, I am starting to have faith and confidence that Trump may even be in line for the Nobel Peace Prize if he de-escalates the conflict in Ukraine, though not as easy in settling the war in the Middle East, dealing with the self-declared, smug looking, Almighty God himself, Netanyahu.

Anonymous

American terrorists threatening to topple Myanmar regime

 ASEAN better hope that Myanmar does not fall to the dark side, which will allow the USA to site weapons across the border with China to threaten the Chinese. That will drag ASEAN into really having to decide to be either 'with the USA or against the USA'. This has been their agenda all along to divide and rule, together with their sight on Myanmar's untapped resources. It has nothing to do with making lives better for the Myanmar people. They should learn to understand the big picture.

I believe the Myanmar people should opt for the better by just looking at the lifting of hundreds of millions out of poverty under socialism in China, while also comparing that with the growing homelessness in the USA, the richest country in the world. Democracy does not do or bring what it preaches, which is clear for all to see.

If Myanmar falls to the USA terrorist state, live for people in ASEAN will not be that comfortable, with a conflict brewing between USA and China at their doorstep. If that is what leaders in ASEAN wants, too bad. We the peasants have little say, like the ordinary Ukrainians and the Europeans, who are the beans suffering the collateral damage just to uphold the USA's interest in Europe.

Anonymous

Sanction versus sanction...Who is the winner?

 The sanctions war by the USA and EU killed the European economy. This was the unintended (or should I say intended) consequence of using the modus operandi of the one-trick pony trying to control the world with sanctions that they had been using for more than half a century, since the rise of the US$ hegemony after WW2. That trick no longer works and is backfiring on Europe. Countries have learnt how to navigate around those sanctions and even profited from it.

Now, it is all about threatening to impose tariffs on the rest of the world, not just against China. The USA does not seem to realize that there is now another trading bloc rising within BRICS and already functioning under the radar, which members and partners can rely on. Tariffs will fail faster than sanctions and become toothless in no time.

In spite of the technology war, China is not collapsing. In fact, China is de-risking itself from Western technology control by going for self-dependency. China has vast control and leverage over raw materials, cheap energy and a skilled undiluted Chinese workforce. China is pouring huge resources into research and development within the chip industry and has found much success. This is not the only sector that China is fighting against for domination. China is fighting its battle on may sectors like EV, solar panels, wind turbines and soon the aviation industry.

The USA and the West can continue to gloat about China still about three to five years behind their top-end chip mastery, but soon they will be crying foul about China's overcapacity in high-end chip manufacturing. What humans can achieve, other humans can also achieve in time.

China is now going after Nvidia, probing its monopolistic position. What this is indicating is that China is confident enough to take this step knowing its domestic players are beginning to show their clout.

Let the USA and the West continue to rest on their laurels about being still in front and China still chasing for glory. When the shit hits the fan, we shall see the fun.

Anonymous

Hong Kong's stupid crimes against nation and people

 For more than two decades, Hong Kong, though returned to China in 1997, continued to employ foreigners, mostly from UK and Australia, two states that are hostile to China, as their high court judges. And these judges, viewed from the mentality of colonial subjects, were like gods, infallible, impartial, would be fair and judge according to the law and not according to political interests. The fallacy fell flat during the foreign engineered island wide rioting when rioters were conveniently released by these foreign judges, to go out and continue to riot and disrupt peace and stability in Hong Kong.

It was excusable in the 19th and 20th Centuries when the white men were ruling the world, and Asians were deemed to be stupid or less able to rule themselves, to manage their countries, and definitely inferior to white men as judges. In this Century, when many Asians have received enough education, training and experience, to be the equals of the white men, and many even better than the white men, except they don't look white like white gods, and found wanting or less able by their own people in govt. And by hook or by crook, white men are needed, even to be judges against their own people, can be compromised and complicit in making rulings against their national interests.

Such were the crimes of Anglophiles in Hong Kong, still dreaming about serving the Queen or King of England, with blind loyalties to the British monarchy and Empire. For the laymen and unthinking populace, suffering from the Stolkholm Syndrome, or praying and worshipping their former colonial masters could be excusable. But for national leaders to be still trapped in the past, to still think that being subjects of the British Empire, to deface their own abilities in deference to white men, is pathetic.

It was lucky that Hong Kong did not continue to hire Brits or Aussies into their police force. Hong Kong was run by the Brits for 150 years, and the policemen, oops, the police officers, were white men. Hongkongers could only be good enough to be NCOs, to rob the people to feed the corrupt white officers. If Hong Kong were to continue with the practice of hiring white policemen, then these white men, very likely foreigners as they would not trade their white citizenship for non white citizenship, would be guarding over the Hongkongers, guarding which Hongkonger can return or leave Hong Kong, and arresting Hongkongers for crimes, and if they are still as corrupt as during colonial Hong Kong, abuse their police and custodial powers against the Hongkongers. 

It is foolhardy for an independent state to hire foreigners as their policemen to guard their immigration points, to guard over their own citizens when the citizens would be the people called upon to fight, protect and die for their country, while the foreigners are foreigners with loyalties to their respective countries.

Thank God, Hong Kong has finally removed all the white foreigners from their police force, and also finally got rid of all the white judges, the white gods that ruled over them for more than a century. Caveat, not sure if there are still foreign or white judges in Hong Kong's judiciary system. Don't be surprised that there could still be some around. 

Ang moh tua kee sickness can be very enduring in Hong Kong and despising the talents of their own citizens is second nature. Ang moh the best!

Ang moh tua kee is/was the only weakness of Hong Kong. Other than this, the Hongkongers are confident of their own abilities and would not see the need to import foreigners to replace themselves. All the top positions in Hong Kong are filled by Hongkongers, not by foreigners. And now, with the High Courts being cleansed, the top judges are also Hongkongers, the top police officers are also Hongkongers. Hong Kong is changing colour fast and furious and would be fully integrated as an intrinsic part of China. The colonial hangovers would soon be forgotten. Never will Hong Kong be stupid enough to rehire white judges into their High Courts to judge over Hongkongers again.

Russia is the world's biggest experimental laboratory for Chinese products esp EVs...Thanks to the Washington clowns

 For several decades, the American people have been using Chinese goods and products, from clothing, household items, consumer electronics etc etc that are easily available from Walmart and other distributing and shopping centres. The fact that they are not complaining and accepting the Chinese goods and products with no complaints and quiet acceptance are testaments to the quality and usefulness of Chinese products. The Americans usage of Chinese products could be more complete if Chinese EVs are not prevented to enter the American markets, also Huawei's 5G and mobile phones.

Russia is another matter. They have been used to using European and American products and in a way taking these products as better than Chinese products. Thanks to the clowns in Washington, they literally banned all American and European products entering Russia, including automobiles by their own sanctions. Russia is forced to buy Chinese products not by choice, and their preference for American and European products was also severed not by choice but imposed by the clowns.

Fortunately, everything that the Russians need, from personal to household items, are readily available from China. China has a complete supply chain and factories making everything that is needed by any country. Russians thus simply switch to buy everything Chinese. And this change came in a very critical time to the development of Chinese EVs that have just taken off and in fierce competition with Tesla and European makes. The Chinese have no western competitors and were offered the opportunity to unload every EV brand they have into Russia.

Chinese EVs have an unrestricted access into the Russian market and benefited fully from first mover advantage. Two years have passed and Chinese EVs are flooding the roads in Russia. No more American or European models. By the time the clowns in Washington realised their foolishness, the Russians would have a good experience and acceptance of Chinese EVs and no longer longing for American or European brands. For the Americans and Europeans to make a come back would be quite impossible.

And during these hard times, depriving the American and European brands from the Russian market, losing out in the China market is like the final nail in the coffin. They are all closing down and would never be able to make a comeback. The same fate applies to American colonies like Japan and South Korea. Their automobiles and EVs are also banned from the Russian markets. Big names like Nissan, Honda, Mitsubishi are going broke, while the American legacy car icons and German's VW are also in the same fate, retrenching workers to survive.

The Russians would be the best salesmen and promoters of Chinese products and EVs. They could tell the world of their great experiences using Chinese products, mobile phones and EVs, cheap and of very good quality. 

Not only the Russians are the sole customers of Chinese goods and products. Many countries in Central Asia, Middle East, Latin America, Africa, SE Asia and Australia and New Zealand are also consuming and using Chinese products and goods happily. China is now in a position to provide the whole world with all the necessary goods they need, and easier on their pockets, than the Americans and the West. Trump can go ahead with his 100% or 200% tariffs. They rest of the world can find substitutes that are cheaper and better from China.

China must say a big thank you to the clowns in Washington for helping to promote the use of Chinese products and goods and services to the whole world.