Trump punishing Americans to pay 3 times what the world is paying for Chinese goods and services

 The US$ is no more than a counterfeit currency and the USA is the biggest counterfeiter in history. But blaming others is just a ploy to distract the reality.

That means the USA is also the biggest currency manipulator in the world, but it is trying to tarnish China as a major currency manipulator by keeping its Yuan low to help its manufacturing to compete globally. Again, after decades of enjoying cheaper Chinese products with a strong dollar and a weaker Yuan, the USA is turning around to bite the hand of China. In the face of the tariff war, China is now weakening the Yuan further to make its manufacturing more competitive. This is good news for BRICS and the Global South countries, with China exporting its deflation to benefit them.

The BRI was a very strategic move by China. With the BRI, China also found an alternative way to recycle its trade surpluses, without the danger of further investments of those surpluses into USA Treasuries and assets. This move made the USA paranoid and nervous, resulting in the manifestation of the debt trap mantra to demonize China.

With China moving its surplus of US$ from trade into helping poorer countries with infrastructure means China is killing two birds with one stone - firstly getting a safer investment alternative besides USA Treasuries and other assets, with secondly lifting more out of poverty of those countries with infrastructures that will benefit China in trade in the longer term. This is what I always say about China thinking long term and far ahead, building a strong foundation for what it intends to move forward towards.

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Empire of Lies and naked Emperor Trump still lying about China

 Trump had been dreaming of forcing manufacturing to return to USA since his first term, claiming that China stole these companies together with all the jobs. Did China put a gun to Steve Job's head to make iPhones in China? Did China put a gun to the heads of CEOs of vehicle manufacturers from USA and EU to invest in China? They wanted to take advantage of the cheap wages and massive Chinese market to invest in. That was the reality.

Additionally, did China put a gun to former chief of Amazon, Jeff Bezos head to stock his warehouses with China made products? Did China put a gun to the CEO of Walmart's head forcing him to stock up on Chinese products for display and sale? Did China put a gun to USA consumers' heads to force them to buy Chinese products?

Trump is delusional that he can force manufacturing to relocate from China to the USA. It is as impossible as hoping for the moon to turn blue. China is still the biggest market for some of the biggest USA manufacturing outfits, and they are not going to risk losing that market that is four times bigger than the USA, with the Chinese population possibly already having the bigger spending power relative to USA consumers on purchasing power parity basis.

Western companies that chose to move out of Russia after the Ukraine War started are beginning to regret their mistake of abandoning the Russian market too hastily. Too bad their market share in Russia is already gone for good. And thinking about that will make them ask themselves whether it is worthwhile to do the same with China.

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China Malaysia relations sabotaged by mischievous flag incident

 Xi Jinping's visit to Malaysia was a new milestone in the relations between the two countries. Xi calling it as another 50 golden years. Anwar and the Agong also have similar expectations. What was unexpected was the Malaysian flag being misrepresented in Sin Chew Daily and Kwong Wah Yit Poh. The absence of the crescent cannot be a simple error. No one in Malaysia can miss it. Not a reporter, not the chief editor or dep chief sub editor. These are professional news makers and would not make such an atrocious error that would sabotage the good relations between China and Malaysia. Worse, two dailies were involved. How could this be a mistake, an oversight, an error?

Malaysians are angry. The Agong is angry for good reasons. They must get to the bottom of this mischievous incident. No one that wants China Malaysia relations to progress and get better would want this incident to happen. It is likely the black ops conducted by anti China elements that want to create trouble for China and Malaysia, to create discord and incite hatred and anger among the Malaysians against China. It may even result in ethnic strife.

Who are the likely masterminds behind this incident?  The answer is quite obvious. Only two countries are likely to be behind this fiasco, Taiwan and the USA.

The Malaysian govt must conduct a thorough investigation and fish out the provocateurs and punish them severely. An apology is not enough as the intent and agenda of this mischievous incident could create so much mistrust and anger in the Malaysians against China. The losers would be both Malaysia and China if this is not handled sensitively and intelligently leading to a souring of relations between China and Malaysia, between Malaysians and Chinese and Malaysian Chinese.

International relations are getting more difficult with the American terrorists sowing discord and mistrust all over the world with their black ops.

Seismic shift ...Singapore creeping out of the American clutches?

 Singapore's pro American stance has stood the test of time after having benefitted from the largesse of the Brits and then the Americans for being friendly to these two AngloSaxon empires. The British rule did not result in too much bad blood partially because there were too few natives to fight a war of independence, and the Americans out of political necessity during a turbulent time of its early days as a young nation. Singapore grew up in an era of western dominance and naturally its western educated leaders found it easier to forge a closer relation with the West.

The rise of China did not create too much conflict of interests despite Singapore having a large Chinese population. It was expected that the Chinese majority would want a closer relation with China because of ethnic and cultural affinity. But the western educated political elite, both the Chinese and non Chinese, have a greater say and stick to their pro western policies to the extent of providing access to military facilities to the Americans to the ire of China.

The Anglophiles went to the extent of parroting American narratives that were anti China, even openly claiming that China was coercing and trying to influence Singapore's policies, forcing Singapore to take sides, when the truth was that the Americans were the ones forcing and often dictating Singapore's foreign policy positions. The main media is still publishing negative news about China, giving an unfavourable slant to everything happening in China.

In the last few weeks, speeches by Hsien Loong and Lawrence Wong had taken a different twist. This is about the first time in Singapore's history that the govt officially took a hard stance against what the Americans are doing, in particular on the indiscriminate and bullying tariff wars. Singapore's position in the Gaza Genocide is also shaping up firmly in favour of Palestine, a very difficult position to take in view of Singapore's past relations with Israel. Singapore cannot ignore the sentiments of its Muslim population and Muslim neighbours, Malaysia and Indonesia, to keep turning a blind eye to the genocide against the Palestinians.

In view of the American trade war against China and the rest of the world, MFA conveniently was left in the cold, not to speak a word. It was left to Hsien Loong and Lawrence Wong to do all the talking.  In a way, these are signs that a seismic shift in Singapore's foreign policies vis a vis China and the USA is in the making. Thanks or no thanks to the gangsters in Washington, Singapore must be under tremendous constant pressure from the rogue regime that it has to speak out and defend its neutral position for its own national interests. To continue to bow to the Americans' dictate and become more anti China and anti Russia ie anti Global South, are no longer in Singapore's interests.

Singapore's first big blunder was its sanction against Russia, a stark position against Asean's common stand, and the consequences are too much to bear and would take a long time to repair. Singapore is now steering precariously in a new direction but likely to be scratched left and right as it moves along. The Americans would want to control Singapore's foreign policies especially against China.  Lawrence Wong would be under great pressure from the Americans to behave and do the American bidding. How successful is Singapore in charting a new course in its foreign policies in the face of the aggressive and coercive Americans against China would be a big test on Singapore, and on Lawrence Wong's toughness to stay neutral and independent. This is likely to be the biggest challenge to Singapore and Lawrence Wong's premiership. Singapore must constantly be aware of American terrorists conducting regime change when it suits them.

Rogue Trump and his gangsters are not easy to deal with. The ugliness and heavy handed American operators would not leave Singapore alone to be neutral for sure, and this would come out into the open. The pro American Anglophiles cannot go on to lie about how nice and friendly the American gangsters are and put the blame on China, the victim of American aggression and oppression. All the aggression, coercion to force Singapore to take sides was done by the Americans, not China.

Deranged Trump needs to see a shrink. 245% tariff? Xi, please call me, please call me.

 As Trump gets more anxious and not having elicited a call from Xi, he is raving mad and raising the tariffs to 245% on Chinese goods. Trump is really going over the edge.

China knows this is a meaningless figure and academic, as any tariff above 100% will raise prices to double and products are not going to be saleable anymore. This is as good as forcing China not to sell anything to the USA at all, which China is going to oblige. China has already made up its mind to de-couple completely from the USA and is ready for it. Who is going to suffer more? USA consumers of course, with no alternatives to turn to. Chinese manufacturing has the alternative to sell to the Global South and BRICS countries.

According to a survey carried out at the World's largest wholesale market, the Yiwu Market, with 80,000 shops where it was claimed it will take a shopper three years to visit every shop inside at 5 minutes per shop, the mood was totally calm and collected, with vendors hardly fazed by the tariffs. Most vendors brushed aside the tariffs and are not unduly worried about losing the USA market. Most are saying that it is just a matter of shifting sales to other markets outside the USA. That is how confident these Chinese businesspeople are, where overcoming setbacks is built into their DNA.

In some countries, a few days of rain ruining business will result in complaints and soliciting for help. You know what I mean?

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