US Embassy shame Singapore video

US embassy made shame video of Singapore’s cluttered HDB corridors and compared them with South China Sea row

A US embassy posted a video likening China’s maritime claims in the South China Sea to a resident in Singapore cluttering the corridor of a public housing block.

The 90-second clip, posted by US Chargé d’Affaires Casey Mace and reshared across the official embassy channels on Monday, opens with a scene familiar to many Singaporeans – the façade of a Housing and Development Board (HDB) flat – and a narrator intoning: “Our homes are our sanctuaries. And when we live together, it’s important to respect each other’s space and our common space.”

Viewers are then asked to “imagine coming home one day and to find this”, as the screen flashes images of shared areas blocked by household clutter, alongside headlines about disputes over corridor hoarding. “A neighbour has decided that the space in front of your door is theirs,” the narrator says, before asking: “Does this remind you of anything else?”

The video then pivots to the South China Sea conflict, showing news headlines about Philippine and Vietnamese officials accusing China of aggression, military build-ups and harassment of fishermen. “This happens right outside Singapore’s doorstep, too,” the narrator says.

The rest of the video draws out the HDB analogy, likening China’s territorial claims and assertive actions in the disputed waterway to HDB residents refusing to remove their things from public areas even after town councils have ruled against them. The video ends with the narrator saying: “It’s important to remember: we all have to use this corridor. We have to live together peacefully.”

Anonymous

Kevin Walmsley - How measuring GDP can distort reality

Kevin Walmsley, on his site 'Inside China Business' warns us 'Are we measuring China's GDP wrong?' It is a very insightful analysis of how measuring GDP had not taken into account the reality of important factors that is making it unreliable.
'Inside China Business' should be a must watch site for those wanting the real analysis of economic developments around the world. Kevin based his facts on real research culled from reliable sources, not just propaganda pieces trotted out as clickbait to lure the unwary.

GDP is a measure of all the goods and services that a country produces but does not differentiate between the relative value of those goods and services inside USA and China. For example, a visitor, staying at a 5-star hotel in USA pays about four times what he pays staying in a similar class hotel in China. A car in USA costs several times what a Chinese pays for a similar or even better car in China. Calling an ambulance in USA costs upwards of US$500 to US$3,500, while it is US$7.70 for the first 3 kilometers, with an additional US$1.00 (7.70 Yuan) for each additional kilometer distance in China, where hospitals are usually within easy reach. The cost of visiting a doctor is also dirt cheap, fast and convenient compared to the USA.

A USA citizen earning US$100,000 a year has difficulty making ends meet, while a Chinese earning a quarter or less of that lives a very comfortable life in China, with everything cheaper by the dozen - utilities, groceries, transport, healthcare and housing.

Therefore, looking at the inflated costs of all the goods and services adding up to arrive at the USA GDP, many things are contributing to the ballooning GDP reported by the USA. Figure that out using a little bit of imagination.

Anonymous

Would the Arabs and Muslims fight for their freedom from their white colonial masters?

Frankly, the self interests, especially the Monarchs, are praying and hoping that Russia, China or North Korea and also Iran in the near or coming future would take down the World's Mafia Chief and Gangsters.
They would NOT want their kingdoms to be destroyed like Urukiane as they are too weak to now resist the White Gangs.

Also, for the African Continent to also play their uprising against the White Colonists and Barbarians.

They are just hopefully bidding their time.

Once they are sure that the Americunts are DOWN then they shall also join in NOT to supply any of their oil to them and let them die.

If the Americunts were to go berserk with their insurmountable problems and default on their debts, they shall want to fight a war with China and that's the time the Arabs would be reaching out for the bottles as okay lah liberations are here.

Just one drink or bottle, yam seng.

Cheers

Virgo49

J10 C will rule the sky for the next 20 years. No more angmoh tua kee

 

7 minute clip on the J10 battle with Rafale

The battle proven J10 C may not be the best aircraft in the Chinese arsenal. But given the aircraft available today around the world, no aircraft can think of surviving a fight with the J10 C. 

The Rafales are the best in Europe, ranked only behind the American F22. This ranking is fishy as the Americans have decided not to produce the F22 any more. Can you believe it, the Americans voluntarily surrender the top spot to the French? The F35 is a joke, good enough only because of American bragging, and actually ranked a few notches below the Rafales.

So, if the J10 C can beat the world's de facto best aircraft, the Rafales, there is no more better aircraft in the western world that would stand a chance in real combat against the J10 C. Unless users or military top brass still choose to believe the western biased reports and analyses and trust western fiction than facts.

None of the American or European companies has a new aircraft on the drawing board or being tested today. And by the look of things, such an aircraft would only be in production at least 10 years in the future. It can safely be concluded that the J10 C would rule the sky for now and in the immediate future if the enemy countries are American, European or countries buying and using American and European aircraft.

The J10 C is the best aircraft in terms of pricing and effectiveness and battle proven. There is no need to buy anything better, and there is nothing better from the Americans and the Europeans for now and the next 10 or 20 years. How many countries would still want to buy the French sales talks and pay more than $150m or like India, paying $240 million for the lies? India is hurting badly from this very expensive lie and looking like a sucker to the whole world. Any more suckers in the queue? Any air marshals dare to recommend the Rafales and to be sacked, like the two in India?

There is no need to buy a Ferrari when your opponents are driving Japanese, Korean, European or American cars, unless it is just for show, with too much money to spend.  The J10 C would be more than adequate to do the job for a fraction of the money spent, very kind on the budget and will last for 10 to 20 years at least.

By the time the Americans or Europeans start to roll out something new, 6th gen aircraft, it would be a couple of decades from now. There will be better and more expensive aircraft than the J10 C available.

Brits shot down hypersonic missiles!

British warship shoots down supersonic missile in ‘historic first’ for Navy 

One of Britain’s most advanced warships successfully shot down a supersonic missile in a major step forward for the Navy’s defence capabilities.

HMS Dragon, a Type 45 destroyer, launched a specially-modified Sea Viper missile which hunted down a target flying at four times the speed of sound (Mach 4) in a test exercise on Thursday. MSN

Wow, wow, great achievement, shooting down a hypersonic missile. Where, whose missile was shot down by the Brit's museum warship? Was it from the Houthis or was it from the Russians or Iranians? Coming hot behind the heels of the J10's downing of Rafale jets, this is another great military feat. The Brits can now use it as proof of the effectiveness of their Sea Viper missiles. Combat tested. Great demand and great sales coming the Brits way.

 

Oops, oops, the missile was a decoy used for practiced fire during an exercise. It was not enemy missile, not in real combat, but a training exercise. Ooooh la la, like that ah. Sounded so real.

Anyway, the headline was really eye catching. It is no joke to be able to shoot down a Mach 4 missiles that could even take evasive action. By the way, the Chinese missiles are travelling at Mach 5 and more, with many hitting Mach 8 and above.

Blimey, great job mate.

In an exercise scenario, they set up the target to their liking, to fly at their command, they know where the target is, and sitting in the comfort of their operation room, no tension, no stress, take their time to fire. They could even set up the target to self detonate to appear being shot. This was what happened in a recent test fire by the Americans in the Philippines. The target ship was set up to sink and was towed to the site. Unfortunately, before it reached the site, the target ship started to sink before it was shot at, sinking before the designated time.

Did the Brits set up the target to self detonate and claimed a hit?