Trump's unwelcome visit to kiss Xi's ass

Trump coming to Beijing with demands is a sure thing and the West is already expecting it. Xi's willingness to compromise is another thing. We have gone through that scenario many times before. Demand for more rare earth, demand for more sales of soya beans to China, demand for China to cut down exporting, even demand that China must not retaliate when Trump enacted his trade war during his first term. What were the results? Back to square one as always and still working inside the same square again during this visit. Even if nothing is agreed, Trump will still claim victory. Stay tuned and expect the expected.

It is true that Xi is not looking forward to meeting Trump. Why should he be when he is holding all the cards? Trump has no cards to play and needs to visit Beijing, not the other way round that others without cards have to go to Washington to do some ass kissing. After this, Trump is talking about inviting Xi to visit him in Washington. Again, why would Xi want to visit him in Washington, which Trump will probably try to spin it into Xi also needing to kiss ass, lol. I do not expect Xi to go to Washington, the last place he should go to.

Right now, so many world leaders have already gone to Beijing to visit Xi. Mark Carney of Canada, Emmanuel Macron of France, Friedrich Merz of Germany, Kier Starmer of UK, Abbas Araghchi the Foreign Minister of Iran, Sergei Lavrov the Foreign Minister of Russia, while some others are on their way. Oh, lest I forgot, Taiwan's KMT leader, Cheng Li-wun, just visited China, as only an opposition political leader, and given a tumultuous welcome everywhere she goes. So, what is the beef about all the song and dance regarding Trump's visit anyway? China will just do its part diplomatically, nothing to gloat about even if that visit does come about.


Anonymous

Renewable energy is the future. Why Hougang did not have piped gas. Is it in India?

As the world migrates to renewables, the USA will be awash with fossil fuel, just like rare earth dirt. Then what? Fossil fuel may be cheaper for the USA when the Middle East War winds down, but cost of production will shut down most oil exploration and refiners.

China is in the forefront of building Thorium nuclear power generators and expects to sell them globally. What does that mean for fossil fuel? It does not have to cut off fossil fuel totally, as it takes time for renewables to take root. But when the pros outweigh the cons of using renewables, the adoption will see a titanic shift. The USA will have to start demonizing China for selling Thorium nuclear power plants as it did in wind turbines and solar panels.

Let me illustrate my own experience using LPG gas for boiling water and cooking. Hougang does not have piped gas for your information. Using a kettle to boil water in the past took almost 10 minutes. Using an electric kettle just took me about 5 minutes. One LPG gas tank lasts me slightly more than a month, including usage for cooking. Now that same tank lasts me more than 2 to 3 months, using a combination of microwave and electric kettle. This isn't a joke, just personal experience. I am, honestly speaking, a very skeptical person, but has been converted to using electric whenever I can. I intend to buy an induction cooker if LPG gas price escalate due to the war in the Middle East.


Anonymous

2047 - India will be the new top super power

 Jeffery Sach said India will become a developed nation by 2047. Modi and his ministers went one big step further and declared that 2047 India will overtake China, and of course the USA, as the world's number one super power, economically, militarily and in technology. This is great news for the Indians and also for Singapore. Singapore's big gamble to place all its bets on India needs not wait for another 100 years. 2047 is only 20 years from now. Singapore will be the biggest beneficiary when India becomes the number one super power. Some Singaporeans will proudly say, there I told you, I predicted this to happen. Modi may want to move his capital to Singapore and also appoint a state PM for Singapore. This must be the best news for Singapore and Singaporeans. Singaporeans can then invest more in India to earn more rupees. And the rupees will replace the dollar as the international reserve currency. No need for the Singapore dollar any more. The mountains of rupees Singapore is holding will appreciate overnight. Huat ah!

There are many caveats for this to happen. Both China and the USA will have to stop their growth in the next 20 years. And there is a high possibility that this will really happen. The USA is in rapid decline and may even implode with all the self inflicted policies of destruction under Trump and his clowns and supported by an equally daft population of uneducated hillbillies and rednecks. The Americans believe that they did not have to work, did not have to be productive, just be a military power to control and rule the world by force, by the law of the jungle.... and underestimating the rest of the world to rise and challenge the Americans' military might, destroying the American hegemony in the dollar and the financial system.

China may also start to decline with its ageing population and will wither and die as predicted by Gordon Chang and all the great American anal-lysts. This is the conventional wisdom of the day, that a big young population will be more productive than an ageing population. And China's decline must start from now and its economy runs to a standstill as predicted by Gordon Chang and wished for by the Americans and whoever that want to see the collapse of the Chinese and the rise of China. There are many ifs for this to happen, and Gordon Chang and Modi may live long enough to see this happening....2047.

The Indians may have their wish come true. And those Singaporean gamblers placing their bets on India to overtake China may also live to see this day happening...in their wildest wet dreams.

Start counting from now to 2047. The USA and China's GDP growth must be at a standstill from 2026 and the next 20 years and India must be growing at 20% annually to be mathematically possible, not another wishy washy day dream.

Better start to learn Hindi and how to sing the Indian national anthem, be proactive and prepare for the new future for those who will still be around to see this day.

USA used to win by threats, bullying, lying, thievery and cheating. These don't work anymore

What we have seen for decades that winning by the USA has all been the result of its threats, bullying, lying, thievery and cheating. The USA always win by using underhand tactics like sanctions and tariffs and forming alliances with doggies to confront opponents. And the doggies will bark on its behalf.

As countries export less to the USA, that threat is no longer truly effective. and China is going to show the world that without the USA it can still survive. China is telling its oil refiners to just ignore the USA sanctions, clearly sending a message to the USA that China does not care what the USA is threatening to do. The USA is no longer the only country for others to export to. The world is larger than the USA and Europe combined, even if they get together to confront China. Even with exports to the USA shrinking, China still chalked up a massive trade surplus, which shows the USA is less and less instrumental in China's export destinations.

Anonymous

Iran winning the war. China testing its weapon systems live

The Iranians do not have to do anything more to tell the world that they are in fact winning the war. Most analysts are saying that Iran does not have to defeat the USA, but by showing its ability to survive USA brutal assault is enough to tell the world it has in fact won the war.
Now, whether there is going to be a ceasefire or a stalemate, Iran is going to be seen standing tall looking at what it has done and achieved. Why do I say so?

Throughout the war, Iran has shown that it is capable of taking out USA military bases, radar systems, interceptor batteries and render the USA naval power totally unable to exert its strength. The USA, despite the boasting by Trump of destroying Iran's air force, navy and missile sites, is still facing a fear of Iranian hypersonic drones and missiles hidden deep underground.

What has the USA achieved in all of this war? The reputation of the USA projection of power using its aircraft carriers has been given a rude awakening. Iran's use of Chinese anti-aircraft carrier hypersonic missiles has punctured the much-hype up invincibility of the USA naval power projection since WW2 and is a lesson that will be well learnt by the Chinese in any future confrontation with the USA. China does not have to test-drive its anti-aircraft carrier missiles as Iran is doing it for free. Iran is also giving Chinese air=defense a test of its capability that China has little chance of testing them. Never mind that the USA and the West called them junks. I do not think those anti-aircraft carrier missiles are junks, otherwise the USA would not have to move them out of range from the Iranian coastline.

There is still little being talked about the use of spoofing by the Iranians against satellite imaging and fighter jet targeting by the USA military, using Russian and Chinese technology. When fighter jets shoot at each other and bombs miss their targets by wide margins, who knows what is happening. It is well known that the GPS system is hackable and not spoofing proof in the wars fought so far.

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