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BREAKING: CHINA Issues List Of Top 10 International Friends. No S'porean On List

scroobal

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I do agree that Pandas are part of the diplomatic game that China deploys. It was however telling that Singapore did not make the list.

Here is report on Panda for Australia. Note the mention of resources.


Chinese pandas 'a symbol of friendship' with Australia

Posted Thu Sep 6, 2007 3:47pm AEST
Updated Thu Sep 6, 2007 4:13pm AEST
Wang Wang is one of two giant pandas which will be brought to Adelaide from China soon. (Adelaide Zoo)

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myfoot123

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How to have friend when Singapore is still not yet a country or nation. Even at this time, Singaporeansfeel this land doesnt belong to them anymore. We are simply stranger in the place we borned.
Lee Hsien Loong is the worst PM in this century. Even the current Thai young and handsome PM, without much political card, is able to nab North Korea illegal arms. Our mas selamat capture has to rely on Malaysia to do a good job. Yet, our leaders are all paid astranaumical salaries and perks. If this is not corruptions, what is? Give us our CPF money!
 

denzuko1

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I do agree that Pandas are part of the diplomatic game that China deploys. It was however telling that Singapore did not make the list.

It is the same as their predecessors who sent their princesses out to territories they want to influence.
 

myfoot123

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But..but.....but...we were given (at least loan) 2 pandas that only a few 'priviledged' countries can have.


Hang on a minute !!.....Costing $2M (if I remembered correctly) a year with special land to grow bamboo shoots, for 10 years then after fat fat, then give back to China, smells like a punishment to me.

If 1 or both died during the 10 year period, China will take the merlion. Hmmm....on second thought, that is a good deal for us !

How ironical!!! we fed many China people in Singapore with our taxpayers money and they happily return home or use us as stepping stone to America. Now they are sending us PANDA to be well fed and than return them in 10 years time. Why can't our stupid PAP spend taxpayers money properly by feeding our poor and needy Singaporeans instead!! Why must useless PAP kept sucking big countries people and degrade our own citizens by throwing away money to help them while they treated us invisible. Now we know we have been heavily smoked by SPH. Damned!
 

Sideswipe

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China on Tuesday awarded the top ten international friends selected by Internet users for "making exceptional contributions to the country in the past 100 years."
Edgar Snow, an American journalist who wrote the renowned book "Red Star over China" in the 1930s to make the Chinese Red Army world famous

if Edgar Snow is in, can't see why Owen Lattimore cannot make the list. He was the most influental Ang Moh Chinese Communist Party por lampa specialist in the 1940s. He heavily assisted CCP struggles for power against KMT to win China back then.

It is not an exaggeration to say without Lattimore help, there will be no People's Republic of China in 1949.

really unfair on Owen. :rolleyes:
 

Capano2121

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friends can categorise in many kinds.

true friends
sex friends
street friends
and ATM friends (hokkien call Robert, or carrot).

so in this case , sinkapore is robert.....you now see why no sinkaporean.

who was robert at suchou?

Incidentally the chairman of SMA (Singapore Manufacturers Association) then was Robert Chua of Daikin Aircon and he played a very vital role in the dispensing of help of all kind to make this suzhoued project a great success!
 

fukyuman

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Checking with Google, the loan was made on 13 Nov 2009. Right at the same time when Singapore was hosting APEC conference Nov 14-15, 2009 which China is a member.

The story get juicy now. From a friend of a friend source who is helping the Chinese delegation, the Chinese do not want the Indians to be invited and attend as observers due to political rivalry and openly showed their opposition. Which is probably why the pandas were offered and not before when we already have a world class zoo for years. I find the reason plausible. When Mahathir asked for a bridge over the causeway our Govt in return asked for overflying rights for our Tengah attack jets and water rights in return and was told to fuxxk spider.
 
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