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China Has Quietly Won the Trade War—and Now Leads the World Ricardo Martins “There are decades where nothing happens; and there are weeks where decades happen.” —Vladimir Lenin A Silent but Seismic Turning Point In a silent but seismic shift, President Xi Jinping has ended five...

S'pore's economy is not socialist. It is neo-liberal (an economic system which encourages privatization, deregulation, policies favoring corporations over workers, minimal govt intervention and minimal social safety nets) S'pore is not a true democracy, but an authoritarian illiberal democracy...

https://www.straitstimes.com/world/united-states/trump-blinked-in-trade-war-with-china-can-south-east-asia-get-a-break-too Trump blinked in trade war with China. Can South-east Asia get a break, too? An obstacle in negotiations is that the White House is pushing for less Asean trade with...

It's not the airplanes, it's the networks that China provided Pakistan: a ground network to track the enemy plane and transmit coordinates to Paki plane, and then a stratospheric drone network to guide the air-to-air missiles to zoom in on locked target.

Bro, Trump blinked first la. China's trade surplus is USD1 trillion. The 10% doesn't mean anything as China exports way more to the US than vice versa. It's a victory for China.

He's transplanting 'the art of the deal' gleaned from business experience to the political arena. But in the long term I think Sun Tzu's 'the art of war' will prevail.

The Plaza Accord spelt the demise of Japan's economy at a time when it was on its way to surpass America as the world's #1 economy. Despite its liberal claims to the contrary, the US will never allow another country - ally or otherwise - to dethrone it. You can be sure that China will learn...

The poker game was won by Xi, not Trump. https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/xi-defiance-pays-off-as-trump-meets-most-chinese-trade-demands Xi’s defiance pays off as Trump meets most Chinese trade demands Chinese President Xi Jinping has struck a defiant tone ever since US President...

Will not see it in my lifetime. At least 30 years to achieve 1/3 parliamentary seats, 60 years or more for change in govt. Will Singapore even exist then?

The PLA 15 air to air missile has a range of 200km. The Indian planes were shot down 100km behind the Indian borders. The latest generation Chinese missiles have a range of 1000km. India is still in denial that she has lost the air battle. The French have admitted that Rafale jets were shot...

The PLA 15 air to air missile has a range of 200km. The Indian planes were shot down 100km behind the Indian borders. The latest generation Chinese missiles have a range of 1000km. India is still in denial that she has lost the air battle. The French have admitted that Rafale jets were shot...

Pakistan's PM was jubilant that his airforce shot down 3 India's Rafale fighter jets using older China made J10C jet fighters using the Chinese concept of operation and Chinese trained Pakistan pilots. This validated the Chinese military strategy, Chinese training and platforms and shredded all...

I have 2 friends in Tampines - both gave the same reason for voting PAP: they were afraid that Tampines would turn into a 'slum' if WP took over, thus affecting the value of their HDB flats. One of them had sold an Hougang unit few years back at way below market value, moved to Tampines, and...

Rolex forced to drop prices... what a scam!

Agree. I always hear people say that opposition candidates are not capable, so I tell them: if you don't vote them in, how do you know they cannot do the job well? Vote them in, give them a chance, 5 years later you can kick them out if they screw up.

Malaysian polis boleh... boy was rescued, no ransom paid, kidnapper arrested

Hence the need for that 1/3 oppo target in Parliament to act as a check on the PAP.

Most residents want their MPs to look after their estate well to enhance the value of their HDB flats. They don't understand that we are actually voting for legislators in Parliament to make laws, raise issues and vote on bills. To them, the MP is like a highly paid estate manager - so if the MP...