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[jw5]

Goh Meng Seng​

4h ·
After I have posted on the musing on the China's WWII Victory Parade, a friend messages me and indicated that President Xi has invited PM Wong to the parade during his official visit to China in June this year.
I didn't remember this invitation made by President Xi but my friend insisted that this invitation was made. He further said that according to his sources, Japan wasn't very happy about it!
I did a search through the official accounts and there wasn't anything mentioned about such invitation. But South China Morning Post (SCMP) puts up an interesting title for the report of PM Wong's visit to China
"Xi urges Singapore to join China on 'right side of history' as he meets PM Wong"
Well inside this news article, it refers to Trump's tariffs and "unilateralism". But to me, the Chinese likes to use phrases with "double meaning", 语带双关.
"Right side of History" could refer to acknowledging China's historical ownership claims on South China Sea or Taiwan as part of China.
It could also refer to the history of WWII as Japan was the aggressor.
Thus, it is actually quite possible that President Xi would have invited PM Wong to the 3 Sep WWII Victory Parade right in the context of "right side of history".
If that is so, more questions would arise. Did PM Wong decline to attend and that's the reason why SCMP didn't include Singapore in the list of ASEAN countries which will have their top political leaders to attend?
On the other hand, if PM Wong has acknowledged the invitation and prepared to attend the parade, then Shanmugam's Hacker Saga and LHL's Rising Sun conferment would make such attendence pretty awkward.
We are now caught in a very delicate situation if what my friend said is true.

 

[jw5]

Goh Meng Seng​

1h ·
They are supposed to test out the "no barrier" carpark gantry system at the carpark next to Old Airport Road hawker center.
They had removed the gantry barriers initially, many months ago when they first started the testing. But now, the barriers are back in place while the system with the camera is still installed!
The initial intent of installing this new system is to do away with the barriers but I guess the testing has failed!
Another white elephant? Another useless expensive toy that failed?

 

[jw5]

Goh Meng Seng​

22h ·
Hungry Ghost Month
It is a unique Chinese culture that we believe the dead ghostly spirits will leave Hell when the hell gate opens on the first day of the 7th month of Chinese calendar.
These ghostly spirits, regardless of "social status", will have 1 month holiday on Earth.
Well I guess many of those who died with vengeance will haunt those who have murdered them. That's karma and karmic relationship which outsiders should not interfere.
There are also those ghostly spirits who would go around pleading for help or mercy for their past deeds.
I will always try very hard to avoid all these help seeking spirits. It's also karma which others should not interfere. Unless you have the ability to help.
Some people may have their fair share of ghostly encounters, on and off Hungry Ghost Month. I do have some such encounters as well, though most of the time I don't really see any of them explicitly.
Having unexplained weird experience during Hungry Ghost Month can really give us the goosebumps. I just had a strange encounter right in the beginning of the first week of Hungry Ghost Month.
I was driving to my warehouse from home in the afternoon and suddenly the left front wheel of my car started to have a soft rumbling sound. I stopped beside the road to check but couldn't find anything wrong. I thought it was the bearings issue but I was not driving at high speed.
I decided to drive slowly towards the car workshop just a few kilometers away. The metalic rumbling sound continued. I took a turn into the wrong carpark and did a U turn to drive out. At that very moment, the rumbling sound vanished.
When I finally reached my car workshop, the rumbling sound was all gone and they found nothing wrong with the wheel.
Nevertheless, my car was long overdue for servicing as I was traveling overseas, thus I decided to change the engine oil etc. Well you know what, the workshop was giving SG60 discount for engine oil!
That mystery of the unexplained rumbling of the wheel wasn't solved but at least I was led to have a good deal in servicing my car.
Most likely the rumbling was due to some stone pebbles or metalic particles getting into the wheel's cover. That explained why there was a rumbling until those particles or pebbles just got off the wheel.
Well maybe some friendly spirit was trying to give me a friendly reminder that it's time to service my car and got me a good deal for doing so!
Whatever it is, we have to believe in karma. If you have done good all your life, even the ghostly spirits will help you or bless you during Hungry Ghost Month. But if you have been harming people, it would be just a matter of time those who have suffered from your bad deeds would find you.

 

[jw5]

Goh Meng Seng​

6h ·
A heart warming Teh Halia Kosong or Ginger Tea without milk or sugar in this chilling weather after lunch!
This is a special brew with freshly cut ginger and the top grade FBOPF Ex-Special Akbar tea!

 

[jw5]

Goh Meng Seng​

1h ·
US Tak Boleh, Boh Bakei!
It is extremely apparent right now that Zionist Israel is really the Big Boss that orders US around!
It has shown total disrespect of US when it just bombed dead those Iranians who were supposed to hold talks with the Americans, just 2 days before the meeting!
Then it just boss US around to help it bomb Iran into accepting truce when it could no longer withstand the missile attacks.
Now, it just ignored US guarantee of protection to all other Middle East allies by sending its fighter jets, intruding into their air space and bombed Qatar which actually hosted American military bases!
It is extremely clear to the whole world now that the Zionist Israelis has humiliated the Americans so blatantly that they are treating the Americans like their dogs!
They have absolutely Zero respect to the Americans because they have controlled the whole American political system!
This is actually a wake up call to all other countries, especially those Middle East countries which are having this delusional belief that US will protect them as it has given its "protection guarantee".
The Americans turn out to be a paper tiger and little puppet which the Zionist Israelis controlled with strings behind.
The Zionist Israelis do not respect International Law because just like what their political leaders have said, international law doesn't apply to them because they regard themselves as God's "Chosen People"!
If the Arabs are smart to see through that, they will realize they could no longer take US seriously anymore. They should not depend and be fooled by US empty guarantee. Its security guarantee and trust have bankrupted.
I predict that there will be an arm race in Middle East. The smarter ones have already started to cut their dependency on US sales of overpriced low grade or watered down military assets and equipmentz while looking for real deals from China.
How could anyone expect US to sell anything better than what they supplied Israel in Middle East?
Egypt and Saudi Arabia have made the right choice. Now they will have to convince China to sell them at least the second tier military assets to them.

 

[jw5]

Goh Meng Seng​

3h ·




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Phoenix TV 鳳凰衛視​

4h ·
【中國叫停英偉達AI芯片銷售，黃仁勳：失望，但仍相信中國是全球最重要市場之一】
中國監管部門近日叫停英偉達芯片在華銷售，引發外界關注，中美科技博弈再度升溫。英偉達首席執行官黃仁勳回應稱，雖對業務動盪感到失望，但仍相信中國是全球最重要的市場之一。
據《金融時報》周三報道，中國監管機構已下令禁止字節跳動、騰訊和阿里巴巴等大型科技公司，採購英偉達專為中國市場設計的RTX Pro 6000D人工智能芯片。這一決定使英偉達這家全球市值最高的科技公司，再度站上中美科技博弈的風口浪尖。
針對相關報道，英偉達首席執行官黃仁勳在倫敦出席新聞發佈會時坦言，對當前在華業務所面臨的波動感到失望，並形容這種狀況“如同坐過山車”。黃仁勳同時重申了中國市場的重要性，稱中國科技產業充滿活力，英偉達已在中國深耕30年，將繼續支持中國政府與企業，同時也會配合美國政府在地緣政治政策方面的安排。
目前，黃仁勳正作為特朗普訪英代表團的一員，在倫敦宣佈對英國的AI基礎設施進行高達150億美元的巨額投資。
與此同時，美國方面作出批評性回應。美國眾議院議長約翰遜在接受CNBC採訪時表示，中國針對英偉達的舉措是適得其反的做法，中美之間本就存在一系列複雜談判，此舉可能令談判環境更加艱難。約翰遜強調，中美在人工智能等領域競爭激烈，當前的緊張局勢並非美國的責任。
然而，許多美國民眾對此並不買賬，反而在社交媒體上批評美國的雙重標準和甩鍋心態。有人諷刺稱美國一邊指責中國挑起貿易戰，一邊卻是先禁止英偉達芯片對華出口。如今中國擁有自主AI芯片後進行反制，美國卻反過來抱怨；也有人感嘆，美國把所有問題都怪到中國頭上，卻無視本國出口農業等產業的衰退。（鳳凰衛視 王騏）
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[jw5]

Goh Meng Seng​

8h ·
Should we withdraw our recognition of Israelis State just because they REFUSE to agree to the existence of a Palestinian State?

 

[jw5]

Goh Meng Seng​

1h ·
The Romance of the Four Powers Part IIIc- The Romance between US and China.
Since I have started this series of write up, there are a lot of developments in the dynamics in the global situations. However the general strategic perspectives from both sides have not changed.
Trump has recognized China as US major contestor for global power and influence since 2018. He has tried to contain China by imposing all sorts of sanctions. However, he was not ready to go on a full blown conflict.
In fact, Trump is still not confident to go on full blown conflict but he may not have a choice as time is running out.
US is technically bankrupt and the situation may get even worse. The amount of interests US Gov has to pay each year will only get even more if the current deficits and debts are to get larger. This is definitely not sustainable.
This is one of the reasons why Trump insists a reduction of interest rates.
Trump doesn't want to be distracted by other battles in Ukraine or Gaza. This is why Trump wanted to end the war in Ukraine and Gaza while focusing US naval forces in South China Sea.
US has conducted various war gaming with regards to conflicts in Taiwan and South China Sea and the results were stunning. They couldn't win in any of the scenarios.
This is worrying for US and they knew they couldn't possibly have multiple confrontations in Europe, Middle East and Asia all happening at once. This is the main reason for Trump's initial plan to end Ukraine war asap and forced to end Iran Israel conflicts with such abrupt and awkward way.
US knows they alone can't possibly fight China. Contrary to those military powers comparisons, China is considered as second most powerful country after US. Although in terms of numbers, US may have absolute advantage but US is fast losing its technological advantages.
In fact, after 3 Sep Parade where China has showcased "part" of its most advanced weaponry arsenal, it is obvious that China has superceded US in some technological aspects.
Furthermore, US troops are spread too wide too thin while China's forces are very focused on its own claimed turfs and borders in East Asia.
China will definitely have home ground advantage if the conflicts were to happen in Taiwan Strait or South China Sea.
For "foreign forces" like US, it will take 3 to 1 force ratio to secure an absolute battle advantage. However US alone won't be able to secure that advantage. It will need South Korea, Taiwan, Japan an Philippines to form up a combined forces.
However China is not alone. It has North Korea and Russia backing it up. The recent combined military exercise between Russia and China is actually quite significant in terms of strategic perspective.
The fundamental difference between US and China is that China has no interest to invade US or any other country except to ascertain its sovereignty over Taiwan and South China Sea. Unlike US which has involved directly numerous wars and conflicts all over the world throughout the decades since 1945, almost uninterrupted, China has been focusing on its immediate core interests surrounding its boundaries.
It's all about oil and other resources US is fighting for. The latest being Venezuela.
Although US may have the biggest and most powerful forces on Earth throughout the decades, but it is proven that this doesn't make it invincible at all. It has lost three major wars in the past decades, from Korean war, Vietnam War and Afghanistan war, while didn't manage to maintain its trophies in other battles or warfares which it has great advantages.
Among the three wars US lost, one was a direct conflict with China with the other 2 proxy wars with China.
It could only have an absolute upper hand when Russia and China were not involved as the sponsors of the proxy warfares.
My generation as well as many generations of Singaporeans have been brain washed by US controlled media and Hollywood movies into believing US military absolute supremacy but the Historical Truth is rather mixed.
To be continued...