That's why sinkapore will kowtow to China on all issues. The SMRT strike by the Chinese drivers shows how afraid sinkees are of the Chinese; instead of being harsh, the SMRT management had to admit that they were wrong to address the issues expeditiously. The minister has pushed the issue into the future, believing that sinkees will forget about it. The PAP government won't dare to treat the Chinese workers harshly for fear of retribution.
Sinkapore is as good as part of China ...that's a fact that sinkees have to accept. Eventually, half the population of Sinkapore will be PRC nationals.
okay, here's my own conspiracy theory, which is probably not unique:
Most, if not all, of the RICH and POWERFUL people around the world know that Singapore is THE, or at least the top, financial centre in Southeast Asia; and they also know that it's the financial centre which controls, at least indirectly, the economy of any particular region.
So if the GOVERNMENT (and its cronies) of China wants to control Southeast Asia, it will have to do so INDIRECTLY, and the best way is to do so VIA the Singapore GOVERNMENT (and its cronies).
Ultimately, BOTH
governments (and their cronies) are in
cahoots with each other to control the whole (both north and south) of East Asia (excluding Japan, which is controlled by the USA), and they are both on the winning side, winning greater and greater political power and financial wealth year after year; and neither of them are kowtowing to anyone.
The losers, as has ALWAYS been the case, are the slaves, i.e. the lower class and the middle class and sometimes even those near the bottom of the upper class.
Also, it's not just the governments of China and Singapore being in cahoots with each other.
Most, if not all, governments and their cronies around the WORLD are in cahoots with one another to control the WHOLE world, using the 3 Bs, i.e. Bribing, Bullying, and Brainwashing.
And this status quo will not change until the end of the world.
It's just a fact of life that for the past few thousand years of the history of humanity, the VAST majority of human beings have always ended up being slaves in one form or another because of whatever reasons; and there are no signs that this status quo will change any time soon.
