The PAP regime will be receiving a letter today

[superpower]

Other tariff letters sent out, with threats of much higher tariffs if the country responds in kind and also extra anti-China trans-shipping tariffs. The letters are incredibly insulting and condescending, with most definitely a colonial feel about them.

Oh, and the threat of another 10% that Trump stated separately with any nation plotting against the US bully within BRICS.

Tariff level on South Korea, Japan, Malaysia, Kazakhstan, Tunisia: 25%

Tariff level on South Africa, Bosnia & Herzegovina: 30%

Tariff level on Indonesia: 32%

Tariff level on Serbia, Bangladesh: 35%

Tariff level on Cambodia, Thailand: 36%

Tariff level on dirt poor Laos and war-torn Myanmar: 40%

Basically, a deeply insulting form letter sent out to the other heads of state with just the country, head of state and tariff amounts changed. All being published on Truth Social.

The big ones of the EU, India and Taiwan yet to come. Vietnam and the UK already caved and the discussions with the three biggest trading counter parties of Canada, Mexico and China are ongoing.

The ASEAN nations of Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam, Philippines, and Myanmar etc. all enjoy tariff-free trade with China as well as Japan, South Korea, Australia and New Zealand through the RCEP trade agreement. Trump is cutting the US off from the fastest growing region in the world.

The world has to learn that the West doesn't play by its own rules. It just tore up the rules book when they were losing. Just the way Israel and the US bombed Iran without any reason. Now any country can bomb another country on the delusion that the other country is a potential threat.

 

[Ah Max]

Other tariff letters sent out, with threats of much higher tariffs if the country responds in kind and also extra anti-China trans-shipping tariffs. The letters are incredibly insulting and condescending, with most definitely a colonial feel about them.

Oh, and the threat of another 10% that Trump stated separately with any nation plotting against the US bully within BRICS.

Tariff level on South Korea, Japan, Malaysia, Kazakhstan, Tunisia: 25%

Tariff level on South Africa, Bosnia & Herzegovina: 30%

Tariff level on Indonesia: 32%

Tariff level on Serbia, Bangladesh: 35%

Tariff level on Cambodia, Thailand: 36%

Tariff level on dirt poor Laos and war-torn Myanmar: 40%

Basically, a deeply insulting form letter sent out to the other heads of state with just the country, head of state and tariff amounts changed. All being published on Truth Social.

The big ones of the EU, India and Taiwan yet to come. Vietnam and the UK already caved and the discussions with the three biggest trading counter parties of Canada, Mexico and China are ongoing.

The ASEAN nations of Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam, Philippines, and Myanmar etc. all enjoy tariff-free trade with China as well as Japan, South Korea, Australia and New Zealand through the RCEP trade agreement. Trump is cutting the US off from the fastest growing region in the world.

The world has to learn that the West doesn't play by its own rules. It just tore up the rules book when they were losing. Just the way Israel and the US bombed Iran without any reason. Now any country can bomb another country on the delusion that the other country is a potential threat.

simi brics? even xi n putin didnt bother 2 attend ze summit, or they cant attend?

 

[Ah Max]

US may restrict AI chips to Malaysia, curbing enthusiasm for building data centres in JS-SEZ​

https://www.theedgesingapore.com/ne...rbing-enthusiasm-building-data-centres-js-sez

On July 7, Bloomberg reported that the Trump administration plans to restrict shipments of AI chips from the likes of Nvidia to Malaysia and Thailand, as part of an effort to crack down on suspected semiconductor smuggling into China.

“A draft rule from the Commerce Department seeks to prevent China — to which the US has effectively banned sales of Nvidia’s advanced AI processors — from obtaining those components through intermediaries in the two Southeast Asian nations,” the report says. The rule is not yet finalised, Bloomberg suggests.

 

[ftan42]

hope highest paid minister can justify its pay and nego for 0% tariff

 

[Ganesha]

He handled the situation so well, so give this man a Tiger!

 

[Hypocrite-The]

Other tariff letters sent out, with threats of much higher tariffs if the country responds in kind and also extra anti-China trans-shipping tariffs. The letters are incredibly insulting and condescending, with most definitely a colonial feel about them.

Oh, and the threat of another 10% that Trump stated separately with any nation plotting against the US bully within BRICS.

Tariff level on South Korea, Japan, Malaysia, Kazakhstan, Tunisia: 25%

Tariff level on South Africa, Bosnia & Herzegovina: 30%

Tariff level on Indonesia: 32%

Tariff level on Serbia, Bangladesh: 35%

Tariff level on Cambodia, Thailand: 36%

Tariff level on dirt poor Laos and war-torn Myanmar: 40%

Basically, a deeply insulting form letter sent out to the other heads of state with just the country, head of state and tariff amounts changed. All being published on Truth Social.

The big ones of the EU, India and Taiwan yet to come. Vietnam and the UK already caved and the discussions with the three biggest trading counter parties of Canada, Mexico and China are ongoing.

The ASEAN nations of Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam, Philippines, and Myanmar etc. all enjoy tariff-free trade with China as well as Japan, South Korea, Australia and New Zealand through the RCEP trade agreement. Trump is cutting the US off from the fastest growing region in the world.

The world has to learn that the West doesn't play by its own rules. It just tore up the rules book when they were losing. Just the way Israel and the US bombed Iran without any reason. Now any country can bomb another country on the delusion that the other country is a potential threat.

I hope that The Yanks manage to get rid of these non tariffs barriers and other discriminatory practices these countries always implement..look at Chicons land and it's discrimination against FDI...

 

[oliverlee]

Other ASEAN nations play it smart - stay neutral - get the best trade deal with US and China, don't take sides.

Singapore is stupid, suck up to AMDK, even though we are a signatory of NAM (Non-Allied Movement), the whole world sees us as a US porlumpar. We have no friends in ASEAN, maybe only Brunei. Xi didn't even send a congrats note to LW when he became PM. The other stupid country is the Philippines - it's still a failed state because the US is not interested in its development, just using Philippines as a huge military base to target China.

As a small country, don't take sides. Be neutral, be friends with all powers, make yourself useful and indispensable to them without getting trapped in obligations.

If you understand the creation of sg, you wouldn't call it names. Like 1948 Israel, sg is a political construct by the Zionists for strategic purposes. It must forever suck US lanjiao because that's the foundation of its existence, old bastards sifu was Henry K

 

[jsctan]

Other ASEAN nations play it smart - stay neutral - get the best trade deal with US and China, don't take sides.

Singapore is stupid, suck up to AMDK, even though we are a signatory of NAM (Non-Allied Movement), the whole world sees us as a US porlumpar. We have no friends in ASEAN, maybe only Brunei. Xi didn't even send a congrats note to LW when he became PM. The other stupid country is the Philippines - it's still a failed state because the US is not interested in its development, just using Philippines as a huge military base to target China.

As a small country, don't take sides. Be neutral, be friends with all powers, make yourself useful and indispensable to them without getting trapped in obligations.

Many developed countries helped brics to progress, in the end they bite back. Do you still want to continue with turncoats?

When cecas & ATs grow stronger, they bully small countries. Must never forget our vertex being put up for show in HK.

 

[laksaboy]

Haters gonna hate.

 

[superpower]

Many developed countries helped brics to progress, in the end they bite back. Do you still want to continue with turncoats?

How did they bite back? By trading among themselves because they found they were exploited by the West? Many of these countries are still failed states or extremely poor despite years of 'aid' and trade with the West. Highly indebted too - can't even pay off interests on loans by the WB and IMF.

At least China helped them build railways, roads, tunnels, ports, bridges. What did the West do?

 

[laksaboy]

Many developed countries helped brics to progress, in the end they bite back. Do you still want to continue with turncoats?

A communist always backstabs its comrades within the Party, only fools believe it will keep faith with those outside of it.

China is still a centrally planned economy.

 

[jsctan]

How did they bite back? By trading among themselves because they found they were exploited by the West? Many of these countries are still failed states or extremely poor despite years of 'aid' and trade with the West. Highly indebted too - can't even pay off interests on loans by the WB and IMF.

At least China helped them build railways, roads, tunnels, ports, bridges. What did the West do?

AT flexed their power on our Terrex & moving around SCS. You did not get the memo?
Next will be Ceca. Don't rely on them to help us if we have trouble. We are better off with US & Israel & others. Just watch. Time will tell.

 

[superpower]

AT flexed their power on our Terrex & moving around SCS. You did not get the memo?
Next will be Ceca. Don't rely on them to help us if we have trouble. We are better off with US & Israel & others. Just watch. Time will tell.

LOL. Even the Europeans are waking up in the face of the tariffs - they know they can't trust the Americans anymore. If you think the Yanks have your backs, think again. It's every man for himself in geopolitics.

Has China slapped any tariffs on its trading partners?

 

[superpower]

From the Japanese social media (give it to the Japs - they maybe bastards, but they sure are smarter than the ACS here):

Mind-Blowing Chinese Military Paradox

China's defense tech is rewriting the rules of warfare:

•⁠ ⁠They build the world's deadliest drones... AND the most advanced anti-drone systems.

•⁠ ⁠Their hypersonic missiles are unstoppable... yet their missile-defense radars spot everything.

•⁠ ⁠They launch electromagnetic carriers... while fielding ship-killer missiles that could sink them.

•⁠ ⁠Their 5th-gen fighters (J-20) dominate the skies... paired with unmatched air-to-air missiles.

It's like Sun Tzu meets mad science: For every cutting-edge sword China forges, they craft an impenetrable shield. Rivals are stuck playing checkers while China's in a 4D chess match - against itself. This isn't just advancement - it's a self-training spiral (continuously upgrading both attack and defense capabilities).

Even 2,500 years ago, Chinese strategists like Mozi (master of siege defense) proved this duality - they've always dominated both attack and defense. How does the competition keep up?


Why doesn't China take Taiwan "right away" despite its military edge?

A common question: If China is so technologically advanced—AI-enabled command systems, integrated radar networks, drone swarms, satellite mesh, hypersonic missiles, and informationized war doctrines—why not just recover Taiwan now?

Here's a different lens: because it's not just about the end goal. It's about the long game.

What the West often fails to grasp is that China is not in a hurry. What looks like “inaction” is often strategic deliberation. The PLA operates as part of a much larger civil-military scientific ecosystem. For them, this isn’t just about Taiwan—it’s about system war, about stress-testing a networked force architecture under real-world tensions, without burning the lab.

In this context, the Taiwan Strait is not only a flashpoint—it's a live simulation, a proving ground for 21st-century deterrence theory. Recovering Taiwan now would end the justification for ramping up these cutting-edge platforms. It would cap the military-industrial research drive that thrives under the current ambiguity. War ends experimentation. Deterrence prolongs it.

The Chinese strategic mind is comfortable with ambiguity. It can endure uncertainty if it serves higher-order goals. They may well be “enjoying” this—deploying strategy as a kind of extended theatre, delaying the finale to perfect the choreography. The longer this play runs, the more refined their capabilities become.

This is not Western-style opportunism. It’s something else: a synthesis of deterrence, development, and dialectical patience.

And perhaps—just perhaps—they are playing with time while others play with fire.

For the moment, the Chinese geniuses are having too much fun. Liberating Taiwan is game over. They won't do it.

China: The Silent Superpower and the Illusion of Western Superiority

There is something profoundly esoteric about Chinese statecraft. As many Indian scholars have remarked, China has risen in stealth. One day it was seen as a developing nation, and the next—it stood as a peer superpower. No grand declarations, no flashy revolutions. Just methodical movement, almost imperceptible to those not paying close attention.

This opacity gives rise to fantastical myths, especially in the Western press. The most persistent: that a genocide of Uyghurs has taken place in Xinjiang. One million people, they claim, have been “disappeared” into camps. Why does this narrative persist? Because in their imagination, the Chinese desert is a black hole. What happens there is unknowable, so they project the worst.

But reality defies this narrative. Xinjiang is prosperous. Visit Urumqi, and you will find a modern, vibrant metropolis—not unlike New York or London. High-speed trains, clean streets, bustling markets, and ethnic minorities participating in modern life—not hiding in shadows. The West never expected this.

The truth is, China doesn't announce its power—it reveals it. And by then, it's already too late. Take Chinese weapons development. There’s a phenomenon: reverse marketing. Public specifications often understate actual capabilities. The published range, radar cross-section, or speed? Often a shadow of the real thing.

Then, suddenly, something like DeepSeek emerges—without fanfare, without leaks—just a finished product that stuns analysts. This is how China works. Quiet. Patient. Strategic.

Western analysts still comfort themselves with the outdated myth that China copies. But sanctions forced China to internalize, reimagine, and innovate. The foundational knowledge gained through earlier exchanges became a springboard—not for replication, but for divergence.

China is no longer walking on Western tracks. It has built its own path—unfamiliar, unintelligible to Western frameworks.

In the early days, when the West traded market access for old technology, they believed they were still in control. They thought they were giving China the past, while keeping the future for themselves. But what they never anticipated was that China would take those basics and leap sideways, not behind.

The world is now faced with a paradox: a country that speaks little but achieves much. A nation that the West still tries to define through Cold War lenses, even as it transcends them.

And by the time they understand, it may be too late.

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[k1976]

scare US dollar low demand and the past exported inflation U-turn back to US sibo??? No country remains the world reserve currency forever one lah..... after the USA loses the world reserve currency (not so distant future), it is hong gan liao.....

Not so fast lah….minimum another 1-2 decades more

 

[k1976]

Yes we must all behave like ACS.

Biggest ACS is Nippon / UK / China

 

[k1976]

warren buffet say buy when people panic ... its time to buy more when stock prices plummet ....

Wait for more clarity?

 

[k1976]

warren buffet say buy when people panic ... its time to buy more when stock prices plummet ....

There are some good counters

 

[k1976]

A communist always backstabs its comrades within the Party, only fools believe it will keep faith with those outside of it.

China is still a centrally planned economy.

老乡老乡背后一枪

 

[rushifa666]

Abigood ah. Grab their pussies!