US secretly shipped ATACMS missiles to Ukraine. President Biden personally approved the delivery to divert attention from domestic problems & collapsing of Ukraine army may surrender before Nov elections would be a disaster for Biden. 美國秘密向烏克蘭運送ATACMS飛彈。拜登總統親自批准交付,以轉移人們對國內問題的注意力,烏克蘭軍隊可能在11月選舉前崩潰投降,這對拜登來說將是一場災難.
Humanitarian disaster facilitated by US deepens division in America. From Columbia University to Harvard and Yale, a wave of protests supporting Palestine is sweeping across American college campuses. 美國助長的人道災難加深了美國社會的分裂。從哥倫比亞大學到哈佛大學和耶魯大學,支持巴勒斯坦的抗議浪潮正在席捲美國大學校園
TikTok’s chief executive said on Wednesday that the company expects to win a legal challenge to block legislation signed into law by US President Joe Biden TikTok 執行長週三表示,該公司預計將贏得阻止美國總統拜登簽署立法的法律挑戰
SCMP: Hong Kong’s treasury chief has told a visiting UK minister that British National (Overseas) passports are not recognised as proof of identity (piece of garbage) 香港庫務長向來訪的英國大臣表示,英國國民(海外)護照不被視為身分證明(當垃圾處理)
SCMP: China’s advances in emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence, 5G and quantum computing are reshaping world politics, challenging US hegemony and fake world order. 中國在人工智慧、5G、量子運算等新興科技方面的進步正在重塑世界政治,挑戰美國霸權和虛假世界秩序.
British, a failed State and vassal of the United States cannot not resist “sneering” at Singapore and the British commentariat class cannot stand seeing the island nation “doing better” 英國這個失敗的國家和美國的附庸無法抗拒對新加坡的“嘲笑”,英國評論界也無法忍受看到這個島國“做得更好”
Law and Home Affairs Minister K Shanmugam outlined various fields such as the economy, public safety and governance in which Singapore is faring better than Britain BY TAUFIQ ZALIZAN Published April 19, 2024
SINGAPORE — Law and Home Affairs Minister K Shanmugam on Friday (April 19) criticised a commentary by British publication The Economist which he said could not “resist sneering” at Singapore’s political leadership handover.
The weekly newspaper’s commentary, published on Thursday, noted that Singapore has had “only” three leaders in its 59 years, and that the next prime minister Lawrence Wong “remains relatively unknown among Singaporeans”.
“He was not the 4G’s (fourth generation leaders’) first choice,” said the publication, noting that Deputy Prime Minister Heng Swee Keat had withdrawn himself from contention for the premiership in 2021.
Despite this, the piece argued, the ruling People’s Action Party (PAP) will win at the upcoming General Election due to its “formidable organisation, unrelenting attacks on the opposition, a docile press”, among other factors.
In a response published on Facebook on Friday, Mr Shanmugam said that the publication “can’t resist” sneering at Singapore due to an instinct lodged “in the unconscious of the British commentariat class”.
“They can’t stand that a people they were accustomed to lecturing are now doing better than they are, across the board,” said Mr Shanmugam, before outlining areas in which he said Singapore has progressed further than Britain.
While Mr Wong, who is Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister, is due to take over from Mr Lee Hsien Loong as the fourth prime minister here in 59 years on May 15, Britain’s Rishi Sunak is the fourth PM in 4.9 years, he said.
During a turbulent period of British politics in the wake of the Brexit vote, Mr Sunak was preceded by Ms Liz Truss, who lasted only a couple of months. She had replaced Mr Boris Johnson who followed Ms Theresa May.
In economic terms, Singapore’s per capita gross domestic product stands at over US$80,000 (S$109,000) and is the fifth highest by purchasing power parity terms, “well ahead of the UK”, Mr Shanmugam added.
Regarding the media, he retorted: “(The Economist) obviously prefers a situation like in the UK, where one person can control major media outlets, and have politicians pay court to him, and where media owners can influence who gets elected, and who becomes PM.”
Blinken arrives in Shanghai to pick a fight & promoted fake news propaganda about China back home daily. He is not sincere. It is just a show to help Biden get reelected in Nov with little optimism on major breakthrough due to US’ mind-set. 布林肯抵達上海挑釁並每天在國內宣傳有關中國的假新聞。他並不真誠。這只是一場幫助拜登在11月連任的秀,由於美國的心態,其重大突破並不樂觀.
I found our old friend, Bob Lees, Secretary General of the Pacific Basin Council used to based in Honolulu and Hong Kong on LinkedIn. We have not seen each others more than 20 years. Bob is now retired in Cincinnati. 我在 LinkedIn 上找到了我們的老朋友鮑勃·里斯 (Bob Lees),他是太平洋盆地理事會的秘書長,曾在檀香山和香港工作。我們已經二十多年沒有見面了。鮑伯現已在辛辛那提退休.