Trump is changing USA "Asia pivot" strategy!

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/dec/01/james-mattis-secretary-of-defense-donald-trump

Trump has appointed a Middle East veteran as the new defense secretary which shows that Trump will be focusing on exterminating ISIS during his office term instead of fighting with China over South China Sea.  The US pacific commander Harris will be shoved out of the door in Jan 2017 and tension in South China Sea will be greatly reduced.

This momentarily peace will be great news for Asean and China because Asean can focus on economic interests while China will have time to build up its air and naval forces with the deployments of 4th generation fighter planes J20 and local built aircraft carriers.

Singapore and Japan are still harping on TPP!

http://news.asiaone.com/news/world/singapore-and-japan-urge-ratification-tpp

If USA endorses TPP, it will be a tight slap to Trump as he has said that he'll terminate it once he takes office.  Trump said that SG stole USA jobs and we're going to antagonize Trump further by harping on TPP.  Trump had already given Japan a tight slap right in the face.....Trump has no qualms to do it to SG especially we are only a small red dot.

Singapore stock calls for 2 December 2016

UFO technology is simply amazing!

UFO can hover and disappear in a flash.

The same UFO technology was also captured on cam in China nanjing below.

MARS 03

China is developing its own hyperloop train now!

http://en.people.cn/n3/2016/1129/c90000-9148515.html

Wow! When we detect more UFO sightings in China, we will see more technological advancements in China.

RMB is having a shortage issue now!

RMB has stopped depreciating because of supply issue.  China is issuing more funds into the monetary market to address the supply issue.

http://en.people.cn/n3/2016/1201/c90000-9149650.html?winzoom=1

Don't be mistaken that this is China trying to devalue RMB further after depreciating to around 6.95 yuan vs USD.  If China doesn't inject funds now, RMB will skyrocket very fast and furious and will disrupt the monetary system and interest rates.

Singapore stock calls for 1 December 2016

Political language in Singapore!

Our government always insists  that it is transparent and often uses the "A spade is a spade" terminology.  Is our government walking the talk?  Let's see a few examples below.

Flooding ------> Ponding
Bad sexual behaviour ------> Personal indiscretion
Not dangerous ------> Not safety critical
Seized in HK ------> Delayed in HK (our tanks were seized)

Please feel free to add on to the SG political language list so that we can all learn from this list.

Singapore stock calls for 30 November 2016

Red alert for Hong Kong air traffic control!

Hong Kong airport has just upgraded its air traffic control system which contains some dangerous bugs that can endanger the lives of passengers.  The air control system can give off false signals to traffic controller and result in fatal mistakes.  Beware!

http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/economy/article/2041050/what-are-problems-affecting-hong-kongs-new-air-traffic

http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/economy/article/2040755/delays-hong-kongs-new-air-traffic-control-system-could-lead

The true agenda behind the seizure of SG tanks in Hong Kong.

The seizure of SG 9 tanks in HK is not entirely targeted at SG but Taiwan.  Taiwan has been extremely anti-China after Tsai took office.  China wants to isolate Taiwan by cutting off Taiwan military ties with other countries.  Therefore, China is pressuring SG with diplomatic discussion over the handover of SG tanks in exchange for Taiwan isolation.

After the seizure, China air force flew around Taiwan to serve as a warning.  http://www.bestchinanews.com/Military/4288.html

SG has been too complacent and insensitive towards China.  After making anti-China remarks over South China Sea Issues, SG should be careful about provoking China further.  When we have a good relationship with China, China can overlook a lot of things.  However, when the relationship is rocky, China will scrutinise a lot of things too.  There won’t be any preferential treatment from China when we don’t want China to look at SG as a Chinese nation.  There is no such thing as having the best of both worlds as we live in a harsh reality.  Let this be a small lesson learnt and hopefully our government will be more politically sensitive towards China.

Singapore stock calls for 29 November 2016

"Singapore image in China is so rotten!" - China perspective

https://sg.news.yahoo.com/china-paper-says-singapore-troop-carriers-melted-down-033016097.html

The truth is finally out.  We've stated numerous times in our previous postings that anti-Singapore sentiment had taken root in China.  Like we said, China no longer believes in what we say but rather what we do now.

President Park has finally given up on holding her office!

https://sg.finance.yahoo.com/news/korea-president-says-willing-leave-office-early-060438322.html

As predicted in our previous post, she would step down due to her scandal.

One of my favourite chinese dramas - Heaven's way! 天道！

This China drama is based on European essay called the last messiah.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Last_Messiah

https://philosophynow.org/issues/45/The_Last_Messiah

Please watch the 24 episodes if you have the time.  It is a philosophical drama which depicts human conscience, conscious and behaviour.  Reading the synopsis on The Last Messiah will help you to understand the drama better.

Trump is right to insist on bilateral trade talks than multi-lateral TPP. Why?

TPP primary motive was to pursue USA political interest against China and to deter China economic growth.  Without TPP, It will be tough to negotiate with USA during bilateral trade talk because USA is the largest economy in the world.  Japan, the 3rd largest economy, will also face tremendous difficulty against USA.  As TPP was a trade weapon to be used against China, USA gave a lot of concessions to Japan as a tradeoff for being anti-China.  Japan has to open up its farm and agricultural industry for bilateral FTA which is detrimental to Japan PM’s party as his supporters are mostly farmers.  Donald Trump will be focusing on USA economic benefits during bilateral trade talks.  Therefore, it’s tough to negotiate with USA based on economic interests.

President park approval rating dropped to 4%

http://asia.nikkei.com/Politics-Economy/Policy-Politics/South-Korean-President-Park-s-approval-rating-dips-further-to-4

We stated in our previous post that she's likely to step down as President due to her scandal and it looked like this outcome would materialize soon as her approval rating had dropped to 4%.

Her scandal also revealed that her closest friend was behind the THAAD system installation deal in which she received a huge commission from Lockheed Martin for the transaction.  This showed that THAAD system installation was not to defend South Korea but for corruption.  President Park disregarded South Korea interests for her friend's interest.  Therefore, she should step down.

How China views Singapore nowadays?

http://en.people.cn/n3/2016/1128/c90000-9147777.html

Anti-Singapore sentiment has taken root in China and we've already stated this in our previous post.  If we don't want China to view SG as a Chinese nation, we also cannot demand any preferential treatment from China.  This is how reality works!

China no longer trusts SG now.  China is taking the stance that it will believe in what it sees but not what it hears.  SG can explain and clarify but if we don't synchronize our verbal and non-verbal communications, China will not trust us.  In other words, we cannot say one thing but do another thing.

Singapore stock calls for 28 November 2016.