It is clear that Singapore’s relations with China has deteriorated in recent years and LHL’s utterances have not helped. The couple of wisecracks he made – saying that all the Chinese people need to do was to turn on the…
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The visit by Myanmar State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi has been widely covered by local media. A video by Channel NewsAsia on Aung San Suu Kyi inspecting the guard of honour at the Istana generated much reponse from locals…
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Apparently this is a “successful” ambush carried out by Beijing, politically speaking. An extremely tactful and carefully planned political ambush that most of us had never expected it to come from this transshipment of military equipment from Taiwan to Singapore….
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Dear PM Lee, Peace be upon you. I hope you and loved ones are well. Sir, with all due respect, forgive me for trying to reach out to you on a seemingly informal channel like FB. I just believe it…
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The argument between Singapore’s ambassador to China and the editor-in-chief of the nationalistic Chinese tabloid Global Times is less about specific actions and deeds as it is about Beijing’s growing disappointment with the tiny Asian city-state. Until recently, the two…
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