Tag Archive: PRC

Pritam Singh: Stronger Sense Of National Identity Bulwark For Singapore In Spats With Big Countries

Numbers, sometimes, tell the best stories – whether they are about foreign policy, trade or the economy in general. These latest tables published by the Singapore Department of Statistics reveal that the United States and Japan are the biggest foreign…
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PRC Government Tabloid: Punish Singapore – Melt Down Confiscated Terrexes

China’s state run tabloid The Global Times wrote on Tuesday (29 November 2016) that the 9 Singaporean troop carriers which had been confiscated by China should be melted down at the steel mills to express their displeasure with Singapore over…
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Vivian Balakrishnan: Singapore-Taiwan Arrangement Longstanding, Does Not Affect Singapore’s Adherence To ‘One-China’ Policy

Singapore will not allow any single issue to hijack its longstanding, multifaceted relationship with China, Foreign Minister Vivian Balakrishnan said yesterday. He also said that Singapore’s training arrangements with Taiwan are long-running and not a secret, and that a large…
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China Lodges Official Protest Over Singapore’s Military Ties With Taiwan

China has made an official protest to Singapore over its military ties with Taiwan after nine Singaporean military vehicles were seized in Hong Kong, in a sign of escalating tensions as the city-state draws closer to Washington. The Terrex armoured…
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Ambassador-At-Large Bilahari Kausikan: Singapore Cannot Be Intimidated By China’s Posturing

Nine of Singapore’s armored personnel carriers (APCs) were quietly making its way from Taiwan to Singapore. For some strange reasons, the ship they were on stopped at Hong Kong. That’s when things got really interesting really fast. Our nine APCs…
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