Terrex Incident – Daft Sinkies or stupid govt?
Why is the Singapore govt quarrelling with China over the Terrex Incident? The Singapore govt consigned its Terrex armoured vehicles to APL with a simple order, deliver them to Singapore from Taiwan. How APL navigates, visits whatever ports, how APL handles the documentations are not Singapore’s problem. All Singapore is interested...
Rule of Law versus GuanXi
Anyone heard of the word ‘guanxi’? This word has been spoken umpteen times by our leaders from their experience in dealing with China. Guanxi is very important to them. Some even bragged about the who’s who they know in China and can use this guanxi to get things done fast. What is the difference between the rule of law...
China wants to turn Singapore into its mouthpiece
Bloomberg News reported on 1 Dec some comments by Bilahari Kausikan on the recent spat between China and Singapore. “This is not the first time Singapore ships equipment from Taiwan through Hong Kong,” said Bilahari Kausikan, an ambassador-at-large for Singapore. The fact this particular consignment was picked up shows China...
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