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Vivian Balakrishnan has recently called on the United States to accept the rise of China, to double down and reap the rewards together. As beautiful as it sounds, this will remain a mere rhetoric. The United States has been the beacon of the free world since the end of World War 2. But today, American supremacy must make room... 

I cannot understand the law or the concept that foreigners cannot interfere with domestic politics. We need to understand what is interfering and what is domestic politics. If a foreigner said that it is morally wrong to have the prime minister's wife appointed to hold the top position in the sovereign wealth fund, is this interfering... 

I refer to the recent Vivian Balakrishnan’s call to the United States to accept the rise of China, to double down and reap the rewards together etc. Those words were such beautiful rhetoric uttered by none other than a former star debater but they will only remain mere rhetoric. Let me explain. The United States has been the...