Keeping power in a one-party state
More on why S’pore should be analysed from the perspective that it’s a one-party state like China and N Korea rather than as an authoritarian mutant version of a democratic state. BBC’s Carrie Gracie( http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-37724839) wrote recently China’s “consultative democracy” has one glaring...
Global flow of Capital
Noam Chomsky said, there are perhaps two honest politicians in the world today. One is Bernie Sanders, and the other Yanis Varoufakis. Varoufakis was the former Greece Finance Minister who resigned after Greece caved-in to the Trioka. Here, I am reproducing some of his thoughts on the flow of capital. As most things in life,...
Double standards: S’pore can change position, China cannot isit?
China has made an official protest to Singapore over its military ties with Taiwan after nine Singaporean military vehicles were seized in Hong Kong. It’s very own ST, Global Times says “It is no longer reasonable for Singapore to continue … any kind of military exchange with Taiwan.” Ordinary patriotic S’poreans...
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