China misunderstand Singapore? Really?
Tommy Koh wrote a piece titled ‘What China misunderstands Singapore’ in the ST on 21 Oct 16. Before dealing with the content of what he said, let me just take a broad view of what the article is trying to say. My first point, is the author assuming that the Chinese are not that clever and did not understand what Singapore...
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Perfecto Yasay Separation from the US means breaking away from a “mindset of dependency and subservience”: Philippine Foreign Affairs Secretary Perfecto Yasay. Duterte now says he only said “separate” not “sever” ties. “It is not severance of ties. When you say severance of ties, you cut diplomatic relations....
Bad news comes in threes, South China Sea, TPP, Kra Canal… and what PM can do
1. Philippine President Duterte announced last week a pivot to China, away from the US and the opening of bilateral China-Philippines negotiations on the South China Sea. This is contrary to Singapore's stand that China should respect the recent decision of an international tribunal. Philippines' open embrace of China and its...
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