Singapore urges US to accept China's rise, spare other nations

[Götterdämmerung]

Everybody knows and accept that Saudis are the worst kind... It would be a dream come true for Chinese if Saudi sits on their lap.

How dare you to criticized the guardian of Mecca. You are throwing dirt at the protector of Islam!

 

[ohmrlobalobayeh]

Doesn't Matter...
You believing in it or not...doesn't mean it doesn't exist...

your statement is stupid. If he doesnt believe- there is none to him. everything pertaining to his life and his point of view is shaped by his godlessness.

Whether u think there is wont even come into play.

 

[HannibalBarca]

your statement is stupid. If he doesnt believe- there is none to him. everything pertaining to his life and his point of view is shaped by his godlessness.

Whether u think there is wont even come into play.

So it's either you didn't genuinely understood... or you are what you are calling others...

 

[武成王]

Agree or not, please don't involve religion specific viewpoint into this geopolitical discussion. I remember this forum has such constraints.

 

[Wa Muhammada]

Singapore urges US to accept China's rise, spare other nations
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A Chinese paramilitary policeman stands guard on Tiananmen Square near the Great Hall of the People. (PHOTO: AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
By Glen Carey and Philip J. Heijmans

(Bloomberg) -- Singapore urged the U.S. to allow China to have a greater say in shaping global rules to avoid a prolonged clash that could force smaller countries to choose between the world’s biggest economies.

Speaking to an audience in Washington on Wednesday, Foreign Minister Vivian Balakrishnan said it won’t work to view China as an adversary that must be contained and called for “constructive competition” between the superpowers. A world that splits into rival blocs would jeopardize gains made under the U.S.-led world order over the past 70 years, he said.

“My appeal to the United States is to double down, reap the rewards together,” Balakrishnan said at an event hosted by the Center for International and Strategic Studies.

“Singapore wants both a sustained U.S. presence, which we believe is positive, and we also want China to be able to assume its rightful place as it develops and becomes a superpower in its own right,’’ he said.

China is highly unlikely to undermine the U.S.-led global system given it has been one of its biggest beneficiaries, Balakrishnan said. However, he added, it’s “an entirely legitimate expectation on the part of China” to have the right to revise global rules since it didn’t have a say when they were first written decades ago.

Failure to strike a deal will disproportionately impact trade-reliant countries like Singapore, he said, adding that protracted talks have already created "great uncertainty and volatility for the markets."

“For us in the middle, especially for small countries, we do not wish to be forced into making invidious choices,” Balakrishnan said. “So we hope that both sides will work out a strategic response and take into account China’s increasing influence and weight in the international arena, and that both sides will find a way to accommodate each others’ legitimate interests.”

© 2019 Bloomberg L.P

Wise words

 

[ohmrlobalobayeh]

So it's either you didn't genuinely understood... or you are what you are calling others...

I dont believe any kinds of Gods.

that's what he said- im read what i read.

From his staement, it's implied he sees the world through a godless lens.

hence, u shoudlnt impose your view point on him.

 

[HannibalBarca]

that's what he said- im read what i read.

From his staement, it's implied he sees the world through a godless lens.

hence, u shoudlnt impose your view point on him.

And where did I impose my View? Did I put a Knife under his throat? Am I blackmailing him? Did I kidnapped one his loved one?
The Answer is no... Therefore I'm indeed right... You know little...

And next time... try to read "From the Beginning"... and see if it's rhetorical or not... if it's an answer or not...
Instead of just making yourself a joke out of it...

 

[beijingwalker]

Deep inside, US had accepted China's rise long time ago, they just don't want to openly admits it.

 

[nahtanbob]

Deep inside, US had accepted China's rise long time ago, they just don't want to openly admits it.

I will take china of 2019 any day over the china of 1959

 

[ohmrlobalobayeh]

And where did I impose my View? Did I put a Knife under his throat? Am I blackmailing him? Did I kidnapped one his loved one?
The Answer is no... Therefore I'm indeed right... You know little...

And next time... try to read "From the Beginning"... and see if it's rhetorical or not... if it's an answer or not...
Instead of just making yourself a joke out of it...

= red herring


He said:

no one can stop China!
dont pretend to be an elite.

You said:

Allah can...

He replied you:

I dont believe any kinds of Gods.

u talked about 'god' to a godless person. Same thing if you tell me im going to 'hell' after death, but i know i will just end up in some bacteria's/fungi's/incects stomach or merely perish into ashes. You're imposing your point of view on someone with a diffferent point of view. otherwise, why would you talk about X to someone who doesnt even believe about X?

Your defensiveness and irrelevant, dancing-around rhetoric proves my point:

The Answer is no... Therefore I'm indeed right... You know little...

And next time... try to read "From the Beginning"... and see if it's rhetorical or not... if it's an answer or not...

= bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla.

Sorry, but're the joke to his eyes and mine too.

thanks.

 

[Enigma SIG]

How dare you to criticized the guardian of Mecca. You are throwing dirt at the protector of Islam!

Saudi's protect their interests; not Islam, not Mecca.
Protector of the Kaaba is Allah Himself.

 

[Götterdämmerung]

Saudi's protect their interests; not Islam, not Mecca.
Protector of the Kaaba is Allah Himself.

So, are you telling us that the Saudis are impostors and not the guardians of Mecca?

Does your Allah not punish people who fraudulently claim to protect Islam but in reality are not? How much bigger a sin can one commit than to directly betray Allah for over 70 years? I'm sure your Allah would have known within a split of a second if somebody makes false claims in his name, right?

What is even harder to understand is the fact that Arabs, particularly Saudi Arabs treat all non Arab Muslims as second class Muslims and the second class Muslims are proud of this fact.

 

[Enigma SIG]

So, are you telling us that the Saudis are impostors and not the guardians of Mecca?

You tell me what you think.

Does your Allah not punish people who fraudulently claim to protect Islam but in reality are not? How much bigger a sin can one commit than to directly betray Allah for over 70 years? I'm sure your Allah would have known within a split of a second if somebody makes false claims in his name, right?

I'm not the one you want to engage with for theological discourse.

What is even harder to understand is the fact that Arabs, particularly Saudi Arabs treat all non Arab Muslims as second class Muslims and the second class Muslims are proud of this fact.

Saudi's treat everyone else as second class; but you implying that "second class muslims are proud of the fact" is where you are all wrong.

 

[Götterdämmerung]

You tell me what you think.

It was not me who made this claim but the Saudis and a lot of non-Saudi Muslims.

Saudi's treat everyone else as second class; but you implying that "second class muslims are proud of the fact" is where you are all wrong.

Whenever I criticize the Saudis in other non-religion related threads, there are always a bunch of Pakistanis and Muslims from other countries coming to the Saudis' rescue. LOL

 

[Enigma SIG]

It was not me who made this claim but the Saudis and a lot of non-Saudi Muslims.

Saudi's could say they founded Earth while flying around in a spaceship doesn't make it true.

Whenever I criticize the Saudis in other non-religion related threads, there are always a bunch of Pakistanis and Muslims from other countries coming to the Saudis' rescue. LOL

So you're amazed to find a Pakistani with differing opinions. Using broad brushes to generalize a whole nation mate; that's entirely without merit. I assure you we do have educated thinkers in our country.