tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-386077914312449748.post3205813845224812851..comments2024-03-29T13:09:31.522+01:00Comments on Defence and Freedom: Sino-Singapore joint training exerciseUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-386077914312449748.post-69392544018155101492014-11-17T17:38:21.319+01:002014-11-17T17:38:21.319+01:00Gifts of pandas, we already have Cro in Germany, d...Gifts of pandas, we already have Cro in Germany, do we need more pandas?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-386077914312449748.post-83200251161600601472014-11-14T16:22:23.671+01:002014-11-14T16:22:23.671+01:00Good point there. There's been quite the attem...Good point there. There's been quite the attempt to leverage on what soft power the Chinese diaspora has, with cultural outreaches (programs on CCTV aired), gifts of pandas and what not. We'll see how this goes.<br /><br />We'll see how successful that is.Delta Whiskeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14052527938292403516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-386077914312449748.post-12221436955292002112014-11-14T06:01:03.776+01:002014-11-14T06:01:03.776+01:00The ethnic link is probably no great deal for Sing...The ethnic link is probably no great deal for Singaporeans, but the current brand of Chinese nationalism and egocentrism could soon redefine Singapore as China's key and outpost to the Indian Ocean, complete with Zheng He portrait in the background.S Ohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03359796414832859686noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-386077914312449748.post-30732178898568692502014-11-14T05:32:16.463+01:002014-11-14T05:32:16.463+01:00As a Singaporean, I won't dwell on this too mu...As a Singaporean, I won't dwell on this too much on open fora but the ethnocultural links between China and Singapore shouldn't be overstated. Recognized, surely, but it should be placed in the context of Southeast Asian geography and history as well.<br /><br />Also, that's a hell of a posed shot.Delta Whiskeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14052527938292403516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-386077914312449748.post-17952825672494743942014-11-13T07:15:31.853+01:002014-11-13T07:15:31.853+01:00Singapore also has basically its entire airforce t...Singapore also has basically its entire airforce training operation running on Australian soil. It is well known that Singapore cooperates with every major and many minor lowers in its area, and is very conscious not to take sides, running an old school realist policy approach. Ethnic links are misleading in this regard.paranoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-386077914312449748.post-65383772265962444662014-11-11T18:53:22.332+01:002014-11-11T18:53:22.332+01:00Based on the weapons the "green guys" sh...Based on the weapons the "green guys" should be from Singapore.<br />[The left most aims an SAR-21 variant and the right most an Type 95/QBZ-95 variant]Foxtrotnoreply@blogger.com