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As soon as Trump disembarked from Air Force One, the U.S. president knew he was going to have fun. Even days before his trip to the Asean Summit on October 26, the agendas had been set between Washington and Kuala Lumpur. There would be only handshakes, praises and diplomatic compliments. Compared with European Union, Canada, […]
... written on Oct 28 2025On Friday (October 10), Trump announced that the United States would slap additional 100% tariffs on all Chinese imports from November 1. Angrily, he also threatens to put export controls on critical software and to pull out of a meeting with China’s President Xi Jinping. However, residents of Beijing reacted with indifference and defiance the […]
... written on Oct 12 2025Andrew Streff, just like other American soybean farmers, is in panic mode as he harvests what is expected to be a bumper crop without his biggest customer – China. He said – “China hasn’t purchased any soybeans from the United States this year, thanks to the president. Our beans are the cheapest in the world, […]
... written on Oct 10 2025Wannabe “Robin Hood” Anwar Ibrahim proudly announced during his Budget 2025 speech last October that subsidies for RON95 fuel would be cut for Malaysians in the top 15% (T15) of the country’s income group. The plan was to save about RM8 billion annually as Malaysia currently spends about RM20 billion a year on fuel subsidies enjoyed […]
... written on Sep 25 2025First introduced in 1946 after World War II, the first official “Green Card” (Form I-151) got its name because it was printed on green paper. The concept of the Green Card was established through a series of laws starting with the Alien Registration Act of 1940, which required “aliens” to register with the U.S. government. Yes, America likes […]
... written on Sep 21 2025On Wednesday (September 17), Beijing officially banned domestic tech companies from buying NVIDIA AI chips. Tech giants including ByteDance and Alibaba were ordered to immediately stop testing and ordering NVIDIA’s RTX Pro 6000D server, a product designed specifically for the Chinese market. Essentially, Nvidia has been shut down in China. The next day – […]
... written on Sep 19 2025You don’t need a degree in international affairs or political science to understand the message Xi Jinping sent on Wednesday (September 8) as he showcased China’s military power in a parade marking the end of World War II – ranging from tanks to underwater drones, and from robot wolves to satellite killer. And president Donald Trump wasn’t happy about it. Thought to be […]
... written on Sep 06 2025As Chinese leader Xi Jinping, Russian President Vladimir Putin, and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi were seen chatting and laughing at the second day of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit in the Chinese port city of Tianjin, many wonders exactly what jokes the three powerful world leaders were sharing. The joke on social […]
... written on Sep 02 2025Xi Jinping, Vladimir Putin and Kim Jung-Un were some of the authoritarian leaders Donald Trump admires. And there’s a reason why the U.S. president has shown greater respect for them than fellow democratic leaders from Western nations – the absolute power. Even though Trump says he’s not a dictator, he has hinted that dictatorships might […]
... written on Aug 28 2025While Washington and Beijing have reached an agreement to de-escalate trade tensions, temporarily lowering tariffs to 30% on the United States’ side and 10% on China’s part, the tariff war between the world’s two biggest economies isn’t going to disappear anytime soon. At the centre of the problem is President Donald Trump’s inability to accept […]
... written on Aug 26 2025
