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Ivermectin: 澳发现治寄生虫药物48小时内杀死新冠病毒 ~ 4 Apr 2020
https://www.rfi.fr/cn/%E7%94%9F%E6%80%81/20200404-ivermectin-%E6%BE%B3%E5%8F%91%E7%8E%B0%E6%B2%BB%E5%AF%84%E7%94%9F%E8%99%AB%E8%8D%AF%E7%89%A948%E5%B0%8F%E6%97%B6%E5%86%85%E6%9D%80%E6%AD%BB%E6%96%B0%E5%86%A0%E7%97%85%E6%AF%92

• 澳大利亚蒙纳士大学（Monash University）研究团队发现，主要用来治疗头虱的 “伊维菌素”（Ivermectin）可在2日内杀死新型冠状病毒细胞。
• 虽然此一药物已普遍使用，但最快1个月才会进入人体实验阶段。该结论已发表在《抗病毒研究》（Antiviral Research）杂志上。
• 报道说，“伊维菌素”（Ivermectin）是美国FDA批准的抗寄生虫药，在体外也能有效抵抗包括HIV、蚊症和流感在内的病毒。

Researchers seek volunteers to study ivermectin as a possible COVID treatment ~ 24 Nov 2021
https://www.fr24news.com/a/2021/11/researchers-seek-volunteers-to-study-ivermectin-as-a-possible-covid-treatment.html

• Ivermectin, long approved as an antiparasitic drug for humans and animals, has been strongly touted by some as an effective treatment for coronaviruses despite existing research not supporting this claim.
• In an effort to get more high-quality data on the drug’s potential for COVID-19, researchers at Vanderbilt and Duke are conducting the ongoing ACTIV-6 study, the sixth study in the Accelerating COVID-19 program funded by the National Institutes of Health. Therapeutic interventions and vaccines (ACTIV).
• The study began in April and added ivermectin as a reused drug candidate in August. Researchers continue to seek up to 15,000 participants with mild to moderate COVID-19 to participate in ACTIV-6, with recruiting posts frequently posted on social media.
• The study is being conducted remotely, with anyone in the United States who is over the age of 30, has tested positive for COVID-19 in the past 10 days, and has had at least two symptoms of the illness that may be involved.

Miracle in Japan ~ 24 Nov 2021
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E1GF0H9V_1g

• Ivermectin allowed as a treatment on August 13.
  
• Doctors can prescribe without restrictions.
• People can buy it legally from India.

New research suggests Delta strain ‘drove itself to extinction’ in Japan ~ 22 Nov 2021
https://www.news.com.au/world/coronavirus/global/new-research-suggests-delta-strain-drove-itself-to-extinction-in-japan/news-story/b0c7459c05dedb1ddb41908743b585fd

• According to a “potentially revolutionary” theory put forward by Professor Ituro Inoue, a genetics expert, the Delta variant simply accumulated too many mutations to the virus’s error-correcting protein called nsp14.
• Prof Inoue says the virus struggled to repair the errors in time and ultimately caused its own “self-destruction”.

日本疫情消退是因德尔塔毒株开始 “自杀”？病毒专家：理论上和现实上都不靠谱 ~ 5 Nov 2021
https://www.163.com/dy/article/GO1BQIUQ051492T3.html

• 国立遗传研究所教授井上逸朗称，日本新冠病毒中的 “nsp14” 发生了变异，导致基因组不断累积错误突变，最终因为 “来不及修复而导致病毒自我灭绝”。
• The termination of covid-19 infection in Japan may have been influenced by the death of the Delta strain, which failed to repair the genomic mutation. It is speculated that an enzyme called "APOBEC" that mutates and destroys the virus in the human body changed nsp14.

Japan's sudden coronavirus success puzzles experts ~ 23 Oct 2021
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OqyyzJljrSI

• Daily new COVID-19 cases have plummeted from a mid-August peak of nearly 6,000 in Tokyo, with caseloads in the densely populated capital now routinely below 100, an 11-month low.
• Japan, unlike other places in Europe and Asia, has never had anything close to a lockdown, just a series of relatively toothless states of emergency.

王明鉅：抗寄生蟲藥加微封城 印度北方邦抗疫成就驚人 ~ 14 Sep 2021
https://www.chinatimes.com/realtimenews/20210914003047-260405



Israeli scientist says COVID-19 could be treated for under $1/day ~ 2 Aug 2021
https://www.jpost.com/health-science/israeli-scientist-says-covid-19-could-be-treated-for-under-1day-675612

• Double-blind study shows ivermectin reduces disease’s duration and infectiousness.
• FDA and WHO caution against its use.

The latest results of Ivermectin’s success in treating outbreaks of COVID-19 ~ 30 Jul 2021
https://covid19criticalcare.com/ivermectin-in-covid-19/epidemiologic-analyses-on-covid19-and-ivermectin/

• The New York Times reported on July 30, 2021, that this is a mystery with no clear explanation.
• But, the drop in cases happened right after a new COVID-19 protocol was released in India.
• The new guideline includes Ivermectin for early treatment — to treat patients with mild symptoms.

印度疫情轨迹梳理：单日确诊连续三日破40万 医患人员同时间赛跑 ~ 7 May 2021
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NAJjYnUBhOA

• 印度的第二波疫情来势汹汹，截至5月8日，当地卫生部门连续三日报告单日确诊病例突破40万的纪录，各地医疗系统面临崩溃。
• 这则两分钟的视频，从政治领袖、平民百姓和医患人员的视角，记录了这场公共卫生危机的发展轨迹。

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I know an old lady who swallowed a fly
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oNwmzDlyCt8

• The unvax need to get the vaccine to be protected, the vax need to get the booster to be better protected; better protected but not immune.

Covid will keep spawning variants like B.1.1.529 till the world is immune ~ 26 Nov 2021
https://www.tbsnews.net/analysis/covid-will-keep-spawning-variants-till-world-immune-335050

• Rich nations have been lulled into a false sense of security by their high vaccine rates when barely half the world’s population has had a dose.
• It's too early to know much about how the latest variant will affect people. One concerning aspect is the remarkably large number of mutations, particularly to aspects of the genome that affect the virus's ability to transmit itself to others or fight back against the body's immune responses.
• That raises the prospect that it could, as with Delta, spread more rapidly through non-immune populations, or even break through the protections of those who've already been infected or vaccinated.

What is ‘vaccine nationalism’ and why is it so harmful? ~ 7 Feb 2021
https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2021/2/7/what-is-vaccine-nationalism-and-why-is-it-so-harmful

• Countries scrambling to be the first to inoculate their populations will achieve little if others go unvaccinated as a result.
• The concern over less wealthy countries not having access to a vaccine is a serious one, and it is everyone’s problem. The pandemic is a global issue; we have already seen how quickly it can spread around the world, bringing some of the most powerful economies to their knees.

Dr. John Campbell: The O variant ~ 27 Nov 2021
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oxlYyZ08cEg

• Worst ever Covid variant? Omicron B.1.1.529.
• WHO advises risk-based, scientific approach to travel restrictions.

A new Covid-19 variant could show immune evasion and enhanced transmissibility, South African scientists warn ~ 26 Nov 2021
https://edition.cnn.com/2021/11/25/world/covid-variant-south-africa-immune-evasion-transmissibility/index.html

• During a news briefing, genomic scientists said the variant has an unusually high number of mutations, with more than 30 in the key spike protein -- the structure the virus uses to get into the cells they attack.

Antibodies from COVID-19 vaccine may reduce by 57% after 6 months ~ 26 Nov 2021
https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/antibodies-from-covid-19-vaccine-may-reduce-by-57-after-6-months

• Vaccines have played a crucial role in reducing the spread of SARS-CoV-2 and the severity of COVID-19. However, their effectiveness wanes over time.
• In this study, researchers found that the antibodies that people produced in response to the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine reduced by 57% after 6 months.

New Covid variant may pose 'substantial risk to public health', Sajid Javid warns ~ 26 Nov 2021
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WME2TR32xe4

• A new Covid variant - first identified in Botswana in southern Africa - is "of huge international concern" and could pose "substantial risk to public health", UK Health Secretary Sajid Javid has warned. The health secretary told the Commons that it could "be more transmissible" than the Delta variant and "current vaccines may be less effective against it".

No scientific evidence to support the need of booster shot | Covid-19 vaccination ~ 24 Nov 2021
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kPgdEKOwlF0

• India is witnessing a decrease in the new COVID-19 cases,, the smallest rise in one-and-a-half years despite huge festival gatherings.
• India reported 7,579 new coronavirus infections on Tuesday (Nov 23), the lowest in 543 days.

Emerging scientific view that Covid-19 vaccination should be 3-dose regime: Ong Ye Kung ~ 20 Nov 2021
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cxvpj7gLeys

• Singapore Health Minister Ong Ye Kung said the clinical and scientific communities are beginning to suggest that the Covid-19 vaccination should be a three-dose regime, especially with the more infectious Delta variant of the coronavirus.

Fauci says Israeli data shows COVID booster shot is 'absolutely essential' for all adults ~ 14 Nov 2021
https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/fauci-says-israeli-data-shows-booster-is-absolutely-essential-for-all-adults-1.10379579

• 'Israel has always been a month to a month and a half ahead of us in the dynamics of the outbreak in their COVID vaccine response,' Fauci says.

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以 VTL 返回马来西亚的大马人注意 若检测不过关将被遣返回新加坡 ~ 27 Nov 2021
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dIp7-LpsXc4

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Travelling to Singapore: In which scenarios would I have to foot my Covid-19 medical bills? ~ 21 Nov 2021
https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/health/travelling-to-singapore-in-what-case-would-i-have-to-foot-my-covid-19-medical-bills
Q: Who currently has their full Covid-19 medical bills paid for by the Singapore Government?
A: The Singapore Government is currently footing the full Covid-19 medical bills of all Singaporeans, permanent residents (PRs) and long-term pass (LTP) holders - including those who are unvaccinated - except for those who test positive for the virus soon after returning from overseas travel.

Q: Does this billing measure apply to Singaporeans, PRs and LTP holders entering Singapore via the VTL scheme?
A: The billing measure applies to all travellers who meet its conditions, regardless of the travel lane they use to enter Singapore.

Q: Under what other circumstances are Singaporeans, PRs and LTP holders here required to pay their own Covid-19 medical bills?
A: Singaporeans, PRs and LTP holders who are unvaccinated against Covid-19 even though they are medically eligible, and who are admitted on or after Dec 8 to hospitals or Covid-19 treatment facilities, will have to foot their own medical bills.

High demand for Singapore-Kuala Lumpur VTL flights ~ 19 Nov 2021
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qNQDIPVXT3Y

• Singapore Airlines (SIA) and its budget arm Scoot reported high demand for vaccinated travel lane (VTL) flights between Singapore and Kuala Lumpur.
• An SIA spokesman told The Straits Times that bookings were opened at 10am on Friday (Nov 19) and by about 11.20am, several flights were sold out.
• Meanwhile, from Sunday (Nov 21), Singapore citizens who are fully vaccinated will finally be able to travel to Australia without quarantining.

Unvaccinated face hefty bill ~ 13 Nov 2021
https://www.thestar.com.my/aseanplus/aseanplus-news/2021/11/13/unvaccinated-face-hefty-bill

• Covid-19 patients who are unvaccinated by choice and end up in the ICU could be looking at a bill of around S$25,000 (RM76,800) before subsidies.
• The Singapore authorities announced recently that from Dec 8, those who are unvaccinated will have to foot their own medical bill if they become ill with Covid-19.

Omicron: New COVID variant sparks international alarm ~ 27 Nov 2021
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wH_Uk0iaJqU

• After an emergency meeting on Friday (Nov 26), the WHO classified the new COVID variant as a 'variant of concern,' and gave it the name Omicron.
• The new B.1.1.529 variant was first discovered on November 11, 2021 in Botswana, a country just north of South Africa.
• Since then, it has been detected in South Africa, mostly in the province of Gauteng, which includes Johannesburg and Pretoria, where the incidence rates are currently about 1,200. Concern over the variant has prompted several countries to suspend and limit flights from the region.

Travel doors slam shut as new Covid variant triggers alarm, stranding hundreds of passengers ~ 27 Nov 2021
https://edition.cnn.com/travel/article/new-covid-variant-travel/index.html

• The speed with which the new restrictions were put in place -- just hours after the South African health authorities announced the discovery of the variant, meant passengers have found themselves stranded without a warning.

All overseas travellers to Australia's New South Wales, Victoria state must isolate for 3 days amid new Covid-19 variant concerns ~ 27 Nov 2021
https://www.todayonline.com/world/all-overseas-travellers-australias-new-south-wales-victoria-state-must-isolate-3-days-amid-new

• All vaccinated travellers arriving in Australia’s New South Wales and Victoria states from an overseas country must self-isolate for at least 72 hours.
• Victoria's government said on its website that from 11.59pm on Saturday (Nov 27), all new vaccinated arrivals and unvaccinated children under 12 who arrive in Victoria from overseas must quarantine at home for at least 72 hours.
• Earlier on Saturday (Nov 27), Australia imposed new restrictions on people who have been to nine southern African countries. The countries are South Africa, Namibia, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Lesotho, Eswatini, the Seychelles, Malawi and Mozambique.

Thailand bans entry from 8 African countries over COVID-19 Omicron variant ~ 27 Nov 2021
https://www.bangkokpost.com/thailand/general/2222603/thaland-bans-travel-from-8-african-countries

• Health official says no Omicron cases detected to date.
• The list of countries is the same as that used by the United States, which announced its ban early on Saturday (Nov 27).
• Starting on Dec 1, travel to Thailand from Botswana, Eswatini, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa and Zimbabwe, will be prohibited.
• People already here who recently came from these countries will also be put in 14-day quarantine starting Saturday (Nov 27).

Saudi Arabia to allow conditional entry 'from all countries' despite Omicron ~ 27 Nov 2021
https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2021-11-27/saudi-arabia-to-ease-coronavirus-curbs-for-travellers-from-all-countries

• Saudi Arabia will allow entry to travellers "from all countries" as long as they have received one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine inside the kingdom, it said on Saturday (Nov 27), a day after suspending flights from seven African countries due to the Omicron variant.
• Travellers would be allowed in from next Saturday and would need to quarantine for three days. It did not mention the flight suspensions.
• Saudi Arabia on Friday (Nov 26) suspended flights to and from South Africa, Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Lesotho and Eswatini due to concerns related to the Omicron coronavirus variant.

Malaysia imposes quarantine on travellers returning from seven African countries amid new Covid-19 variant ~ 26 Nov 2021
https://codeblue.galencentre.org/2021/11/26/malaysia-imposes-quarantine-on-travellers-returning-from-seven-african-countries-amid-new-covid-19-variant/

• Health Minister Khairy Jamaluddin today (Nov 26) announced that Malaysian citizens and permanent residents returning to Malaysia from South Africa, Botswana, Eswatini, Lesotho, Mozambique, Namibia, and Zimbabwe, or with a 14-day travel history to those countries, will need to undergo compulsory quarantine for 14 days at a designated quarantine station, and not at home.

COVID-19 variant: Singapore to tighten border measures on 7 African countries ~ 26 Nov 2021
https://sg.news.yahoo.com/covid19-variant-singapore-tighten-border-7-african-063909335.html

• The ministry said in a media release on Friday (Nov 26) that from 11.59pm on Saturday (Nov 27), all long-term pass holders and short-term visitors with travel history to Botswana, Eswatini, Lesotho, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, and Zimbabwe within the last 14 days will not be allowed to enter or transit through Singapore.
• Meanwhile, South Africa – which is currently under Category II of Singapore's health measures framework, with travellers subjected to a seven-day Stay-Home Notice (SHN) at their place of accommodation – will be placed in Category IV with the other six countries from 11.59pm on Saturday (Nov 27).

From Dec 2, travellers from Austria, Belgium and 4 other European countries to S’pore must serve 10-day quarantine ~ 26 Nov 2021
https://www.todayonline.com/singapore/dec-2-travellers-austria-belgium-and-4-other-european-countries-spore-must-serve-10-day

• Travellers from six European countries, including Austria and Belgium, will have to serve a 10-day stay-home notice upon arrival in Singapore from 11:59pm on Dec 1, because of their worsening Covid-19 situations, the Ministry of Health (MOH) said on Friday (Nov 26).

Hunt to find hundreds of passengers over ‘extremely worrying’ new Covid variant ~ 26 Nov 2021
https://metro.co.uk/2021/11/26/super-mutant-covid-variant-hunt-to-find-hundreds-of-passengers-15668633/

• Hundreds of passengers who have arrived in the UK from certain countries are urged to come forward over fears of a ‘super-mutant’ Covid-19 strain spreading. The health secretary told the Commons this morning ‘it is highly likely that it has now spread to other countries’.
• South Africa, Botswana, Lesotho, Eswatini, Zimbabwe and Namibia will be added to the red list for international travel.
• Travellers arriving from the six countries between midday today and 4am Sunday – and those who have been there within the last 10 days – must now quarantine at home for 10 days and will also have to take PCR tests on day two and day eight.

Overland JB-S'pore VTL only for bus travel, limited to 1,500 individuals daily ~ 24 Nov 2021
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GxbOKhR-AoU

• The overland Vaccinated Travel Lane (VTL) between Johor Baru and Singapore starting Nov 29 is only for fully vaccinated travellers on express buses with an initial limit of 1,500 individuals per day.
• Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob said that the launch of the VTL-Land will coincide with the VTL-Air and that this will further enhance bilateral and economic relations between both countries.

Singapore, Malaysia to launch land border VTL from Nov 29 ~ 24 Nov 2021
https://www.theedgesingapore.com/news/covid-19/singapore-malaysia-launch-land-border-vtl-nov-29

• Singapore and Malaysia will launch a Vaccinated Travel Lane (VTL) across the causeway from Nov 29.
  
• This would allow fully vaccinated travellers to travel between Singapore and Malaysia via designated VTL buses and be subjected to Covid-19 tests in lieu of serving quarantine or Stay-Home Notice (SHN).
• Travellers who arrive via other means — such as private transport or walking across the causeway will be subjected to prevailing border control measures, including serving a seven-day SHN.

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以 VTL 返回马来西亚的大马人注意 若检测不过关将被遣返回新加坡 ~ 27 Nov 2021
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dIp7-LpsXc4

Egypt bans flights from Seven African countries over new COVID-19 variant ~ 27 Nov 2021
https://egyptianstreets.com/2021/11/27/egypt-bans-flights-from-seven-african-countries-over-new-covid-19-variant/

• If the traveller tests positive for COVID-19 in Egypt they will be deported back to their country of origin on the same plane they arrived on.

EU takes Singapore and Ukraine off Safe List for travel ~ 9 Nov 2021
https://news.gtp.gr/2021/11/09/eu-takes-singapore-and-ukraine-off-safe-list-for-travel/

• The European Council on Tuesday (Nov 9) removed Singapore and Ukraine from its list of safe third countries, special administrative regions and territories for non-essential travel into the EU.

SIA passenger flights from S'pore barred from landing in HK from April 3 to 16 after detection of Covid-19 case ~ 2 Apr 2021
https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/transport/scoot-flights-from-spore-barred-from-landing-in-hong-kong-for-2-weeks-after-2

• The move comes after a transit passenger who arrived in the territory on Wednesday (March 31) tested positive for Covid-19, while three other passengers on the flight were found to have breached rules for entry to Hong Kong.
• On Friday (April 2), the Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS) said the passenger with Covid-19 had tested negative pre-departure.

SIA gapped down and closed @ S$4.91 on 29 Nov 2021.

Singapore’s long-awaited opening is flopping even before Omicron ~ 30 Nov 2021
https://sg.news.yahoo.com/singapores-long-awaited-opening-is-flopping-even-before-omicron-023720303.html

• Despite the social media hype and initial bookings rush, the number of people actually traveling using the city-state’s quarantine-free travel lanes is surprisingly few, according to Bloomberg calculations based on Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore data.
• While no-one expected the floodgates to open right away and the daily quotas put a natural cap on visitors, the numbers coming in on the vaccinated travel lanes average out to less than 500 people a day, a far cry from the more than 181,600 travelers who used to stream through Changi Airport 365 days a year pre-Covid.

Covid-19: 7 people on SIA transit flight that carried 2 Omicron cases had disembarked in S’pore, all under quarantine ~ 30 Nov 2021
https://www.todayonline.com/singapore/covid-19-7-people-sia-transit-flight-carried-2-omicron-cases-had-disembarked-spore-all

• Seven people on a Singapore Airlines (SIA) flight from Johannesburg that carried two travellers who tested positive for the new Omicron coronavirus strain upon arrival in Sydney had disembarked in Singapore, the Ministry of Health (MOH) said.
• MOH said on Monday (Nov 29) that one of the seven people was a close contact of an infected person on the flight, and has been quarantined.

One Covid-19 positive case detected on first day of M'sia-S'pore VTL — Khairy ~ 29 Nov 2021
https://www.theedgemarkets.com/article/one-covid19-positive-case-detected-first-day-msiaspore-vtl-%E2%80%94-khairy

• A positive Covid-19 case was detected at the Johor Causeway entry point on the first day of the Malaysia-Singapore Vaccinated Travel Lane (VTL) on Monday (Nov 29), said Health Minister Khairy Jamaluddin.

First arrival of 240 passengers kicks off VTL-Air at KLIA ~ 29 Nov 2021
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V4OBGe3KQEU
https://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2021/11/29/first-flight-under-vtl-air-from-s039pore-to-m039sia-arrives-at-klia-to-water-cannon-salute

• The first Vaccinated Travel Lane by air (VTL-Air) flight from Singapore ferrying 240 passengers onboard Singapore Airlines SQ108 landed at KL International Airport (KLIA) at 9.25am on Monday (Nov 29) and was greeted with a water cannon salute.

Singapore imposing mandatory ART for those arriving from Malaysia via land VTL ~ 28 Nov 2021
https://sg.news.yahoo.com/singapore-mandatory-art-travellers-malaysia-land-vtl-033424951.html

• The new regulation will take effect from 8am on Monday (Nov 29), the start date of the VTL (Land) between the two countries, and comes following recent reports on the "potentially more contagious variant of the COVID-19 virus B.1.1.529", the said the ministry in a news release.

VTL for UAE, Qatar and Saudi Arabia deferred as precaution against Omicron COVID-19 variant ~ 28 Nov 2021
https://www.channelnewsasia.com/singapore/covid-19-omicron-vaccinated-travel-lane-qatar-saudi-arabia-uae-defer-2343871

• VTLs for  UAE, Qatar and Saudi Arabia, originally scheduled to launch from Dec 6, will now be deferred “until further notice”, the Ministry of Health (MOH) said on Sunday (Nov 28).

Saudi Arabia to allow conditional entry 'from all countries' despite Omicron ~ 27 Nov 2021
https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2021-11-27/saudi-arabia-to-ease-coronavirus-curbs-for-travellers-from-all-countries

• Saudi Arabia will allow entry to travellers "from all countries" as long as they have received one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine inside the kingdom, it said on Saturday (Nov 27), a day after suspending flights from seven African countries due to the Omicron variant.
• Travellers would be allowed in from next Saturday and would need to quarantine for three days. It did not mention the flight suspensions.
• Saudi Arabia on Friday (Nov 26) suspended flights to and from South Africa, Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Lesotho and Eswatini due to concerns related to the Omicron coronavirus variant.

COVID-19 variant: Singapore to tighten border measures on 7 African countries ~ 26 Nov 2021
https://sg.news.yahoo.com/covid19-variant-singapore-tighten-border-7-african-063909335.html

• The ministry said in a media release on Friday (Nov 26) that from 11.59pm on Saturday (Nov 27), all long-term pass holders and short-term visitors with travel history to Botswana, Eswatini, Lesotho, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, and Zimbabwe within the last 14 days will not be allowed to enter or transit through Singapore.
• Meanwhile, South Africa – which is currently under Category II of Singapore's health measures framework, with travellers subjected to a seven-day Stay-Home Notice (SHN) at their place of accommodation – will be placed in Category IV with the other six countries from 11.59pm on Saturday (Nov 27).

SIA SQ479 from Johannesburg, South Africa landed at Singapore Changi on 29 Nov 2021 at 05:47AM.

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SIA ~ Bearish symmetrical triangle breakout, interim TP S$3.80

SIA closed with a hammer @ S$4.87 (-0.04, -0.8%) with 40.0m shares done on 30 Nov 2021.

Immediate support @ S$4.75, immediate resistance @ S$5.05.



SIA closed @ S$4.87 on 30 Nov 2021.



South Korea find first suspected cases of Omicron as daily caseload shows potential to reach record... ~ 1 Dec 2021
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SJW2eX1wXpc

• In response, the South Korean government plans will tighten border controls. This coming as South Korea endures another spike in infections, with the daily caseload possibly hitting a new record when the finalized figures come out in a couple of hours.

Australia on alert as first Omicron community case confirmed ~ 30 Nov 2021
https://www.channelnewsasia.com/world/australia-alert-first-omicron-community-case-confirmed-2347091

• The additional case brings Australia's total number of infections with the new variant to six. But it is the first case where the person appeared to be active in the community. All other cases have been in quarantine and are asymptomatic or display very mild symptoms.

Japan confirms first case of Omicron variant of coronavirus ~ 30 Nov 2021
https://www.channelnewsasia.com/asia/japan-confirms-first-case-omicron-variant-covid-19-2347551

• Japan on Tuesday (Nov 30) confirmed its first case of the Omicron variant of the coronavirus, in a man who had arrived in the country from Namibia.
• The man in his 30s had earlier tested positive for the coronavirus at the airport, chief cabinet secretary Hirokazu Matsuno told reporters.
• Japan shut its borders to foreigners on Tuesday (Nov 30) for at least a month, among the strictest measures in the world to halt entry of Omicron, recently discovered in southern Africa and declared a "variant of concern" by the WHO

COVID: Brazil confirms Latin America's  first omicron cases ~ 30 Nov 2021
https://www.dw.com/en/covid-brazil-confirms-latin-americas-1st-omicron-cases/a-59982760

• The first confirmed cases of the variant in Latin America have been found in two travelers coming from South Africa.
• The Sao Paulo state health secretariat said a 41-year-old man and a 37-year-old woman are in isolation after testing positive for the variant.
• They showed light symptoms when they had their tests taken on November 25.

Aljazeera: Spooked by Omicron, Singapore defers expanding reopening plans ~ 30 Nov 2021
https://www.aljazeera.com/economy/2021/11/30/spooked-by-omnicron-singapore-defers-expanding-reopening-steps

• A quarantine-free entry policy for vaccinated arrivals in Singapore will not be extended to more countries for now.

Singapore tightens border measures, halts further easing of social measures over Omicron variant fears ~ 30 Nov 2021
https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/transport/spore-to-pause-relaxation-of-social-measures-tighten-border-restrictions-to-buy

• The relaxation of social measures will be paused, and travellers entering Singapore will face stricter rules from 11.59pm on Thursday (Dec 2), as the country acts to buy time amid the spread of the new Omicron Covid-19 variant around the world.
• The moves come as Singapore works to assess the implications of the new Covid-19 variant that has already spread to at least 16 countries, after the variant was identified in South Africa last week.
• The Ministry of Health (MOH) said on Tuesday (Nov 30) that no cases of Omicron have been detected locally, adding that the pre-emptive measures will help to reduce the risk of importing the virus.

Covid-19: 7 people on SIA transit flight that carried 2 Omicron cases had disembarked in S’pore, all under quarantine ~ 30 Nov 2021
https://www.todayonline.com/singapore/covid-19-7-people-sia-transit-flight-carried-2-omicron-cases-had-disembarked-spore-all

• Seven people on a Singapore Airlines (SIA) flight from Johannesburg that carried two travellers who tested positive for the new Omicron coronavirus strain upon arrival in Sydney had disembarked in Singapore, the Ministry of Health (MOH) said.
• MOH said on Monday (Nov 29) that one of the seven people was a close contact of an infected person on the flight, and has been quarantined.

Singapore’s long-awaited opening is flopping even before Omicron ~ 30 Nov 2021
https://sg.news.yahoo.com/singapores-long-awaited-opening-is-flopping-even-before-omicron-023720303.html

• Despite the social media hype and initial bookings rush, the number of people actually traveling using the city-state’s quarantine-free travel lanes is surprisingly few, according to Bloomberg calculations based on Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore data.
• While no-one expected the floodgates to open right away and the daily quotas put a natural cap on visitors, the numbers coming in on the vaccinated travel lanes average out to less than 500 people a day, a far cry from the more than 181,600 travelers who used to stream through Changi Airport 365 days a year pre-Covid.

Singapore Airlines VTL flights spark renewed optimism for Asian jet fuel demand ~ 16 Nov 2021
https://www.spglobal.com/platts/en/market-insights/latest-news/oil/111621-singapore-airlines-vtl-*-renewed-optimism-for-asian-jet-fuel-demand

• SIA's VTL flights see 7 times rise in bookings since VTL announcement.
• SIA Group expects to operate 43% of pre-COVID passenger capacity by Dec.
• Carrier takes steps to meet its net-zero carbon emissions target by 2050.

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1981年电影：假如我是真的 (If I were for real)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HF7t-KD75pY

• 《假如我是真的》是1981年發行上映的台灣電影，描述中國大陸文革之後官僚特權、走後門等荒謬情況。

權貴磅水！中共用3招對付高科技、地產、海外有錢人，成功逼富豪吐錢 ~ 1 Dec 2021
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tL3_hfthzgM

• 洗米華被捕，洗黑錢非主因；照抄大陸做法，香港跌出十大實力城市。

2022大限！關門殺豬，中國富豪大災年！資金收網，魷魚遊戲將上演！ ~ 21 Nov 2021
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IFHlrTiu4jI

• 中國上層抄家底層互害的情況愈演愈烈。那如果我們從這兩個角度來觀察中國社會，就會發現：上層正在開啟1952模式，底層正在開啟1963模式。
• 這兩個同時開啟的模式對中國的社會會產生巨大的影響。人們已經對財富的創造和未來已不抱希望，剩下的問題就是如何從存量財富當中搶奪一部分成為自己的財富。
• 現階段，中國正在為魷魚遊戲佈局。

甚麼是洗黑錢？(Money laundering)

• 洗黑錢，即是說該筆金錢原本是由非法活動獲取（即犯罪得益），若直接使用，會較容易被發現。
• 故此，不法份子透過不同手段，改變這筆金錢的來歷，令其看起來是循合法途徑取得。
• 黑錢經過「清洗」之後，難以看出與犯罪活動的關係，犯罪分子便可使用這筆錢。

Forest City: Chinese developer faces huge losses on artificial island ~ 29 Nov 2021
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EUuGQpWbtjg

• Forest City is a $100 billion mega project in Malaysia being developed by China's largest real estate developer Country Garden.
• It is an artificial island off the coast of Malaysia and in close proximity to Singapore.
• It was originally supposed to house luxury apartments to be sold to wealthy Chinese citizens.
• However, political tensions between Malaysia and China have ground development of the project to a near halt.
• In this video we go over what Forest City is, the current status of its development, and its implications for Country Garden.

Forest City: Most useless megaprojects in the world ~ 14 Nov 2021
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=on2yz8SN3fg



China's property developers struggle to find buyers for billions in assets ~ 3 Nov 2021
https://www.straitstimes.com/business/property/chinas-property-developers-struggle-to-find-buyers-for-billions-in-assets

• Property developers in China looking to raise badly needed cash by selling assets are finding it hard to strike deals as potential buyers in the sector hoard funds after home sales plunged and Beijing stepped up its borrowing crackdown.

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当年的大东亚共荣圈，如今的一带一路？(watch video from 17:00) ~ 26 Jul 2019
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=To2ZDh1jUsc

• 1940年7月26日，日本提出「大东亚共荣圈」构想。大东亚共荣圈，或东亚新秩序，理论基础之一为大日本帝国在第二次世界大战前提出的亚细亚主义。其复盖地区包括东亚、东北亚、南亚和大洋洲等地，主张在日本的带领下「从欧美列强的统治中解放亚洲」，建立「相互尊重、彼此独立」、「共存共荣的新秩序」之政治联合体。1945年8月15日，随着日本投降后，大东亚共荣圈也随之解体。

大东亚共荣圈 (Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere)

Can EU's Global Gateway strategy compete with Beijing? ~ 3 Dec 2021
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2duQTNVRfRs

• The goal of the Global Gateway strategy is to raise €300 billion to finance projects. It will focus on transport, health, education, and digital and climate projects around the world, including Asia, Africa, the Middle East and Latin America./color]
  
• Why the interest now? And can the bloc compete with Beijing?

EU to invest billions to stand up to China ~ 1 Dec 2021
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wv7d2gUI5PM
https://www.dw.com/en/eu-unveils-global-gateway-300-billion-global-infrastructure-plan/a-59986009

• EU unveils 'Global Gateway' €300 billion (US$340 billion) global infrastructure plan  to challenge China's Belt and Road Initiative.

中共 “新時代” 思路 是抄大日本帝國的 “作業” 中國人不必再幻想過好日子了 恐怕還有戰時經濟 ~ 30 Nov 2021
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eN8c3bK7aLY

什么是“一带一路”？
https://beltandroad.zaobao.com/beltandroad/concept

• 2013年9月和10月，中国国家主席习近平出访中亚和东南亚时，首次提出 “21世纪海上丝绸之路” 建设倡议。
• The Belt and Road Initiative, formerly known as One Belt One Road or OBOR for short, is a global infrastructure development strategy adopted by the Chinese government in 2013 to invest in nearly 70 countries and international organizations.

一带一路 (Belt and Road Initiative)

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Super virus: China lab created coronavirus ‘10,000-times stronger than usual’ as fears rage over Wuhan ‘leak’, scientists warn ~ 17 Sep 2021
https://www.the-sun.com/news/3681845/wuhan-lab-coronavirus-10000-stronger-leak/

• Bombshell documents have emerged which reveal how Chinese research funded by a US government agency involved souping up the virus and then transmitting it to "humanised mice".

新冠病毒源於中國實驗室事故？｜DW 德媒怎麼說？ ~ 8 Jun 2021
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l2kXsA2hV14

• 新冠病毒究竟是如何從動物宿主傳播給人類的？實驗室事故論是否能歸結於陰謀論？美國總統為何現在再次提出質疑？中國政府到底能否撇清干係？德媒怎樣看待以上這些與新冠溯源相關的問題？
• （列宁主义）Leninism is a political ideology developed by Russian Marxist revolutionary Vladimir Lenin that proposes the establishment of the dictatorship of the proletariat led by a revolutionary vanguard party, as the political prelude to the establishment of communism.

新冠肺炎 | 曾被疑为“零号患者”的田俊华，蝙蝠栖息洞穴是他的主战场  ~ 13 Mar 2020
https://www.sohu.com/a/379725920_359980

• “蝙蝠猎手”: 为发现这一新病毒，田俊华的团队4年一共捕捉12万只蜱虫。

评论 | 魏京生： 是病毒还是独裁杀人?  ~ 3 Feb 2020
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/pinglun/weijingsheng/wjs-02032020102251.html

• 从2019年12月初就已经确认了病毒的传染性，官方却宣传说没有证据说明人传人。
• 这是在用学者们惯用的回避事实的巧妙手法来误导大众。结果这一个多月隐瞒疫情，造成了成千上万无辜的百姓被传染，以至于死亡。
• 为什么要隐瞒呢？傻不傻呀。说他们傻是因为人们有正常思维：有病应该早治疗，早预防。
• 但是专制独裁者们是正常思维吗？不是。他们思维的前提是要维稳，不要因为风吹草动就影响人心不稳，进而影响他们的统治和利益。
• 文革时期可以隐瞒唐山大地震的预报，现在一个小小的疾病，死几个老百姓有什么要紧的呢？这是独裁者们的正常思维。

电邮解密: 熟知武汉病毒实验室的美专家在疫情爆发后不久怀疑病毒来自实验室 ~ 6 Dec 2021
https://www.rfi.fr/cn/%E4%B8%AD%E5%9B%BD/20211206-%E7%94%B5%E9%82%AE%E8%A7%A3%E5%AF%86-%E7%86%9F%E7%9F%A5%E6%AD%A6%E6%B1%89%E7%97%85%E6%AF%92%E5%AE%9E%E9%AA%8C%E5%AE%A4%E7%9A%84%E7%BE%8E%E4%B8%93%E5%AE%B6%E5%9C%A8%E7%96%AB%E6%83%85%E7%88%86%E5%8F%91%E5%90%8E%E4%B8%8D%E4%B9%85%E6%80%80%E7%96%91%E7%97%85%E6%AF%92%E6%9D%A5%E8%87%AA%E5%AE%9E%E9%AA%8C%E5%AE%A4

• 邮件显示，公开声称病毒不可能来自实验室的学者事实上在去年四月便怀疑病毒可能来自实验室，并且致函武汉病毒研究所所长袁志明询问相关问题。
• 前苏联在1979年发生的斯維爾德洛夫斯克炭疽洩漏事件：
• Sverdlovsk anthrax leak: On 2 April 1979, spores of Bacillus anthracis were accidentally released from a Soviet military research facility in the city of Sverdlovsk, Russia. The ensuing outbreak of the disease resulted in the deaths of at least 66 people, although the exact number of victims remains unknown.

Going Viral: An interview with author Alina Chan on her new book about the origins of COVID-19 ~ 3 Dec 2021
https://www.thinkglobalhealth.org/article/going-viral

• It's hard to ask whether COVID originated in a lab without being shouted down or censored as a racist, a conspiracy theorist, or anti-science.
• I ultimately committed to co-writing this book out of a sense of duty to the future. So that in the next 5 to 50 years, when another outbreak or pandemic of ambiguous origin occurs, I don’t kick myself for not doing more to push for a serious investigation of potential lab-based outbreaks.

魏京生：早在武汉军运会期间，我就得知疫情了 ~ 23 Sep 2021
https://news.creaders.net/us/2021/09/23/2401029.html

• 魏京生于9月20日接受采访时表示，他早在2019年10月，武汉军人运动会时就知道中共病毒在武汉爆发了，因此武汉军运会是中共病毒疫情的首个大传染源。
• 美国国务院的前首席中国政策和规划顾问余茂春则在纪录片中对魏京生的这种说法表示支持，2019年前往武汉参加武汉军运会的很多法国、德国和美国运动员当时都出现了类似于中共病毒这样的病症，但是当时并没有进行病毒检测。

评论 | 胡平：为什么人们越来越相信新冠病毒是实验室泄漏？(podcast) ~ 26 May 2021
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/pinglun/huping/hp-05262021153212.html
https://twitter.com/huping1/status/1397204146122633219

• 石正丽在接受《科学美国人》（2020年4月27号）采访时说，2019年12月30日晚上7时，她在上海开会的宾馆接到武汉病毒所领导的紧急电话后立刻赶回武汉。
• 当时，两名疑似萨斯病人的病毒检体已经送到病毒所。她一路上都不安地在想，“是不是湖北卫生局搞错了？难道病毒来自我们的实验室？”

Ex-deputy national security adviser Matt Pottinger faults China for trying to cover up coronavirus ~ 22 Feb 2021
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U6wW3tyktl0

• The former deputy national security adviser says China turned to its military to try to "contain it until it was too late."

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Wayne Allyn Root：How I beat COVID-19 in 48 hours with Ivermectin ~ 5 Dec 2021
https://www.creators.com/read/wayne-allyn-root

Doctor Mike Hansen: The biggest disbelief about ivermectin and COVID  ~ 2 Sep 2021
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1bFguCdJfLA

• Ivermectin is used to treat head lice and certain parasitic infections. But for COVID?
• The WHO, CDC, FDA, and IDSA say it should not be used for COVID. Unless it's in a clinical trial.
• But that didn’t stop this guy, who chose ivermectin over the vaccine.
• Captain Joe Manning, 57, A Georgia police officer who frequently posted anti-vax messages on Facebook, died of COVID.
• Why would some people want a drug that is not FDA approved for COVID? Because it has not been proven to be effective and has not been proven to be safe. Why would someone choose that over something that has been proven safe and effective in preventing COVID?

Israeli scientist says COVID-19 could be treated for under $1/day ~ 2 Aug 2021
https://www.jpost.com/health-science/israeli-scientist-says-covid-19-could-be-treated-for-under-1day-675612

• Double-blind study shows ivermectin reduces disease’s duration and infectiousness.
• FDA and WHO caution against its use.

Less than 1 COVID death a day in Japan as new cases plummet ~ 7 Dec 2021
https://www.chinadailyhk.com/article/250692

• The six confirmed deaths in Japan over the past week is the lowest it’s been in the country since July 2020, before the second wave of pandemic fatalities.
• That slump parallels the collapse in reported cases, which are down from more than 25,000 a day in August to fewer than 200 a day every day for the past three weeks.
• It’s unclear exactly why the wave of cases and deaths Japan faced in late summer and early fall has receded so dramatically.
• A comprehensive vaccination campaign is at least partly responsible for the drop, with more than 77% of the nation’s 126 million residents fully inoculated as of Monday (Dec 6).
• The vaccination rate among the vulnerable elderly is even higher, with 92% of those 65 years and older having received two shots.

Dr. John Campbell: Omicron, global exposure ~ 7 Dec 2021
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GTxAGb1Lv7k

• Why is the pandemic over in Japan?

Miracle in Japan ~ 24 Nov 2021
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E1GF0H9V_1g

• Ivermectin allowed as a treatment on August 13.
  
• Doctors can prescribe without restrictions.
• People can buy it legally from India.

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習近平不念稿什麼水平？「我那幾句話我也忘了⋯⋯ 」是誰在讓他「變蠢」？ ~ 10 Dec 2021
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0zWTI4zpExI

• 牆內有個「高科技從業人」的文章，說他在某中國國產尖端芯片重點企業任高管（算算就那兩家中x、紫x），一次維尼帝到他們廠房他去給帶路和講解，全程看維尼閉眼直點頭沒說什麼，但是到了員工餐廳他興致就來了，問得很起勁，最後在會議室要讓維尼做指導和演講，他只說幾句，但就這些讓在場的主管們包含他差點笑出聲，大致說是要努力吃、加油幹，國家的未來產業轉型就指望你們⋯然後說了一句「爭取將40多奈米做大做強到400奈米」，還好在場的做到主管的心理素質過硬，沒當場狂笑，不然就不會有這篇文章了⋯⋯

摩爾定律再走10年? 1奈米以下製程有可能! 半導體新材料 "鉍" 打破" 製程焦慮"? ~ 6 Dec 2021
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CxxVvktIG5Q

• 無論是叫第三代半導體，還是正名為化合物半導體,熱度才剛剛被點燃,產業界已經開始關注新一代超寬能隙材料，或被稱為第四代半導體。加上矽基半導體逼近物理極限,全世界都在找解方, 實現半導體1奈米以下的艱鉅挑戰。

1奈米制程有谱 IMEC路线图预测2027年实用化 ~ 3 Dec 2021
https://www.chinatimes.com/cn/realtimenews/20211203003915-261502?chdtv

• 根据专注于奈米科技研发的比利时微电子研究中心（IMEC）规划的技术路线图，1奈米制程晶片可望在2027年实现实用化，之后的0.7奈米制程晶片也将在2029年后量产，全球半导体先进制程的研发竞争也将进入新阶段。

中国芯片为什么做不起来？ ~ 9 Jul 2021
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jgg1wf8IPDE

• 2021年7月9日, 紫光集团被申请破产重组。

台積電1奈米！先進製程再下一城：台積電與台大電機合作新材料實現二維電晶體！ ~ 18 May 2021
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-O84sWa2KQw

• IBM上周發表了2奈米，但是在這周，台大攜手台積電以及麻省理工學院，研發二維材料＋鉍超越矽極限，而這項研究已經在 Nature 上公開發表，一起來看葫蘆裡賣的是什麼藥！

1奈米以下製程重大突破！臺積電官宣 “鉍” 密武器 ~ 15 May 2021
https://inewsdb.com/%E6%95%B8%E7%A2%BC/1%E5%A5%88%E7%B1%B3%E4%BB%A5%E4%B8%8B%E8%A3%BD%E7%A8%8B%E9%87%8D%E5%A4%A7%E7%AA%81%E7%A0%B4%EF%BC%81%E8%87%BA%E7%A9%8D%E9%9B%BB%E5%AE%98%E5%AE%A3%E9%89%8D%E5%AF%86%E6%AD%A6%E5%99%A8/

• IBM剛官宣2nm研發不久，臺積電現已取得1nm以下製程重大突破！近日，臺積電、臺大與MIT攜手研發出半導體新材料「鉍（Bi）」，能大幅降低電阻並提高傳輸電流，有助於未來突破「摩爾定律」極限。

IBM成功研发高端、节能芯片，未来手机可能只需 “四天一充” ~ 15 May 2021
https://www.bbc.com/zhongwen/simp/chinese-news-57020657

• IBM公司本周宣布在其实验室中成功制造出2纳米制程的芯片（晶片），实现芯片领域的最新突破。

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In search of concentration camps in XinJiang — A documentary on Urban/Rural China [5/8] ~ 6 Oct 2021
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cI8bJO-to8I

• 寻找新疆集中营 — 城乡随拍 [5/8] : A picture is worth a thousand words

China secretly built a vast new infrastructure to imprison Muslims ~ 15 Sep 2020
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=05IDA7c7naE
https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/meghara/china-new-internment-camps-xinjiang-uighurs-muslims

• BuzzFeed News won a Pulitzer Prize by using blank spots in China's maps to investigate Xinjiang's secret internment camps.

What you need to know about China's campaign against Uighur muslims ~ 15 Oct 2019
https://bridge.georgetown.edu/research/what-you-need-to-know-about-chinas-campaign-against-uighur-muslims/

• Chinese authorities' discriminatory policies against Uighur Muslims in the region date back decades; however, since 2017, the level of repression increased dramatically.

• Low-wage migrant workers are the hidden backbone of society.

Did China violate human rights in Xinjiang? ~ 11 Dec 2021
https://koonyewyin.com/2021/12/11/did-china-violate-human-rights-in-xinjiang/

• China is one of the largest producers of cotton in the world. The country supplies over one-fifth of the cotton used globally and about 87% of the Chinese output of the product comes from its Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region.
  
• Besides cotton Xinjiang’s major exports included electrical products, tomato paste, shoes, textiles, sweet Hami melons, seedless Turpan grapes, fragrant Korla pears, crispy apples and sugar beets which is supporting the sugar refining industry.

China's Xi responsible for Uyghur 'genocide' - unofficial tribunal ~ 11 Dec 2021
https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/china-uyghur-tribunal-accusing-beijing-of-genocide-is-a-lie-688406

• China dismissed the tribunal, which is headed by British lawyer Geoffrey Nice and has no powers of sanction or enforcement, as a "farce" being used by its enemies to spread lies.
• "The People's Republic of China (PRC) has committed genocide, crimes against humanity and torture against Uyghur, Kazakh and other ethnic minority citizens in the north west region of China known as Xinjiang," the British-based Uyghur Tribunal said on Thursday (Dec 9).

美国众议院通过法案，全面禁止进口新疆产品 ~ 8 Dec 2021
https://cn.nytimes.com/usa/20211209/china-xinjiang-labor-ban-uyghurs/

• 在全球销售的棉质服装中，约有五分之一的棉料或棉线产自新疆。

US Congress passes bill barring goods produced by forced labor in Xinjiang ~ 8 Dec 2021
https://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/labor-12082021195328.html

• The US House of Representatives on Dec 8 voted 428-1 to ban imports from the Xinjiang region of China where authorities have been accused of running forced labor and concentration camps as well as committing acts of genocide against the Uyghur Muslim minority.
• The "Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act" would ban imports from Xinjiang unless the US government can determine the products in were not made with forced labor. China denies rights abuses are taking place and instead insists Uyghurs have been relocated to re-education camps.
• Resolutions also passed calling China's policies 'genocide' and opposing the Beijing Winter Olympics.

China claims its authoritarian one-party system is a democracy -- and one that works better than the US ~ 8 Dec 2021
https://edition.cnn.com/2021/12/08/china/china-us-democracy-summit-mic-intl-hnk/index.html

• China has ramped up propaganda efforts in a bid to promote an alternative model of "democracy," twisting the definition of the term to fit its own authoritarian one-party system.

Xi Jinping ordered the Genocide against Uighurs ~ 1 Dec 2021
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QHCh3LkTuE4

• A major leak from Beijing has exposed Chinese President Xi Jinping. Files bearing the classification "secret" and "top secret" reveal how the Chinese President ordered the genocide against the Uighurs in Xinjiang.

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当大佬板或大股东玩「数字游戏」 (bonus issue or rights issue) 来捍卫本身在公司的权益时；这些商业动作未必对公司的股东有利。

A hero is nothing but a product of his time. 没有英雄造时势，只有时势造英雄。

Top Glove net profit plunged 92.2% to RM185.72mil in Q1 due to declining ASP ~ 10 Dec 2021
https://www.nst.com.my/business/2021/12/753139/top-glove-net-profit-plunged-922pc-rm18572mil-q1-due-declining-asp

• Top Glove's net profit plunged 92.2% year-on-year (YoY) to RM185.72 million in the first quarter (Q1) ended November 30, 2021, from RM2.36 billion recorded in the same period previously. This was mainly attributed to declining average selling prices (ASPs) and higher operating costs as a result of lower utilisation rates, while raw material costs were reduced at a much slower pace in comparison to glove ASPs.
• Top Glove said the average natural latex concentrate prices had reduced by 8.0% from RM5.54 per kg to RM5.09 per kg, while nitrile latex price fell 19% from US$2.21 per kg to US$1.79 per kg during the quarter.

Top Glove shareholders approve US$473 million Hong Kong listing plan ~ 8 Dec 2021
https://www.theedgemarkets.com/article/top-glove-shareholders-approve-us473-million-hong-kong-listing-plan

• In October, Top Glove slashed for a second time the amount it aimed to raise from the Hong Kong listing to HK$3.68 billion (US$473 million), or less than a quarter of its initial target.
• The company could raise about HK$4.24 billion if the overallotment option is fully exercised, it said. Top Glove initially planned to raise US$1.9 billion but nearly halved the target in April.

TOPGLOV ~ Trading in a downward sloping channel, interim TP RM1.85, next TP RM1.38

TOPGLOV gapped down and closed with a black marubozu @ RM2.01 (-0.15, -6.9%) with 45.5m shares done on 13 Dec 2021.

Immediate support @ RM1.85, immediate resistance @ RM2.25.



TOPGLOV ~ Trading in a downward sloping channel, interim TP RM1.85

TOPGLOV closed with a spinning top @ RM2.59 (-0.07, -2.6%) with 14.0m shares done on 28 Oct 2021.

Immediate support @ RM2.40, immediate resistance @ RM2.90.



TOPGLOV closed @ RM2.01 on 13 Dec 2021.

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UOB Kay Hian lowers DairyFarm's TP to US$3.60 on 'underwhelming' performance in 2021 ~ 8 Dec 2021
https://www.theedgesingapore.com/capital/brokers-calls/uob-kay-hian-lowers-dairy-farm-internationals-tp-us360-underwhelming

• UOB Kay Hian analyst Adrian Loh has kept “buy” on DairyFarm as he sees some positivity in the group’s retail sales in Hong Kong, as well as y-o-y sales growths in its food and beverage (F&B) associate Maxim in the 3QFY2021.
• That said, Loh has lowered the counter’s target price to US$3.60 from US$4.53 previously due to the “underwhelming” performance seen in 2021.

DairyFarm ~ Trading in a downward sloping channel, interim TP US$2.70, next TP US$2.30

DairyFarm closed with a black marubozu @ US$2.89 (-0.06, -2%) with 2.34m shares done on 14 Dec 2021.

Immediate support @ US$2.80, immediate resistance @ US$3.05.



DairyFarm ~ Bearish symmetrical triangle breakout, interim TP US$3.30

DairyFarm closed with a black marubozu @ US$3.60 (-0.03, -0.8%) with 460,000 shares done on 6 Aug 2021.

Immediate support @ US$3.45, immediate resistance @ US$3.65.



DairyFarm closed @ @ US$2.89 on 14 Dec 2021.

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Similar chart pattern between DairyFarm and TOPGLOV

• A rolling ball gradually speeds up as it rolls downhill. It begins slowly but then moves faster and faster until it stops or reverse itself.

DairyFarm closed @ @ US$2.89 on 14 Dec 2021.



TOPGLOV closed @ RM2.01 on 13 Dec 2021.

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新加坡是民主国家吗？
https://www.zhihu.com/question/20607316

Singapore left out of summit because US doesn't see it as a democracy: Tommy Koh ~ 9 Dec 2021
https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/politics/spore-left-out-of-democracy-summit-because-us-doesnt-see-it-as-one-tommy-koh

• Singapore was not invited to a 110-nation democracy summit convened by the United States because its Democratic Party has never accepted the Republic as a democracy, said Ambassador-at-Large Tommy Koh on Thursday (Dec 9).

Only 3 ASEAN states at US Democracy Summit? Not bad, say analysts ~ 7 Dec 2021
https://www.rfa.org/english/news/myanmar/summit-12072021193104.html

• Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines are the only three Association of Southeast Asian Nation (ASEAN) member states that are invited.
• “Three out of 10 is not bad compared to what the U.S. did by inviting Taiwan but disregarding China. The objective is not because of democracy, but geopolitics,” Hasan, an international relations expert and former professor at the Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, told BenarNews.

Why was Singapore excluded from the upcoming US Summit for Democracy? ` 2 Dec 2021
https://www.todayonline.com/voices/why-was-singapore-excluded-upcoming-us-summit-democracy

• I was deeply disappointed and confused to learn that Singapore was left out of the guest list for the United States’ upcoming Summit for Democracy on Dec 9 and 10.

PM Lee Hsien Loong on Sino-US tensions and the Taiwan issue at Bloomberg forum ~ 18 Nov 2021
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ofbIfIpUCm4

• Rising tensions between China and the United States as both superpowers clash over the Taiwan issue could result in a "mishap" that both sides might regret, and things as they stand now warrant concern, warned Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong on Wednesday (Nov 17).

US-China conflict 'more likely' than five years ago, says Singapore PM - BBC News ~ 14 Mar 2021
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xeXdfG-Nbpw

• Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong has told the BBC that a clash between the US and China is more likely than it was five years ago.
• However, he maintained that the odds of military conflict are "not yet high".
• The prime minister said if both nations continue to take a hard line because of domestic considerations, they could easily find themselves at an impasse.

毛鄧重臨？文革式洗牌，奪權貴海外錢袋；藉美國手堵財富外流 ~ 8 Dec 2021
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ufBWMAHqdo

• 港交所危，北交所將成「五指山」；未來改革開放2.0重新分餅。

中國監管力道加大！外企紛逃暫停投資 淡馬錫淨身出戶撤資中國！雅虎退出中國市場 ~ 25 Nov 2021
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QptMVaS-8uc

新加坡擁抱中國燙到手 ~ 23 Nov 2021
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x4284tXoIvU
http://hi-on.org/article-single.php?At=58&An=193664

• 一直是投資中國，像Steven Roach般，自認是廿五年來打死不退死多頭的新加坡政府控股百分之百的淡馬錫投資機構，最近宣布暫停投資中國科技公司，而受到外界關注。
• 淡馬錫最近出清百度，好未來，新東方及招聘的網路平台BZ，也減碼阿里巴巴191.88萬股，占投資比重16%，也減持滴滴357.15萬股，占比重10%，還減持快手，騰訊，這些公司都是今年第三季股價跌最慘的標的，尤其是補教行業，新加坡另一家政府投資公司GIC是新東方最大股東之一，持股逾5%，這回新東方從199.97殺到1.68美元，GIC看起來損失逾百億美元。
• 淡馬錫去年底結算，資產浄值從3130億美元降至3060億美元，今年手上標的中國科技股一度占29%，比淡馬錫在新加坡的資產比重更高，而且，投資的標的都跟著孫正義的阿里巴巴延伸出來企業走，這回傷最重。
• 淡馬錫及GIC這兩年大力投資中國的補教行業，除了新東方，好未來，高途，有道等都大力加碼，正好遇到中央強力監管，這回淡馬錫及GIC傷最重，這回宣布不再投資中國科技股，看起來有苦衷。
• 去年新加坡經濟成長率衰退5.6%，今年首季年增1.3%，第二季因去年衰退13.3%，出現14.7%的成長，今年目標在6到7%，可能與台灣在伯仲之間。不過，李顯龍夫婦孤注一擲押寶中國，也讓新加坡未來增添更多變數！

Temasek sells off Chinese tech stocks amid crackdown by Beijing ~ 16 Nov 2021
https://www.straitstimes.com/business/companies-markets/temasek-sells-off-chinese-tech-stocks-amid-crackdown-by-beijing

陶金谈港交所：国际化还是 “内地化”？ ~ 2 Sep 2021
http://finance.sina.com.cn/zl/bank/2021-09-02/zl-iktzqtyt3592797.shtml



何晶生氣的原因? 星國淡馬錫Q1賠掉新台幣7千億元 網友: Errrr ~ 16 Apr 2020
https://tw.news.yahoo.com/%E4%BD%95%E6%99%B6%E7%94%9F%E6%B0%A3%E7%9A%84%E5%8E%9F%E5%9B%A0-%E6%98%9F%E5%9C%8B%E6%B7%A1%E9%A6%AC%E9%8C%ABq1%E8%B3%A0%E6%8E%897%E5%8D%83%E5%84%84-%E7%B6%B2%E5%8F%8B-errrr-015101915.html

• 根據外媒報導，淡馬錫基金前12大持股在首季縮水235億美元（約新台幣7050億元）。淡馬錫控股的CEO就是新加坡總理李顯龍夫人何晶，消息傳出，鄉民恍然大悟，終於了解何晶為何心情不好，紛紛以「Errrr」回應。
• 《彭博》於2020年3月24日報導，淡馬錫市值前12大持股在1月2日價值達738億美元（約新台幣2.21兆元），到了3月20日，已跌至503億美元（約新台幣1.5兆元新台幣)，短短一季，資產瞬間縮水超過7千億元。
• 報導稱，虧損最大前二名是新加坡電信（Singtel），市值縮水74億美元，星展銀行（DBS）跌掉53億美元，新加坡航空（Singapore Airlines）、新加坡技術工程（Singapore Technologies Engineering）和阿里巴巴（Alibaba）等都至少跌10億美元。
• 彭博在2020年4月初報導也指出，淡馬錫近2週共賣股套現了約7.79億美元（約新台幣233億元)，外界推測，淡馬錫出脫持股，除了是看空經濟景氣外，也可能是危機入市，而這也是淡馬錫昔日經常採取的策略。
• 根據新加坡估計，受武漢肺炎疫情影響，新加坡今年第二次下調2020年GDP預測，至-4%至-1%的區間。同時，第一季度GDP年增率還比上一季度下降10.6%，為10年來最大降幅。

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菩提本無樹，是誰令人用沉默代替表態？ ~ 19 Dec 2021
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kEei7SxGRw0

中共歷任領導人 都如何武統台灣? ~ 14 Dec 2021
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jUIteijvM2o
• 不沉航空母艦甚麼顏色 決定美對台態度。
• Taiwan: “The Unsinkable Aircraft Carrier"
https://www.hoover.org/research/taiwan

習近平對台只有一個選項...統一!  中共百年歷史任務 對台武統時間表提前? ~ 14 Dec 2021
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NSrE6I7vNkI

• The dispute over independence between mainland China and Taiwan stems back to the Chinese Civil War, when in 1949 the armies of Mao Zedong forced then-leader Chiang Kai-shek and the remnants his government known as the Kuomintang to retreat to Taiwan, where they declared it the Republic of China (ROC).
• The mainland under Mao became the People’s Republic of China (PRC), but that government was not internationally recognized until the ‘70s.
• The ROC originally claimed to represent the entirety of China in 1949, held China’s seat on the UN Security Council and at the time was recognized by many nations as the sole Chinese government in power.
• However, in 1971 the UN awarded diplomatic recognition to Beijing, forcing the ROC government out.
• Taiwan’s status is a convoluted situation as it denies claims that it belongs to the PRC, has its own constitution, has been governed independently since 1949 and fiercely defends its current democratic status under the president Tsai Ing-wen.
• However, formal independence from the mainland has not been declared though Taiwan views itself as a sovereign state, despite its legal status being ambiguous.

China touts its own "socialist democracy" after Biden's summit ~ 15 Dec 2021
https://news.yahoo.com/china-touts-own-socialist-democracy-170018276.html

• The Chinese Communist Party is touting its "people's democratic dictatorship" model of governance as a superior alternative to liberal democracy.

中国：突然成了 “民主国家”？ ~ 15 Dec 2021
https://www.dw.com/zh/%E4%B8%AD%E5%9B%BD%E7%AA%81%E7%84%B6%E6%88%90%E4%BA%86%E6%B0%91%E4%B8%BB%E5%9B%BD%E5%AE%B6/a-60130940

• 数星期以来，中国这个一党威权制国家不断试图告知世界和本国人民：我们才是民主国家。究其背景，是北京与美国直接竞争中的战略变化。

China has the most democratic government in the world

By Tan Kin Lian
December 7th, 2021

I consider the People’s Republic of China to be the most democratic government in the world.

First, we have to understand what is a democratic government. It is a government “by the people, for the people”.

The government must be freely elected by the people and must work for the well being of the people. I consider this to be the true test of democracy.

Most western countries did not produce this outcome. Their system benefits the wealthy elite, and the ordinary people suffer a drop in their living standards. This has happened in recent decades.

These countries allows the people to change the government more regularly, but the frequent changes do not produce the structural changes that improves the lives of the people.

In contrast, the PRC government was able to bring over 400 million people out of poverty and improve the living standards for the people at large.

Let me elaborate on the following important features of the PRC system of government.

1. The people vote freely and democratically to elect their deputy in the local people’s congress. The elected deputies vote for their leaders at the higher levels, i.e. the provincial and the national government. China adopts this multi tier system because it has a large population.

2. Their national policies goes through consultations at various stages. They get the experts and academics to study the issue and present their recommendations. These are evaluated by their policy making committee and a draft law is presented. Feedback is obtained on these laws from the relevant people and are further discussed. The final draft law is presented to the National People’s Congress for adoption. When it reached this level, the draft had already been actively discussed and agreed at the lower levels.

3. Any citizens that is unjustly affected by the actions of the authority can submit their grievance to a proper channel. The grievance will be addressed at the local level. If it cannot be resolved, and the issue affects many people, it will be taken up at the higher level. This system worked quite well and produced a satisfactory outcome.

In international surveys of trust in government, the PRC government obtained the approval of over 90% of the people. This is the highest approval rating of any government in the world.

I consider the PRC government to be the most democratic in the world as it is freely elected by the people and receives the highest approval rating of the people.

China: Democracy that works ~ 4 Dec 2021
http://www.news.cn/english/2021-12/04/c_1310351231.htm

最大的民主國家? 一次搞懂中國的選舉制度 有選舉..但是... ~ 13 Aug 2019
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kYc7D9qGSAU

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如果中国有新闻自由...... (video) ~ 4 May 2020
https://www.dw.com/zh/%E5%A6%82%E6%9E%9C%E4%B8%AD%E5%9C%8B%E6%9C%89%E6%96%B0%E8%81%9E%E8%87%AA%E7%94%B1/av-53322664

• 2020德国之声言论自由奖颁给14国17位记者，包括来自中国的陈秋实、方斌与李泽华。德国之声台长林堡表示，中国如果有新闻自由的话，不但可以已经找到病毒来源，当初也不会有这么多中国人病亡牺牲。

中國式民主? 何謂習近平權過程民主? ~ 21 Dec 2021
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8i3pWAptLuc

中國真懂民主? 全過程民主 只為反民主? 中國有選舉 自由之花也曾曇花一現 ~ 21 Dec 2021
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FwZMazUgDwc

「愛國者治港」首次換屆　香港立法會選舉投票率創新低 ~ 19 Dec 2021
https://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/htm/hk-election-12192021102101.html

• 立法會換屆選舉投票截至晚上9時30分，地方選區有130萬9千人投票，投票率百分之29.28。
• 與2016年同一時間的百分之52.57比較，投票率下降23.29個百分點。
• 其中投票率最高的是新界西南，投票率是百分之30.85，最低新界東南百分之26.66。

大改动后的立法会选举日　香港人去哪里了? ~ 19 Dec 2021
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/Xinwen/wul1219b-12192021043502.html

• 12月19日是 “完善” 选举制度后的首场香港立法会选举。在新选举制度下，投票率高低成为外界焦点。

香港立法會選舉淪作秀｜東方之珠中共化後蒙塵 ~ 19 Dec 2021
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L9lNzji_sMU

• 北京強行修改香港選舉制度後，首次立法會選舉終於登場！
• 中共層層防範，重重審核，目的就是要讓這次選舉，選不出真正的民主派議員！
• 汪浩認為這叫做「又要當婊子，又要立牌坊」！

香港立法會選舉：《國安法》後民主派幾絕跡 香港民主是否仍有未來？ ~ 17 Dec 2021
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SjfVT9NErT0

• 12月19日，香港將舉行《國安法》推行以來的第一次立法會選舉。
• 在北京對香港的選舉制度全面改革後，僅有被視作愛國的候選人才有資格參選。
• 此次153名候選人中，僅有3人自稱為民主派。

中國共產黨破壞社會秩序 矢板明夫：就是個邪教 ~ 15 Dec 2021
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GPv8roYuzpc

• 習近平領導的中國共產黨，為什麼會被大家討厭？因為他破壞了全世界秩序，一切都是他說了算，矢板明夫說：這根本就是個邪教！

矢板明夫：曾经以为中国最幸福 ~ 29 Jun 2021
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eucyId30_qE

• 天津生长的日本遗孤后人，父亲在文革中被打成间谍，80年代末举家迁回日本才看到一个正常国家该有的样子。
• 成年后以驻华记者身份返回中国的矢板明夫说，一个国家幸不幸福主要看底层的人。中国的弱者很可怜，这个国家并不幸福。

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彭帅受访否认遭性侵　外媒非记者被质疑外宣 ~ 23 Dec 2021
https://www.orientaldaily.com.my/news/international/2021/12/23/457648

• 新加坡《联合早报》本月19日发布中国女网名将彭帅受访影片，为性侵风暴再做“澄清”；
• 但《联合早报》的这名采访者顾功垒并非记者，而是集团下负责商业业务的总经理，有网民质疑这是外宣。

采访彭帅或已违法！深扒《联合早报》员工背景：早非记者，多发中国外宣稿 ~ 21 Dec 2021
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m12DQ3BeB5U

• 彭帅自称英文差，网友翻出8年前视频：英文对答如流：《纽时》曝光公安雇佣水军合同，洋五毛很贵。

不同的分析联合早报采访彭帅视频，从早报记者背景深度分析偶遇彭帅不可能 ~ 21 Dec 2021
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oeM8rlm0iFc

• 姚明和彭帅谁更大牌，新加坡人如何看待彭帅采访。

彭帅接受新加坡《联合早报》采访完整视频，只字未提张高丽 ~ 21 Dec 2021
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zgVSLWW0ziY

• 彭帅不仅沒有说话的自由，特別可怕的是失去了不说话的自由。

Dickson Yeo released on suspension direction after foreign agent threat ‘effectively neutralised’: ISD ~ 14 Dec 2021
https://www.channelnewsasia.com/singapore/dickson-yeo-released-spy-isd-china-us-singapore-2378381

• Singaporean Dickson Yeo Jun Wei, who was jailed in the US for spying for China, has been released from detention in Singapore after the threat he poses as a foreign agent was “effectively neutralised”, the Internal Security Department (ISD) said on Tuesday (Dec 14).

“五毛”已经out 中国现靠两千多万 (20 million) 的“网络志愿者” (podcast) ~ 14 Apr 2021
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/meiti/hc-04142021111449.html
• 中国每年用 “100亿美元（US$10 billion）推动外宣攻势”。



英国撤销中国环球电视网CGTN在英播放执照 (podcast) ~ 4 Feb 2021
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/junshiwaijiao/cl-02042021111029.html
• 英国通讯管理局（Ofcom）吊销中国环球电视网在英国的广播执照，因为中国环球电视网CGTN为中国共产党所控制，违反当地法规。



China’s big bet on soft power ~ 9 Feb 2018
https://www.cfr.org/backgrounder/chinas-big-bet-soft-power
• "China will find it hard to win friends and influence nations so long as it muzzles its best advocates." — The Economist

2018年中国最高领导人习近平要求推进中国的国际传播能力，讲好中国故事，传播好中国声音，向世界展现真实、立体、全面的中国。

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薇婭被罰、毛阿敏神秘丈夫猝亡另有原因？習近平的名單上還有誰？明星都是金融市場的奴隸？ ~ 22 Dec 2021
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3c-hKgg_YN8

中國網紅被罰13億！政府殺豬過年，民眾仇富叫好！全員仇富心態預示了什麼大趨勢？ ~ 25 Dec 2021
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8BPwJKrZwic

• 綜合來看，未來的中國社會，理性的經濟人將會徹底死亡。
• 整個社會將變成一個以「共同富裕」為藉口來宣揚階級仇恨的社會。
• 所謂的網紅薇婭，她只是一個開始，以後還會有大量類似的案例出現。
• 人民群眾不會質疑，反而會拍手稱快。

出品《中国机长》，投资芒果TV，中植系（中植集團）隐秘而高调的大文娱版图 ~ 23 Dec 2021
https://www.time-weekly.com/post/288131

• 隐秘低调的资本大鳄、中植系实控人解直锟突然去世，谁来继承万亿帝国、谁在解直锟的 “朋友圈” 中、中植系偌大版图走向何方？这些外界关心的问题，短时期内很难有明确答案。
• 然而在诸多不确定中，解直锟治丧委员会的成员名单或许向外界透露出些许信号。在《关于成立解直锟同志治丧委员会的通知》中，一份包括于冬、马红英、毛阿敏、牛占斌、许荣茂、刘辅华、陈凯歌、陈红等19人的名单对外公布。
• 其妻子毛阿敏、好友陈凯歌陈红夫妇、以及博纳影业集团董事长兼CEO于冬等诸多影视界知名人士到场，掀开了中植系大文娱版图的一角。
• 中植集团成立于1995年，以地产起家，通过20多年的资本运作，已形成一个庞大的商业帝国。目前，中植系已有信托、财富公司、并购基金、新金融、新能源及矿业板块等，拥有或参股中融信托、中融基金、横琴人寿等6家持牌金融机构，5家资产管理公司，总计资产规模超过万亿。
• 时代周报记者通过梳理中植系资本版图，发现文娱板块虽然只占据其投资疆域中较小的一部分，但也已涉及到多家头部公司、上市公司，例如中南文化、芒果TV、博纳影业等。

重建共產農奴制！獨家解讀中央一號文件，從農村政策看懂中國未來趨勢 ~ 10 Mar 2021
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HWxdgI496Ys

• 中國政府發佈的一號文件當中對於農村工作有非常多的規劃和指導意見，同時，中國的政府也宣佈農村全面脫貧。從農村脫貧到一號文件，它們之間有什麼樣的聯繫呢？
• 其實，中國政府是希望推進 “農村的結構性改革”，回到人民公社和計劃經濟，這會對中國社會未來的走勢造成巨大的影響。

The long arm of the Chinese Communist Party ~ 14 Jan 2021
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-01-14/the-ever-longer-arm-of-china-s-communist-party

• Xi Jinping has “drastically extended the reach of the Chinese state into the economy and Chinese firms.”

镰刀斧头霍霍，惹祸不担责反而要割韭菜？ ~ 14 Feb 2020
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N8g_14oyS7g

• 习近平：“不忘初心、牢记使命”

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Singapore Savings Bonds (SSB): Interest rates ~ 1 Dec 2021
https://singpromos.com/banks-credit-cards/singapore-savings-bond-ssb-earn-up-to-1-78-p-a-in-the-latest-bond-apply-by-28-dec-2021-251842/

• Safe – Savings Bonds are fully backed by the Singapore Government.
• In addition, you can always get your investment amount back in full with no capital losses.
• Long-term – Invest for up to ten years, with interest that increases over time. The longer you save, the higher your return.
• Flexible – Or, choose to exit your investment in any given month, with no penalties. There is no need to decide on a specific investment period at the start.

New law brings together various pieces of legislation on S'pore government borrowings ~ 3 Nov 2021
https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/politics/new-law-brings-together-various-pieces-of-legislation-on-spore-government

• The authority to raise a loan is capped at an aggregate amount of $1,065,000,000,000, calculated with reference to whatever is borrowed by the issue of Government securities and Treasury Bills (even those issued under the repealed Local Treasury Bills Act) and is outstanding.

MAS to raise S$2.6 billion in first-ever sale of Singa bonds to finance infrastructure ~ 21 Sep 2021
https://www.straitstimes.com/business/economy/mas-to-raise-26-billion-in-first-ever-sale-of-singa-bonds-to-finance-infrastructure

• This will be the first SGS bond to be issued under the Significant Infrastructure Government Loan Act (Singa) that was proposed in February and passed by Parliament in May.

New Bill will allow Govt to borrow up to S$90b for long-term national infrastructure projects ~ 6 Apr 2021
https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/politics/parliament-new-bill-will-allow-government-to-borrow-up-to-90-billion-for-long

• The country now faces another hump in its development spending needs, with plans for new rail lines and coastal protection measures against rising sea levels.
• This comes amid a tighter fiscal situation, exacerbated by the Covid-19 pandemic. Singapore is expected to record a Budget deficit of S$64.9 billion in the 2020 financial year, and is expecting to record another deficit of S$11 billion in the 2021 financial year.
• During his Budget statement in February, Mr Heng mooted the idea of borrowing to fund major infrastructure projects, explaining that it made sense with interest rates close to zero.

Budget 2021: Govt to issue up to $90b in new bonds to finance infrastructure like MRT lines and tidal walls ~ 17 Feb 2021
https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/politics/budget-2021-govt-to-issue-up-to-90b-in-new-bonds-to-finance-infrastructure-like

• The proceeds from the new bonds will benefit infrastructure investments with large upfront costs, including new MRT lines such as the Cross Island and Jurong Regional lines, and pumping stations and tidal walls to protect the Republic against rising sea levels.
• There are also plans to issue some green bonds under Singa for climate change-related infrastructure.

Issuing limits raised for Singapore government securities and treasury bills ~ 5 Jan 2021
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B_Wsrt990CU

• THE issuing limits for government securities and treasury bills have been raised to meet Central Provident Fund (CPF) needs and cater to growing investor demand, with Parliament having voted to authorise this on Tuesday (Jan 5, 2021).
• A new tool will also let the government issue treasury bills on an ad-hoc basis for short-term cashflow management.
• The government may now borrow up to S$960 billion via the issuance of government securities, an increase of S$270 billion from the earlier S$690 billion limit.
• It is also authorised to issue up to S$105 billion in treasury bills, an increase of S$45 billion from the previous S$60 billion limit. Both new limits are expected to last five years, till 2025.
• Moving the relevant motions in Parliament, Second Minister for Finance Lawrence Wong highlighted that these increases "are for specific market development and operational needs purposes, and not to cover the government's fiscal shortfall".
• Proceeds from such issuances are invested and not used as government spending. An increase in such borrowings will increase the government's cash and liabilities, but will not increase its fiscal budget.

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Bloomberg: PM Lee signals new GST hike details to come in Budget 2022 ~ 31 Dec 2021
https://sg.news.yahoo.com/pm-lee-signals-gst-hike-025150493.html

• Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong has signalled that tax changes are likely to be announced in the upcoming budget in February as the government seeks to lay the groundwork for its future spending.
• While a proposed hike in the GST, currently at 7%, had been delayed by the pandemic, the government had said it would move ahead with the increase as soon as 2022. Policy makers are also exploring options for taxing other forms of wealth besides property.

GST rate increase cannot be deferred indefinitely: DPM Heng Swee Keat ~ 15 Oct 2020
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dcOHOF7nk6w

• The planned hike from 7% to 9% was initially set to take place sometime between 2021 and 2025.

Taxes will go up as investment needs and social spending grow: PM Lee ~ 19 Nov 2017
https://www.straitstimes.com/politics/taxes-will-go-up-as-investment-needs-and-social-spending-grow-pm-lee

• "(Finance Minister) Heng Swee Keat is right when he said that raising taxes is not a matter of whether, but when," said PM Lee at the People's Action Party (PAP) annual convention.
• Economists said a rise in the goods and services tax (GST) could be in the works. It was last raised in 2007 by two percentage points to 7%.

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‘Long COVID’ sufferers may have heart damage if battling shortness of breath a year later ~ 2 Jan 2022
https://www.wowktv.com/news/health/coronavirus/long-covid-sufferers-may-have-heart-damage-if-battling-shortness-of-breath-a-year-later/

• People with “long COVID” may have suffered heart damage if they are still struggling to breathe during exercise a year on, researchers warn. Medical scans show patients who experience breathlessness a year after leaving hospital are more likely to experience cardiovascular problems, even if they never have before.
• There is increasing evidence that coronavirus and its long-lasting symptoms such as shortness of breath, also known as dyspnoea, could cause heart issues. Belgian scientists have confirmed that those long COVID symptoms could be linked to the toll the virus takes on people’s hearts.
• New scanning techniques could help identify patients who are at risk of developing long COVID after being infected.

Yes, at least 30% of COVID-19 patients suffer from 'Long COVID' ~ 31 Dec 2021
https://www.wusa9.com/article/news/verify/how-many-people-who-get-covid-suffer-from-long-covid/65-0f212e0c-ee37-4eee-b363-b198793c70bb

• Several studies show symptoms from COVID-19 can linger beyond infections.

The psychological cruelty of denying natural immunity ~ 30 Dec 2021
https://brownstone.org/articles/the-psychological-cruelty-of-denying-natural-immunity/

• But when you have the leading voices in public health seeming to go out of their way to pretend that natural immunity does not exist, you are going to throttle that knowledge in the general population. The immunity passports do not recognize it. The people who are fired despite having demonstrated robust immunities know this all-too-well.
• The people who denied us this knowledge, this confidence, have engaged in a cruel game with human psychology. What makes it worse is that they knew better. Fauci, Walensky, Birx, and all the rest, have the training and the knowledge. They are not unaware. Perhaps Gates’s ignorance is understandable but the rest of these people have actual medical training. They have always known the truth.

'We don't need a third shot of COVID-19 vaccine': US virologist | Part. 2 ~ 24 Dec 2021
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6LGaEsoIFD8

Are COVID-19 vaccines really safe? Why nobody talks about side effects: US virologist｜Part. 1 ~ 23 Dec 2021
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5qhGdKOnUro

What is mass formation psychosis? Robert Malone makes Covid-19 vaccine claims on Joe Rogan Show (podcast) ~ 2 Jan 2022
https://www.forbes.com/sites/brucelee/2022/01/02/what-is-mass-formation-psychosis-robert-malone-makes-covid-19-vaccine-claims-on-joe-rogan-show/

• A massive rock formation? A Massachusetts psychosis? No, a “mass formation psychosis” is the term that Robert Malone, MD, used on The Joe Rogan Experience to describe what’s been happening in the U.S. in recent years. So was this a reasonable “mass” assertion? In a way, perhaps. But maybe not in the way that Malone had intended.
• Malone, who has listed himself as the “Inventor of mRNA vaccines and DNA vaccines” on his LinkedIn account, appeared on Joe Rogan’s Spotify podcast shortly after being permanently booted from Twitter last week. On the podcast, Malone began talking about his background and then Covid-19 vaccines before segueing to Nazi Germany. Because who doesn’t talk about Nazi Germany when talking about Covid-19 these days, right? Malone began this part of the conversation by asking Rogan, “What the heck happened to Germany in the 20s and 30s? Very intelligent, highly educated population, and they went barking mad. And how did that happen?”
• Since this wasn’t an episode of the TV show Jeopardy, Malone quickly answered his own question with, “The answer is mass formation psychosis.”

Dr. Fauci says a fourth COVID-19 shot is possible — but he’s not sure yet ~ 1 Jan 2022
https://www.deseret.com/coronavirus/2022/1/1/22861242/dr-fauci-fourth-covid-shot-possible

• Read what Dr. Fauci had to say about the omicron variant and a fourth COVID-19 shot.

Emails reveal Fauci and Collins colluded to smear scientists, shut down scientific debate ~ 30 Dec 2021
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3jT59eDDB7U

• Kim Iversen details the alleged NIH and CDC effort to discredit some experts' COVID-19 opinions.

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• As at 12 Dec 2021 ~ 797,258 Covid death in the U.S. Vs. 4,636 Covid death in China, which one is generally seen as more trustworthy?

Global weekly Covid-19 cases surpass 10 million ~ 4 Jan 2022
https://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/global-weekly-covid-19-cases-surpass-10-million-101641259878291.html

• The highly mutated and infectious variant drove cases to a record 10 million in the seven days through Sunday, almost double the previous record of 5.7 million seen during in a week in late April.

Beijing is intentionally underreporting China’s Covid death rate - Part 1 ​(podcast) ~ 2 Jan 2022
https://www.forbes.com/sites/georgecalhoun/2022/01/02/beijing-is-intentionally-underreporting-chinas-covid-death-rate-part-1

• The true number of Covid deaths in China is not 4636 – but something like 1.7 million. That is, China's cumulative death toll is likely at least double that of the United States

US COVID deaths approach 800,000, the highest in the world, and more than the entire population of North Dakota ~ 12 Dec 2021
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10301719/U-S-COVID-19-deaths-reach-800-000-Delta-ravaged-2021.html

• Figures from Johns Hopkins University listed the total US death rate as 797,258 shortly before 3pm EST Sunday () afternoon, with a total of 49,896,842 infections recorded so far. That is more than the 762,062 people who live in North Dakota, and lays bare the amount of lives lost to the virus in the US.

China's coronavirus death toll is curiously low. Can we believe the numbers? ~ 6 Nov 2021
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-11-06/china-low-coronavirus-death-toll/100587910

• Chinese authorities have reported an extraordinary COVID-19 feat: A death rate that is 62 times better than Australia's.

全球新冠死亡人數破500萬 ~ 1 Nov 2021
https://www.dw.com/zh/%E5%85%A8%E7%90%83%E6%96%B0%E5%86%A0%E6%AD%BB%E4%BA%A1%E4%BA%BA%E6%95%B0%E7%A0%B4500%E4%B8%87/a-59685303

• 截至11月1日，全球新冠死亡病例總數超過500萬，其中一半死亡病例是在過去8個月裡發生的。
• 目前多國正試圖遏制傳染性更強的德爾塔變種病毒。而疫苗接種的不平等現象仍然存在，並危及全球抗疫進程。

Cremation numbers reveal possible suppression of true COVID-19 data in China ~ 8 Jun 2020
https://www.news-medical.net/news/20200608/Cremation-numbers-reveal-possible-suppression-of-true-COVID-19-data-in-China.aspx

• "Official figures do not reflect the actual death rate, especially in China."

Has China's biggest online news site revealed 'real' coronavirus death figures? ~ 6 Feb 2020
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7971401/Have-real-coronavirus-death-figures-leaked-Chinese-conglomerate-lists-death-toll-24-589.html

• Screen grabs showing 24,589 death toll that sparked wild conspiracy theories 'could have been digitally altered'

不能說的祕密 Secret
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uIWypArI73w

Indiana life insurance CEO says deaths are up 40% among people ages 18-64 ~ 1 Jan 2022
https://www.thecentersquare.com/indiana/indiana-life-insurance-ceo-says-deaths-are-up-40-among-people-ages-18-64/article_71473b12-6b1e-11ec-8641-5b2c06725e2c.html

• Davison said the increase in deaths represents “huge, huge numbers,” and that’s it’s not elderly people who are dying, but “primarily working-age people 18 to 64” who are the employees of companies that have group life insurance plans through OneAmerica.
• Davison said death rates among working age people – those 18 to 64-years-old – are up 40% in the third and fourth quarter of 2021 over pre-pandemic levels.
• “Just to give you an idea of how bad that is, a three sigma or 200-year catastrophe would be a 10% increase over pre-pandemic levels,” Davison said. “So, 40% is just unheard of.”

‘Stunning’: US population grew at slowest pace on record in 2021 ~ 21 Dec 2021
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/12/21/us-population-grew-at-slowest-pace-on-record-in-2021

• COVID pandemic, decreased migration and fewer births among reasons for low population growth, US Census Bureau says.
• The US population grew by about 393,000 in 2021, an historic low of 0.1%, according to new estimates released by the Census Bureau on Tuesday (Dec 21).
• Since April 1, 2020, the nation’s total population increased from 331.4 million to 331.8 million, the bureau’s estimates showed.

Where did 7 million workers go? ~ 23 Oct 2021
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2021/10/how-do-you-make-7-million-workers-disappear/620475/

• The virus has killed many American workers is nonetheless undeniable.

There are millions of jobs, but a shortage of workers: Economists explain why that’s worrying ~ 20 Oct 2021
https://www.cnbc.com/2021/10/20/global-shortage-of-workers-whats-going-on-experts-explain.html

• Supply chain disruptions and global labor shortages are now a big problem for businesses around the world.
• Shifts that have taken place in society are becoming more pronounced on the labor market.
• Many ageing workers retiring or people voluntarily quitting roles just as demand for workers rises.

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Fomo Pay joins DBS Digital Exchange to offer crypto services ~ 14 Ded 2021
https://www.straitstimes.com/business/companies-markets/fomo-pay-joins-dbs-digital-exchange-paving-way-for-merchants-to-accept

• Singapore fintech company Fomo Pay on Tuesday (Dec 14) announced that it has joined the DBS Digital Exchange (DDEx) as a member.
• The announcement came not long after it was granted new licences by the MAS to facilitate transactions with digital payment tokens, including cryptocurrency, among other regulated functions.
• But unlike crypto-native exchanges that primarily serve retail customers, the DBS digital exchange is limited to institutional investors, accredited investors, the bank’s brokerage arm DBS Vickers and DBS Private Bank.
• To underscore who its target customers are, the DBS exchange currently only operates during Asian trading hours — between 9 am and 5 pm, Monday to Friday — in contrast to the retail customer-focused crypto exchanges that operate 24/7.

Higher inflation may be ‘more entrenched’ than transitory: Piyush Gupta, CEO of DBS ~ 4 Nov 2021
https://www.cnbc.com/2021/11/05/singapores-largest-bank-dbs-reports-q3-earnings.html

• DBS reported a net profit of S$1.7 billion (US$1.26 billion) for July to Sep — 31% higher than a year ago.
• That exceeded the average forecast of S$1.57 billion, according to analyst estimates on Refinitiv.

DBS ~ Bearish Tower Top formation, strong support @ S$30.00, strong resistance @ S$35.00

DBS closed with a black marubozu @ S$33.24 (-0.47, -1.4%) with 4.65m shares done on 5 Jan 2022.

Immediate support @ S$32.83, immediate resistance @ S$33.85.



DBS closed @ S$33.24 on 5 Jan 2022.

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吳明德：邊種創造「錢」的方法最聰明？QE、複製還是自己開機印？ ~ 5 Jan 2022
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yPz770Aa3Z8

How the duplicate banknotes would impact the Chinese financial system/The new level of corruption? ~ 24 Dec 2021
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jmgBpRAB8B4

• On Dec. 8th, 2021, the deputy general manager of the China Banknote Printing and Minting Corporation and a director of the company was reportedly investigated on suspicion of "serious violations of the law and party discipline."
• This has become a hot search online in mainland China. Chinese people are wondering: What mistake the printer of Renminbi has made?
• According to an overseas tweet, "The trillions of counterfeit bills in the Chinese market are authentic, printed by the China Banknote Printing Corporation. Everything is real, including serial numbers.“
• If the Chinese Banknote Printing and Minting Corporation had actually printed duplicate bills, I wonder if such news would scare the money printing clients?

中国印钞厂高管 传私印2兆人民币 ~ 23 Dec 2021
https://www.epochtimes.com/gb/21/12/23/n13455754.htm

• 在中国印钞造币总公司前副总经理陈耀明被查之后，近日网传陈耀明与私印2兆元人民币 “ 同号钞” 有关联，而相关消息源于19年前陆媒一篇报导。
• 中共央行紧急辟谣，引发舆论关注。资深银行家吴明德表示，重复印钱比印假钞更可怕，双倍 “真钞” 将冲击金融系统。
• 《大纪元》发现，上述有关重号人民币的消息出自于《三秦都市报》于2002年5月10日发表的题为〈两钞票编号相同却均是 “币真货实”〉的报导。
• 根据这篇报导，早在19年前就已经从中国银行流出 “币真货实” 的重号人民币了。
• 《三秦都市报》报导称，“5月8日一温姓女士拿着相同面值、相同号码的人民币让记者‘见识”，着实让人吃惊不小。
• 这两张人民币均是1990年版、100元面值、编号均为YA80829168。”

吳明德：大陸印鈔廠董事投案，重複印錢比印假鈔更可怕 / 雙倍「真鈔」衝擊金融系統，陳耀明會供出幾多？ ~ 21 Dec 2021
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dkTfY4C8mfg

China denies rumor that detained mint banker, Chen Yaoming forged ¥2 trillion (US$314 billion) of notes ~ 21 Dec 2021
https://www.investing.com/news/economy/china-denies-rumor-that-detained-mint-banker-forged-314-billion-of-notes-2720126

• Forging 2 trillion yuan in banknotes would be a truly mammoth undertaking - the largest note in China is 100 yuan, so 2 trillion yuan would be 20 billion notes, and would be worth about 2% of China’s 2020’s gross domestic product.
  

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• 物極必反 (Extreme divergence: Things go into reverse when pushed to the extreme)

吳明德: 人民幣值呈「強弩之末」，為什麼說其債券是「春江鴨」？ ~ 6 Jan 2022
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=13Np0MNCTcM

吳明德: 香港金融地位不可能一夜間消失，唯看習帝能否一掌文武實權 ~ 3 Jan 2022
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AhBdf4P6P90

吳明德：計劃經濟中的2022 是這樣推演的... ~ 2 Jan 2022
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=goOLcI211kg
https://beltandroad.zaobao.com/beltandroad/news/story20180820-884428

• 新加坡政府组屋如果能套现 (Cash-out)；所得到的利润必须先转回公积金户口 (即当初挪用CPF来买房子的钱+利息+房产税)；才能算是卖房子套现金。

China’s bubble bursting has Wall Street eyeing a 2022 rally ~ 15 Dec 2021
https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/china-s-bubble-bursting-has-wall-street-eyeing-a-2022-rally-1.1696485

• Pandemic stimulus helped trigger speculative frenzies in everything from stocks to crypto and property across the world in 2021. China went the other way as Beijing officials took action to deflate bubbles.
• The result is one of the most extreme divergences between major financial markets in recent history. This year’s selloff in the MSCI China Index of stocks means the gauge lags global peers by about 36 percentage points, the biggest gap since 1998.
• Chinese junk dollar bonds are trailing global high yield returns by 25 percentage points, the most in more than a decade. While home prices are surging in places like Manhattan, the U.K. and Australia, they’ve fallen in China for the past four months.
• That underperformance has Wall Street looking with avarice at China’s cheap valuations, especially as Beijing shifts to easing. In the past couple of months, Goldman Sachs Group Inc., BlackRock Inc., UBS Group AG and HSBC Holdings Plc have all turned overweight on the nation’s equities. JPMorgan Chase & Co.’s Marko Kolanovic this week recommended going all in on China in 2022, predicting the MSCI China will surge almost 40%.

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DBS ~ Bearish Tower Top formation

DBS closed @ S$33.82 on 6 Jan 2022.



SGX ~ Bearish Tower Top breakout

SGX closed @ S$9.51 on 6 Jan 2022.

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Mapletree Logistics Trust’s preferential offering oversubscribed ~ 17 Dec 2021
https://www.reitsweek.com/2021/12/mapletree-logistics-trusts-preferential-offering-oversubscribed.html

• Mapletree Logistics Trust (MLT) has received valid acceptances and excess applications for a total of 212,860,557 new units in its preferential offering exercise. The applications represent approximately 133.8% of the total number of new units available under the preferential offering.

Mapletree Logistics Trust’s inorganic growth offset by higher leverage ~ 13 Dec 2021
https://www.fitchratings.com/research/corporate-finance/mapletree-logistics-trusts-inorganic-growth-offset-by-higher-leverage-13-12-2021

• MLT's new acquisitions have no impact on its rating, as the benefits of increased scale and investment granularity are offset by higher leverage, Fitch Ratings says in a new report.

MLT prices private placement at $1.88 per unit, preferential offering at S$$1.84 ~ 24 Nov 2021
https://www.straitstimes.com/business/companies-markets/mlt-prices-private-placement-at-188-per-unit-preferential-offering-at-184

• MLT resumed trading on Wednesday (Nov 24) after a one-day trading halt. Its shares were trading down four cents, or 2.1 per cent, at $1.91 as of 9.38am on Wednesday (Nov 24).

MLT ~ Bearish Tower Top Breakout, interim TP S$1.70

DBS closed with a spinning top @ S$1.78 (-0.04, -2.2%) with 21.0m shares done on 10 Jan 2022.

Immediate support @ S$1.73, immediate resistance @ S1.83.



MLT closed @ S$1.78 on 10 Jan 2022.

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皇者归来！COVID-19 认祖归宗

天津突爆本土奧密克戎疫情，一夜進入「軟封城」；遷徙地圖藏隱情 ~ 11 Jan 2022
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4hDYjmT_ZoU
• 北京已陷落？冬奧在即，習近平進退維谷。



Two years on: Covid-19 Origins in the dark, WHO and China in the dock ~ 31 Dec 2021
https://eng.bharattimes.co.in/december-31-watershed-day-in-the-short-history-of-covid-no-clarity-on-origin-yet-who-how-china-is-in-the-dock/

• On January 14, 2020, the WHO tweeted that a preliminary investigation by Chinese authorities “found no clear evidence of human-to-human transmission”.
• The global health body’s trust and further transmission of Chinese words provided the world with a false sense of security.

Graphics: What do we know about Omicron so far? ~ 22 Dec 2021
https://news.cgtn.com/news/2021-12-22/Graphics-What-do-we-know-about-Omicron-so-far--16cq5AquygE/index.html

• A study published last week found that vaccine effectiveness against Omicron infection ranged from 0 to 20% after two doses and 55 to 80% after a booster shot. The report also estimated that the odds of reinfection with Omicron are 5.4 times greater than that with Delta.

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How to find stocks before they breakout
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S-tEO_OGlmA
• Basic TA: Look out for 3 indicators:
1) RSI
2) Stochastic
3) MACD

MLT ~ Bearish Tower Top Breakout, interim TP S$1.70

MLT closed with a spinning top @ S$1.78 (-0.04, -2.2%) with 21.0m shares done on 10 Jan 2022.

Immediate support @ S$1.73, immediate resistance @ S1.83.



MLT closed @ S$1.78 on 10 Jan 2022.

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新加坡消费税上涨，该来的还是会来 ~ 12 Aug 2021
https://dyfocus.com/zh-cn/news-finance/e926a.html

• 新加坡消费税的提高已于2018年2月19日财政预算案宣布于2021年至2025年间实施。

"Let's twist again"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MggQSspSGU8



新加坡通胀压力今年内预计逐渐缓和 ~ 12 Jan 2022
http://sg.mofcom.gov.cn/article/dtxx/202201/20220103236619.shtml

• 英兰妮：无法永远推迟上调消费税但可延缓影响

缓冲不延期 消费税上调势在必行 ~ 11 Jan 2022
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1TA8oxXLeqg

• 全球面对通胀压力，新加坡消费税能否延期上调？

Covid-19 made Singapore richer than ever, so why does it need to increase GST to 9%? ~ 5 Jan 2022
https://vulcanpost.com/773989/why-does-singapore-need-to-increase-gst-9-percent/

• All in all, even with somewhat opaque assets under GIC management, the estimated figure for nation’s reserves is north of S$1.5 trillion.

Singapore to 'start moving' on planned GST hike as economy recovers: PM Lee  ~ 31 Dec 2021
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZUfJX6aXJPA

• Singapore's GST has been 7% since July 2007, when it was raised from 5%.
• The tax accounted for about 15% of the government's operating revenue in fiscal 2020, making it the third-largest source after corporate income tax (21%) and personal income tax (20%).

Singapore Finance Minister Lawrence Wong to unveil Budget 2022 in Parliament on Feb 18 ~ 30 Dec 2021
https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/politics/finance-minister-lawrence-wong-to-unveil-budget-2022-in-parliament-on-feb-18

• The Government would be sticking to its plan to raise GST by 2 percentage points to 9% at some point between 2022 and 2025.

MPs debate impact of imposing GST on all imported goods purchased online ~ 2 Nov 2021
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lIR6CwMt0Fc

• From Jan. 1, 2023, GST will be charged for low-value goods below $400, imported via air or post.
• This will also apply for overseas non-digital services, such as online fitness, education and telemedicine.

GST will be charged on all goods purchased from overseas starting Jan. 1, 2023 ~ 16 Feb 2021
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-pylRUmvUag

• Currently, GST applies only to imported items valued at S$400 and above.
• This change means that now all goods imported by air or post into Singapore will be taxed.

新加坡消费税即将上调 ~ 15 Mar 2018
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yFfTKvoiKCo

• 在众多的税务当中，消费税普遍被认为是最有可能上调的，因为它是第二大的税收来源，也因为调高企业税会影响新加坡对外资的吸引力，而个人所得税刚在不久前调高。
• 另外，新加坡的消费税同本区域其他经济体比较，算是相对低的。

Countries with a lower GST than Singapore ~ 30 Nov 2017
https://www.sgbudgetbabe.com/2017/11/countries-with-lower-gst-than-singapore.html

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Sinovac retail price cap RM77 per dose, excluding other charges ~ 13 Jan 2022
https://codeblue.galencentre.org/2022/01/13/sinovac-retail-price-cap-rm77-per-dose-excluding-other-charges/

• The ceiling retail prices of RM77 and RM61 per dose for Sinovac and Sinopharm Covid-19 vaccines respectively exclude charges for services and disposable equipment in private health care facilities.

驚人發現：中國國產疫苗降低人體免疫力？將造成多大後果？病毒學家管軼：測抗體更重要 ~ 12 Nov 2021
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mGj5Rh2fS8M

河南曝「人為傳毒」案 鍾南山關聯受關注 ~ 14 Jan 2022
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dSUCe_AlZXc

中國抗疫爆發迄今最大醜聞！醫學檢測龍頭金域「涉嫌病毒傳播」，市值一日跌去26億；金域和鐘南山、聯想、江澤民孫有何關係？ ~ 13 Jan 2022
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WXp09Rm8irQ

• 2022年1月12日，河南鄭州許昌警方的一則通報震驚了整個網絡，中國最大的檢測龍頭、上市公司金域醫學，鄭州公司負責人涉嫌傳毒。
• 隨後，資本大規模逃離，金域市值一日暴跌26億。該公司一日二次通告，對網上的各種傳言進行闢謠，但通告似與警方通告產生矛盾，那麼應如何看這些不同的消息呢？
• 網上有傳鐘南山、聯想和金域有關聯，真相是什麼呢？我們今天也會來挖掘一下。另外，金域投資人中，一個熟悉的投資公司的名字----國開博裕，也進入我們的視線，這是江澤民孫子的旗下公司。

科兴去年利润暴增 疫苗效力仍存疑 (podcast) ~ 13 Jan 2022
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/huanjing/cm-01132022112453.html

• 新加坡最新公布的数据显示，中国研发的国药和科兴疫苗，在完全接种后的染疫死亡率上输给莫德纳和辉瑞疫苗，尤其接种科兴后的染疫死亡率最高。
• 总部在韩国的国际疫苗研究所总干事杰罗姆·金曾表示，若只看灭活疫苗中和抗体，似乎从头开始就处于较低水平，甚至在（抵抗）奥密克戎之前就需要加强。
• 先前科兴疫苗三期临牀试验在多国展开，各国试验结果有效性从50% 至90%不等，不过面对奥密克戎变种病毒，世界各国纷纷催打加强针、研究混打效力，何美乡形容疫苗效果是 “重新洗牌”。

狮城数据：接种科兴死亡率最高　莫德纳疫苗最低 ~ 11 Jan 2022
https://www.orientaldaily.com.my/news/international/2022/01/11/461264

• 根据新加坡数据显示，民众施打4种新冠肺炎（COVID-19）疫苗后的染疫死亡率不同，其中莫德纳疫苗（Moderna）每10万人中1死最低、科兴疫苗（Sinovac）则是11死最高。
• 死亡发生率依疫苗施打情况有别，在没完整施打疫苗的族群中，每10万人有79死；施打中国科兴（Sinovac）疫苗者，每10万人有11死；施打中国国药集团（Sinopharm）疫苗则为每10万人7.8死。至于接种mRNA疫苗人士，施打辉瑞/BNT（Pfizer-BioNTech）疫苗为每10万人6.2死，莫德纳疫苗每10万人有1死。

4.8m Sinovac recipients still unboosted, weeks before vax status lapse ~ 11 Jan 2022
https://codeblue.galencentre.org/2022/01/13/4-8mil-sinovac-recipients-still-unboosted-weeks-before-vax-status-lapse/

• As of 11 Jan, 48% of some 10 million people in Malaysia double-vaxxed with Sinovac have not gotten a third Covid vaccine jab, 10 weeks before their MySJ fully vax status lapses.

中国疫苗接种率83% 钟南山称理论上已达群体免疫 ~ 7 Jan 2022
https://www.rfi.fr/cn/%E4%B8%AD%E5%9B%BD/20220107-%E4%B8%AD%E5%9B%BD%E7%96%AB%E8%8B%97%E6%8E%A5%E7%A7%8D%E7%8E%8783-%E9%92%9F%E5%8D%97%E5%B1%B1%E7%A7%B0%E7%90%86%E8%AE%BA%E4%B8%8A%E5%B7%B2%E8%BE%BE%E7%BE%A4%E4%BD%93%E5%85%8D%E7%96%AB

• 钟南山接受采访时表示，疫苗充分地注射到一定比例的人口能够达到群体免疫的目的，基于目前中国的新冠疫苗注射率已超过83%，根据评估，中国理论上已经实现了一定程度的群体免疫；并呼吁民众接种疫苗加强针。

Study: Sinovac COVID-19 shot with Pfizer booster less effective against Omicron ~ 3 Jan 2022
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VvbBNryYMzA

• Sinovac's two-dose COVID-19 vaccine followed by Pfizer's booster shot shows a lower immune response against the omicron variant compared with other strains, according to a study by researchers from Yale University, the Dominican Republic's Ministry of Health, and other Institutions.

Three Sinovac doses fail to protect against Omicron, study shows ~ 23 Dec 2021
https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/three-sinovac-doses-fail-to-protect-against-omicron-study-shows-1.1699713

• Two doses and a booster of the Covid-19 vaccine made by China's Sinovac Biotech, one of the most widely used in the world, did not produce sufficient levels of neutralising antibodies to protect against the Omicron variant, a laboratory study has found.
• For those who are fully immunised with the vaccine known as CoronaVac, getting a booster shot from Germany's BioNTech SE significantly improved protective levels of antibodies against Omicron, according to the study from the University of Hong Kong and The Chinese University of Hong Kong.
• Two doses of the BioNTech shot, known as Comirnaty, were also insufficient, though adding a booster with the more potent mRNA vaccine raised protection to adequate levels, the researchers said in a statement.

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The great Covid cover-up ~ 17 Jan 2022
https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/the-great-covid-cover-up/

• 疫情首先是从武汉开始并扩散到全世界的；中国没有从源头控制好武汉病毒是「罪魁祸首」。

新冠疫情：这场全球大流行在英国临近终局了吗? ~ 17 Jan 2022
https://www.bbc.com/zhongwen/simp/science-60014270

• 唯一可能的重大转折是，一种能够击败奥密克戎并引发更严重疾病的新变种。

肺炎疫情：开放型国际都市新加坡面临的尴尬 ~ 14 Feb 2020
https://www.bbc.com/zhongwen/simp/world-51499412

• 当病毒来到新加坡，并不只影响这个城市，也会蔓延到世界各国。特别明显的是，一月中旬一场在当地高档酒店举行的会议，最终导致全球各自确诊多宗个案。
• 超过100人参加了这场销售会议，部分参加者来自中国。一周后，韩国、马来西亚、英国、西班牙都发现了新冠病毒的确诊个案。

武漢疫情，中共掩蓋疫情真相，令病毒在全世界擴散 ~ 3 Feb 2020
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vNgkdofKRKg

• 武漢疫情，中共掩蓋疫情真相，令病毒在全世界擴散。武漢封城，中共繼續不作為，患者自行隔離，繼續流動擴散。有民眾受不了這樣自生自滅的環境，哭訴生不如死...

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Target price “cut” or "lowered" = sell/short sell ≠ “hold” ≠ “buy” ≠ "add"

CGS-CIMB optimistic on Nanofilm, but lowers revenue expectations as customers face supply chain woes ~ 19 Jan 2022
https://www.theedgesingapore.com/capital/brokers-calls/cgs-cimb-optimistic-nanofilm-lowers-revenue-expectations-customers-face-supply

• CGS-CIMB Research maintained “add” call on Nanofilm, target price lowered to $3.92 from $4.02 previously.

Nanofilm ~ Bearish Tower Top Breakout, TP S$2.06

Nanofilm gapped down and closed with a black marubozu @ S$3.06 (-0.24, -7.3%) with 6.19m shares done on 19 Jan 2022

Immediate support @ S$2.90 immediate resistance @ S$3.30.

“Hold” means SELL

UOB Kay Hian, DBS trim Nanofilm's TP and earnings forecast as supply chain delays drag on ~ 15 Oct 2021
https://www.theedgesingapore.com/capital/brokers-calls/uob-kay-hian-dbs-trim-nanofilms-tp-and-earnings-forecast-supply-chain-delays
• UOBKH maintained “hold” on Nanofilm with a lowered target price of $3.90 from $4 previously.
• DBS Group Research maintained “hold” target price lowered to $4.05 from $4.18 previously.

Nanofilm ~ Bearish AB = CD Pattern, interim TP S$3.10

Nanofilm closed with an inverted hammer @ S$3.78 (+0.08, +2.2%) with 3.87m shares done on 18 Oct 2021.

Immediate support @ S$3.59 immediate resistance @ S$4.00.



Nanofilm closed @ S$3.78 on 18 Oct 2021.

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• 疫情首先是从武汉开始并扩散到全世界的；中国没有从源头控制好武汉病毒是「罪魁祸首」。

纽约时报：改變世界的25天：新冠疫情是如何在中國失控的？ ~ 30 Dec 2020
https://cn.nytimes.com/china/20201230/china-coronavirus/zh-hant/

Study: China’s real virus deaths may be 1.7 million; Report reveals Fauci’s China investments ~ 19 Jan 2022
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ienmgdpgqSc

• A new report shines the spotlight on Dr. Anthony Fauci. The White House's chief medical adviser is now accused of holding significant investments that were poured into Chinese companies.
• China’s virus death toll may be over 300 times higher than official figures claim, according to a new machine learning program developed in the UK.
  

中國疫情死亡人數與官方數據偏差17000%！《經濟學人》新數據模型揭秘中國疫情死亡人數的內幕！ ~ 15 Jan 2022
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ReX-BCi540

• 步入2022，我們已經與新冠病毒共存2年了，回想起疫情爆發初期 武漢的慘狀，再到後來世界爭相追責，要求病毒溯源，直到現在中國死磕 “清零”，嚴苛的抗疫措施與西方的 “開放” 陣營格格不入……這兩年，我們的很多話題都圍繞著疫情，其中，又以中國的疫情尤為受到大家的關注。
• 可能是因為無論我們身在何處，都同是中國人，都心系故鄉的人、故鄉的事。但是有一個問題，我們從未去問、去探究過，最重要的是這個問題根本不可能得出答案，但我一說出來，你一定也很想知道，那就是：中國疫情這兩年，死了多少人？
• 這是一個需要勇氣去想的問題，要是放在以前，沒人知道中國究竟死了多少人，可是現在，隨著時間的流逝，塵封的歷史，似乎正在被安排要一步一步揭開了。這2年，一直有科學家在研究新冠大流行下的真實死亡人數，這些科學家們通過收集全世界能收集到的所有相關數據，研究、建模、比對，希望能夠對人類戰胜新冠做出科研上的貢獻，比如想知道遏制病毒傳播的最佳方式是什麼？
• 比如如何才能降低感染、住院、和死亡水平？而要想回答這些問題，Covid的死亡率是一個關鍵的指標。於是，繞不開的死亡率，牽引著他們嘗試揭開中國新冠死亡率，這個潘多拉魔盒的一角。
• 今天我們就把這些科學家們的研究整理出來，講給大家聽，請各位屏息以待，收拾好你的勇氣和正氣，我們來看看：中國新冠可能死了多少人？

河南曝「人為傳毒」案 鍾南山關聯受關注 ~ 14 Jan 2022
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dSUCe_AlZXc

Lies, damned lies, and statistics about China’s Covid-19 death toll ~ 13 Jan 2022
https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3163283/lies-damned-lies-and-statistics-about-chinas-covid-19-death-toll

• The current interest starts with The Economist news magazine, which has released an intriguing machine learning program using big data and artificial intelligence to estimate excess deaths on top of the official death tolls from more than 110 countries and territories. The data, at least as it is currently presented on the publication’s webpage, doesn’t include China and Vietnam any more, two communist countries that do not release weekly and monthly statistics, but claim successes in containing the pandemic since the early stages of the outbreak in contrast to many Western countries.
• Using the magazine’s estimates, researchers at the Washington-based Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) claimed in an October article that the actual death toll in China is in excess of 600,000. Beijing currently claims a figure of 4,600-plus deaths.

中國抗疫爆發迄今最大醜聞！醫學檢測龍頭金域「涉嫌病毒傳播」，市值一日跌去26億；金域和鐘南山、聯想、江澤民孫有何關係？ ~ 13 Jan 2022
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WXp09Rm8irQ

• 2022年1月12日，河南鄭州許昌警方的一則通報震驚了整個網絡，中國最大的檢測龍頭、上市公司金域醫學，鄭州公司負責人涉嫌傳毒。
• 隨後，資本大規模逃離，金域市值一日暴跌26億。該公司一日二次通告，對網上的各種傳言進行闢謠，但通告似與警方通告產生矛盾，那麼應如何看這些不同的消息呢？
• 網上有傳鐘南山、聯想和金域有關聯，真相是什麼呢？我們今天也會來挖掘一下。另外，金域投資人中，一個熟悉的投資公司的名字----國開博裕，也進入我們的視線，這是江澤民孫子的旗下公司。

“共和国勋章” 获得者钟南山 “人民英雄” 国家荣誉称号获得者张伯礼、张定宇、陈薇 ~ 16 Sep 2020
http://www.qstheory.cn/dukan/qs/2020-09/16/c_1126494615.htm

• 2020年9月8日，全国抗击新冠肺炎疫情表彰大会在北京人民大会堂隆重举行。中共中央总书记、国家主席、中央军委主席习近平向 “共和国勋章” 获得者钟南山（前排右二），“人民英雄” 国家荣誉称号获得者张伯礼（前排左二）、张定宇（前排右一）、陈薇（前排左一）颁授勋章奖章。

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Xinhua: Chinese citizens' trust in their government tops 90%: Edelman ~ 21 Jan 2022
https://www.shine.cn/news/nation/2201211017/

• The level of trust among Chinese citizens in their government reached 91%, whereas this index for US citizens is only 39%, the 2022 Edelman Trust Barometer released on Tuesday (Jan 18) showed.
• The 2022 Edelman Trust Barometer is the 22nd annual trust and credibility survey conducted by Edelman, the world's largest global public relations consultancy firm.

疫民真的「肉身造反」了！高層突擊追責鄭州水災，借官員之頭一用！流調中最辛苦的中國人，你怎麼看？ ~ 22 Jan 2022
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BDdJc35M2xY

• 李鸿忠：“忠诚不绝对就是绝对不忠诚。”

河南郑州水灾瞒报139人！郑州市委书记徐立毅被免安伟上任郑州市委书记！真的仅仅只瞒报了139人吗？ ~ 21 Jan 2022
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_OZU0M8444M

• 真实的郑州水灾情况恐怕只有等到中共政权覆灭后才能得到真相！

王維洛：影響甚於三峽 中共瘋狂計畫大揭密；鄭州洪災 習近平為何去西藏？中國史上最強烈地震區，斯大林式「自然改造」計劃即將上馬，最大顧慮 涉及中印邊境戰爭秘史 ~ 19 Jan 2022
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lK7fVGBVZfk

• 鄭州洪災，習近平遠奔西藏，讓眾人不解。其實，事關中共至今最瘋狂的「自然改造」計劃。
• 該項目已進入中共「十四五」規劃，目前尚未定案，除了工程難度，還與中印邊境戰爭的秘史有關。

河南水灾农田绝收 政府补偿杯水车薪 (podcast) ~ 10 Aug 2021
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/huanjing/ql0810a-08102021052702.html

• 2021年七月下旬发生在河南省的洪涝灾害造成150个县市1600多个乡镇以及1400多万人受灾。
• 河南省政府近期出台补贴标准，绝收地块每亩补助¥50地费。众多网民留言指政府的补贴太少。
• 据河南省加快灾后重建新闻发布会通报，截至8月9日7时，本次洪涝灾害共造成河南省1664个乡镇1481.4万人受灾。
• 农作物受灾面积1620万亩，成灾面积1001万亩，绝收面积513.7万亩；严重损坏房屋53535户164923间；直接经济损失约1337.15亿元。
  

驚人：鄭州泡水車「墳場」 四千輛無人認領 ~ 10 Aug 2021
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mGqJnOAOWLU



國務院在鄭州大動干戈，殯儀館職工冒死爆料有19577人遇難 ~ 5 Aug 2021
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UOs_IeR_Mk4

郑州不明身份者围攻记者 掩盖什么？ ~ 27 Jul 2021
https://instant.lvv2.com/html/fac42136c05e97aa8fb091472e108fe2.html

• 河南郑州暴雨洪灾后，大批军车和军人封锁了京广线 “死亡隧道”，同时官方宣称，隧道里只有4人死亡。一些记者去郑州灾区报道，遭身份不明者围攻阻拦，此举更加深人们的怀疑。
• 同时，媒体记者赶到郑州灾区做实地报道，其中包括德国之声（Deutsche Welle），美国有线电视新闻网（CNN）、英国广播公司（BBC）、澳洲广播公司（ABC）等外媒记者。
• 他们在郑州街头，被一些身份不明的人围堵，更让人产生怀疑，要掩盖什么呢？

“就应该打死他”！外国记者郑州街头报道灾情遭围攻，灾区群众勇敢捍卫 “我们” 党和政府 ~ 25 Jul 2021
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Id2JIozRdWw

• 多名外国记者在郑州报道灾情时遭受围攻或抨击，洛杉矶时报，半岛电视台，美联社，华人记者，韩国记者，德国记者，无一幸免。
• 围攻的群众口口声声说你们造谣污蔑 “我们”，他们说的 “我们”，到底指的是谁？

被郑州民众围观的德媒记者，究竟如何报道河南洪灾？ ~ 25 Jul 2021
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t8a4Itm3wog

• 2021年7月24日，中国社交媒体流传着外媒记者在郑州采访、遭不少群众围观质疑的视频。人们纷纷猜测他是否为CNN、BBC记者，担心他进行选择性报道，恶意抹黑中国。
• 毕竟BBC记者白洛宾（Robin Brant）22日造谣郑州水灾一事刚被中国网友狂喷！不过，被围观的这位记者既不为CNN工作，也和BBC无关，而是德国之声DW的记者伯林格（Mathias Bölinger）。那他究竟是如何报道河南洪灾的呢？是否依然顶着意识形态的外衣歪曲中国？

[DR KIM]

 

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Whitewashing AIDS History ~ 21 Feb 2014
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/whitewashing-aids-history_b_4762295

• Dr. Anthony Fauci is rewriting history. He is doing so to disguise his shameful role in delaying promotion of an AIDS treatment that would have prevented tens of thousands of deaths in the first years of the epidemic.
• If we don't tell the truth about the history of the AIDS epidemic, it will be subject to more whitewashing, more distortions and more rewriting to suit the legacies of the officials in charge.
• These are the same officials who seem incapable of ever acknowledging or taking responsibility for mistakes they made -- mistakes that cost our community thousands of lives.

A Covid origin conspiracy? ~ 22 Jan 2022
https://www.city-journal.org/covid-origin-conspiracy

• Newly released emails make more plausible the contention that Dr. Anthony Fauci and Dr. Francis Collins presided over the suppression of the lab-leak theory for political reasons.

Scientists who were instrumental to COVID-19 ‘natural origins’ narrative received over US$50 million in NIAID funding in 2020-2021 ~ 22 Jan 2022
https://epochtimes.today/scientists-who-were-instrumental-to-covid-19-natural-origins-narrative-received-over-50-million-in-niaid-funding-in-2020-2021/

• Four prominent scientists who played key roles in shaping the public narrative around the origin of COVID-19 received substantial increases in grant money from the NIAID, headed by Dr. Anthony Fauci, in the subsequent two years, a review of funding data by The Epoch Times has found.
• Three of these scientists — Kristian Andersen, Robert Garry, and Michael Farzan — were advisers to a teleconference organized by Fauci held on Feb. 1, 2020, in response to increasing public questions about the origin of the virus.

The great Covid cover-up ~ 17 Jan 2022
https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/the-great-covid-cover-up/

• 疫情首先是从武汉开始并扩散到全世界的；中国没有从源头控制好武汉病毒是「罪魁祸首」。

Dr. Anthony Fauci and Dr. Francis Collins shut down COVID-19 debate ~ 23 Dec 2021
https://www.beckershospitalreview.com/hospital-management-administration/viewpoint-dr-fauci-and-dr-collins-shut-down-covid-19-debate.html

• Recent emails obtained by the American Institute for Economic Research show that Anthony Fauci, MD, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, and Francis Collins, MD, former director of the National Institutes of Health, quashed dissenting views from top scientists about pandemic measures, according to an opinion piece in The Wall Street Journal Dec. 21.

How COVID-19’s origins were obscured, by the East and the West ~ 17 Aug 2021
https://thebulletin.org/2021/08/how-covid-19s-origins-were-obscured-by-the-east-and-the-west/

• More significant, the Chinese government would have found it much harder, if not impossible, to manipulate the WHO into setting terms of reference that favored China’s obstructive goals and kept WHO inspectors who visited China this February from accessing records vital to understanding the origin of the pandemic.
• China now insists those terms of reference cannot be changed, blocking further investigation into the origin of the SARS2 virus.
• “The two groups that produced the infamous letters in The Lancet and Nature Medicine paved the way for the Chinese government and helped enormously to facilitate all of that,” says Milton Leitenberg, an arms control expert at the University of Maryland.
• The reversal of the virologists’ conclusion about SARS2’s artificial origin is thus a matter of some significance.

COVID-19 'has no credible natural ancestor' and was created by Chinese scientists ~ 28 May 2021
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9629563/Chinese-scientists-created-COVID-19-lab-tried-cover-tracks-new-study-claims.html

• An explosive new study claims researchers found 'unique fingerprints' in COVID-19 samples that they say could only have arisen from manipulation in a laboratory.
• The paper's authors, British Professor Angus Dalgleish and Norwegian scientist Dr. Birger Sørensen, wrote that they have had 'prima facie evidence of retro-engineering in China' for a year - but were ignored by academics and major journals.
• Dalgleish is a professor of oncology at St George's University, London, and is best known for his breakthrough creating the first working 'HIV vaccine', to treat diagnosed patients and allow them to go off medication for months.

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Xia Le: China's numbers don't tell full story on foreign investment ~ 23 Jul 2015
https://asia.nikkei.com/Economy/Xia-Le-China-s-numbers-don-t-tell-full-story-on-foreign-investment

中港貿易報數差3千億！背後事實是......一國兩制護身符不再，香港商人如何自救？中國經濟增長8.1%？掌握中國經濟要看百姓生活 ~ 25 Jan 2022
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cw3ANOo2-L4

• 2022年1月17日，中国国家统计局发布了2021年全年国民经济数据。2021年中国国内生产总值比上年增长8.1%；经济总量达114.4万亿元，突破110万亿元，按年平均汇率1比6.45折算，达17.73万亿美元，占全球经济的比重预计超过18%。

中国经济：2021年GDP增幅8.1%，四季度增幅走低引发关注 ~ 17 Jan 2022
https://www.bbc.com/zhongwen/simp/business-60020390

• 值得注意的是，这一年度增幅显著高于中国疫情前6%左右的增长率。

China’s GDP grows at 8.1% in 2021, the fastest in nearly a decade ~ 17 Jan 2022
https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202201/1246123.shtml

• China's GDP has expanded at 8.1% in 2021, growing the fastest in nearly a decade and landing well above the government's annual target of achieving a growth rate above 6%.

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IMF warns economic recovery will be worse than expected after U.S. inflation surge and China Covid disruptions (podcast) ~ 25 Jan 2022
https://www.forbes.com/sites/jonathanponciano/2022/01/25/imf-warns-economic-recovery-will-be-worse-than-expected-after-us-inflation-surge-and-china-covid-disruptions/

• The IMF on Tuesday (Jan 25) warned the global economy is in a weaker position entering this year than previously expected due largely to the ongoing disruptions spurred by the pandemic — including rapid inflation, persistent Covid-induced lockdowns and supply chain constraints—in the U.S. and China, the world's two largest economies.

Singapore tightens policy in surprise move on inflation risks ~ 25 Jan 2022
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oYsYt92JcaQ

• Singapore's Monetary Authority announced it would further tighten policy in a surprise move siting outside risks to inflation forecasts.

Singapore：Lowest income groups least impacted by rising prices in second half of 2021 ~ 25 Jan 2022
https://www.straitstimes.com/business/economy/lowest-income-groups-least-impacted-by-rising-prices-in-second-half-of-2021

• The lowest income groups saw the smallest increase in consumer prices in the second half of last year, compared to those from the middle and higher income groups, according to the Singapore Department of Statistics on Monday (Jan 24).
• This comes as Singapore's consumer price index (CPI) for all items between July and December last year rose by 3.1% year on year, which is double the 1.5% increase in the first half of last year. The index is used as a measure of consumer price inflation.
• For those whose household incomes were in the lowest 20% bracket, the CPI for all items rose by 2.4% year on year during the period, compared to 2.7% for the middle 60% in household income, and 3.7% for the highest 20% in household income.

Singapore's core inflation rises to 2.1% in December; prompts review of 2022 forecasts ~ 24 Jan 2022
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rVl0MoID5Lk

• Singapore is reviewing its inflation forecasts due to significant uncertainty over its outlook in the near term. This comes as the country's core inflation in December rose faster than projected, climbing 2.1% from a year earlier. Core inflation excludes accommodation and private transport costs. Higher travel costs through vaccinated travel lanes pushed up services inflation. Commodity prices such as food and oil have also gone up.

Retailers anticipate more price hikes ~ 26 Jan 2022
https://www.theedgemarkets.com/article/retailers-anticipate-more-price-hikes

• IF you are already feeling the pinch from an increase in the price of goods, brace yourself for more. Retail experts say the price of certain food items could rise by more than 10% post-Chinese New Year (CNY). The price of certain non-fresh food is expected to increase next.
• Many retailers are maintaing their prices for now but they are expected to increase prices gradually, and perhaps quietly, in the near future.

新加坡：咖啡涨！茶水涨！菜饭涨！新加坡餐饮业掀涨价潮 ~ 7 Jan 2022
https://www.shicheng.news/v/KzroV

• 新加坡饮食业吹起一股涨价风，许多咖啡店和熟食摊位纷纷涨价，其中咖啡茶水最大的涨幅为两角钱，熟食的涨幅更多达五角钱。
• 受访业者表示，原料成本上升和水电费增加，是这轮调涨价格的主要原因，堂食人数受限也导致收入减少，在入不敷出的情况下，他们只好调高价格。
• “我已至少5年没有调整价格了，除了成本提高，咖啡茶水的收入也因堂食限制减少40%，我在无奈之下才调整价格。”

Malaysia Report: Price of coffee, tea at kopitiams to increase as much as 60 sen from Jan 2022 ~ 6 Dec 2021
https://www.malaymail.com/news/malaysia/2021/12/06/report-price-of-coffee-tea-at-kopitiams-to-increase-as-much-as-60-sen-from/2026272

• Kopitiams, as the traditional coffeeshops are colloquially called nationwide, are expected to increase the price of their beverages by as much as 60 sen in the new year.
• “The price will increase 20-30 sen in rural areas and 40-60 sen in urban areas. The rent is higher in certain areas so the prices will also higher."
• Wong, who is also the president of the Malacca Coffee Shopkeepers’ Association, claimed most coffeeshops in the state have not raised their prices in the past 6 years.

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Speaking of Science: On theories of SARS-CoV-2 origins ~ 31 Jan 2022
https://elkodaily.com/lifestyles/speaking-of-science-on-theories-of-sars-cov-2-origins/article_c8a99730-160f-5605-b3bc-8a680ae37cda.html

• We haven’t found the animal population responsible for SARS-CoV-2.

世界不可轻视闫丽梦的警告 (podcast) ~ 18 Aug 2020
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/pinglun/liuqing/lq-08182020161825.html

• 闫丽梦在2020年8月11日的采访中指出，武汉病毒是中共军方用两个有害病毒改造出来的，并点明这两个有害病毒是CC45和ZX21。
• 闫丽梦并进一步点明，病毒的基因组中残留有大量证据，有关研究者仔细检查不难发现这些问题。

閆麗夢博士：我可能是唯一能說出真相的人！武漢當局已知病毒人傳人，世界衛生組織早知情 ~ 13 Aug 2020
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v18yQsboGHU

• 閆麗夢博士說，2019年12月，她在香港大學公共衛生學院的導師，讓她去調查中國武漢出現的神祕病毒，那麼她發現了什麼？講出真相需要付出怎樣的代價？

Top British scientist Sir Jeremy Farrar faces US Congress probe over concerns he was at the centre of a Covid cover-up after his U-turn on Wuhan lab leak theory ~ 5 Feb 2022
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10480899/Top-British-scientist-Sir-Jeremy-Farrar-faces-Congress-probe.html

• An order sent to Sir Jeremy reads: ‘Documents in the custody of the National Institutes of Health reveal how a group of scientists, including you, initially believed Covid-19 to be man-made before reversing course and claiming otherwise following discussions with senior government health officials.’
• It adds: ‘This sequence of events suggests a possible co-ordinated effort to conceal evidence pointing to a lab leak in Wuhan.’

方菲訪談「專訪閆麗夢 (下)」：我對雲南墨江銅礦事故的解讀；中共在全世界收集病毒，也有一個五年計劃；香港反送中運動對我的震撼 ~ 4 Feb 2022
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NZLCa5dDsmY
https://www.ntdtv.com/b5/2022/02/04/a103339449.html



方菲訪談「專訪閆麗夢 (上)」：中共用「獵狐」計劃針對我；我為何判斷病毒來源有問題；揭示中共生物武器計劃的兩本書 ~ 28 Jan 2022
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ARNq4zDcTQQ
https://www.ntdtv.com/gb/2022/01/29/a103333191.html

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经典重温「闷声发大财」哲学
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MAn4rPpNbsc

中国第四度成为贩卖人口最严重的国家之一 (podcast) ~ 26 Jun 2020
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/ex-06262020102857.html

• 由于剥削人口和未能采取解决措施，中国再度成为《人口贩运问题报告》中贩卖人口最严重的国家之一，与俄罗斯、伊朗等1十九国家被列为第三级，因为这些国家的政府都允许了不同程度的人口贩卖行为。这也是中国自2017年以来第四次连续入选该名单。报告称，由于中国政府没有获得或提交综合的执法数据，而且汇报的犯罪数据，都不符合国际法对人口贩卖的定义，包括偷渡、虐待儿童、强迫婚姻和欺诈收养，使得中国的真实贩运问题很难评估。

美国国务院：中国是贩卖人口最严重国家之一 ~ 28 Jun 2007
https://www.bbc.com/zhongwen/simp/chinese-news-40426957

• 美国国务卿蒂勒森表示，中国的级别被下调，“部分是因为它未有采取严肃的措施结束其在贩卖人口问题上的共谋，其中包括位于中国境内的朝鲜强制劳改营”。

中国媒体公布 “八孩母亲” 身份 官方排除人口贩卖引质疑 ~ 8 Feb 2022
https://www.abc.net.au/chinese/2022-02-08/china-mentally-ill-mother-of-eight-identity-confirmed-xuzhou/100806184



铁链女李莹的悲剧太惨了！犯罪成了国家机密 ~ 7 Feb 2022
https://chinanewscenter.com/archives/29804

• 徐洲村委，县委，基层干部，计生办，民政局，财政局，公安局，公务员和妇联都不让民众知道真相。

女孩李莹失踪已过26年，家属：警方称DNA与杨某侠不匹配 ~ 7 Feb 2022
http://news.china.com.cn/2022-02/07/content_78033683.htm

• 2022年2月7日上午，澎湃新闻从李莹的家人处获悉，今年是李莹失踪的第26个年头。
• 李莹的妈妈告诉澎湃新闻，她2022年1月29日从警方获悉，李莹的DNA与丰县八个孩子的母亲杨某侠并不匹配。

徐州八孩母只是中国人口拐卖的悲惨片段 ~ 7 Feb 2022
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/pinglun/heqinglian/hql-02072022111821.html

• 中国徐州「八孩之母」被指与在1996年失踪的女子「李莹」（右）样貌和数据相似，质疑她被人拐卖作生育工具。

《盲山》导演李杨：真实故事比电影惨烈的多得多 ~ 7 Feb 2022
https://www.wenxuecity.com/news/2022/02/07/11268627.html

• 李杨导演：“现在网上有许多人在转发电影《盲山》，这部电影是我全资投拍的。
• 按道理我是应该打击盗版收取版权费的。但是为了解放中国被拐卖的妇女，打击买卖妇女的罪恶，我不收了。欢迎大家转发，观看！”

被拐带而来的八个孩子的妈妈被像狗一样拴着 电影 “盲山” 真人版 ~ 28 Jan 2022
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5npkIJ6NRr4

• 「官方回应江苏八孩母亲被拴破屋：有暴力倾向才单独居住」
• 2022年1月28日，网友反映江苏徐州丰县欢口镇一位八个孩子的母亲吃冷饭睡破屋，疑遭家暴，还有网友担心该女子是被拐卖来的。
• 丰县县委宣传部告诉极目新闻记者，经初步调查，视频中的女子为江苏徐州丰县欢口镇人，与孩子父亲1998年领证结婚。因她有暴力倾向，家人才将她安置在单独的房屋中。
• “她冬天不太起床，有博主突然把她叫起来拍摄，才看到她头发凌乱没有穿鞋的样子。这个家庭也是建档立卡的贫困户，家中八人有补贴，一个月3000多元。”
• 该工作人员表示，详细调查情况将统一公开发布。

电影《盲山》Blind Mountain
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1UQ3n4tbKrc

• A story of a woman named Bai who is kidnapped and sold to a villager in the mountains.
• Trapped and wanting to escape, her road to freedom is blocked.

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香港特首林郑月娥因美国制裁家藏现金 中资银行为何 “爱莫能助” ~ 28 Nov 2020
https://www.bbc.com/zhongwen/simp/chinese-news-55115639

• 香港特首林郑月娥表示，因为美国制裁，作为香港特首却无银行账户，收入支出只能用现金。中资银行为何无法为林郑开设账户呢？
• 因为香港实施《国安法》，美国财政部对林郑月娥等香港和中国大陆负责香港事务的高官实施了制裁。
• 今年8月，美国对林郑月娥等11位中港官员实行制裁，以回应中国对香港实施的国安法。

Republicans introduce STOP CCP Act to target CCP officials and their relatives ~ 13 Feb 2022
https://gnews.org/1997307/

• A number of Republicans in the U.S. Congress introduced the latest bill, the STOP CCP Act, on Wednesday (Feb 9), targeting members of the CCP’s National Congress and their immediate family members, including CCP leader Xi Jinping and his family.
• According to the bill, the sanctions would include “all members” of the National Congress of the CCP. Thirty days after the bill takes effect, the president of the United States would be able to impose sanctions on members of the National Congress of the CCP and adult members of their immediate families, the bill reads.

美提《制裁中共法》 鎖定中共官員及親屬 ~ 10 Feb 2022
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NUTR_gcQ3MQ
https://www.epochtimes.com/gb/22/2/10/n13567974.htm

• 美国众议院多名资深共和党议员周三（2022年2月9日）提案，锁定数千名中国共产党全国代表大会成员及其直系亲属。这是迄今美国国会提出的针对中共的最严厉、最强硬的制裁。

Reps. Rogers, McClain, Banks, and Wilson introduce bill to sanction senior leaders of the CCP ~ 9 Feb 2022
https://mikerogers.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=1877

• The Stop CCP Act would require visa blocking and asset blocking sanctions on members of the CCP’s National Congress—the highest body within the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). Sessions of the CCP’s Congress are held every 5 years making up the most senior CCP members in the country. The next meeting is scheduled to be held at the end of 2022.
• The bill would provide a waiver to the President if the President could certify that the CCP has ended its theft of American intellectual property, ends its genocide of Uyghur Muslims, ends its incursions into Taiwan, and stops its human rights abuses in Hong Kong. The waiver would sunset within 2 years and have to be renewed by Congress to prevent abuse by the administration.

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• “We know they are lying, they know they are lying, they know we know they are lying, we know they know we know they are lying, but they are still lying.” - Alexander Solzhenitsyn

“八孩母事件” 成立省調查組, 炸出一眾公權傳媒小丑! ~ 18 Feb 2022
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9G4ncmzixh8

• 中國打擊拐賣婦女的法律制度有致命缺陷,《刑法》中藏細節縱容拐賣?

39.7亿对10.7亿 铁链女微博浏览量完胜 “谷爱凌” ~ 18 Feb 2022
https://www.ntdtv.com/gb/2022/02/18/a103351457.html

• 尽管中共官方大力宣传 “谷爱凌现象”，对 “小花梅” 事件则淡化和打压。
• 但微博数据显示，“小花梅” 的阅读次数则高达39.7亿，几乎是关注 “谷爱凌” 的四倍。

袁莉: 谷爱凌与 “小花梅”，谁代表着真实的中国？ ~ 15 Feb 2022
https://cn.nytimes.com/china/20220215/china-eileen-gu-peng-shuai-chained-woman/

• 北京冬奥会期间，两位女性占据了中国社交媒体的焦点。其中一位是18岁的滑雪运动员谷爱凌，她在加州出生长大，为中国赢得了一枚金牌。
• 另一位是八个孩子的母亲，有人发现她脖子上拴着铁链，被锁在一间没有门的棚屋墙上。中国互联网上爆发了一场这两个人中究竟哪一个代表真正中国的讨论。
• 许多人感到愤怒的是，由政府控制的算法美化谷爱凌，却对那个被锁着的女人进行审查，因为前者符合强大繁荣的中国这种叙事，而后者的悲惨处境则与该叙事不符。
• 这两个女人截然不同的处境——被赞美与被沉默——反映了这样一个现实：对中国政府来说，每个人都是为某一目的服务的工具，直到他们无法完成这一任务为止。

我们需要真相。杨某侠是谁？小花梅又是谁？小花梅如何成了杨某侠？ ~ 13 Feb 2022
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wH0MORfzUU0

• 第一篇通告不存在拐卖。第二篇通告未发现拐卖。第三篇通告不排除拐卖。第四篇通告是涉嫌非法拘禁。但是就不说它是拐卖。
• 熟悉的味道请听：不会人传人，未发现人传人，不排除人传人，发现个别传人。这都是他们的套路。

一个会说一口流利的英语的大学女学生，被一个农村老汉用铁链锁在江苏徐州市丰县农村一座连猪舍都不如的破烂小土坯房子里 ~ 30 Jan 2022
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aCQAS62d1W0

• 大冬天衣着单薄生了八个孩子的母亲，这个不知道是谁家的女儿、谁家的姐妹，一个命运比悲惨世界更可怜的女人。
• 中国徐州「八孩之母」被指与在1996年失踪的女子「李莹」（右）样貌和数据相似，质疑她被人拐卖作生育工具。

徐州八孩母亲视频引发愤怒，中国女性权益保障再受质疑 ~ 4 Feb 2022
https://cn.nytimes.com/china/20220204/china-chained-woman-video/

• 江苏省官员发布了一份简短的情况通报。通报称，这名女子姓杨，在1998年与丈夫领证结婚，并非人口拐卖的受害者。

《不要我了》MV首發，為徐州8孩母親發聲！
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xtiGMpveB8E



小花梅（当代民谣）
https://weibo.com/3227874831/LfDmS07Yx
作者：大风如刀

小花梅，小花梅，
身世飘零你是谁？
千家万户乖乖女，
一别爹娘唤不归。
唤不归，小花梅，
骨肉亲情梦相随。
可怜天下父母心，
多少血泪化成灰。

小花梅，小花梅，
飘来飘去你是谁？
燕山雪花大如席，
王师不讨盗花贼。
盗花贼，手段黑，
官家助力草上飞。
盲山多少拴狗链，
拴的都是小花梅。

小花梅，小花梅，
命如蝼蚁你是谁？
莫说世界不要俺，
天道不存万户悲。
万户悲，小花梅，
怒指长安绣成堆。
歌舞升平豪门宴，
笙管排萧夜夜吹。

小花梅，小花梅，
声声血泪声声悲。
千呼万唤人神愤，
怒海狂潮誓灭贼！
誓灭贼，胡不归？
管他式微不式微。
但凭苍生十四亿，
不信天谴不轮回！

[zuolun]

• “We know they are lying, they know they are lying, they know we know they are lying, we know they know we know they are lying, but they are still lying.” - Alexander Solzhenitsyn

UK government believes Wuhan lab leak most likely COVID-19 origin: report ~ 23 Feb 2022
https://www.foxnews.com/world/uk-government-covid-origins-wuhan-lab

• Wuhan lab leak theory continues to gather steam as potential COVID-19 origin.

Fresh clues point to Wuhan lab leak ~ 11 Feb 2022
https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/editorials/archives/2022/02/11/2003772916

• The newly discovered early strain contains DNA from African green monkeys and Chinese h-a-m-s-t-e-r-s, which are frequently used to study coronaviruses in a laboratory setting. This suggests that the virus might have been grown in a lab rather than having evolved naturally from a bat coronavirus — Beijing’s official and as-yet unsubstantiated explanation for the virus’ origin. The research adds further weight to the lab leak hypothesis, despite the best efforts of numerous high-profile scientists to stifle debate.

李文亮离世两周年 真相和正义在哪里？(podcast) ~ 6 Feb 2022
https://www.voachinese.com/a/breakout-of-covid-19-remain-unknown-or-twisted-due-to-official-coverup-and-misinformation-20/6428215.html
• 1月3日被训诫，
• 1月8日被感染，
• 1月10日出现症状，
• 2月1日确诊，
• 2月6日去世。



The great Covid cover-up ~ 17 Jan 2022
https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/the-great-covid-cover-up/

• It is well known that Chinese President Xi Jinping’s regime censored early reports that a new, deadly coronavirus had emerged in Wuhan and hid evidence of human-to-human transmission, thereby enabling a local outbreak to become a global calamity.
• What remains to be determined is whether Covid-19 emerged naturally in wildlife or was leaked from a lab—namely, the Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV).

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北约东扩是引爆乌克兰危机的罪魁 ~ 26 Feb 2022
https://news.gmw.cn/2022-02/26/content_35546740.htm

• 俄罗斯总统普京2月24日清晨发表电视讲话，宣布在顿巴斯地区发起特别军事行动，但表示并无占领乌克兰的计划。乌克兰总统泽连斯基当天晚些时候宣布，乌克兰与俄罗斯断绝外交关系。至此，俄乌刀兵相见。与二战后许多战争场景不同，此次战争在两个以斯拉夫民族为主体的国家展开。应当说，乌克兰问题有其复杂的历史经纬，局势演变至今是各种因素共同作用的结果。一些清醒的战略界人士认为，美西方延续冷战思维的北约东扩，是引爆此次乌克兰危机的罪魁祸首。

為什麼俄羅斯反對北約東擴？ ~ 24 Feb 2022
https://www.dw.com/zh/%E4%B8%BA%E4%BB%80%E4%B9%88%E4%BF%84%E7%BD%97%E6%96%AF%E5%8F%8D%E5%AF%B9%E5%8C%97%E7%BA%A6%E4%B8%9C%E6%89%A9/a-60898915

• 當冷戰結束、蘇東陣營土崩瓦解之後，作為其對立軍事聯盟的北約卻持續擴張。這一戰略究竟是對維護和平做出了貢獻，還是對和平構成了威脅，至今仍然爭論不休——而這也成為促使俄羅斯對烏克蘭採取軍事行動的主要因素之一。

烏克蘭當前局勢下台灣人是否擔心北京武力攻台？ ~ 22 Feb 2022
https://www.dw.com/zh/%E4%B9%8C%E5%85%8B%E5%85%B0%E5%BD%93%E5%89%8D%E5%B1%80%E5%8A%BF%E4%B8%8B%E5%8F%B0%E6%B9%BE%E4%BA%BA%E6%98%AF%E5%90%A6%E6%8B%85%E5%BF%83%E5%8C%97%E4%BA%AC%E6%AD%A6%E5%8A%9B%E6%94%BB%E5%8F%B0/a-60870450

• 俄羅斯宣佈承認烏克蘭東部兩個由分離主義分子控制的地區「獨立」。台灣駐外代表投書奧地利報紙，表示台灣對「烏克蘭處境感同身受」，支持歐盟站出來捍衛自由與和平。台灣2月民調顯示，多數台灣人不認為北京會借烏克蘭局勢武力攻台。

乌克兰总统对台湾说：我只能示范一次，唯有自救，你的盟友才会帮助你！

Germany decides to send weapons from its military to Ukraine ~ 27 Feb 2022
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KQeJHL6dXu4

• The German military will send 1,000 anti-tank weapons and 500 "Stinger" class surface-to-air missiles to Ukraine amid the ongoing Russian invasion, the government announced. Government spokesman Steffen Hebestreit said the weapons would be delivered as soon as possible to support the Ukrainian military. Chancellor Olaf Scholz said it was Germany's "duty to support Ukraine to the best of its ability in defending itself against the invading army of Vladimir Putin."
• Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy praised Germany's decision to send weapons, in a major reversal of policy for Berlin. "Keep it up, Chancellor Olaf Scholz! Anti-war coalition in action!" Zelenskyy tweeted.
• Earlier Saturday Berlin authorized NATO partners the Netherlands and Estonia arms deliveries to Ukraine. For the Netherlands, 400 German-made anti-tank weapons are involved, while Estonia was granted approval to sent artillery from old GDR (East German) stocks.
• The move marks a major change of course for Germany, which had until now refused the delivery of lethal weapons to Ukraine due to its policy of not sending weapons to a conflict zone.
• The Netherlands also said it would sent anti-tank weapons to Ukraine, according to the Dutch defense ministry.

EU to cut off some Russian banks from SWIFT ~ 27 Feb 2022
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vaGr8ECWllE

• The European Union has pledged to cut off several Russian banks from SWIFT, the international banking payments system.
• European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said the EU, the US and its allies also plan to impose further sanctions on Russia for its invasion of Ukraine.
• Removing Moscow from SWIFT is seen as crucial to punishing Vladimir Putin but there is debate as to how the measures will damage western economies.

Russia resumes Ukraine offensive from all directions after pause; Ukrainian forces fighting to hold Kyiv ~ 26 Feb 2022
https://www.straitstimes.com/world/europe/russias-putin-urges-ukraines-army-to-seize-power-as-capital-braces-for-assault

• Russian troops in Ukraine were on Saturday (Feb 26) ordered to resume their offensive from all directions after a pause the previous day, Russia’s defence ministry said.
• The announcement came after Russian forces pounded Ukrainian cities with artillery and cruise missiles for a third day running.
• Ukraine’s defiant President Volodymyr Zelensky, however, said the capital Kyiv remained in Ukrainian hands.

Russia vetoes UN Security Council action on Ukraine, China abstains ~ 26 Feb 2022
https://www.straitstimes.com/world/europe/russia-vetoes-un-security-council-action-on-ukraine-china-abstains

• Russia, as expected, vetoed a UN Security Council resolution on Friday (Feb 25) that deplored "in the strongest terms" the country's "aggression" against Ukraine and demanded the immediate withdrawal of its troops.
• Eleven of the council's 15 members voted for the motion, which was co-written by the United States and Albania. China, India and the UAE abstained.
• The resolution was always doomed to fail because of Moscow's veto power as a permanent member of the council.

泽连斯基拒绝美国撤离提议：我需要的是弹药　而不是搭车 ~ 26 Feb 2022
https://www.dwnews.com/%E5%85%A8%E7%90%83/60280189/%E6%B3%BD%E8%BF%9E%E6%96%AF%E5%9F%BA%E6%8B%92%E7%BB%9D%E7%BE%8E%E5%9B%BD%E6%92%A4%E7%A6%BB%E6%8F%90%E8%AE%AE%E6%88%91%E9%9C%80%E8%A6%81%E7%9A%84%E6%98%AF%E5%BC%B9%E8%8D%AF%E8%80%8C%E4%B8%8D%E6%98%AF%E6%90%AD%E8%BD%A6

• 据美联社2月26日报道，当地时间2月26日，乌克兰总统泽连斯基拒绝了美国撤离的提议，坚称他会留下来。泽连斯基称：“我需要的是弹药，而不是搭车”。

泽连斯基：乌全境已陷入战火之中 希望与普京进行谈判 ~ 26 Feb 2022
https://wallstreetcn.com/articles/3652794

• 俄军已瘫痪乌克兰军事基础设施221处，缴获大量西方提供的武器，俄方军事任务没有被取消，与乌谈判可随时在白俄首都明斯克开始，俄罗斯不打算留驻乌克兰，将在行动后撤军。乌总统与美国总统等多国领导人通话，继续留在首都基辅，正与俄方磋商谈判的时间地点。
• 欧委会暂停俄罗斯成员资格，美、加、英、欧盟将制裁普京和俄外长，白宫称不会制裁俄能源。欧央行准备必要时采取一切行动维持物价和金融稳定，西方对是否将俄剔除出SWIFT系统存争议。
  

Zelensky to EU leaders: "This might be the last time you see me alive" ~ 25 Feb 2022
https://www.axios.com/zelensky-eu-leaders-last-time-you-see-me-alive-3447dbc0-620d-4ccc-afad-082e81d7a29f.html

• The Pentagon has warned that Russia's primary aim appears to be to encircle Kyiv and "decapitate" its government.
• Meanwhile Zelensky said Thursday (Feb 24) that Russian "sabotage forces" were in Kyiv and hunting for him and his family.

烏克蘭局勢｜北京是否認為俄羅斯是侵略？中國外交部回應 ~ 25 Feb 2022
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yHm86DBEWr0

'We will defend ourselves', says Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskiy ~ 24 Feb 2022
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=prfaWHQoxVg

• Ukraine president Volodymyr Zelenskiy has given a powerful address directed to Russia. 'We will defend ourselves, he said.

俄羅斯入侵烏克蘭 外媒逼問中共外交部 ~ 24 Feb 2022
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RDEqbxVpP6E



中国外交部：不认同西方称俄乌局势为俄 “入侵” ~ 24 Feb 2022
http://www.kzaobao.com/shiju/20220224/111134.html

• 针对乌克兰危机，中国外交部发言人华春莹今天（24日）称，中国正密切关注乌克兰局势，她并称，要基于事实来判断，不认同西方媒体称之为俄罗斯 “入侵”。

Russian stock market rout wipes out $250 bn in value after Ukraine attack ~ 24 Feb 2022
https://www.business-standard.com/article/international/russian-stock-market-rout-wipes-out-250-bn-in-value-after-ukraine-attack-122022401112_1.html

• The Russian central bank made no mention of raising interest rates, but said it will provide additional liquidity to banks by offering 1 trillion rubles (US$11.5 billion) in an overnight repo auction.
• Policy makers have increased the benchmark rate by 525 basis points in the past 12 months to tame inflation. Currency options see a more than 50% probability of the ruble touching 100 per dollar in the second quarter.

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Retailers anticipate more price hikes ~ 26 Jan 2022
https://www.theedgemarkets.com/article/retailers-anticipate-more-price-hikes

• IF you are already feeling the pinch from an increase in the price of goods, brace yourself for more. Retail experts say the price of certain food items could rise by more than 10% post-Chinese New Year (CNY). The price of certain non-fresh food is expected to increase next.
• Many retailers are maintaing their prices for now but they are expected to increase prices gradually, and perhaps quietly, in the near future.

Why did China stockpile "historically high level" of agricultural commodities (Nov 2021) and excessive N95 & PPEs (Jan 2020)?

蔡霞：习近平就是共犯 ~ 3 Mar 2022
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eNM1HO3kL0Y

• “习近平他就是共犯” ，前中共中央党校教授蔡霞这样评价这位中共党魁在俄罗斯入侵乌克兰战争中的作用。
• 从战前拒绝美国提出的斡旋要求；与莫斯科签订千亿美元经贸协议，变相为战争买单；到销烟四起后暧昧不明的立场……她说，习近平和普京狼狈为奸，结成邪恶轴心，想通过侵略战争改变世界规则。

China asked Russia to delay Ukraine War until after Olympics, U.S. officials say ~ 2 Mar 2022
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/02/us/politics/russia-ukraine-china.html

• A Western intelligence report indicates that Chinese officials had some level of direct knowledge about President Vladimir V. Putin’s war plans or intentions.

俄乌争端！普京忍到冬奥会闭幕，他终于出手了？回顾时间线 ~ 25 Feb 2022
https://www.163.com/dy/article/H12KA0IS0542OQ6V.html

• 2022年2月21日，北京冬奥会闭幕以后，俄罗斯总统与马克龙进行通话。通话结束后，普京发表了电视讲话。随后支持乌克兰东部两地独立。
• 2022年2月24日，美国表示不会出兵。中午俄罗斯闪电奇袭乌克兰司令部。

中国官媒发文驳斥 “中国囤粮致全球粮价上升” ~ 6 Jan 2022
http://www.kzaobao.com/shiju/20220106/108033.html

• 文章并未指明是哪家外国媒体，但《日经亚洲评论》上个月23日发布一篇题为《中国囤积了全球一半以上的粮食 推高全球价格》的报道，指中国过去五年以来积极地向各国采购大豆、玉米、牛肉、猪肉等粮食，造成全球粮食价格急剧上升，使更多国家陷入饥荒。

中国悄悄囤积全球一半谷物 引发外界猜测 ~ 23 Dec 2021
https://www.epochtimes.com/gb/21/12/23/n13455789.htm

• 中国的人口不到全球的20%，却储存了全球一半以上的玉米等谷物，这或导致谷物价格急升、更多国家陷入饥荒。这是怎么回事？

日经亚洲: 中国粮食储备达到全球库存量一半以上 ~ 22 Dec 2021
https://cn.nikkei.com/politicsaeconomy/commodity/47063-2021-12-22-05-00-10.html

• 中国在大力采购粮食。美国农业部的统计显示，从玉米等主要粮食的库存量来看，中国达到了全球的一半以上。由于中国人口不到全球的两成，所以也有观点指出这成为全球粮食价格走高和饥饿问题的原因之一。
• 在中国东北地区的大连市，巨大的圆筒在港口一字排开。数量约为310座。这是国有粮食大型企业中粮集团拥有的中国最大规模的粮食仓库（筒仓）。从国内外采购的大豆等均储备在此处，通过铁路或船舶运往全国各地。

中国官方通知触发全国抢购 学者指民众缺独立思考 (podcast) ~ 4 Nov 2021
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shehui/ql1-11042021045726.html

• 中国商务部本周一晚间（2021年11月1日）发出通知，鼓励每一个家庭“根据需要储存一定数量的生活必需品”，以应对“突发情况”，有人猜测这是为战争作准备。

The virus cover-up: How China stockpiled the world’s supply of PPEs ~ 31 Jul 2021
https://www.sundayguardianlive.com/news/virus-cover-china-stockpiled-worlds-supply-ppes

• Prior to January 1, 2020, very few people could have predicted PPE would become the world’s hottest commodity, and N95 face masks would become life-saving armour. But by mid-January astute observers in supply chain logistics noticed Beijing was scouring the globe for PPE.

How China could be driving up global inflation ~ 24 Dec 2021
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yp3fdj5FBPc

• The world is paying for China's food stockpile.
• Beijing is said to be hoarding more than 50% of the world's grain.
• This has led to a steep rise in global food prices. Millions more are suffering from famine.

China hoards over half the world's grain, pushing up global prices
https://asia.nikkei.com/Spotlight/Datawatch/China-hoards-over-half-the-world-s-grain-pushing-up-global-prices

Testy ties with U.S. and Australia could be prodding China to boost food reserves

By Shin Watanabe and Aiko Munakata, Nikkei staff writers
December 23, 2021 16:47 JST

DALIAN, China/TOKYO -- Less than 20% of the world's population has managed to stockpile more than half of the globe's maize and other grains, leading to steep price increases across the planet and dropping more countries into famine.

The hoarding is taking place in China.

COFCO Group, a major Chinese state-owned food processor, runs one of China's largest food stockpiling bases, at the port of Dalian, in the northeastern part of the country. It stores beans and grains gathered from home and abroad in 310 huge silos. From there, the calories make their way throughout China via rail and sea.

China is maintaining its food stockpiles at a "historically high level," Qin Yuyun, head of grain reserves at the National Food and Strategic Reserves Administration, told reporters in November. "Our wheat stockpiles can meet demand for one and a half years. There is no problem whatsoever about the supply of food."

According to data from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, China is expected to have 69% of the globe's maize reserves in the first half of crop year 2022, 60% of its rice and 51% of its wheat.

The projections represent increases of around 20 percentage points over the past 10 years, and the data clearly shows that China continues to hoard grain.

China spent $98.1 billion importing food (beverages are not included) in 2020, up 4.6 times from a decade earlier, according to the General Administration of Customs of China. In the January-September period of 2021, China imported more food than it had since at least 2016, which is as far back as comparable data goes.

Over the past five years, China's soybean, maize and wheat imports soared two- to twelvefold on aggressive purchases from the U.S., Brazil and other supplier nations. Imports of beef, pork, dairy and fruit jumped two- to fivefold.

Some of China's imports are being aided by Chinese companies on overseas acquisition sprees. Leading meat processor WH Group acquired a European peer in June, while Inner Mongolia Yili Industrial Group purchased a leading New Zealand dairy company in 2019.

Food prices are on the rise around the world. The food price index, calculated by the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization, in November stood about 30% higher than a year earlier. "Hoarding by China is one reason for rising prices," said Akio Shibata, president of the Natural Resource Research Institute in Tochigi Prefecture, north of Tokyo.

China is importing more grain and other food because domestic production is unable to keep up with consumption. While demand for feedstuffs for pigs and other livestock is expanding on the back of economic growth, the number of consumers looking for high-quality overseas produce is also increasing.

China's production of wheat and other provisions as well as the amount of land used for agriculture plateaued in 2015. "Agricultural productivity in China is low due to the dispersion of farmland and soil contamination," said Goro Takahashi, a professor emeritus at Aichi University and expert on Chinese agriculture. "The amount of agricultural production will continue to stall as farmers migrate to urban areas."

Chinese President Xi Jinping keeps stressing the importance of food security. The National People's Congress, China's national legislature, in April adopted a food waste law that bans excessive leftovers. At the end of October, the Chinese Communist Party and the State Council instructed officials on how to reduce food waste.

And the NPC is not finished legislating on food security.

Chinese in their 50s and older experienced food shortages during the Cultural Revolution (1966 to 1976). "People of our generation remember hunger to a greater or lesser extent," Xi once said, according to China's state-run Xinhua News Agency.

Throughout history, food shortages have triggered popular unrest. They served as a contributing factor to uprisings that toppled Chinese dynasties. And the world's second largest economy now faces food uncertainties due to factors such as its deteriorating relations with the U.S. and Australia, which could drastically alter the import environment. In fact, this could be what is prodding China to boost its calorie reserves.

The number of people living in * regions topped 700 million in 2020, an increase of more than 100 million from five years earlier, according to the U.N.

"Although developed nations as a whole are responsible for famine," Takahashi said, "China's responsibility is heavier. China should contribute to resolving the maldistribution of food."

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Céline Dion - How does a moment last forever
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YsKKuCUYUMU

全軍覆沒！俄股市清零暴跌99%! 中俄友誼要涼？中共翻臉了！ ~ 4 Mar 2022
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fUGPCnjiDd8

• 俄羅斯股市遭清零暴跌99%! 遭亞投行禁業務；中俄關係要涼？烏克蘭領導人展示打敗侵略者的信心；西方制裁發威俄國寡頭超級遊艇難躲藏。

The value of Russia’s ruble hits record low. Here’s why that matters ~ 2 Mar 2022
https://www.wsj.com/video/the-value-of-russias-ruble-hits-record-low-heres-why-that-matters/2A0C4C0A-B38B-4472-940E-FFCF9A7AC660.html

• Following Russia's invasion of Ukraine, the ruble fell to its weakest value ever against the U.S. dollar.
  
• WSJ's Dion Rabouin explains what’s driving the currency’s slump and what it could mean for Russians if it keeps sinking.

Ordinary Russians are already feeling the economic pain of sanctions over Ukraine invasion ~ 1 Mar 2022
https://theconversation.com/ordinary-russians-are-already-feeling-the-economic-pain-of-sanctions-over-ukraine-invasion-178126

• Inflation in Russia was already a sensitive issue prior to the invasion of Ukraine, running at 8.7%. In 2021, global food prices rose 28%, and Russia imposed price caps and export duties on some basic food items. A survey conducted in July 2021 found that around 75% of Russians spent around half their income or more on food, and that was before the recent price surge.
• To try to protect the ruble, Russian President Vladimir Putin on Feb. 28, 2022, ordered a ban on sending cash abroad, and exporters must convert 80% of their earnings into rubles. The Central Bank of Russia also hiked its base interest rate from 9.5% to 20%. This should help stabilize the ruble but will make borrowing more expensive for businesses and thus increase the chance of a deep recession.
• Russia’s foreign bonds are trading at 30 cents on the dollar and have been downgraded to junk status by Standard & Poor’s and Fitch ratings. This will make it harder for Russian businesses to raise money to invest, meaning less growth and employment in the medium to long term.

Russian ruble drops to record low after sanctions ~ 28 Feb 2022
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l_iYPwAaNDw

• The Russian ruble sank more than 30% and was trading as low as 119 per U.S. dollar as offshore trading started on Monday (Feb 28) morning during Asia hours, from nearly 84 per dollar the previous day.
• Russia's central bank sharply raised its key rate by 20% from 9.5% overnight in a desperate attempt to prevent runs on the banks.

USD/RUB closed @ 122.914  (+13.414, +12.25%)  (As of Mar 4, 16:46 Est)
• USD/RUB: Ruble closed @ 107.493 (Lexxrand's chart on 28 Feb 2022 at 10:11:06 hrs)
• Harmonic Patterns: This is where it is likely going. ABCD pattern on a long term chart. War-based analysis.

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More pain ahead for the airlines? ~ 5 Mar 2022
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ZyM9KMh3cQ

Singapore to extend VTL scheme to Bali, Penang, Vietnam, Greece and all cities in India ~ 5 Mar 2022
https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/transport/singapore-to-expand-vtl-scheme-to-bali-penang-vietnam-greece-and-all-cities-in-india

• Vaccinated air travellers will be able to enter Singapore from more cities in Malaysia, Indonesia and India without having to serve quarantine.
• Announcing the expansion of the VTL scheme on Friday (Mar 4), the CAAS said it will also launch new VTLs for Greece and Vietnam, restoring two-way quarantine-free travel with these two countries.
  

SIA reports first quarterly profit since pandemic but flight to full recovery still taxiing ~ 4 Mar 2022
https://www.theedgesingapore.com/capital/investing-ideas/sia-reports-first-quarterly-profit-pandemic-flight-full-recovery-still

• On Feb 25, SIA reported earnings of S$85 million for the 3QFY2022 ended December 2021, reversing from the loss of S$142 million in the same period the year before.
• Despite this, the airline still posted a loss of S$752 million for the 9MFY2022, although that is a 79.2% y-o-y improvement from the S$3.61 billion loss in 9MFY2021.
• Revenue for 3QFY2022 more than doubled y-o-y to S$2.3 billion, while revenue for 9MFY2022 was up 90.4% y-o-y to S$5.14 billion.
• On the cost side, spot jet fuel prices have surged to US$111 per barrel, from just US$85 per barrel three months back, with SIA hedged for just 30% of its needs in the current quarter.

Russia imposes sweeping flight bans on airlines from 36 countries ~ 28 Feb 2022
https://www.straitstimes.com/world/europe/russia-imposes-sweeping-flight-bans-on-airlines-from-36-countries

• Russia has closed its airspace to airlines from 36 countries, including all 27 members of the European Union, in response to Ukraine-related sanctions targeting its aviation sector.
• Some of the banned countries had already been identified, while others were named by Russia's aviation authority Rosaviatsia for the first time on Monday (Feb 28), following the punitive measures imposed over Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
• The flight bans are expected to hurt airlines that fly over the world's biggest country to get from Europe to Asia, likely forcing them to find new routes.

In rare stand, South Korea, Singapore unveil sanctions on Russia ~ 28 Feb 2022
https://www.aljazeera.com/economy/2022/2/28/in-rare-stand-south-korea-singapore-unveil-sanctions-on-russia

• Russia’s attack on its European neighbour has generated relatively little condemnation in Asia compared to the West.
• Meanwhile, Japan, a major US ally, on Monday (Feb 28) said it was working with the international community to inflict “maximum cost to Russia”, after Tokyo last week unveiled a raft of sanctions that include freezing the financial assets of Putin and other top government officials.
• China, one of Russia’s closest partners, has refused to term Putin’s offensive an “invasion” and expressed opposition to “all illegal unilateral sanctions”, while military-ruled Mynamer has strongly backed Moscow.

Singapore launches sea VTL with Bintan and Batam, extends air VTL to all Thai cities and Hong Kong, and more ~ 17 Feb 2022
https://www.humanresourcesonline.net/singapore-launches-sea-vtl-with-bintan-batam-extends-air-vtl-to-all-thai-cities-and-hong-kong-and-more

• Singapore will also lift the 50% cap on the daily number of VTL travellers entering the country by air, and progressively restore the VTL quota from 5,000 to 15,000 by 4 March 2022.

SIA closed @ S$5.05 on 4 Mar 2022



Brent Oil closed @ US$117.96 on 4 Mar 2022



WTI Oil closed @ US$114.95 on 4 Mar 2022

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北约东扩是引爆乌克兰危机的罪魁 ~ 26 Feb 2022
https://news.gmw.cn/2022-02/26/content_35546740.htm

• 俄罗斯总统普京2月24日清晨发表电视讲话，宣布在顿巴斯地区发起特别军事行动，但表示并无占领乌克兰的计划。乌克兰总统泽连斯基当天晚些时候宣布，乌克兰与俄罗斯断绝外交关系。至此，俄乌刀兵相见。与二战后许多战争场景不同，此次战争在两个以斯拉夫民族为主体的国家展开。应当说，乌克兰问题有其复杂的历史经纬，局势演变至今是各种因素共同作用的结果。一些清醒的战略界人士认为，美西方延续冷战思维的北约东扩，是引爆此次乌克兰危机的罪魁祸首。

為什麼俄羅斯反對北約東擴？ ~ 24 Feb 2022
https://www.dw.com/zh/%E4%B8%BA%E4%BB%80%E4%B9%88%E4%BF%84%E7%BD%97%E6%96%AF%E5%8F%8D%E5%AF%B9%E5%8C%97%E7%BA%A6%E4%B8%9C%E6%89%A9/a-60898915

• 當冷戰結束、蘇東陣營土崩瓦解之後，作為其對立軍事聯盟的北約卻持續擴張。這一戰略究竟是對維護和平做出了貢獻，還是對和平構成了威脅，至今仍然爭論不休——而這也成為促使俄羅斯對烏克蘭採取軍事行動的主要因素之一。

Oil stocks haven't kept up with oil prices, but it's only a matter of time: Bison Interests' Young ~ 4 Mar 2022
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K5Y-qiLZUbg

• Josh Young, CIO of Bison Interests, joins BNN Bloomberg for his outlook on the Canadian oil market as Western Canadian Select nears 2008 highs on the back of supply concerns.

烏俄談判無效！西方違反「北約不東擴一英寸」承諾逼普京埋牆？假新聞是如何影響小粉紅的判斷 ~ 1 Mar 2022
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YSVke_4iQk8

• According to Gavin Chiu「北约东扩」is an excuse, the the truth is that, Vladimir Putin is not simply seeking to mend lost Soviet territory; he is focused on restoring Russian influence, i.e. rebuilding 'Soviet' Russia.

Oil could vault as high as US$150 a barrel, veteran analyst warns, as undersupply meets surging demand ~ 16 Feb 2022
https://www.cnbc.com/2022/02/16/oil-could-vault-as-high-as-150-a-barrel-veteran-analyst-warns.html

• Brent surpassing US$100 a barrel is almost a given at this point, many energy analysts say.
• Now an increasing number of forecasters predict the commodity surpassing US$125 a barrel and even higher.
• Money is pouring into investments in oil-related stocks, and international oil companies are raking in record profits.
• The Energy Information Administration lowered its OPEC capacity estimates by 300,000 barrels per day in February.

Hibiscus ~ Harmonic ABCD pattern, interim TP RM1.45, next TP RM1.60

Hibiscus closed with a spinning top @ RM1.24 (-0.06, -4.6%) with 86.5m shares done on 4 Mar 2022.

Immediate support @ RM1.22, immediate resistance @ RM1.33.



USD/RUB closed @ 122.914  (+13.414, +12.25%)  (As of Mar 4, 16:46 Est)
• USD/RUB: Ruble closed @ 107.493 (Lexxrand's chart on 28 Feb 2022 at 10:11:06 hrs)
• Harmonic Patterns: This is where it is likely going. ABCD pattern on a long term chart. War-based analysis.



Brent Oil closed @ US$117.96 on 4 Mar 2022



WTI Oil closed @ US$114.95 on 4 Mar 2022