[sgbuffett]

I think US and China relations keep going downhill as they  only know how to escalate and never give anything.

Since the trade discussions during Trump.

I am hopeful that the collapse of Putin helps wake everyone up.

China should pursue Deng era pragmatism and not dogmatism.

But Xi is a hardliner and so long as he feel he has control he does not compromise which means the relationship can only go downhill until he is gone.

There has been no qualms about use of heavy propaganda to push agendas of the state. Eventually its a form of hardline autocracy...which cannot meet halfway on anything.

China use its propaganda machine to justify Russia invasion of another country is dangerous especially for small nation States like Singapore. We want to live as as an independent nation not one under threat of force by big nations

The west should be as harsh as possible on Putin as possible.so such hunan tragedy does not repeat. Putin is responsible for atrocities Chechyna Syria and now Ukraine. Letters be the last of his heinous acts. 

Once Putin comes down it sends a strong signal to all qutocrats that they bring their own ruin if they don't compromise.