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1(a) JAKARTA: Indonesia Finance Minister Purbaya Yudhi Sadewa on Wednesday (Apr 22) floated the idea of imposing a levy on ships passing through the Malacca Strait, as part of a push to maximise the country’s strategic position along global trade and energy routes. Local media cited Mr Purbaya...

1. The following are excerpts from an AFP 23 Feb 2026 news report: (Begin excerpts) Washington on Monday (Feb 23) accused China of dramatically swelling its nuclear arsenal, and doubled down on claims that Beijing has conducting secret nuclear tests, demanding again it be part of any future...

1. The following are excerpts of February 18, 2026 AFP report from INQUIRER.net: (Begin excerpts) WASHINGTON — The United States is ready to carry out low-yield nuclear tests to match alleged secret explosions by China and Russia, ending a decades-old moratorium, a senior official said...

1. The following excerpts are taken from Washington correspondent Daniel Bush's February 6 news article headlined "Trump's nuclear arms control push with Russia hinges on China". (Begin excerpts) President Donald Trump has said he can replace an expiring US-Russia arms control deal with a...

Update: Additional questions for 2(i) (L) It is almost a century since Japan surrendered to its American master and conqueror. When can Japan free itself from the shackles of US military occupation? Never? Till the end of the world? (M) If time could be shifted forward and backward, and...

1. The following are excerpts from a news report by Taipei Times, dated Jul 07, 2021: (Begin excerpts) Japan and the US would have to defend Taiwan together in the event of a major problem, Kyodo News reported Japanese Deputy Prime Minister Taro Aso as saying, marking some of the highest-level...

1. The following are excerpts from Edith Olmsted's news report in newrepublic.com dated April 5, 2025: (Begin excerpts) Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent may be planning to cut and run after Donald Trump’s disastrous “reciprocal tariff” announcement earlier this week. During an appearance on...

1. The following are excerpts from a news report in POLITICO, dated 10 October 2025: (Begin excerpts) President Donald Trump on Friday said he will set a 100 percent tariff on Chinese goods starting on Nov. 1 and will “impose Export Controls on any and all critical software.” Trump’s...

1. The following excerpts are taken from Frank Chen's news report in the South China Morning Post, dated 21 September 2025: (Begin excerpts) The White House claimed on Saturday that the US operations of TikTok will be spun off, its board will be mostly Americans and its algorithm will be...

1. The following excerpts are taken from Peter Aitken's Newsweek article dated August 17, 2025: (Begin excerpts) Senator Chris Murphy, a Connecticut Democrat, did not hold back on his assessment of the Trump-Putin summit that took place last week, saying in a Sunday appearance on NBC News'...

1. The following excerpts are taken from the Jan. 19, 2002 Los Angeles Times news report: (Begin excerpts) BEIJING — About a month before President Bush is to make his first state visit to China, reports have surfaced that the U.S.-made presidential plane for Chinese President Jiang Zemin has...

1. The following excerpts are taken from an AP News report from Hanoi, Vietnam, dated 3rd July, by Paul Wiseman and Aniruddha Ghosal: (Begin excerpts) WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump announced a trade deal with Vietnam Wednesday that would allow U.S. goods to enter the country...

1. The following are the White House incumbent's comments in his truthsocial.com about the US-China trade framework after the London talks: OUR DEAL WITH CHINA IS DONE, SUBJECT TO FINAL APPROVAL WITH PRESIDENT XI AND ME. FULL MAGNETS, AND ANY NECESSARY RARE EARTHS, WILL BE SUPPLIED, UP FRONT...

You'd better return to your kindergarten to brush up your English, otherwise you can end up as another snake-oil salesman like the White House incumbent or Peter Navarro or Madison Grant. :)

Well said.