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sgbuyer
08-03-13, 14:32
There's a Chinese saying: 明修栈道,暗渡陈仓

http://www.chinesedic.com/en/lit.+repair+the+plank+road+by+day+while+secretly+crossing+the+Wei+river+&


lit. repair the plank road by day while secretly crossing the Wei river 渭河 at Chencang (idiom, refers to a stratagem used by Liu Bang 刘邦 in 206 BC against Xiangyu 项羽 of Chu); fig.

For the past 5 years, the Obama administration had been busy...

1. Pushing up US oil and natural gas production.
2. Strengthening US banks - stress test after stress test, regulation after regulation.

I think the timing is near. Singapore has no oil. If the showdown happens, we might even have difficulty buying petrol.

With a high double digit expanding bank loans, I hope MAS knows what they are doing.

roly8
08-03-13, 14:41
the world is so scary :o

chinese idioms are always very interesting and inspiring..:o

sherlock
08-03-13, 14:46
Obama has been in power for only 4 years... where the extra year came from?