Conversation
12.28.21
Three Questions for China’s Neighbors
“China was, is, and will always be a good neighbor,” China’s leader Xi Jinping told ASEAN representatives in a November 2021 virtual meeting, after a series of conflicts over Beijing’s territorial claims in the South China Sea had raised tensions...
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08.06.18Worries Grow in Singapore Over China’s Calls to Help ‘Motherland’
New York Times
Growing up in Singapore, Chan Kian Kuan always took pride in his Teochew heritage — the dialect, the cultural traditions and the famous steamed fish. But after visiting his ancestral village in Teochew, in Guangdong Province, China, and seeing the...
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10.25.17Singapore’s Delicate Balancing Act between the US and China
CNN
Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong may have been in Washington on Monday to consolidate his country's economic and political partnerships with the US, but he appeared to dedicate much of his time concentrating on another nation whose...
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08.22.17After U.S. Destroyer Collision, Chinese Paper Says U.S. Navy a Hazard
Reuters
The U.S. navy’s latest collision at sea, the fourth in its Pacific fleet this year, shows it is becoming an increasing risk to shipping in Asia despite its claims of helping to protect freedom of navigation, an official Chinese newspaper said.
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07.19.17Singapore Will Not ‘Roll over’ for China
South China Morning Post
Despite assertions from a former top diplomat, an ambassador-at-large says the Lion City will always speak up when its interests are at stake
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06.05.17China Tries to Play Nice at Key Security Forum
Nikkei Asian Review
Although China attempted to strike a more conciliatory tone in this year’s Shangri-La Dialogue, a major Asian security forum held here through Sunday, officials’ uncompromising comments on Taiwan and the South China Sea only highlighted its rifts...
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05.01.17Asian Nations Pulled into China’s Orbit as Trump Puts America First
Reuters
Across Asia, more and more countries are being pulled into Beijing’s orbit, with the timid stance adopted by Southeast Asian nations on the South China Sea at a weekend summit a clear sign this fundamental geostrategic shift is gathering momentum.
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04.04.17Trump’s Gifts to China
New York Times
The United States meets China this week in a position of weakness.
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01.25.17Hong Kong Denies Beijing Role in Seizure of Singaporean Troop Carriers
South China Morning Post
Customs chief says the enforcement action was based on Hong Kong law and also claims Singapore’s government was never a target for investigation
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11.29.16Why Singapore’s Taiwan Ties Anger China
Financial Times
Seizure of armored vehicles comes as Beijing seeks to isolate Taipei
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11.22.16$100 Billion Chinese-Made City Near Singapore ’Scares the Hell Out of Everybody’
Bloomberg
Planeloads of buyers fly in as condos rise from the sea
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09.28.16Blow-By-Blow Account of the China-Singapore Spat Over South China Sea Report
South China Morning Post
Global Times report stirs up controversy
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08.15.16Why China’s Plan to Build a New Silk Road Runs Through Singapore
Bloomberg
Cultural ties make city-state key gateway to Southeast Asia.
Conversation
11.18.15
How Can China’s Neighbors Make Progress at APEC?
Ahead of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Summit next week, we asked a group of experts from China’s neighboring countries what they thought the main thrust of discussion in Manila should be. If host, the Philippines, under pressure from...
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09.08.15Photo Zines That Explore Singapore’s Identity
New York Times
In 1949, Sim Chi Yin’s grandfather, Shen Huansheng, a school principal and chief editor for the leftist Ipoh Daily newspaper, became a “Communist martyr.” A monument in Gaoshang with the inscription, “The tomb of martyr Shen Huansheng” proves it.
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08.07.15The Singapore Lesson China Missed
Wall Street Journal
It’s impossible to understand Singapore’s success without recognizing the importance of state constraint. Since Mr. Xi acknowledges no such limits, he will have a hard time achieving Singapore’s results.
Media
03.25.15
Was Lee Kuan Yew an Inspiration or a Race Traitor? Chinese Can’t Agree
When Lee Kuan Yew, the founding father of Singapore, passed away at the ripe age of 91 on March 23, the elderly statesman was as controversial in death as in life—and nowhere was the debate more vigorous than in China. While state media was full of...
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03.23.15In Lee Kuan Yew, China Saw a Leader to Emulate
New York Times
Singapore won an outsize influence with China after they embarked on an experiment with controlled capitalism.
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03.23.15Singapore’s Lee Seen as an Inspiration for Modern China
Associated Press
Chinese leaders admired Singapore's founder Lee Kuan Yew for toughness, economic pragmatism, and insistence on respect for authority.
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03.23.15Singapore Former PM Meets with Chinese Leaders
People’s Daily Online
Pepople's Daily photo archive of the late Lee Kwan Yew's meetings with five of China's top leaders.
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03.23.15How ‘Old Friend’ Lee Kuan Yew Influenced China
Wall Street Journal
“Mr. Lee Kuan Yew was an old friend of the Chinese people,” Chinese President Xi Jinping wrote to Singapore President Tony Tan.
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03.16.15India Should Play Bigger Role in South China Sea, Says Singapore
Bloomberg
India’s involvement in the region could give Southeast Asian nations a further buffer against China.
Caixin Media
03.11.14
Li Ka-shing’s Remedy for ‘Coddled’ Hong Kong
Hong Kong tycoon Li Ka-shing is again in the media spotlight after he mentioned in late February the possibility of publicly listing his retail business A.S. Watson Group, which is part of the Hong Kong-listed conglomerate Hutchison Whampoa."No...
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02.18.14
Lee Hsien Loong on What Singapore Can—and Can’t—Teach China
As one of the Four Asian Tigers, Singapore is known for its strong economy and orderly society. The city-state, with its population of 5.3 million people, is listed by the World Bank as fourth in the world in terms of per capita income. As a...
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09.03.13The Chinese Migrants Who Shocked Singapore
Wall Street Journal
The 2012 strike by Chinese bus drivers in Singapore offers a close-up look at a major issue facing the Southeast Asian city-state today: The growing number of migrant workers who underpin Singapore’s economy and the social tensions that their...
Environment
05.16.13
Singapore’s Growth Story Holds Lessons for Water-Scarce China
from chinadialogue
When the tiny city-state of Singapore gained independence in 1965, its social, economic, political, and environmental constraints appeared so formidable that many of those looking in from outside predicted a future of dismal dimensions.Forty years...