PM Lee on Singapore’s relations with the US and China | Interview with Lee Hsien Loong
2024 ж. 9 Мам.
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While underlying tensions between the US and China will prevail for a long time, PM Lee said Singapore is fortunate to have good relations with both countries. Speaking to four journalists in his last interview as Prime Minister, Mr Lee highlighted initiatives that have advanced Singapore’s cooperation with both superpowers over the years.
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my left ear enjoyed this interview
I literally was pissed at my earpiece for 5sec, turned off turned on and then saw this comment.
Hahahaah 😂
My left toe agree with you.
Omg I thought it was just me hehe
By his answer, Singapore's Military is more closer with US than China! 🎉
It has to be. China is the biggest threat in the region.
logically
The US can do the dirty work of keeping China off Spratly, Malaysian, Philippine and Vietnamese waters while Singapore's hands are clean.
Singapore uses mostly American military hardware.
Singapore military has nothing to do with China, it is 0. nothing to compare.
There're different level of state relationship, Singapore and US are Strategic Partnership. Singapore and China mostly trade relation.
Not true….. if Singapore and US are strategic partnership, they will stand with US whole time….. the reason they say they don’t take side between 2 superpowers, already tell us the relationship between Singapore and US……
When you have a friend that is constantly making trouble it becomes very annoying. A good move is to unfriend such a person.
I’m only using right earphone piece and found that there’s no sound coming through.
I am afraid the Chinese are not fool. They don't believe what Singapore says (don't choose side but be friendly to both), but look at the facts. In their eyes, Singapore is the protected country by the US. Buying all military equipment from US and follow US's order, which I personally agree. In fact, I used to talk with some Chinese about this when I worked in China. Surprisingly, they feel Indonesians and Malaysians are friendly to China, but most of them don't like Singapore (because Singapore's military ties with the US). No choosing side becomes impossible later or sooner.
I believe that the Singaporean leadership has enough political wisdom to maintain a balance between China and the United States.
团结一切可以团结的力量啊，现在又不是热战。就算是德国、澳大利亚这种全方位盟友也跟中国有经贸往来。我们现在就是要稳住，欢迎一切合作，哪怕对方不是真心。
Surely you will choose higher tech weaponry right? Considered countries aside
我想你有些误会
@@TPDTND one can't avoid dealing with stupid people in one's life, let alone a country. Different people deal with stupid people, often with different results. of course, if the other person is smart, then you need more wisdom.
Since independence on August 9 1965, Singapore has leaned heavily towards the west, similar to the Republic of Korea during the dictatorial regime of Syngman Rhee.
When the Ukraine War broke out, and on the pretext that “the UNSC resolution to condemn Russia’s aggression against Ukraine failed to pass due to Russia’s veto”, Singapore’s Minister for Foreign Affairs announced that the small island state will act in concert with other “like-minded” countries (the U.S.and its handful of vassals actually) to impose appropriate sanctions and restrictions against Russia. But what did Singapore do when Israel wages war against the helpless Palestinians? An atrocious invasion condemned by the entire world with the exception of the United States. What did Singapore do when the United States invaded countries with no capacity to fight back- Iraq, Syria, Afghanistan etc.?
😂 I agree with u. In fact we SG should learn from both Russian and Israeli, expand our territory! We Singaporeans are must more hardworking than our neighbors countries, we deserve more land to benefit the all humankind.
@@HawkishMerlion1965 Yes. As the 20 units of F-35 jets will put Singapore air force in the “premier league”, or so claimed Defence Minister Ng Eng Hen. With that Singapore can tow behind the U.S. just like the other vassals, the U.K. and Australia. Singapore will become the mightiest country at least in South East Asia despite being a tiny island of 730 km². After all, Singapore’s friend, Israel is arguably the most powerful country in the Middle East. And Israel with a land area of 22,145 km² is only 30 times bigger.
But wait a minute. Did Pentagon just say that only half of its F-35 is mission capable? Hopefully, Singapore is given the “mission capable” one.
@HawkishMerlion1965 ？Are you crazy? Singapore is a small country among small countries. Don't think you can do anything with a little money.
@@yuejiang4601 To be fair, I think what @HawkishMelon had said is “antiphrasis”? He is ostensibly saying the opposite of what he actually meant. But it is obvious what his true intention is.
He's trying hard no doubt but he's not even half of his father. His father was sharp and not trying to sound nice but right.
Too many Bart Simpsons in the us cabinet House white
why Singapore doesn't have Chinese naval base?
@@solaris5655整天瞎说。
@@gflaubert3423is Singapore anti-genocidal too? Look at Gaza where the USA n Israel are committing blatant genocide in their so-called "international rule of law". Disgusting. Rest of the world aren't fools!
@@solaris5655United states sees Singapore as just some dictatorship and wants it completely remade in their design. Singapore should be wary of America also.
国家大事让你们这些人废话连篇，找就亡国，别假厉害了！
@@TPDTNDthey are geographically far away enough that they are less than a threat compared to China. Besides there’s enough Chinese influence still in Singapore that will keep such a thing from happening. This tension between Chinese and Western influence is what Singapore has to carefully play with to maintain its sovereignty as a nation state.
India Out✌️
Singapore has a population 98% pro-China policy, it is about time international flights must diverge to Perth, Kualar Lumpar, Dehli and Manila.
One famous saying of the lee Kuan yew, who is the father of Singapore,. He said quote... With american around I don't fear China.. Singapore should listen to him because Father knows Best
And vice versa too actually
@@Alasterius41 sure, we are a team...singapore has leased an airbase in the USA, and US Navy has been used Singapore for services. Like Thailand, Singapore is one of American friends in the region.
@@rock3times What I mean by vice versa is “with China around, Singapore doesn’t fear America”. It works both ways for Singapore. China cannot take over Singapore with America around but neither can America take over Singapore (even if just ideologically) with China around. That is how Singapore maintains its absolute sovereignty..
Meritobinarism is the solution to jobless problems caused by technology...
S'poreans are very fortunate to be living in a safe and secure environment because the PAP govt has done a great job protecting the country against foreign interference.❤❤
Don't be so sure bout yr "friendship" with Uncle Sam, PM Lee...
If you need America for your security then you are screwed.
No one asked Mr Lee the question on behalf of Congressman Tom Cotton?... "Have you ever been a member of CCP?"
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“I look at elections and certainly GE 2020 not as the cause of change, certainly not the cause of political change in Singapore, but I see them as a reflection of a state of decline, the decline of a larger system and the PAP at the heart of this system,” he asserted.
😂😂😂 I agree PAP not comparable to it past. But currently no opposition party want to takeover as government, not even WP😂😂😂. I see other opposition party are more willingly to be government by forming opposition alliances , but WP only want to be opposition only.
As long as people like Senator Tom Cotton avoid making news and impact in the US over considering Singapore as part of China due to xenophobia, Singapore will prefer the US over China. But the xenophobia is a real issue since anti-Chinese sentiment and "Yellow Peril" in the US has been consistent since the late 19th century and often seems ready to bubble up again at any point.
Chinese nationalists agree with Tom Cotton. 🤦🏼♀️
PM Lee is not Bongbong, Fumio Kishida or Yoon Suk Yeol. He is his own man who makes his own decisions on behalf of the Singaporean People for their benefits.
😂🤣 u must be new to Singapore
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don't take the porkets
The most intolerable thing about China is you can not choose your government , for the rich and well to do , they can take or leave , for ordinary citizens , no choice but live with it , so Singaporeans are still blessed to have the PAP
Dude, in Singapore you also have the 1 party that rule for more than a decade.
@@Justin87878 So what , it's still been chosen by the people of their free will , most important is you have a choice unlike in China
@@yuantham7643 dude, that is an illusion of the free will...no matter who you vote, the pap is the only one that will govern
@@yuantham7643 the funniest logic I have ever seen lolz
@@qiangyou6694 Why and how it's funny
PM Lee makes Taiwan Cai looks like a fool.
“The PAP government has become decadent,” he said. “Decadence in the way that it has reached the zenith of its achievements and these are considerable achievements.
@martindawn934 No, we are not preventing competition. What we are preventing is Duds getting into Parliament. We don't want Chee Soon Juan or JB Jeyaretnam. They are not going to build the country. LKY
我衷心希望新加坡繁荣昌盛，中国不应该把难题丢给新加坡，只要中国足够强大，就不会让新加坡为难。身为中国人，我觉得要去体谅新加坡，毕竟我们都同属华夏民族，不是外人，所以要学会站在新加坡的角度去看待问题
谢谢您，但是请您不要不把自己当外人。
@@luckyx69 有时候棋盘上的棋子应该知道自己的处境，知道中国人和新加坡人是怎么看你们的吗？
@@luckyx69 顺便告诉你，日本人说你们是合格的日本人，能看到日本人写下这种评论我真是为你们感到骄傲啊
你的说法已经让新加坡很不舒服。请不要和新加坡人说什么中华民族，什么不是外人。新加坡是多族裔国家，还有马来人和印度人，所以，作为一个国家，新加坡不是什么华夏民族，更和中国是外人，不是一家人，请不要套近乎了。
@@muomu 谢谢你，但是我不在乎你是怎么看
LMAO. Tell me something that I don't already know.
Different country have different leaders.. Singapore PM is the best
His famous saying…you want to drink pork soup, just scoop from the river in China. But his father’s saying or warning is better and practical….never even give a liqueur chocolate to ex alcoholic as their rampant behaviour of alcoholics will very quickly appear and we in SEA and east Asia will suffer unspeakable atrocities.
Merlion mighty 🙂 Peter 60 saya
A good dictator here but no one knows what is the future for Singapore once this man is gone. Power corrupts even a good man and no one is free from that. I am not sure Singapore is protected by Constitution like we see in US where even a wanna be dictator HAS TO GO after 8 years term.
All dictator r bad.
Well done, Singapore. 👍👍👍👍👍👍
Seating on the fence is the worst position to take. It pissed off both sides. 😂
it is most asean countries have been doing
@@mabo9636 blind following blind
新加坡被称为"墙头草"是不恰当的。新加坡的外交政策基于务实主义,着眼于国家利益和地区稳定,不会简单地依据意识形态或族裔认同来选边站队。他们客观评估各方的政策和行为,权衡利弊得失,以灵活、平衡的策略在复杂的地缘政治环境中生存发展。 新加坡坚持国家主权、不干涉内政、和平解决争端等基本原则,积极倡导区域合作、互利共赢的发展模式。这反映了新加坡作为一个小国的现实处境和长远利益。 我们应该以更开放、包容的心态看待新加坡的外交立场,而非期待他们支持某一方、反对另一方。国与国之间的关系复杂多面,需要在合作中谋求共同利益,在竞争中管控分歧,避免对抗冲突。新加坡务实、灵活的平衡策略值得借鉴,有助于探索互利共赢、共同发展的道路。
@solaris5655 where r u from?
@@deschan2246Nowadays a lot of ATB become you tubers and give comments on Singapore issues. 😂
新加坡选择谁不重要，只要记住新加坡是华人建立的国家就够了，新加坡的成功就是华人的成功，即使身为中国人也能感受到这份荣耀
你想多了。星國是從昂撒殖民地出身，然後又被該昂撒殖民地出身的馬來國家給驅逐出來分立的。只不過當地的人民的先祖是來自中國的多些罷了。其他的再説吧。
你想太多了。和中国人无关。
新加坡的成功和中国人没有半分钱关系。你们的满世界认亲戚的习惯，让很多人不舒服。
我们的成功与你们无关. 当我们独立时，中国没有站出来支持我们。以色列是第一个支持我们独立的国家。在我们建国初期，中国根本没有帮.
Singapore was founded by the Malays who are the native people of Singapore and not Chinese. In fact, the official language of Singapore is the Malay language and the national anthem is in the Malay language as well. Its success is the success of the multi racial society and not the Chinese.
As an American, ethnic identity is equal to national identity, it can be equal and it can not be equal. Drop your ethic identity and loyal to your national. Identity is objective and subjective the same time. China don’t believe in you because you are not holding national identity. You rebel China, but at the same time you showed loyalty, this is how contradicted the identity. Not side is correct or wrong and as an American, I want you to embrace individualism, freedoms and be able to challenge status quo You are 80% and up in wisdom in what you’ve said. I went to Singapore in 2023 it was a decent country however I like to see unity more that every citizens would speak centralised under a single language. Second, undoubtedly Singapore is prosperous but Singapore have to know some critical ideas , it might not be welcomed but it is the best for individual and community. I would say prioritise individualism, if not I will be continue to see a stressful country, citizens. The level I want to see is here but you are not reaching. Decent but have work to do.
Disappointed to hear that Singapore is ethnic Chinese. Singapore is a multiethnic country for centuries and centuries. How does the Indians and the Malays feel when they hear such thoughts coming from the past head of state. Not good I am sure. Insulted and disappointed.
Singapore is 75% Chinese, say this is no problem
@@yuejiang4601 oh so what the other 25% think doesn’t matter according to you? You think that’s ok? It’s like the US president saying America is a country of white Europeans.
@lostinmuzak The United States is an immigrant country, Singapore is not
@@yuejiang4601 hahahaha. All chinese came from China and so did the Indians. Not sure what you are saying. But you are still saying it’s ok for 25% of Singapore citizens to be insulted. My last comment on this. Thanks.
Nobody care if you are disappointed or not
Did he order the Chinese Sinovac and Sinopharm vaccines? He must explain to the families of thousands of Covid victims.
@ArabicReja973 What is there to explain. The Sinovac and Sinopharm vaccines help thousands of families to combat Covid. I am one of those families. Are you drunk when you made this posting?
Did Taiwan Chinese government ordered the fake vaccines? They must explain to the families of thousands of Covid victims.
I'm Asian American respect all three countries; the US, Singapore and China. However while PM Lee's qualification that it isnt about ethnicity alone isn't shared by many Singapore Chinese who see that factor as salient. As China asserts it influence perhaps even more aggressively in terms of interference, claims of the South China Sea and cyber intrusions we don't know how this will play out in the region. Beijing has always planned to reach out to ethnic Chinese formally with associations and forge a bond of ethnic loyalty based upon Chinese culture and civilization but hiding the political agendas. This may be problematic in South East Asia if money and business from China becomes less attractive to grease over cultural jingoism.
As an Asian American, I support China over America. China has never racially discriminated against other Asians while the US is actively attacking Asians in America
@@ronsmith3523 have you seen how the Chinese behave in Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam, Myanmar? 😂
I am English educated since young as I born in SG, I work and live in both America and Europe. I can confirm that Ang moh are mostly racists. As long u are not white skin u will be treated differently even u are western cultured since young. So I hope china rise even I have nothing to associate with china except same skin color.
I'm not from India it's old and wrong to generalize Asians in America. Asians are very diverse. For example Indian Americans are classified as Asians by the Official US Census Bureau and Pew Research. They are the richest and most educated ethnic group in the US earning more than double the US average across all groups including whites and Jews. They are the fastest growing Asian group in the United States. They're 1.2% of the population and they control 6 trillion US dollars of the economy according to Fortune magazine in December 2023. According to research done by Stanford University Professor Ilya Strebulev they are 34% of the unicorn startups and most were born in India, unicorns in the United States are valued at 1 billion USD, they're not just CEOs and 10% of academics in the top universities in America but entrepreneurs with no guanxi nor affirmative action bottom up, not top down from the government such as Blacks and Latinos. They don't have any connections with the Indian government. They are also active in social and public work representing different ethnic groups in the United States. They are less exclusive than the Chinese and other East Asians. And they are found in the media as well as in law and government many of them run tech firms as CEOs and they represent 40 % of medical doctors. They are also venture capitalists. So the stereotypes are very old in Singapore and Malaysia I notice that there is ethnocentricism amongst the Chinese in terms of renting and as well as promotion of Indians, people who have been born in these two countries for three generations. It's not just the Malays who discriminate. So please lets go by data and facts which are easily obtainable and can be verified by major news media such as CNBC, Bloomberg, Fortune, the Wall Street Journal, The Economist and official US data plus academic journals. Singapore has Sanskrit roots in name meaning Lion City. Indian company investments in Singapore are valued at 60 billion USD according to the Confederation of Indian Industry. Not bad.
Well , in 1967, Singapore requested help from many countries for the Defence Military setup. Middle East Israel accepted and helped Singapore. Both India & Egypt refused to help Singapore Defence Military setup😢 . So naturally, Singaporean have different views on India & Egypt compare to the Israel.
I love how PM is able to use all these facts to sell the Singapore brand!
Singapore has so many ex China Chinese serving National Service. If there is a conflict with China. Guess who would they fight for? 😂 Under China law, as long as a China Chinese is born in China. Regardless of where they migrated to China law apply ro them. Not forgetting their extended family is still in China 😂
Wrong man I'm a Singapore Chinese but I dun feel like fighting for china. So you might want to do that but you don't speak for all Chinese here. And i don't know about that Chinese law but you are certainly subject to Singapore law. That's a fact. Most Chinese here don't have extended families in China. Many in Malaysia, some in Indonesia maybe. Man, you must be new to Singapore.
Why on earth would China have conflict with Singapore unless Singapore drink too much US kool-aid like you did to look to pick up a fight with China
@@loooongtimeago frog in well or plain ignorant?
@@deschan2246 decride yourself pretty well. I'll also add in delusional.
@@solonavi3928 move on
Thank you for being a mouthpiece of the Chinese government for the last 20 years, sir!
He is a very competent leader who contributes to world peace and stability.
Thank you for being a bot of Endian government for the last 20 years, sir!
😂😂😂👍👍👍@@directxxxx71
你算个几把