Not possible for Singapore and many countries, to choose between US and China, PM Lee tells BBC


Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong noted that competition and tension between both superpowers is inevitable in the Asia-Pacific region. - The Straits Times/ANN

SINGAPORE, March 14 (Agencies): Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said there was considerable risk of tensions between China and the United States becoming severe, and that while a military conflict was more likely than it was five years ago, the odds were not high, said Reuters.

Relations between the United States and China sank to their lowest point in decades under former U.S. President Donald Trump's administration, with Beijing pushing for greater global influence in a challenge to traditional US leadership.

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