Unwise for the West to write off China, says Singapore Senior Minister Lee Hsien Loong at business forum


Senior Minister Lee Hsien Loong with moderator Lee Huay Leng, editor-in-chief of SPH Media’s Chinese Media Group, at the FutureChinaGlobal Forum on Oct 18. - Photo: Lianhe Zaobao

SINGAPORE: The West should not dismiss China, nor should Beijing underestimate the West, Senior Minister Lee Hsien Loong said at a business forum on Friday (Oct 18).

“I think it is very unwise to write off China,” he said. “This works in both directions. The Westerners say, ‘We will do this and the other, and China will stay down.’ I tell them they are wrong. They do not fully believe me.”

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