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Lee Hsien Loong
Lee Hsien Loong
Singaporean Politician
Born: Feb 10, 1952
China Country People Will World You
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Just as our forefathers saved and invested to build what we, the current generation, are enjoying today, so, too, we must plant trees so that our sons and daughters, and their sons and daughters, can enjoy the shade. Lee Hsien Loong
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You need people who have their own views, whose views you respect, whom you can have a productive disagreement with, and work out ideas which you might not have come up with, or who improve on ideas you had. Lee Hsien Loong
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There is always competition for influence, but there are also opportunities for cooperation. Lee Hsien Loong
Competition Opportunities Also Always Influence Cooperation
If you interview world leaders, everybody will say they are for free trade. But what they mean by it and what they do when they say they are pro free trade, you have to watch and see. Lee Hsien Loong
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The world is a diverse place. Nobody has a monopoly on virtue or wisdom. Lee Hsien Loong
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Every time you make a rule, somebody will think of a way to operate around the rule. Lee Hsien Loong
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We are looking for ways where you can have a sandbox, where you have a restricted environment within which people can try new things, and I can try new rules. And depending on what works, then I open up the sandbox, and it becomes the new rule for the whole system. Lee Hsien Loong
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I hope to develop our relationship with the Trump administration and with the United States. It's a very sound relationship that's based on the basic strategic congruence of views about the world, about the region. Lee Hsien Loong
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I think every administration has a settling-in process. And there's always an adjustment between what you can say during a campaign and what you find are the possibilities and the imperatives when you win the election and you enter the Oval Office. Lee Hsien Loong
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I think we are paying a lot of attention to China one way or the other. They are a big factor in the world. They are successful; they are growing. They want to grow their influence, and all the countries in Asia want to be their friend and want to benefit from China's development and success. Lee Hsien Loong
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The Chinese go around with lollipops in their pockets. They have aid. They have friendship deals. They build you a Prime Minister's office or President's office or Parliament House or Foreign Ministry. For them, trade is an extension of their foreign policy. Lee Hsien Loong
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The Chinese are quite clear what their interests are and very consistent on pushing their interests. Lee Hsien Loong
Consistent Pushing Clear Very Quite Chinese Interests
What we can do in Singapore may not be doable elsewhere. Some things you know you need: you want efficient government, you want clean government, you want to do away with corruption, you must educate your people. You want to get housing and so on. All these are not such secrets, not so special to Singapore. Lee Hsien Loong
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If you look at the young people today, they are passionate about all kinds of courses. We have dog-lovers, nature-lovers, those who are pursuing arts; we have quite many who are involved in religious activities through their church. Lee Hsien Loong
Today You People Church Young Those Religious Kinds About Through Pursuing Look Involved Courses Passionate Quite Arts Young People Who Many Activities
I would not say that the North Koreans will do anything that the Chinese want them to do. Lee Hsien Loong
Will Say Would Koreans North Want Anything Chinese Them
If there are tensions between America and China, we will be asked to pick a side. It may not be directly, but you will get the message that, 'We would like you to be with us, and are you with us? If not, does that mean you're against us?' And that's to put it gently. Lee Hsien Loong
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If you asked a Singaporean, on the one hand they'll say, 'Let us do our own things.' On the other hand, when an issue comes out, they'll ask, 'What is the government doing about it?' Lee Hsien Loong
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The U.S. is not a claimant state in the South China Sea or in the China-Japan dispute over the Senkaku Islands. But, of course, the 7th Fleet has been a presence in the region since the Second World War, and it is the most powerful fleet in the region. Lee Hsien Loong
War World State Has-Been Powerful Over Since Most Most Powerful Course Islands Been South China Region Fleet Sea Dispute Presence Second World War Second World War
One of the reasons America is welcome in Asia is because with America... there is a certain idealism and a certain bigness of soul. You want the region to prosper; you want countries to do well, and you are prepared to help them. Lee Hsien Loong
You Soul Welcome Countries Idealism Prosper Well Because America Want Region Asia Them Certain Help Reasons Prepared
We want the U.S. to have constructive and stable relations with China. That makes it much easier for us. Then we don't have to choose sides. Lee Hsien Loong
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We stand stoutly against all forms of terrorism, and cross-border terror is a particular problem that India has. Singapore has a problem with cross-border terror, too, because we are a very small country, and it is quite possible for an attack to be mounted on Singapore from beyond our shores. Lee Hsien Loong
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The natural result of people preferring one of their own race is that a minority race president will find it hard to get elected, and so it's something we should do something about and which we can do something about. Lee Hsien Loong
Natural People Result Will Minority Own President Find About Something Get Which Race Elected Should Hard
Chinese companies - telecommunications and technology companies - are some of the best internationally. Taobao, WeChat, Huawei - not only are they large companies, but they're also very technologically advanced. Lee Hsien Loong
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China is developing very quickly. At every stage, its needs are different. Lee Hsien Loong
Needs Stage Every Developing Very Quickly Different China
Whichever country we are talking to, we are concerned with economic cooperation, how to deepen our mutual dependence, how to find new areas of win-win. Lee Hsien Loong
Country Our Find Win-Win Mutual Economic Area New Concerned Talking How Dependence Cooperation Deepen
The emerging economies, many of them are concerned. They didn't want the money to slosh in. They are afraid when the money sloshes out, but the tapering has to take place, and we have to be able to manage it. Lee Hsien Loong
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