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  1. New memoir reveals #LeeKuanYew’s approach to China diplomacy
    "LKY recognised early on tt #China demanded respect & #equality in #diplomacy.. Lee made sure te Chinese knew tt #Singapore had its own #identity. In Ink & Influence, Cheong writes abt te fanfare te Singaporean delegation rc'ved fr te Chinese when they arrived in 1976 & how they're being greeted as "kinsmen". Lee told te Chinese tt Singaporeans were not kinsmen & ensured tt te 🇸🇬 #presscorps never forgot tis" 1/2
    msn.com/en-xl/news/other/how-s

  2. Building a #DualState need not end in #genocide: Vladimir #Putin’s #Russia & #LeeKuanYew’s #Singapore have followed the same model of the dual state that Fraenkel described, though neither has undertaken a mass-killing operation as the Nazis did [Putin has, just not within Russian borders on a genocidal scale]. Their deepest similarity, rather, is that both are intolerant of #PoliticalDissent & leave the overwhelming majority of citizens alone.

  3. "The trouble is that the system requires someone like Lee Kuan Yew at the top — strict and charismatic, as Michael Barr, author of Singapore: A Modern History, told me. 'But no one who has that political skill would ever rise to the top today because that person would be regarded as a threat,' he said."

    #FarahStockman, 2023

    nytimes.com/2023/04/12/opinion

    #Singapore #LeeKuanYew #MichaelBarr #autocracy