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Adjusting to a bigger, more powerful China: SM Lee

It cannot be business as usual. Rules made decades ago will need to change, and attitudes too.

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

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

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Lee Hsien Loong

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Given China’s considerable heft, the impact it makes globally as it changes is widely felt and hard to ignore. During a fireside chat

at the FutureChina Global Forum on Oct 18,

Senior Minister Lee Hsien Loong discussed different aspects of these changes, including the presence of Chinese companies in the region and Singapore. Edited excerpts of his remarks follow:

I think the fundamental issue – I would not say it is a problem – the fundamental issue is that China has changed so much from what it was, to what it is today.

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