Micklethwait: The last time we spoke, you talked very eloquently about Singapore's role in Asia, about the rising power of China and about some of the difficulties of being an ally of America in this particular region. And I wondered from all those perspectives, what should President-elect Joe Biden... do in terms of a policy towards the region and towards China in particular?
PM Lee: I think his first priorities will be domestic. He has got many urgent things to deal with, starting with Covid-19. Asia is a very important part of the world for America, and China particularly. I hope that he will be able to focus his mind on developing a framework for an overall constructive relationship with China. That means one where you are going to be competing, where there will be issues to deal with, but where you do not want to collide and will try very hard to develop the areas of common interest and constrain the areas of disagreement.
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