Posts Tagged ‘forbes’
Lee wades into muddy waters. Forbes: A rising China is seeking to assert its sea-boundary claims. It is naive to believe that a strong China will accept the conventional definition of what parts of the sea around it are under its jurisdiction. This should come as no surprise, but it has been uncomfortable for some […]
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Tags: chiba, forbes, lee kuan yew, opinion, south china sea
Lee Kuan Yew opines in Forbes: IN TERMS OF LAND area and population Myanmar and Thailand are close in size, and i n the 1960s both countries had similar rates of growth. But in 1962 Myanmar’s General Ne Win led a coup d’état, establishing a nominally socialist military government that followed an economic policy of autarky. […]
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Tags: burma, forbes, free trade, investment, lee kuan yew, Malaysia, myanmar
ChannelNewsAsia offers up two videos from the Forbes Global CEO conference, with about 20 seconds each of Lee Kuan Yew. MM Lee says US economy down but not out (video) MM Lee says SWFs should not be lumped as a single entity (video)
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At the Forbes Global CEO conference, Lee Kuan Yew pontificates on Russia and China: There’s no doubt that the world knows that China has come together. But they don’t beat their chests and threaten anybody.’ On Russia, Mr Lee alluded to its recent invasion of Georgia. ‘On the other side, really robust – you’ve got […]
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Tags: asean, china, forbes, russia, social security, straits times
A column by Lee in Forbes, regarding views of China in the West and in Hong Kong. Oddly, it’s datelined June 16, 2008, but published almost three weeks ahead of time. Two Images of China Huge crowds welcomed the torch parade. The usual pro-democracy demonstrators were outnumbered by crowds of ordinary people cheering on the […]
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Tags: china, forbes, Olympics, tibet
Lee Kuan Yew Watch 
Once China Catches Up–What Then?
Lee Kuan Yew opining at Forbes: Barring any major disruption, the speed at which China is growing in terms of total GDP will enable it to catch up to the U.S. by 2020. China will then go on to surpass America. … I believe that during the next 30 years the Chinese will have no […]
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Tags: china, forbes, lee kuan yew, united states, usa