Lee in London: Engage Asian powers

24Sep08

Lee at the International Institute for Strategic Studies in London, with a veiled argument for trading with Asian countries regardless of how their regimes treat their people.  Straits Times: Second, adjust the ‘values-based’ approach to foreign relations. ‘The pursuit of ostensibly ‘moral’ policies towards certain countries in Asia… has become an impediment to substantive engagement,’ […]

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MM Lee to visit London, Paris

21Sep08

From AsiaOne: Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew will be visiting the United Kingdom from 21 to 24 September 2007 and France from 24 to 26 September 2008. He has been invited by the Institute of International and Strategic Studies (IISS) in London to deliver a special lecture and inaugurate the Lee Kuan Yew Conference Room […]

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