Charlie Rose Talks to Lee Kwan Yew
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What does the world want from the U.S. in 2011?
Leadership, because you're the only mover and shaker. Take China. She's the second-largest economy, but she hasn't got a worldwide interest. She only concentrates on those areas where she needs oil and other resources.
But you have said in the past that China's intent is to be the greatest power in the world?
There's no doubt about that. But it will take them more than 10 years. And that won't make them the world's technological power in 20 years. They are still behind the U.S. They have to put up a stealth fighter, put a man into space. That's a prodigious effort on their part.