U.S. Must Accept China’s Rise to Avoid Conflict, Singapore Says
- Washington ‘has the most difficult adjustment to make’: Lee
- ‘Our world is at a turning point,’ PM tells defense chiefs
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Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong urged the world’s biggest economies to accommodate each other’s interests to avoid a prolonged conflict, adding that the U.S. “has the most difficult adjustment to make.”
Speaking at a regional forum attended by Acting U.S. Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan and Chinese Defense Minister Wei Fenghe, Lee called on both nations to avoid a “zero-sum dynamic.” China must convince the world that it’s a responsible global player, he said, while the U.S. must give Beijing a greater say in forging international rules.