U.S.-China Tensions May Force Nations to Choose, Singapore Says
- ‘We will be coerced’ into either-or friendship, Lee says
- Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong speaks in interview with BBC
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Singapore risks being “coerced” into choosing between the U.S. or China as the two powers jostle for influence in Asia, according to Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong.
"If America-China relations become very difficult our position becomes tougher because then we will be coerced to choose between being friends with America and friends with China," Lee said in an interview with BBC’s “HARDtalk” that aired on Wednesday. “And that’s a real worry.”