Lee Kuan Yew Tag Archive

Society takes priority over the interests of the individual

(Extracted from Lee Kuan Yew: The Grand Master’s Insights on China, the United States, and the World) My upbringing in a three-generation family made me an unconscious Confucianist. It seeps into you, the...

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Leadership is about genuinely having people’s interest at heart

(Extracted from Lee Kuan Yew: The Grand Master’s Insights on China, the United States, and the World) When campaigning, no one has to listen to you at all. And when the campaign is over, people have to believe...

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You are what you communicate

(Extracted from Lee Kuan Yew: The Grand Master’s Insights on China, the United States, and the World) If I had not been able to reduce complex ideas into simple words and project them vividly for mass...

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Don’t let foolish words affect you

(Extracted from Lee Kuan Yew: The Grand Master’s Insights on China, the United States, and the World) I do not take anything all that seriously. If I did, I would be quite a sick man. A number of foolish things...

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China will never be a democracy

(Excerpt from Lee Kuan Yew: The Grand Master’s Insights on China, the United States, and the World) No. China is not going to become a liberal democracy; if it did, it would collapse. Of that, I am quite sure, and...

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China can continue to grow at high rates for at least another decade

(Excerpt from Lee Kuan Yew: The Grand Master’s Insights on China, the United States, and the World) During the last three decades, China’s economy has grown at the phenomenal rate of 10% per year, sometimes even...

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China needs access to US technology

(Excerpt from Lee Kuan Yew: The Grand Master’s Insights on China, the United States, and the World) China knows that it needs access to U.S. markets, U.S. technology, opportunities for Chinese students to study in...

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China’s challenges in culture, language, talent integration and governance

(Excerpt from Lee Kuan Yew: The Grand Master’s Insights on China, the United States, and the World) Internally, the chief challenges are culture, language, an inability to attract and integrate talent from other...

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China’s peaceful rise

(Excerpt from Lee Kuan Yew: The Grand Master’s Insights on China, the United States, and the World) The Chinese have concluded that their best strategy is to build a strong and prosperous future, and use their...

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