On April 15, according to Chinanews.com, Singapore's "Lianhe Zaobao" reported that Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong will step down on May 15, and the successor will be Singapore's Deputy Prime Minister Finance Minister Lawrence Wong.
Lawrence Wong said that after the next parliamentary election in Singapore, there will be major changes in the cabinet lineup, and there will be no major changes to the original cabinet personnel before that. This suggests that Lawrence Wong will succeed Lee Hsien Loong in forming a new government in the future.
Lawrence Wong started as a civil servant in Singapore and later joined the Ministry of Trade and Industry, where he accumulated a lot of work experience during the Southeast Asian crisis, and then became the secretary of Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong.
Since then, Lawrence Wong has officially turned into a politician and has held many important positions in Singaporean politics, gradually becoming well-known to the Singaporean people, and in 2022, he was identified as the leader of the fourth-generation leadership team, and then Lee Hsien Loong was rumored to train him as a successor.
Now it can be seen that the rumors are true, but Huang Xuncai is not surnamed Li after all, so according to relevant people's predictions, Huang Xuncai is likely to be just a "transition" prime minister.
As we all know, Lee Kuan Yew started Singapore's "Lee Dynasty", and through the rules of the Lee family's son inheriting his father's business, Singapore became one of the "Asian Tigers", so under this glory, the Lee Dynasty has a stable position.
However, in 2017, there was infighting within the stable Lee family dynasty, and Lee Kuan Yew had two sons and a daughter, one was Lee Hsien Loong, the other was the second brother Lee Hsien Yang, and the third sister Lee Wei Ling.
Lee Hsien Yang accused Lee Hsien Loong and declared that he wanted to break with him, and more importantly, Lee Hsien Yang's son Lee Rope Martial was prominent, which made Lee Hsien Yang germinate the ambition to impact the political arena, so he exposed Lee Hsien Loong's plan to let his son Lee Hong Yi succeed him, but then Lee Hongyi denied it.
Judging from the situation of the Li family's infighting, if Lee Hsien Loong really wants Lee Hung-yi to succeed him, why should he let Huang Xun-choi take over? Therefore, some people speculate that Wong Xun-choi is just the transitional prime minister before Lee Hongyi takes over, but this is only speculation, and it is still unknown whether the "Lee family dynasty" will continue in the future.
But what is certain is that although Huang Xuncai's resume has risen rapidly, this point has two sides, indicating that Huang Xuncai's ruling position will not be particularly strong.
First, there is no background foundation of the Li family. Second, Singapore's fourth-generation leadership team presents a "big three" situation, in addition to Huang Xuncai, as well as Minister of Education Tan Chun Sing, and Minister of Health Ong Ye Kung are all candidates for succession. But if there are internal contradictions among the three giants, then Huang Xuncai's position will not be stable.
But it cannot be ruled out that the situation that the three giants can coexist in harmony depends on Huang Xuncai's ability!
For us, the position that will be held by the successor Lawrence Wong in Sino-US relations has attracted the most attention, and it can be seen that since Lawrence Wong was nominated by Lee Hsien Loong, he basically inherited Lee Hsien Loong's policy in foreign policy, and continued to adhere to a neutral position under the great power game between China and the United States.
In fact, Lawrence Wong has approached China on a number of occasions and has expressed his unwavering support for China's Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) and the principle of upholding Singapore's diplomatic principles of not being a vassal of any country.
Huang Xuncai has publicly stated that any U.S. attempt to contain and ban China's modernization process will not stop China, and he suggested that the United States coexist with China to avoid making the Sino-US confrontation a global "disaster."
Judging from Huang Xuncai's previous statements, after he takes office, China-New Zealand relations should not deteriorate, at least the current status quo will be maintained.
However, it is still uncertain what the future holds, after all, Singapore has taken the initiative to invite the United States to station troops, which is contrary to the previous statement that the Singapore side does not want to become a vassal of any country.
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Reference: Singapore's Prime Minister-designate Lawrence Wong: Lee Hsien Loong will become Senior Minister of State after stepping down
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