Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong: U.S.-China conflict will be "all lost"

Source: Reference News Network

According to a report by Singapore's Straits Times website on May 19, Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said that if the United States clashes with China, "everything will be lost."

According to the report, he said at the Global Economic Recovery Forum held by the American Chamber of Commerce on the 19th that if the US-China relationship deteriorates and leads to conflict, then everything is in danger for the rest of the world.

He also said it would also be a bad outcome for the United States and China.

"Because the United States and China are both countries with extremely strong economic and technological power, with high-tech capabilities, weapons and nuclear capabilities," Lee said. the Chinese People's Liberation Army is a modern armed force, and the United States Armed Forces is the most powerful armed force in the world. But the U.S. military is not so strong, fighting a war will not be without casualties, do not think that you can bear a lot of losses. ”

"Therefore, it is necessary for the two countries to decide (not only) to work together to accept each other's status quo, but also to work together to find common ground that can be cooperated," he said. There are quite a few of them. ”

Climate change is one area, he said, as well as others, such as nuclear non-proliferation, public health and future pandemics.

The global trading system must be orderly and stable so that countries can import, export, trade, develop commerce and prosper. He said that the two countries must therefore cooperate, which means that they must balance international positions with domestic political opinion.

As far as the United States is concerned, it must acknowledge that China is a reality, it will not disappear, and the United States must cooperate with it, he said. Lee Hsien Loong said: "You can try to influence it, but you can't transform it. It will not become like the European countries, let alone like the United States. ”

"It's a psychological hurdle for the United States to accept this, and to get Americans to approve of such a policy requires great statesmanship, but that's exactly what you need," he said. ”