Lawrence Wong
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281 appearances
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first heard Oct 2025
last heard 19 Nov
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But as we transit into this new multipolar world, it's not as though every pole remains the same.
America is still the biggest, most powerful country and still maintains America's leadership remains vital.
And we certainly hope
that America will be actively engaged in the world, maybe not now, maybe not with this administration, but there will be a time when America can take up its role, be actively engaged, constructive, and continue to have good relations with all its key partners.
America's role is critical for stability and continued prosperity in the world, and the world needs America to behave like that.
You know, I visit China regularly just to find out how things are developing.
And all the actions that America takes vis-a-vis China has, in a way, only strengthened their resolve to work even harder, to move faster on technology self-sufficiency, and to
And they are determined to grow.
So one China commentator tells me there's nothing America can do to stop China.
Only China can stop China.
And when I heard that, it reminded me of something I heard a long time ago about the U.S.
too.
There's, you know, Abraham Lincoln once said, if destruction be our lot, let us Americans be the author and finisher of it.
And so it strikes me that... I think that was shortly before a civil war, so it may be rather bad.
But it strikes me that in this great rivalry, everyone is focused on what one country does to another.
But really, the fates of these two great powers will be determined by their own people at the end of the day.
Americans decide Americans' future.
Chinese people decide Chinese future.
That's what it comes down to, and it's their actions, their agency that determines domestic reforms, that determines the direction that these countries will take.
We've put a request to visit Washington, waiting for the dates.
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