Relations between China and Singapore have set a benchmark for countries in the region, Chinese President Xi Jinping told Singapore’s Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong during talks in Beijing. | Reuters
FILE PHOTO: China’s President Xi Jinping speaks during the closing session of the National People’s Congress at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on March 13, 2023. NOEL CELIS/Pool via REUTERS
BEIJING — Relations between China and Singapore have set a benchmark for countries in the region, Chinese President Xi Jinping told Singapore’s Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong during talks in Beijing on Friday. China is willing to work with Singapore in further building new “channels” by land and sea, Xi told Lee, according to Chinese state broadcaster CCTV.During the meeting, Xi said hegemony and bullying must be opposed and that no other nation should be allowed to deprive Asian people of their right to pursue a better life, without naming any third country.
The warm words for Lee, who last met Xi in person in the Thai capital of Bangkok in November, came amid increased strains between China and Western nations, especially the United States, over issues ranging from the Ukraine war to human rights.
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