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There was something a bit unusual about Lee Kuan Yew's annual Chinese New Year speech this year. The words of Lee, Singapore's former Prime Minister and founding father, are heeded by the public, because they provide a road map for the city-state's economic development. Hewing to custom, Lee spoke dryly of free-trade agreements and strengthening economic ties with the region. But then he started talking about art exhibitions, jazz bands, museums and alfresco dining. In fact, eating outdoors was mentioned no fewer than three times as Lee laid out the government's vision...
...made constitutional amendment the cornerstone of his young administration, declaring that Japan must "slough off the postwar regime." That kind of talk sets off alarm bells for critics who view any easing of military limits as the beginning of a backslide into wartime aggression. (Former Singaporean leader Lee Kuan Yew memorably summed up these fears years ago when he said that allowing Japanese participation in peacekeeping operations was akin to giving liquor-flavored chocolates to a recovering alcoholic.) But despite the LDP's legislative success, constitutional revision is far from certain-and even if it does happen, the role...
...Zhou Fu-kuan, a cheerful 32-year-old, just smiled when I told him that the United States was filing suit against China at the World Trade Organization (WTO) over intellectual property infringement. I've known Zhou for nearly two years. He runs the DVD stand across the street from the apartment building I used to live in here in Shanghai, and over that time I've literally bought a couple of hundred pirated movies from him. "I hadn't heard that," he said of the U.S.'s WTO suit, "but this sort of thing happens a lot - the government...
...exercise every day, I work hard every day and I sleep well every day. And I think [my mind is] still functioning, although I'm not as active as before. But enough to fight an election." LEE KUAN YEW, Singapore's Minister Mentor, announcing his plans to stand for office in the next general elections. The city-state's 82-year-old founder has run in 12 national polls since...
...Leader's Reach The detailed interview with Singapore's Lee Kuan Yew was quite educational and thoughtful [Dec. 12]. It was all the more interesting to read how the onetime autocratic leader of Singapore's 4 million people would like to determine the affairs of countries with more than 1 billion people. I take satisfaction in the fact that Lee's comments about radical Islam will not be read by most Muslims. Mohammad Nasir Peshawar, Pakistan...