Five things to look out for when Singapore’s leader Lee Hsien Loong visits China
2017-09-19 09:25:07 source：South China Morning Post
September 18, 2017
Singapore’s Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong will begin an official three-day visit to China on Tuesday.
His visit follows an invitation by Chinese Premier Li Keqiang and is seen as a signal of how the relationship between China and Singapore is developing following a series of hiccups in recent months.
These include the ongoing disputes over the South China Sea – although Singapore itself has no claims on the waterway – and the absence of Lee from Beijing’s “Belt and Road” summit in May.
As Singapore is the chairman of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations next year, how Beijing manages its ties with the city state will be crucial to the relationship between China and the Southeast Asian nations – some of which have their own claims to the South China Sea.
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