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Singapore’s next prime minister warns U.S. and China may ‘sleepwalk into conflict’

• BY PHILIP J. HEIJMANS AND NILUKSI KOSWANAGEI Aug 16, 2022

Singapore’s prime minister-in-waiting Lawrence Wong warned that the U.S. and China may “sleepwalk into conflict” if they don’t engage with each other and de-escalate rising tensions over Taiwan.

In an interview on Monday with Bloomberg Editor-in-Chief John Micklethwait, Wong said the relationship between the world’s biggest economies was on a “very worrying” trajectory in the wake of U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan and China’s subsequent military drills around the island……….. (Subscribers only)  https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2022/08/16/world/politics-diplomacy-world/singapore-wong-u-s-china-conflict/

August 20, 2022 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | Uncategorized