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Top 10 most-read Letters to the Editor 2020

In a year dominated by the coronavirus pandemic, the US-China trade war and debate about the future of Hong Kong, here are the letters that got most of your attention. Not surprisingly, all things China topped the list. But giving it a run for screen time, as always, was Hong Kong's next-door rival, Singapore. Some love-hate relationships do stand the test of time.

Updated: 30 Dec, 2020
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Letters | China’s coronavirus numbers just don’t seem to add up

11 Feb, 2020
A worker walks among beds in a convention centre that has been converted into a temporary hospital in Wuhan, Hubei, on February 4. Photo: AP
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Letters | What is China not telling us about the novel coronavirus?

11 Feb, 2020
A woman walks past statues wearing face masks, as the snow falls in Beijing on February 5. Photo: AP
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Letters | Singapore deserves to be blamed for failing migrant workers

The government has now taken some steps to redress its oversight, but should still be held accountable for ignoring the problem of crowded workers’ dorms. It is also no use denying the presence of racism against foreign labour in Singapore.

10 May, 2020
Migrant workers wear masks while queuing at a meal distribution point in the Little India district of Singapore on May 6. Photo: EPA-EFE
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Letters | Could Singapore offer migrant workers a path to citizenship?

The Covid-19 outbreak in migrant dorms should prompt a reassessment of the mindset that separates such workers from the rest of the population.

16 May, 2020
Migrant workers wait in line at a meal distribution point in the Little India district of Singapore, on May 6. A majority of Singapore’s Covid-19 cases are from the foreign worker community, who live in crowded dormitories. Photo: EPA-EFE
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Letters | Does Chinese arrogance make some people turn against them?

11 Apr, 2020
Chinese tourists take souvenir photos with the national flag on Quanfu, one of the Paracel Islands, in Sansha prefecture of Hainan province in the South China Sea, in September 2014. Photo: AP
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Letters | What I know about Lee Suet Fern

30 Nov, 2020
Lee Suet Fern (far left) and other family members of the late Lee Kuan Yew arrive with his portrait at the start of the state funeral at the University Cultural Centre in Singapore on March 29, 2015. Photo: AP
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Letters | Singapore is now home, but Hong Kong is where the heart is

Hong Kong can grow on you in mysterious ways, with its natural splendour, ease of movement and, most of all, its warm, friendly people. I left with a heavy heart, but I will always be praying for you.

24 Oct, 2020
The people of Hong Kong left an indelible mark with their silent, stoic belief in doing the right thing the right way. Photo: Winson Wong
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Letters | Three ways for China to win back the world’s trust

China can repair its foreign policy blunders by ending its aggressive rhetoric, showing more transparency, respecting its neighbours’ territorial concerns, opening up its markets and being willing to listen.

25 Jul, 2020
A security officer walks past a display at the PT Expo in Beijing last October. Photo: AP
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Letters | Lee Kuan Yew was proof autocratic government can be good

A government should be held to account not for its ideology but for its policies and actions. Hongkongers who criticise the Chinese government for being communist are missing the point.

30 Aug, 2020
Founding prime minister Lee Kuan Yew addresses delegates at the Global Brand Forum in Singapore in August 2004. Lee was autocratic but revered as a statesman and nation builder. Photo: AFP
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Letters | Cathay fate shows how Hong Kong is now toxic for businesses

The shock resignations of the CEO and chairman of Hong Kong’s flagship carrier within the space of weeks sent a chilling message to other businesses.

25 Jan, 2020
Hong Kong’s popular tourist and shopping district of Tsim Sha Tsui on October 17. Photo: AFP