https://www.scmp.com/rss/307895/feed Sun Xi, a China-born alumnus of the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy at the National University of Singapore, is an independent commentary writer based in Singapore. en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com The Covid-19 pandemic has become one of the deadliest in recent history and is still evolving. As of now, it has infected around 180 million people and caused more than 3.8 million deaths. Moreover, it has caused significant social and economic disruption globally and triggered political distrust and tensions. It is necessary to find the origins of the virus, but the tracing should be a matter of science rather than geopolitics. First, the joint WHO-China investigation should be respected. The... https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3138705/no-one-wins-wests-politicisation-covid-19-origin-probe-attack-china?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3138705/no-one-wins-wests-politicisation-covid-19-origin-probe-attack-china?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 26 Jun 2021 17:30:05 +0000 This week marks the 40th anniversary of the official start of China’s reform and opening up, when the third plenary session of the Communist Party’s 11th Central Committee was held from December 18 to 22, 1978.  Just one month before the historic conference, in November 1978, Deng Xiaoping visited Singapore, marvelling over its achievements in development. During the trip, Singapore’s founding prime minister Lee Kuan Yew told Deng: “Whatever we have done, you can do better because we are the... https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/asia/article/2178648/even-after-40-years-china-can-still-learn-singapore?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/asia/article/2178648/even-after-40-years-china-can-still-learn-singapore?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 19 Dec 2018 22:30:15 +0000 China says the United States has waged a trade war, while a top CIA expert says China is waging a “quiet kind of cold war” against the US. “Trumponomics” is no longer just rhetoric. US President Donald Trump has already threatened to impose a tariff on all Chinese imports, worth almost US$500 billion – the magic number that would make it a full-blown trade war. But its spillover effect has already begun to hurt the global value chains that define the contemporary geo-economic... https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/asia/article/2158183/trumponomics-winning-washington-and-global-supply?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/asia/article/2158183/trumponomics-winning-washington-and-global-supply?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 05 Aug 2018 18:02:17 +0000 The recent “expeditious disengagement” of troops at Doklam plateau has created enough space for Sino-Indian political engagement in the near future. From China’s perspective, the dispute was caused by Indian troops trespassing into Chinese territory. Therefore, Beijing took the view that India should unconditionally withdraw its troops as a prerequisite, and then bring the matter to the table. India’s perspective, on the other hand, was that road construction by China had changed the status quo... https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/2108715/doklam-tensions-eased-china-and-india-can-build-dialogue-and?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/2108715/doklam-tensions-eased-china-and-india-can-build-dialogue-and?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 29 Aug 2017 03:55:19 +0000 Deng Xiaoping (鄧小平), the chief architect of modern China, said that “the China-US relationship can never be too good or too bad”, meaning their leaders and people should be realistic about how close their bilateral relationship can be at any given point in time, and they should never let their disagreements get so out of hand that it threatens the general peace and prosperity of the two nations. While seemingly simplistic, the quote does accurately encapsulate the general nature of relations... https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/1999600/realistic-expectations-must-guide-china-us-relations?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/1999600/realistic-expectations-must-guide-china-us-relations?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 07 Aug 2016 02:00:19 +0000 An iconic statesman has left us. Lee Kuan Yew will sadly miss Singapore's golden jubilee independence celebrations this year. For most Chinese, Lee was famous for advising Deng Xiaoping on China's reform and opening up, which was why I chose to study in the public policy school under his name. Lee, described as a big man on a small stage by some, including Henry Kissinger, has been widely recognised as one of the most influential political figures in Asia and beyond. His achievements were truly... https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/1745291/singapore-will-survive-lee-kuan-yews-death-will-it-still?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/1745291/singapore-will-survive-lee-kuan-yews-death-will-it-still?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 23 Mar 2015 06:45:30 +0000 It's debatable whether the ongoing five-day class boycott by students in Hong Kong should be compared with the May Fourth Movement of 1919 in Beijing. However, the Occupy Central movement is a reminder to many, myself included, of the Tiananmen protests of 1989. Undoubtedly, that incident has had a significant impact on most Hongkongers, especially through the annual candlelit vigils organised by the Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements in China. Occupy organiser Benny... https://www.scmp.com/comment/article/1600129/central-not-tiananmen-thankfully?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/article/1600129/central-not-tiananmen-thankfully?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 25 Sep 2014 04:30:45 +0000 The more than 20-year-old cross-boundary haze malady has hit Singapore again, but this time the situation is much worse, with pollution levels breaking several records. With the crisis, the blame game is under way again. While Singapore has urged Indonesia to take tougher action against illegal forest burning, Indonesia has said Singaporean and Malaysian palm oil companies bear ultimate responsibility. However, playing the blame game never works; all stakeholders must co-operate to solve the... https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/1267985/blame-game-cant-solve-southeast-asias-haze-crisis?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/1267985/blame-game-cant-solve-southeast-asias-haze-crisis?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 24 Jun 2013 16:00:00 +0000