Singapore’s Lee Kuan Yew meets Deng Xiaoping in 1978. Photo: Xinhua
Friendly panda, fiery dragon: how China and Asean fell in (and out) of love
- Forty years since Deng Xiaoping sought inspiration in Singapore, China-Asean relations have gone full circle.
- Ties that survived revolutionary zeal, financial crises and Tiananmen are now threatened by a curse in the South China Sea
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Singapore’s Lee Kuan Yew meets Deng Xiaoping in 1978. Photo: Xinhua