US military planes aboard the USS Ronald Reagan aircraft carrier as it sails in South China Sea on its way to Singapore in October 2019. Photo: AFP US military planes aboard the USS Ronald Reagan aircraft carrier as it sails in South China Sea on its way to Singapore in October 2019. Photo: AFP
US military planes aboard the USS Ronald Reagan aircraft carrier as it sails in South China Sea on its way to Singapore in October 2019. Photo: AFP
William Choong
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William Choong

Can Singapore maintain its sweet spot between China and the US?

  • The island nation has maintained its ties with Washington and Beijing without provoking the ire of either side
  • But as US-China relations deteriorate and tensions grow in the South China Sea amid the Covid-19 pandemic, Singapore’s balancing act will prove trickier

William Choong
William Choong

Updated: 10:08am, 29 Jul, 2020

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US military planes aboard the USS Ronald Reagan aircraft carrier as it sails in South China Sea on its way to Singapore in October 2019. Photo: AFP US military planes aboard the USS Ronald Reagan aircraft carrier as it sails in South China Sea on its way to Singapore in October 2019. Photo: AFP
US military planes aboard the USS Ronald Reagan aircraft carrier as it sails in South China Sea on its way to Singapore in October 2019. Photo: AFP
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William Choong

William Choong

Dr William Choong is Senior Fellow at ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute in Singapore. He was previously Shangri-La Dialogue Senior Fellow for Asia-Pacific Security at the IISS until January 2020, where he helped to run the annual IISS Shangri-La Dialogue and contributed to research on regional security issues such as the South China Sea territorial disputes and Japan’s evolution into a "normal" power.