Friday, April 16, 2010

Lee on Rose Show

The Prime Minister of Singapore, Lee Hsien Loong, son of Lee Kwan Yew, legendary designer and long time prime minister of the Singapore city-state, was interviewed on the Charlie Rose interview program on PBS a couple of days ago. It can be viewed here.

If you have an interest in what is going on in China, Hong Kong, or for that matter Singapore, watching this interview is worth your time. I believe you can find several nations in addition to China using Singapore as a model.

PM Lee was quite frank in admitting that China is copying various aspects of Singapore life. What is attractive about Singapore is that it is effectively a popular one-party state. China's Communists would like to figure out exactly how this is accomplished in Singapore. A hint: Singapore tolerates zero corruption.