The younger generation may not know the historical perspective on him. But in his early political career he rode on the back of the communist tigers to gain entry into government. Before 1959 the PAP was a communist controlled party and held the ground. After winning the elections in that year the communist faction within were purged by LKY with the tacit help of the colonial masters whereby communist sympathisers and agents were all rounded up and put into prison under the ISA (Chia Thye Poh and Lim Chin Siong among them).

Because of this treacherous move he was always afraid of vengeance from unknown communists still existing out there. Initially, his personal bodyguards had not a single Chinese among them. And he would sleep in different bedrooms in his Oxley Rise home, alternating between rooms with no fixed schedule to prevent any likely misfortune of sleeping under a ticking bomb. It goes without saying that his security detail would sweep the bed each night before he retires for the day. Even the food were not spared the stringent control.

But all these changed after 1985. That was the year Deng Xiao Peng of China came to visit Singapore. No it was a pleasure or sight seeing trip. On the secret agenda was the Malayan Communist Party (MCP) Solution. As long as the MCP exists and had the tacit approval and support of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in China, the threat of a communist revolution in Singapore (and Malaysia) always exists. Upon Deng’s return to China the CCP formally announced its expansionary idealogy and that it was, forthwith, escinding its support of the MCP. The MCP capitulated without this sponsorship and the region became finally free from the threat of communism.

But there was a price to be paid. The “Speak Mandarin Campaign” in Singapore was launched as a consequence and a prelude to more Singapore involvement in China as a vassal state would in the olden days when they paid yearly tributes to the Chinese emperors. Now you know why our government involved themselves in the SIP and other big projects in China. In fact, as a direct consequence, our then deputy prime minister, Goh Keng Swee, stepped down from his political office and became an economic advisor to the Chinese government in that same year 1985. It would be no overstatement to say that Singapore had a hand of involvement in the economic development of China, which, in 2 decades (since 1985) has grown tremendously. The sleeping dragon has awoken and it was a tiny mouse which woke it… a little red dot actually.

They are the 1 rule Singapore for century and want to continue their way of ruling even when they step into the grave. They set stupid rules that Singaporean benefit a little, govt/big businessman benefit alot. E.G. SBS.

Charity time, ask you to donate and donate. Yearly collect taxes from you and when CHINA needs it they send the money there.

China people would never think Singaporean/Singapore are great~! “Helped us when the earthquake shake us” They are just ungrateful – dog bite the hand that feed them. They still think their Mao, Jiang are the best.

….Australia is also beginning to pick up steam in pushing itself as a regional leader. They also adopt a more middle stance with regards to their relationship with the US …

On this point, you failed my test of correctness. Ask any Australians.

Kevin Rudd (B4 election of Obama) visited DEPARTING incumbent George Bush and even saluted him like a private saluting his military superior. Aussie journalists published this in the media. Many upset Aussies called KR a grovelling “dog” kow towing a political tombstone. KR is pro-US by any score in his (Australia’s) relationship to China.

Aiyah, you got no “enough” sense of humour. On the global stage it is balancing of hegemony but in own backyard is mafia rules the Animal Farm