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Singapore’s prime minister warns of a ‘third world war’ if U.S. and China force rest of the world to pick sides.

January 22, 2025 at 5:08 PM GMT+8
Singapore Prime Minister Lawrence Wong at Government House in Bangkok on Nov. 28, 2024.
Singapore Prime Minister Lawrence Wong at Government House in Bangkok on Nov. 28, 2024.

As Trump returns to the White House with new threats against China, Singapore’s leader thinks that a full split between Washington and Beijing is unlikely, yet warns that disaster looms if the two sides can’t get along—and drag the rest of the world along with them.

At an event at the National University of Singapore on Tuesday, Singapore Prime Minister Lawrence Wong was asked what Trump’s second term meant for the region. According to the Straits Times, a local newspaper, Wong suggested that while the U.S. and China were competing for global leadership, neither Washington nor Beijing wanted a hot war.
https://fortune.com/asia/2025/01/22/sing...world-war/