[Manthink]

Ultimately national foreign policy is shaped more by geopolitical reality rather than a particular leader's personal preference. LW is simply reacting rationally to the situation to maximize Singapore's interest and pivoting towards China seems to be general consensus amongst Singapore's ruling elite currently. HSK, CCS, OYK taking the helm would result in the same choice as well.

No doubt a significant portion of Singapore's ruling elites, especially those who have deep educational, career and political ties with US, prefer to work with US on a personal level, but at the end of the day there is nothing much they can do to go against the "winds of change" anyway.

Put it this way, if even a so called South Korean Trump like Yoon can do a turn turtle flip the moment he gets elected, why should we expect less from anyone else?

Agree - that is the reality any small nations hv to face in a fast changing global order.

Everyone already see US and China aren't what both used to be just 10 years ago - I can only imagine the speed of further change in the coming next.

The KEY question is how Washington handle this inflection point when the PRC economy size exceed the US.

We can see other countries already preparing this accelerating trend.

I now fear more of US behavior than China's in this decade of living dangerously.