Treat China and Trump with respect in 2017

Prof Kishore Mahbubani, Dean of the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy at NUS, opined that while US-China relations will go through a rough patch in 2017, Singapore should treat China with respect. He added that we should also treat Mr Trump with respect because living in a small state, we are price-takers and not price-makers. As a price-taker in the global world order, Singapore needs to work with all powers and leaders. We must ignore rhetoric, focus on interests and maintain good relations with both China and the US.

• The Straits Times, 11 February 2017, Opinion, pA42