From a journalistic standpoint, what has always been great about Lee Kuan Yew is that he never minces words, whether his target is China or the West. While he has no problem taking credit for his influence over Deng Xiaoping's policy of "opening up and reform" or understanding the necessity of the Tienanmen crackdown, he also has no bones pointing out that China's corruption is out of control because prosecution rests in the hands of the Communist Party Discipline Commission instead of the state. Since cronies tend to scratch each other's back, corruption, virtually non-existent in Singapore, flourishes in China. For Lee that is its great Achilles heel, and he has no compunction saying so. Full Story
OPINION: Tom Plate's Conversations with Lee Kuan Yew: Some Wise Words for Dysfunctional Western Democracies - Nathan Gardels
The Huffington Post, 10 Jun 2010
From a journalistic standpoint, what has always been great about Lee Kuan Yew is that he never minces words, whether his target is China or the West. While he has no problem taking credit for his influence over Deng Xiaoping's policy of "opening up and reform" or understanding the necessity of the Tienanmen crackdown, he also has no bones pointing out that China's corruption is out of control because prosecution rests in the hands of the Communist Party Discipline Commission instead of the state. Since cronies tend to scratch each other's back, corruption, virtually non-existent in Singapore, flourishes in China. For Lee that is its great Achilles heel, and he has no compunction saying so. Full Story
From a journalistic standpoint, what has always been great about Lee Kuan Yew is that he never minces words, whether his target is China or the West. While he has no problem taking credit for his influence over Deng Xiaoping's policy of "opening up and reform" or understanding the necessity of the Tienanmen crackdown, he also has no bones pointing out that China's corruption is out of control because prosecution rests in the hands of the Communist Party Discipline Commission instead of the state. Since cronies tend to scratch each other's back, corruption, virtually non-existent in Singapore, flourishes in China. For Lee that is its great Achilles heel, and he has no compunction saying so. Full Story
