LKY: More than 30 years for China to be a superpower

The Malaysian Insider, 30 Dec 2009
SINGAPORE, Dec 30 — Just over 30 years have gone by since China first adopted an open-door policy on its way to soon becoming the world's second largest economy, but it will take a much longer time for the country to rise to the status of a world superpower.
Making this point was Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew, who said that it would take more than another 30 years to “train and educate a whole generation” in a wide spectrum of specialties.
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