How Tiny Singapore CHANGED China Forever (ft. Lee Kuan Yew & Deng Xiaoping)

Lee Kuan Yew considers Deng Xiaoping as the greatest leader he's ever met. But Lee was also highly respected by Deng and modelled many aspects of China on the Singapore model.
Find out more in the video about how they first met and how tiny Singapore was so instrumental in China's growth story.
0:00 - Introduction
1:27 - Singapore-China relations & why Deng visited Singapore
3:18 - Deng & Lee's 1st meeting & aftermath
8:34 - Singapore's REAL impact on China

[@BordersLess]

Additional Notes: Lee, who wanted to make Deng feel comfortable on his visit to Singapore, arranged for an ashtray (and a ventilation system to suck out any smoke) and his finest Ming porcelain spittoon to be placed next to Deng during their meetings - despite Lee embarking on a series of no-smoking and spitting campaigns at the time. However out of respect, Deng did not use them. Singapore's MOFA on the relationship: Since the mid-1990s, more than 50,000 Chinese officials have come to Singapore for various study visits and training programmes. China is the only country with which the Singapore government has entered into major development projects., namely (a) the China-Singapore Suzhou Industrial Park; (b) the Sino-Singapore Tianjin Eco-City; and (c) the China-Singapore (Chongqing) Demonstration Initiative on Strategic Connectivity. They have also established a state-level bilateral level cooperation project, the China-Singapore Guangzhou Knowledge City and several private sector-led, government-supported projects such as the Singapore-Sichuan Hi-Tech Innovation Park, the Nanjing Eco High-Tech Island, and the Jilin Food Zone. In addition, they also launched the Singapore-China (Shenzhen) Smart City Initiative. At the provincial level, they have eight provincial business and economic councils with Sichuan, Shandong, Liaoning, Zhejiang, Tianjin, Guangdong, Jiangsu and Shanghai.

[@handaxia1251]

It's amazig, right? with a leader who couldn't hold back his urge to spit and smoke, he still created wonders. This is a perfect example of old Chinese people, they see people line up for something, but their common sense failed them to do the same.

[@jparsit]

Singaporean cannot wait to get credit claims that China success because of SG model. That is a thick skin face without shame. Deng absolutely does it by himself and Chinese team. Stop begging SG, admit that SG is two sides, no partisan and not a model for China. SG just want money, that all it is.

[@arthurlincoln9093]

Free Tibet from the CCP yoke.

[@joyceching6487]

​@@arthurlincoln9093 👍👍👍 , BUT FIRST, DALAI LAMA SHOULD HELP TO 😢FREE KASHMIR😢, His neighbour, next door to Dharamshala in India. 😂

[@cs2730]

​@@maggiechan33 50 Cent Party here!

[@bobbytay167]

When Deng visited Singapore Lee allows Deng to smoke during meeting and even has a ashtray for him but Deng did not lit up one for the entire meeting. Great leaders with respect for each other.

[@delvingoh9749]

allow3? like how? he said : "i give u permission to smoke"? come on lah if he want to smoke he will smoke as n when he suka, he's the leader of a country do u think for a min maybe he just dun feel like smoking tt day?

[@bernkoh343]

Lee was a smoker when is was young..true fact..he quit after he became PM

[@cs2730]

​@@delvingoh9749lol he was so famous for smoking and spitting everyday...learn your history

[@edgyguy8240]

@@delvingoh9749 you're saying that it was not out of respect that Deng didn't smoke during the meeting, but just didn't feel like smoking that day? You're not willing to accept that a leader of a huge nation would show consideration and respect to a leader of a smaller nation? 2 things... you're not a smoker, and you're stupid.

[@user-el1lf7fr7g]

@@delvingoh9749 This is recorded in Lee Kuan Yew's book, you can take a look

[@marvinfok65]

Both Lee & Deng were brilliant men. Both brought their own countries into a meteoric rise.

[@Tethloach1]

And both cultures were ready for success.

[@dongshengdi773]

Michael Pillsbury: How US Government Agencies Secretly Aided Communist China's Rise . "Some things have been redacted, removed from the book... The CIA & FBI & DOD felt they were telling too much about just how deeply involved we were in China." Michael Pillsbury, Director for Chinese Strategy at the Hudson Institute and author of "The Hundred-Year Marathon: China's Secret Strategy to Replace America as the Global Superpower," on how US government agencies secretly aided the rise of communist China. USA helped China enter the WTO Bill Clinton helped China join the WTO. China joined in November 11, 2001 Doha . America made China rich. America helped China to become rich . China's biggest customer is the USA. The majority of China's customers are Americans . America is dependent on China for almost everything and wants to keep it that way. Unfortunately China has abused that position by weaponizing it , and has become a threat to the stability of the world. And this is why China has very few allies. And old enemies of America have become friends today like Germany and Japan.

[@TeeHee-vo1bn]

Unfortunately poor China has changed direction and become more authoritarian after Deng. In Hong Kong for example, it no longer adheres to "One Country, Two Systems" principle.

[@mikez3421]

@@TeeHee-vo1bnnot true. China mainland and Hong Kong are both in a transition into the system that eventually unified and balanced (one country, one system. As promised)

[@TeeHee-vo1bn]

@@mikez3421 Lol, poor China has violated "One Country, Two Systems" principle long ago. Hong Kong no longer has freedom and democracy.

[@ragsoh]

In the 1970s, I remember that my parents would send money and clothings to our relatives in China. Singapore and China were utterly poor. But we did what we could to help our relatives. Fast forward 50 years, I would witness - during my lifetime - the rise of Singapore to become one of the richest countries on Earth - and China becoming the world's second largest economy. I am no expert on the economy. But I do know that for a country to succeed, you need strong leaders with iron in them, incorruptible and above all, they gave their all to their country. RIP my beloved Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew and Paramount Leader Mr Deng Xiaoping.

[@dailydiecastsg]

Do you still reconnect with your relatives ?

[@ragsoh]

@@dailydiecastsg He has gone to glory

[@user-np5ci8mp8g]

​@@ragsoh 欢迎你回来看看，最近中国建设的越来越好。已经不用担心中国人的吃穿住行，现在该关心的是中国人的生活质量了。China welcomes you back to see how much it has developed. There's no longer a need to worry about the basic needs of Chinese people, such as food, clothing, and housing. Now, we should focus on improving the quality of life for Chinese people.

[@dailydiecastsg]

@@ragsoh pity we have lost touch with our roots

[@NewmaticKe]

Well said

[@zeissiez]

I have worked for 1 year in Singapore and 24 years in China. It’s true that they have a similar system: very centralised, pragmatic, long term planning, meritocratic. But I believe instead of saying one is copying another, they are more inline with traditional Chinese governance system since Han dynasty. Communism was an imported ideology from the West, China is moving back to its roots.

[@wotltkfkdgo]

Nope. Singapore is built on British legal system and governance system. You clearly don't know what you're talking about. Also how does modern China in anyway resemble governance system of Han and following dynasties?

[@saretgnasoh7351]

@@wotltkfkdgo lol what are you talking about. You are the one who clearly don't know what you're talking about. Even British said singapore is authorian governance system.

[@armchairwarrior963]

@@wotltkfkdgo If what you say is true. All British colonies would be Singapore. From all the colonies in Caribbean to Africa etc... It's the people and their cultures not British system. The most successful British Colonies are either European or East Asian in nature. HK, Singapore, Canada, Australia, US, New Zealand and former South Africa (No longer)

[@peterlim1972]

​@@wotltkfkdgoAs a Singaporean, I can tell you that China did learn from Singapore. Every year, thousands of Chinese officials were sent to Singapore to learn from us from town management, public housing,, cleanliness etc. The one good thing that was a legacy from Britain was their judiciary and bureaucracy that we inherited. Singapore was a colony of the West but that doesn't mean that we adopted British culture. If you compare that to the 5000 years of Chinese history, the British rule over Singapore was just a blimp. Chinese all over the world still retain traditional values and will not accept totally what the West has. We take the goods from the West and discard what is not desirable.

[@zeissiez]

@@wotltkfkdgo Singapore was under scrutiny by the West for decades for being authoritarian. It has multiple party, but we all know there's only one. But hey, it works.

[@archstanton5973]

Anyone that even has a basic understanding of China TODAY can see VERY clearly the influence of Singapore.

[@user-ml5ks8tm9w]

影响个屁，早期中国跟世界各国和各地学习不只有新加坡别在吹嘘新加坡在中国作用和影响。

[@solecurious]

@@user-ml5ks8tm9w Know your facts. Fact: In the early years of China’s economic reform programme, the Chinese central government sought Goh’s (Goh Keng Swee) expertise and appointed him as its economic adviser on coastal development and tourism in 1985. He was the first foreigner to be appointed to such a role. Goh was heavily involved in strategizing the first Special Economic Zone in Shenzhen and his influence lasted into the 90s.

[@marvelcomiks8078]

@@user-ml5ks8tm9w Singapore's MOFA on the relationship: Since the mid-1990s, more than 50,000 Chinese officials have come to Singapore for various study visits and training programmes.

[@wuhaninstituteofvirology5226]

​@solecurious Actually, the first Special Economic Zone was in Taiwan during Chiang Kai Shek's government, and then the CCP copied it with even the same name at first.

[@max7890]

DOWN WITH AMERICAN IMPERIALISM AND ITS PUPPETS

[@danielwong2333]

I love the response PM Lee answered the question at the end of this video, brilliant answer from a man, himself a great man and a great visionary. Truely amazing, PM Lee will live in history of perpetuatety.

[@TheWil989]

Late father Lee would be so sad to see what China is doing to us now.

[@tomtom-uo7lf]

well,u found difference between a chinese and an american

[@sih9696]

Can't agree more!

[@davidnhc]

It is undeniable fact that today's development in China was significantly influenced by Singapore. Deng Xiaoping, the architect of China's economic reforms, drew considerable inspiration from Singapore's rapid modernization and economic success under the leadership of Lee Kuan Yew. Deng visited Singapore in the late 1970s and early 1980s, where he observed the benefits of market-oriented policies combined with strong central governance. He admired how Singapore managed to achieve rapid economic growth while maintaining social stability and effective governance. This model resonated with Deng, who sought to implement similar strategies in China. As a result, many of the economic reforms and open-door policies that Deng introduced were influenced by Singapore's approach. These reforms have played a crucial role in transforming China into a global economic powerhouse, demonstrating the profound impact of Singapore's development model on China's growth trajectory.

[@stephenwang9567]

So China is a copy cat of Sg? Great publicity to elevate one's status. China is the second biggest economy in the world. Let people judge with brains.

[@s.7980]

Thank you for sharing this fact. Indeed China will not be the economic powerhouse without Singapore as an inspiration.

[@zen-mc4ju]

@@s.7980 没有中国撑着北越和美国坚持打越南战争，新加坡根本就没发展的机会。小国要清楚自己的定位，过于狂妄就是自我灭亡的前兆。

[@KeoNz]

@@zen-mc4ju 你这种山炮逻辑真是让人笑掉大牙。难道你不知道，邓小平访新加坡之后，中国的改革开放才真正起步？

[@Kola833]

​@@zen-mc4juIf I were PRC I would give my thanks to Deng Xiao Ping with the courage to change China course and SG whom China learn to build economy and civil management.Mao a revolutionary but not a nation builder,his Culture Revolution, Great Leap Forward brought economic disaster,social chaos and deaths to China. China was in pathetic state if not LKY told Deng To Stop sending arms and focus on building economic prosperity instead of war in this part of the world

[@neonie3531]

作為一個中國人，新加坡是中國政治體制借鑑最好對象！感謝新加坡人民，致敬李光耀先生!他不只是新加坡的驕傲也是世界的驕傲！

[@blacksheepshepherd]

大伙一起努力，加油。❤

[@SivalinPuthery]

Buddy, you don't have opposition parties like we do in Singapore and have you gone through an election before ?

[@neonie3531]

@@SivalinPuthery I ever never trust any election system! Including US most successful election drama!mental illness system,normal people don’t have IQ to vote,vote by feeling! Disgusting BS🤮

[@philiplim2718]

华人的骄傲!!!

[@kevinkwok7626]

@@SivalinPuthery Are all multi party society are more prosperous than China in a short of 25 years? May be you meant India, Australia or Canada?

[@JeanGuyRens]

This is one of the most instructive shows I ever watched about Eastern Asia. I did not know this relationship between Lee Kuan Yew and Deng Xiaoping. I will keep the link to show it to my friends. Thank you.

[@MrStevemur]

Thank you. I'd heard that Singapore was an influential model for China, but hadn't realize how directly they collaborated on things.

[@BRAND162]

As a Singaporean who studied and grew up in US for 20yrs I would like to express my gratitude of thanks for letting me hear both sides of the story and how some countries like China and Singapore government systems works in their own ways and not every country can be fully democratic like the US and UK due to culture and environment .

[@user-nq2sw6sg8q]

Deng was not too different from Lee though he started his political career in Chinese communist party. His thoughts are actually very open minded as his early years working in France as a teenager during WW1 and his mentor, Zhou Enlai, another outstanding Chinese leader guided him in forming a pragmatic approach to things.

[@user-ce6zp7pg1n]

thats the key word pragmatic

[@augustely1844]

2 hakkas men

[@user-nq2sw6sg8q]

@@augustely1844 They are😊

[@user-nq2sw6sg8q]

@@maggiechan33 No, what he and many means, Lee contributed in his own way and a huge one to China modernisation at the right time just when China begin its opening up. No matter how Deng and his comrades are eager in spurring China economic growth, they lack the knowledge and experience in running a country after decades of closing up to the world . That is when Lee 's advice to Deng was so important. First Singapore is made up of 75% Chinese in population. Because not only Singapore economic development was successful, its population is generally made up of 75 percent ethnic Chinese(Confucianist ways) which makes it a very good model for China to emulate. Lee, already an outstanding nation builder, has suggested ways how to boost China economic zones by sending consultants not only then but consistently for the next 3 decades. He also lent Deng large volumes of books related on Singapore laws which Deng and the leaders after him studied intently. The meritocratic political system which Singapore leaders are picked in term of education, capabilities, performance in their career, beliefs on major matters, etc are picked up and used in many ways in China's own selection of leaders political system . Most of the important leaders are picked on merits and performance. Of course China is so huge that corruption and bribery or special relationship to obtain certain leadership post is unavoidable but overall the political leaders in the central government and the civil service are pragmatic and perform well in their tasks.

[@maccheese8379]

Yes Zhou Enlai is the father of modern China along with Deng. This video is not about Lee solely factoring in China transformation but rather that Lee with Singapore give an insight what China can be through industrialitation and egalitarian society. Singapore are several steps ahead from China at that point, and Deng saw what China can become clearly and pursue it. That's all

[@fabianlee9611]

Yes Deng saved China. Father of modern China.

[@eman67rp]

All of the global south need to learn from them.

[@Jimmy-tv8tv]

毛主席saved China

[@jackiechan.whoami]

but currently brought down by Xi jingping 😢

[@BOT-ye6tj]

@@jackiechan.whoami What？Why？How？

[@Fr.VeniceLAI]

..must disagree, former Paramount Leader Deng Xiaoping would have truly saved China and the Chinese people, if he had allowed and accepted the Democracy Movement to take shape ...during the Tiananmen Square Student Protest, in 1989, instead he sent in armed PLA troops ..crushed all dissenters. Otherwise, PRChina today would be so much a different Country. Additionally, Deng implemented "one-child" family policy, perhaps influenced by Mr. Lee Kuan Yew's flawed policy of "Stop-at-Two" , which led to over 300 million Chinese Citizens' abortions during the period (Sept.25, 1980 to Jan. 1, 2016) and other negative results. Today, 2024, PRChina faces a population crisis ....too many old Chinese pensioners and insufficient / enough young Chinese in the labor force (i.e. if they can find work during the present "de-risking" of PRChina).

[@JIANGTG]

Singapore's founding father Lee Kuan Yew knew clearly what are the right things all national leaders must implement for the well-being of people.

[@alexpan8138]

This video is THE BEST video I ve seen on KZbin. It is SPOT ON. China learned the most from Singapore . Why ? Because Singapore is a one party or one man led country for 31yrs yet they achieved prosperity. Lee Kwon Yew Ruled Singapore for 31 yrs. In current day Western countries opinion, they will call him a dictator. The success lies not on so called “democratic elections “, but on Education, good governance, and technology. One of the biggest difference between 1978 China and North Korea is MAO has no heir. His only Son died in the Korean War, by American Bomber. We are thankful to that American bomber so that nowadays China is not like North Korea. I was born in 1983 and at that time China was as poor as India and many African countries, and I have witnessed the unbelievable changes throughout my Life. Nowadays the living standards of China rival that of many developed countries. And we are now ahead of US and Western countries in terms of many aspects such as High Speed Train, 5G, EV, Cashless society, digital life, Shipbuilding, space exploration, etc etc.We are forever thankful to Deng xiaoping, the man who changed China forever.

[@MeJackson-zt1qo]

你这种想法是很恶毒的你知道吗？不要用现在的结果去看待历史，中国不是朝鲜这种国家

[@MeJackson-zt1qo]

还有毛泽东根本就不是你能想象的人，毛泽东是比邓小平还要纯粹的社会主义者，你接触过真正的共产党吗?不要信口开河

[@kittoybig]

No natural resources unlike its neighbour but the brilliance of Lee Kuan Yew changed all that. What a man!

[@sonnymak6707]

Its laughable how yall fall for PAP propanganda. Anyone with half intellignece will tell you Singapore was and still is a Market place. If you do not know how much resources or money a market suggest study market economics better. Singapore was already twice a rich as her neighbour and took away one third of her reserves at Independance not to mention Singporeans owned large chunknof her neighbours resources. Go get educated

[@Orangewillow.]

What u talking about? What resources did Singapore take from neighbour ?? ​@@sonnymak6707

[@cmc435]

@@sonnymak6707 get educated yourself. Malaysia and Indonesia have all the resources and are still 3rd world countries...lack of leadership or the people don't care

[@jeremywck8757]

@@sonnymak6707why and how did Singapore become a market place? How did Singapore take a third of the neighbour’s reserves? PAP held guns to the MNCs and rest of the region/world come to do business in Singapore? The British gave Singapore a third of the neighbour’s reserves and resources? PLEASE EDUCATE US!

[@sonnymak6707]

@@jeremywck8757 Okay. Yall did not pay attention in history class. I just give bullet points and names. 1819 Raafles . Free Port. Protection of merchants. Merchants came. Brought Merchandise. Western shipping firms , banks follow suite . Gathering of Chinese merchants and coolies. Human trafficking. Chinese coolies gathered at Sgpore distributed to Malay States Thailand and Dutch Indies. Sgpore Chinese investors invest in Tin Mining through triads branches all over SEA. Sgpore Administrative centre of British SEA possessions. British establish Naval base, largest coal refueling station. British ban Malay States Raw Tin exports . All Tinanf Rubber etc export through Sgpore. Largest Tin smelting factory at Sgpore. Sgpore Chinese merchants buy lands in Johore Sleangor Negeri Sembilan Perak Sumatra Borneo. Gather produce go Sgpore for reexports. Sgpore became largest entrepot port in SEA. Sgpore become economic capital of Malaya. Petroleum refineries. Petrol from SEA refined at Sgpore. Malaya independent but Economy ran by Brits in Singpore. Merger . Split one third reserves spllit to Sgpore. 1965. Half of Malaya exports through Singapore. Not just Malaya Indonesia Tailand produce sent ro Singapore. All this already happened even before LKY . was CM

[@MetalMonkey-ev4jq]

2 Hakkas who have forever changed their respective countries future for the better. Salute!!!! Deng, the father of modern day China and Lee, the father of modern day Singapore. Hakka power baby, WOOT WOOT!

[@sonnymak6707]

LKY was no Hakka. The Malays or Javanese has a valid claim on him than the Hakka. His grand father and father were brought up Peranakkan . Now thats a huge difference.

[@Utube1024]

@@sonnymak6707 His father is a Hakka had a shop selling watches in High Street, Downtown. Peranakkan is more Chinese in term of culture and custom for your info.

[@feizai245]

@@sonnymak6707 Doesn't change the fact he was a Hakka man.

[@MetalMonkey-ev4jq]

@@sonnymak6707 HE most definitely IS Hakka. He may be born there but he's ethnically Hakka by DNA to immigrant forefathers. Besides the fact he was such a monumental stateman can be attributed to the fact that Hakkas have historically produced some of the finest statesmen. Just as a prime example, the founding of the PRC, from its inception made up as high as 50% of the governing body. Hakkas are the biggest ethnic Chinese diaspora group (and most discriminated) around the world ( they laid the rail road tracks in the Pacific Northwest and who can forget the ethnic violence perpetrated on the Indonesian Hakka Chinese) hence their leaving their indelible impact or mark in society.

[@MetalMonkey-ev4jq]

@@sonnymak6707 Heck. Dr. Sun Yat-sen himself was Hakka, founder of Replubic of China. Make no mistake, some of the finest statesmen are of of Hakka extract. Chiang Kai-shek, on the other hand... rather not talk about him.

[@jkjkjk100]

I am from a third largest democracy in the world and lucky enough to grew up in Singapore, went to college and live my early adult lives in the states and now live in Suzhou. In many ways China are already very much like singapore and more but still has a long way to become as reliable as Singapore. It will get there but not there yet. RIP Mr Lee and Mr Deng. They’re both great giants. Only if China embraced Deng more than Mao, the possibility is endless for China. Also How only if hongkies and taiwanese listened to Lee. It would be the great comeback of Chinese civilization but instead HK youths and Taiwan chose to be pawns of the west.

[@philiplim2718]

So well said!!

[@maccheese8379]

Don't worry, Hongkong'ers and Taiwanese are not stupid, they WILL NOT be canon fodder for the west. All Chinese has strong connection with each other.

[@arthurlincoln9093]

You don't have a civilzation. If you had a civilization you would not try to force it on people who don't want it.

[@arthurlincoln9093]

@@maccheese8379 Says you. Not says them.

[@MarkMa1979]

@@arthurlincoln9093 2019年后，香港很多人看清了西方虚伪的真面目

[@sang-suangam9772]

China might have taken a page out from the [our] Singaporean book, but she is writing the rest of there book - her success story ! respect !

[@peakserv]

US leaders think their system is the best and think others should learn from them. However, Chinese leaders were humble enough to adopt and adapt foreign systems if they are better. As a result, China is not really communist anymore, more of a hybrid system.

[@user-ov4cj9yp9k]

very true.

[@sieteocho]

We've come full circle. We started with Mao thinking, "screw the whole world, we'll do it our way." Then we got to the humble Deng who learnt from whoever he thought he had to learn from. And now we're back to arrogant Xi.

[@user-ov4cj9yp9k]

@@sieteocho I think US leaders are often more arrogant than any other leaders in the world.

[@user-hq3fg1wb4q]

Not wrong with communist it just an ideology like democracy, at the end of the day it's about the people who look up to their leaders for who can give them security and roof over their head and food on their table, what's the use of democracy if the people live in fear about security and no food on the table to feed their families, corrupt leaders putting fear into their life

[@sychoxxxx]

​@@sieteochohe seek advise from Singapore too, Singapore ministers visit china regularly and share ideas in governance

[@tonbopro]

🇸🇬🇨🇳友谊长存

[@tkh2944]

Mr. Cowboy must know it's unshakable.😊

[@xunsungwar77]

Hi

[@Fakeslimshady]

"Let's just be friends"

[@boiscooka232]

Mr Deng Xiaoping is my Hero

[@joyceching6487]

DENG XIAOPING IS EVERYBODY'S 🎊🎉🎊🎉🎊HERO🎉🎊🎉🎊🎉🎊 ... UNFORTUNATELY, The Nobel Committee did not deem DENG Xiaoping good enough for any award 😕. The same BS Nobel Committee, however, deemed Barack Obama deserving of an award for practically Doing Nothing, much to the Obama himself. 😊

[@evapaparisteidou9040]

Lee Kuan Yue and Deng Xiao Ping two great leaders!!!

[@augustely1844]

2 hakkas men

[@ying2yau296]

​​​@@augustely1844翻譯成： “ 2 開始的男人 ”---是錯誤的！！ 應該是说： “ 他們是倆位客家籍的男士 ”的。😂😂

[@ying2yau296]

​@@augustely1844是的,我也曾經在网上听说过是这样的,很对！👍👍

[@xuyukun123]

t​@@ying2yau296the translation is wrong, not the comment :)

[@Lee.Hsien-Yung]

China is progressing rapidly now because it cannot be separated from the figure of Deng Xiaoping, who carried out economic reforms in the late 1970s and opened up to invite foreign investment.

[@charlessao7523]

Thank you for sharing this video. Both Deng and Lee were great leaders.

[@dyrectory_com]

Thank you for making this video and sharing it. 🕊✔🦉

[@WChocoleta]

As Chinese I cannot?imagine what our country would have become with Deng and his open mind. And I also have a tremendous amount of respect for Mr. LKY and the marvelous achievement of this tiny yet admirable island nation.

[@franklin3104]

Thank you so much, my brother from Africa, the mother and fatherland. Wonderful video of a wonderful and beautiful city, clean, sophisticated, super modern city, that the Western ern MSM doesn't want the world to see.. Just as it is for you and your other viewers, you're doing a great job opening the eyes of your viewers about Russia. I live in New York City the skyscraper capital of United States and I'm impressed with the architectural masterpieces shown in the Moscow city, within the city of Moscow itself. As for haters who call Russia a third world country, they do so out of envy, just like late US senator McCain called Russia a gas station with nuclear weapons. Don't forget they say the same thing about Africa as a continent where people live on trees and untamed wild animals roam the streets. It's pure unadulterated racism and hate. When they use such derogatory language to describe Russia just tell yourself the truth is the direct opposite of what they want the world to believe. Thank God for content creators like you, the truth is coming out. Russia has a lot of firsts, invention of the helicopter, first mation to go to space, a military superpower, largest empire, a member of G8 until it was kicked out by the West after annexing Crimea, etc., etc. What's more, it's the largest country in the world with the biggest concentration of agricultural mineral resources in the world to to mention oil and gas, etc.

[@eseetoh]

Well done!!! Excellent video without any bias n just based on facts, especially from the words of LKY himself!! Thank U!!!

[@tanst7859]

..”We couldn’t get half way there ..( LKY on potentially leading China). That sums it all. I think each leader understood the uniqueness of their societies.

[@tkyap2524]

Learn from other countries, especially Singapore. A smart move to make China better. DX was proven right. Both countries benefitted from good leadership.

[@JC-sl7bs]

Lee and Deng both were hero who transformed own nation from poverty in the era.

[@simonyu4077]

Lee 了解近代中國的動盪歷史, 雖然在英受教育, 他不站在西方利益的一方. 識英雄重英雄, 傑出的傳奇！

[@henryzheng9073]

Love your video. Great work

[@blightfrog]

No other media even CNA, talk about this. Surprised u able to find out this fact that nobody talks about.

[@silentmajority9162]

CNA operates like the West and think like the West especially in the recent years.

[@mantapdjiwa9768]

CNA is slighty pro the west

[@dtang3288]

Singapore's government leaders especially 1st generation leaders helping to build China is well documented.

[@Acc_Hugh]

why must CNA keep repeating on old news, China n singapore collab have been on TV every other day while i was growing up; from inter-countries meetings to project cooperations to education partnership and so much more.

[@s.7980]

Thank you for your factual content, it is an amazing learning resource!

[@songjunw8981]

Prime minister Lee is the one whom convinced Mr Deng to Open and Reform; bringing opportunities and benefits for China

[@akip.9390]

A brilliant clip. Thanks.

[@JenHope113]

These 2 are the world revered leaders.

[@richardgoh6697]

China’s success today undoubtedly was due to Teng who had unquestionably learned from Lee’s successful experience in running a prosperous Singapore. Lee had had contributed much to China. For example, he told Teng China must first concentrate on education and open up to foreign investments as after d cultural revolution, China was almost in chaos. But praise must be given to Chinese masses who really worked hard to achieve what they hv achieved today. Western nations esp USA is now trying ways and means to run China down but it shall all be in vain.

[@HTeo-og1lg]

Well said.

[@hengongchua6250]

It is not Lee alone. Go and google "Mr. Goh Keng Swee" the first economy advisor for China.

[@brianliew5901]

Success doesn't belong to just one person as it's a continuous process and cumulative effort collectively from phase to phase from a cohesive force of willing people. Now you know why India isn't on the same par as China.

[@CaptainM792]

Western nations are trying to turn China into a country from an authoritarian dictatorship into a nation with freedom and democracy, just like the Western countries. So yes, from Chinese government’s point of view, the West is trying to “run down” China on the political level. The western nations saw greatness in China and wanted it to become their true ally, but first China needs to become as democratic and free as the Western nations. Chinese citizens should be governed by officials cared about the people and listen to their voices, things most current Chinese government officials claimed to have achieved but is simply not true. China would become one of the best places to live in around the world if China becomes a democratic and free country similar to the USA, South Korea and Japan. The island of Taiwan is the best example how great a place to live in China would be if China carries out a successful reform into a democratic and free society. But now, despite all the economic advancements, great infrastructure, etc… as long as China remains an authoritarian dictatorship, it will never fully boom under the World stage.

[@CaptainM792]

@@brianliew5901India, despite being a democratic and free country, was consumed in a sea of corrupted and power hungry government officials. This is why India is not developing as quick enough as modern day China.

[@thenL4595]

Wow, the charm of these both late leaders are off the charts. Strikes tons of admiration ❤

[@arthurlincoln9093]

On opposing communism: "If we dont try, Singapore will become communist. If we try and fail, it will become communist. The important thing is for us to try". Lee Kuan Yew, 1965 after the separation of Singapore from Malaysia.

[@zen-mc4ju]

他不这样讲，如何在越战时得到美国支持，得以在后方大发战争财？ 真正的现实是，日本靠的朝鲜战争作为美军的后勤基地得以发展，东亚四小龙靠的是越战做美军的后勤基地得以发展。 小国的生存逻辑很简单，谁更强大，就依附谁。大国随便给点吃的，就已经很多了。

[@cs2730]

Interesting, never knew that there were Singaporeans that contributed to China before Lee Kuan Yew!

[@houzi29]

A lot actually. Read how the chinese in Singapore helped china during WW2. Closely connected. Singapore, Malaysia Chinese.

[@Alamak2070]

@@houzi29 I remembered my grandparents from both side talked about donations and contributions to help fight the Japs in China. That was the reason why the Japs hated the Chinese in SE Asia and slaughtered so many Chinese when they invaded Malaysia and Singapore

[@haroldlo8624]

@@houzi29Singapore Chinese paid a high price for helping China when the Japanese invaded in 1942.

[@daffyduck4195]

This is an invaluable video. Now I understand China better.

[@samo4003]

That was China under Deng. Now Xi is regressing China to Mao's way. That said, I would argue that the regression is inevitable because China's system is based on Marxism. In other words, you cannot expect a tiger to change its strips permanently.

[@jerrymahajan]

really well put together video

[@simthiam3712]

China was very, very lucky to have Deng around, at that crucial moment. Deng changed the course, & he changed China forever

[@controllerplayer1720]

while xi jinping change china in reverse..

[@rto7294]

Both leaders Lee and Deng are very wise men 👏

[@samchan3240]

Even shenzhen was develop and masterplan by Singapore,our minister Goh keng Swee was shenzhen economic adviser

[@s.7980]

Thanks so much for pointing out this important fact. Many young people today are not aware of Singapore as inspiration for China’s future.

[@yct6500]

U got mixed up, it was Suzhou definitely not Shenzhen.

[@samchan3240]

@@yct6500 Young man no idea you live in the cave

[@binbindu6159]

valuable historical videos...

[@cryptomarxist]

Amazing Doc

[@qwqw-hj1lo]

真正的华人之光。去过好几次新加坡，这个影片将使我下一次去时用全新的印象去看这个国家

[@williamgarcia1909]

LEE KUAN YEW, FATHER OF SINGAPORE, WHICH TRANSFORMED FROM A THIRD WORLD COUNTRY TO FIRST WORLD IN A FEW DECADES, IS AS GREAT A HERO AS DENG XIZOPING, WHOM LEE KUAN YEW PRAISED LAVISHLY. BOTH OF THEM R MY PERSONAL HEROES. ASIDE FROM BEING GREAT, LEE WAS ALSO VERY HUMBLE. THIS TOUCHED ME GREATLY. DENG NOT ONLY MADE CHINA, A DIRT POOR COUNTRY, WHERE MANY PEOPLE WERE STARVING, GREW INTO THE BIGGEST ECONOMY, HAVING EXCEEDED USA,. WHEN MEASURED BY PURCHASING POWER PARITY, PPP. DENG LIFTED 800 MILLION CHINESE OUT OF DESP[ERATE POVERTY INTO MIDDLE CLASS. HE NOT ONLY CHANGED CHINA, BUT INDIRECTLY THE WHOLE WORLD.

[@MrGanbat84]

Simgapore is example of how chinese people can succeed.

[@edwardfoo4189]

🫡Salute you.. Mr Lee from a Malaysian living abroad.

[@maradon385]

All great men made Hugh sacrifices to benefit their people instead of themselves. Gandhi, Dr. Sun Yat Sen, Deng, Lee Kuan Yew. The test of greatness is that they still command respect long after they passed away. Not many get such recognition.

[@JanLion-zb1bd]

I am 67 and was always a great admirer of Deng Xiaoping. The present China could learn from the present Singapore as well: how you prosper better when you keep peaceful relations with your neighbours and the rest of the world. All this "9 or 10 dotted lines" in the Chinese sea brings many conflicts and quarreling about minuscule pieces of land with India ... unfruitful, costly and dangerous.

[@weihe2466]

看了历史资料很感动！一直就很敬重李光耀！知道他的故事多过知道邓小平的故事。但是今天看到这个，我更加的尊重邓小平和李光耀，希望两个国家可以一直友好合作！这两位才真正配的上伟人的称呼！

[@HuaWuDi]

我们是自己人!这是无法否认的!华夏中华民族万岁! 我是土生土长的新加坡华人!♥️🇸🇬♥️🇨🇳

[@Brianna_Hend]

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[@ariajames4677]

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[@Brianna_Hend]

A lot of people still make massive profit from the crypto market, all you really need is a relevant information and some ‹professional advice. ‹it's totally inappropriate for investors to hang on while suffering from dip during significant

[@ariajames4677]

You trade also?, I

[@Brianna_Hend]

No I don't trade on my own anymore, I always required help and assistance

[@Brianna_Hend]

From my personal financial advisor ..

[@lovefreedom2520]

There's something unique about Singapore that many people dont know, Singapore first prime minister LKY told every citizens in the country to learn from the world, pragmatism and what works & get things done. Did Singapore learn from USA,UK,Japan , Netherlands & China all these time as well ? The answer is yes. Singapore did learn from usa,uk , Japan, Israel when they just got their independence,taking the best practices of democracy and fuse it with abit of china socialist systems. 65 percent democracy 35 percent socialist. Singapore primary ethos is always seek the best practices from everyone in the globe and to remain humble.because Singapore has zero natural resources,they use the best brains we humans have to have a place at the table in a dangerous world. Will china need Singapore,it depends on china current generation,they basically revert and try to use xi jin ping as god to erased whatever deng xiao ding has done.

[@edmundsim6251]

That isn't true. I am an old timer in Singapore and we never got news from the outside world until the internet force the world news to be accessible to us. I even have to go to bangkok to read and see the news. There are many bad about Singapore that only a native would know.

[@sandponics]

Australia is learning from the world, so look out.

[@glumour3081]

Since DXP's leadership,, China has opened up to carry out economic reform by attracting investors from America and Middle Eastern countries... In 1976 LKY visited China because he wanted to see China as a country that was open and had carried out economic reform (where Shenzhen was originally a village for blacksmiths in the years during DXP's leadership it had become a world trading area)... only a few years later DXP visited Singapore (1978) to see the countries in Southeast Asia...

[@rayeo128]

A country can change course bcoz its leader is willing to listen. LKY was persuasive, speaking with facts, wout having to go to war like what the US is doing to change many countries to their beliefs.

[@Janovial]

LKY was not trying to behave superior like the West who loves to lecture.

[@RochellOfalla]

Salute to both great men who are supposed to be models for leadership of the world today and the future. Both Lee Kuan Yew and Deng Xiao Ping love their country selflessly that they work so hard to save it and it's people from poverty to greatness. I hope the Philippines will have a leader even half of ther ability, it will mean a lot to the Philippines' future. If there can be a leader like then in the Philippines, we'll not need to have any election for president every 6 years.

[@queenasaurous]

Both Lee and Deng are great leaders. Heck, both Singapore and China are great countries!

[@MADDENCN]

Both countries became prosperous without war. Great respect

[@viorelpiscanu9425]

Excellent documentary... We may easier understand China.... This Little man Deng Siao Ping had a tremendous impact of PR of CHINA... Less comunist and more confucianism on disply... Today, PR of China is one of the pillar of the world stage!

[@Syangdan136]

I'm inspired from Lee kuan yew ❤

[@youtubetebie7799]

Thank Malaysia actually, Lee originally wanted to be with Malaysia but he was kicked out for introducing his Meritocracy-Serving-Peoples-Transformation-Plan to the Malaysian government in the 60s, since then Lee successfully built a country based on merit serving the people and pass on to Deng in the 80s... the rest is history

[@sandponics]

In Malaysia that last thing the clerics want is smart people in government. China was always bound to succeed once they got rid of religion.

[@dchey01]

@@sandponics Agree, religious idealogy especially those Abrahamic ones are detrimental to the progress of society and humanity. They want to draw humanity back into the dark ages.

[@horatiozulie]

both the late Mr Deng and Mr Lee are great leader... yet they are so humble❤

[@zactianne6331]

Two historical giants with modesty and humility. Unbelievable.

[@Fang-ze1jv]

Lee Kuan Yew is a friend of China people, and Singapore is also a friend of China.

[@HuaWuDi]

We Chinese are close knitted by blood.. 💪♥️

[@Fakeslimshady]

@@HuaWuDi So only the Singaporean Chinese are your friends?

[@ahkoy973]

Thank you Mr Lee Kwan Yu and Mr Deng Xiao Ping for restoring chinese dignity with her 5000 years of civilisation, history and culture.🙏🙏

[@greaterbayareahero1401]

Lee Kuan Yew opened his thoughts to Deng Xiaoping which enabled them both to transform China to today.

[@sih9696]

Prosperity of China must never forget our mentor: Singapore's father Mr. Lee Kuan Yew.

[@georgesoros4223]

Well, hopefully, Singapore, China, and all countries facing a population crash can change the course around just like how Deng Xiaoping and Lee Kuan Yew changed their countries.

[@DK-pw2yq]

👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽🥇🙏🏼May the Universe continue to shower it’s blessings on China & Singapore . Great minds think alike . Deng & LKY hope you are reborn again and again for the uplifting of nations - humans . Kudos 🤗

[@Tang586]

The title is quite sensationalistic... Yes I imagine Mr. Deng would had taken a lot of inspirations from how Mr Lee ran Singapore, but he's also a man who's travelled wide and far on his formative years, to France and Russia and also on his diplomatic tour in the late 70s, and also years of experiences working, leading and managing 'superiors' and soldiers.

[@peterlim5277]

Two great leaders with foresight and wisdom

[@Brightly1122]

The Morale of the story is "A great nation will learn its of own shortcomings,recognised its problems & fix it by learning from other nations regardless of its size. This also what made China become powerful today !"

[@controllerplayer1720]

i don't wonder why china is now bankrupt.. you're blind if you don't see it..

[@chanoliverkumyun9123]

Not that Singapore changed China, but China seek the right advice. Will the US be willing to humble herself likewise?

[@simthiam3712]

"He ( Deng Xiao Peng ) saved the country. " --- Lee Kuan Yew

[@richarddjen5203]

Amazing

[@leewn2319]

Thanks for this factual video of 2 great leaders and how China has prospered after they had learned from Sg. Many China mainland Chinese born after 1990 and especially after 2000 have forgotten how they have gotten to be today’s 2nd largest world economy and advancement in technology. These days these young Chinese ignorance arrogance & affluence under some misguidance are belittling & bad mouthing Sg their grand tutor.

[@s.7980]

Well-said, indeed many young people today are unaware of Singapore as an inspiration for China.

[@llkk290]

@@s.7980 Singapore was only a role model for China in the initial stage of China's reform, but it cannot always be a role model for China. The national conditions are completely different. China is much more complicated.

[@kennyyap9745]

​@@llkk290... SYSTEMS OF RUNNING EFFICIENT GOVERNMENT WITH DISCIPLINE & PRINCIPLES....MY FRIEND....

[@cmc435]

I want to go to Nanyang Technological University now 😂

[@lvjinbin28]

Just like Deng Xiaoping's evaluation of Mao Zedong, Deng said Mao is 70% was right and 30% was wrong. I think most Chinese people agree with Deng's evaluation. Because Mao Zedong liberated China from colonists, he defeat Japan, USA, India and Soviet aggression, A century of national humiliation ended due to Mao, or PRC will be American satellite state like Japan EU but poor like India Africa.. Deng saved Chinese from Mao’s wrong economic policies (Maoism is more extreme left than the Soviet Union), or CCP will be gone like CCCP, China will be disintegrated like Yugoslavia. Deng Xiaoping was still a tough leader, but he was not particularly ideological. He was more of a pragmatist. More ironically, Deng also saved Indochina from communism/Vietnamese, or ASEAN will be unified as one country, and chairman will be Vietcong leader.

[@willembecker2794]

Both of them are Hakka chinese , a minority, speaking the same language, having the same goal.

[@shanezhang6962]

Thank you Singapore, to the great LKY

[@user-vn1js2ey5r]

11:33 chart is a bit outdated xD overall great video!

[@mspetiteerlis]

Best leaders of the world.

[@condorX2]

Borrowing a saying by Deng Xiaoping, "Be it a white cat or a black cat, a cat that catches mice is a good cat." Yes, be it democracy or communism or socialism, the political system that brings peace and stability to a country is a good system. A system that brings prosperity and a contented life to the people is a good system.

[@philoso377]

Not by birth place or family but by whom made him an asset.

[@user-kr5ji5vq4g]

The Lee Kuan Yew Hakka family 1. Books and speeches In a number of LKY's books and speeches, he stated how proud a Hakka he was. In a 1997 interview, he said "Fortunately for me, I have a high threshold for pain. I am a Hakka. Hakka can take a lot of pain. So, I survived." This line can be found in the book on LKY's 80 most famous quotes. In a Parliament speech, LKY said "In 1955 when I went to Tanjong Pagar to contest my first election, my opponent Lam Thian, a Hakka like me, challenged me to a debate in Mandarin in Tanjong Pagar." In 2009, during a visit to Fujian, China, LKY said "As a Hakka, I have strong feelings for Fujian." The Lee clan had migrated from the Hakka city of Longyan in Fujian to Dabu county in Guangdong. 2. Dialects spoken at home According to LKY, dialects were spoken in the Lee household without specifying what dialect they were. In an interview of the old servant-helper (majie) from the Lee household by Hong Kong TVB, she spoke her native Shunde Cantonese but use the Hakka "ngai" (meaning "I" or "me" which is unique to Hakka). Nobody in Shunde use "ngai". It can be inferred that she had been influenced by the Hakka language spoken in the Lee household. Lee Hsien Loong did spoke the Hakka words "zi gar ngin" (own people) in his 2022 National Day Rally Speech. 3. LKY family members In the Lee family's Oxley Road house, a picture of LKY's great grandfather, Lee Bok Boon, was hang in the living room. And the Lee family keep a copy of the Lee family genealogy records. LKY paternal great grandmother Seow Huan Neo is also Hakka. His maternal grandmother is Peranakan-Hakka. LKY's younger brother, Kim Yew, married a Hawaiian Hakka, Gloria Woo. Another younger brother, Suan Yew, married a Hakka, Pamela Chong. Lee Hsien Loong late wife, Wong Ming Yang, was a Hakka from Sabah, Malaysia. His present wife, Ho Ching, is also a Hakka. During LKY's 1987 National Day Rally speech, he recounted his conversation with Lee Hsien Loong: "You're marrying this girl, what is she?" This is most important. He says, "Oh, the father is Hakka." So it's very good. It is well-known that people tend to marry another from the same dialect group in the old days. 4. Lee Wei Ling In the last sentence of LKY's daugher, Lee Wei Ling, eulogy to LKY, she said "I nearly broke down, but I won't break down. I am a Hakka woman. So farewell, Papa. I will miss you. Rest in peace. And...be as tough as Hakkas come." She had also written a book titled "A Hakka Woman's Singapore Stories". 5. Ancestral home in China LKY younger brother, Suan Yew, had brought his family to visit their ancestral home in Dabu, China, and offered prayers at their great, grandfather's tomb. According to their cousin, Li Fensen, in Dabu, Suan Yew could understand his Hakka. Their father, Chin Koon, had previously sent money back to repair their ancestral home and for LKY's cousin illness in China. According to former Foreign Minister George Yeo, LKY took a great interest in the photographs of the ancestral home that Suan Yew had taken. 6. LKY friends Among LKY close friends when he was young were former minister Yong Nyuk Lin, a Hakka who married the sister of LKY's wife, Kwa Geok Choo, making Yong the brother-in-law of LKY. Other close friends were Hakka Hon Sui Sen, former Finance Minister and Hakka Yong Pung Lin, former Chief Justice. Two other close friends are Fong Kim Heng and Chia Chwee Leong, who are likely to be Hakka too. In the old days, It is well-known that people from the same dialect group tend to hang out with each other. 7. Char Yong (Dabu) Hakka Association LKY is the Honorary Life President of the Char Yong (Dabu) Hakka Association. Both LKY and Lee Hsien Loong had officiated at important events of Hakka clan associations. 8. Shoemaker and Tailor The Hakka shoemakers of Lee Hoi Wah Shoes are Mr and Mrs LKY personal shoemakers for decades. LKY also goes to a Hakka tailor for his suits. Perhaps in the old days, people have confidence in the craftsmanship of those from their own dialect group. kzbin.info/www/bejne/qmXEpWaIrr-bZq8

[@ibrahim9611]

Faschinating

[@richardc5226]

All SE Asian countries wants to be Singapore

[@silentmajority9162]

They want Singapore rich and convenient probably openness too. They don't want to work as hard as Singaporean

[@aeri878]

@@silentmajority9162 If they don't want to work as hard, then they will not be rich like Singapore as Singaporean work hard just like the Japanese and Koreans and that produces good results.

[@SivalinPuthery]

Rubbish. If anything, most SE Asians are just jealous of Singapore，just look at the comments online and in their own media. And they never seem to learn anything. So backwards compared to China

[@impopquiz]

⁠@@SivalinPutherytrue to some media effect but the people who visited SG knows the truth.

[@richardc5226]

@@SivalinPuthery jealousy the best kind of flattery

[@allenpoh9886]

Great respect for both great leaders LEE KWAN YEW AND DENG XIAO PING❤🎉🎉🎉

[@GaniOmar-ox7kz]

Great leaders in deed to be reckoned with, that their fellow citizens can be proud of the achievements they brought forward to their progressive and developments of what is their country reached today.

[@ongsengfook]

Two Hakkas.

[@kingsufi6164]

The correct path i do believe, was we did tie a lot of friendship in asia. Western gov up till today i do feel they still look down on singapore and china.... but hey, you know why asia is prospering? Because we invest more on our own people then funding illegal wars.

[@RobertSullivan-wn9wl]

I visit and admire Singapore on an annual basis. The people are not only some of the most educated people in the world but some of the kindest I’ve ever met. I’ve never heard an American talk poorly about Singapore. In fact, most people I know look forward to one day visiting such a wonderful country. We look up to Singapore not down at it. I’m sorry you feel that way.

[@nazarttgoh333]

Two great leaders! Salute!

[@ezzzz138]

Deng at 88: change course of China and turned things around. Biden 81: uh…we finally beat Medicare