Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said in a Bloomberg interview on Nov. 17 at the Innovation Economy Forum that Biden should seek to develop a “generally constructive relationship” with China after a “pretty tumultuous four years” and that the new framework between the two countries should allow both sides to “develop areas of common interest” in issues such as trade, security, climate change and the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula, and “exercise restraint in areas where there are differences.
“We all want to work with the United States, we all want to work with other dynamic economies in the world, and we want to work together in the region,” said Lee, who has already congratulated U.S. “President-elect” Biden, noting that not many countries want to join an alliance that excludes China.
Lee Hsien Loong had also said before the U.S. election that he hoped the next U.S. president would first stabilize relations with China, as the long-term stability and prosperity of the Asian region must be built on that foundation. “It’s a tall order, but the stability of China-US relations is also important for the US,”
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