With Hong Kong and Taiwan up in arms against China’s lopsided bargain of no democracy and fading economic equity, can Singapore be far behind? Nearly 75 per cent of Singaporeans are of ethnic Chinese origin and they too are progressively frustrated with stifling economic and political conditions. Chee Soon Juan, the secretary-general of Singapore’s marginalised Democratic Party, has argued that his island nation’s China-like authoritarian polity “has backfired” and is “robbing Singaporean society of the verve needed to take the economy to the next level where ideas and innovation are essential.” - Sreeram Chaulia, Prof, Jindal School of Intl Affairs deccanchronicle/141202/commentary-op-ed/article/bread-and-freedom
Posted on: Wed, 03 Dec 2014 03:04:53 +0000
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