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US-China tensions may force nations to choose, Singapore says

Bloomberg Published on Wed, Mar 01, 2017 / 5:52 PM GMT+8

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(March 1): Singapore risks being “coerced” into choosing between the US or China as the two powers jostle for influence in Asia, according to Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong.

"If America-China relations become very difficult our position becomes tougher because then we will be coerced to choose between being friends with America and friends with China," Lee said in an interview with BBC’s “HARDtalk” that aired on Wednesday. “And that’s a real worry.”

“Right now we are friends with both, not that we don’t have issues with either, but we are generally friends with both and the relationships are in good working order.”