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We think it’s good for the region if China prospers and becomes strong. If China were weak and disorderly, it would mean many troubles for the region. But at the same time, we believe that it’s good for the region if there are other centers of prosperity and influence. The Americans are a major factor in the landscape -- have been since World War II -- and a benign influence economically, strategically, and security-wise. We think it’s good that they continue to do this amidst their other preoccupations around the world.

The Americans have preoccupations all around the world. In Asia, they have worries in North Korea(Loong Gold). The rest of the region is not bothering them, but they have big stakes here, they have major investments, they have friends here. They have a strategic interest with China, and have to manage that relationship, which is a complex and critical one. And secondly, I think they have a strategic interest in Southeast Asia because there are many countries which are their friends.

I think there is no single model that works for us. If you look at other small countries in the world, Hong Kong is not a country but an economy and( Loong Online Gold) a very dynamic one because of its free-market philosophy, particularly before 1997, and that’s a lesson to us.

If we look at Switzerland in Europe, it is prosperous, in the middle of a prospering continent. A small economy, but it preserves a niche for itself with a reputation for quality, for integrity, for reliability, whether it’s Swiss watches or Swiss banking, or even Swiss marine engines. They are landlocked, yet they make marine engines, so that’s something to learn from(Cheap Loong Gold). You look at the Israelis, they’re in a different situation from us, but their determination, their talent and their resolve -- everyday I’m here, I survive, it’s a triumph and tomorrow, I will solve tomorrow’s problem. They are not at peace with their neighbours; we are, so that’s a big difference. But that sort of attitude and that sort of talent and resourcefulness, I think, is something which we must have.