Deputy Prime Minister Lawrence Wong cautioned about assuming relations between China and the US could change after this one meeting because of ‘deep suspicions and distrust built up over so many years’.
«:»Singapore’s prime minister-in-waiting said this week’s meeting between US President Joe Biden and Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping was “a good start”, but the fundamentals between the competing economies had not changed. Deputy Prime Minister Lawrence Wong, 49, said in an interview with Bloomberg News that the meeting between the two leaders was “important and constructive”, but also “just the beginning of a long and difficult journey”.
