"Lee" is the fourth most common of the great Chinese surnames. In the twentieth century, the descendants of this surname have made their marks on Asian politics, becoming decisive leading personalities.
President Lee Teng-hui of the Republic of China and Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew of Singapore are two classic examples. Coincidentally, they are not only both named "Lee," but they are leaders of two of Asia's four "Little Dragons," with extremely compatible political and economic conceptions.
For these reasons, even given that the two countries do not have official diplomatic relations, Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew arranged an extremely formal and impressive welcome for President Lee Teng-hui's visit to Singapore.
For a leader to visit a nation with whom his country has no diplomatic ties is rarely seen in the international community. Singapore at the same time announced that it will recognize the Chinese Communists after Indonesia and Peking establish ties. This caused President Lee's visit to receive extraordinary attention at home and abroad.
In order to accurately capture this "historic event," Sinorama dispatched a reporter to follow President Lee to Singapore and look in on the situation there, adapted the highlights of President Lee's press conference held upon his return home, and conducted interviews with the new generation of "opinion leaders" in the ROC, to provide you with a story broad, deep, and substantive.
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This Singapore hotel's computer message board shows: "Welcome Republic o f China...." (photo by Chen Min-jeng)
A Sino-Singaporean "close encounter of the first kind." (photo by Fu Lia nn Bang)
A Sino-Singaporean "close encounter of the first kind." （photo by Fu Lia nn Bang）
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