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Singapore's prime minister-in-waiting Lawrence Wong warned that the U.S. and China may "sleepwalk into conflict" if they don't engage with each other and de-escalate rising tensions over Taiwan. In an interview on Monday with Bloomberg...

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(Aug 16): Singapore’s prime minister-in-waiting Lawrence Wong warned that the US and China may “sleepwalk into conflict” if they don’t engage with each other and deescalate rising tensions over Taiwan. In an interview on Monday with Bloomberg Editor-in-Chief John Micklethwait, Wong said the relationship between the world’s biggest economies was on a “very worrying” trajectory in the wake of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan and China’s subsequent military drills arou...

Lawrence Wong said the relationship between the world’s biggest economies was on a "very worrying” trajectory.

SINGAPORE (The Straits Times/Asia News Network): Inflation in Singapore is expected to peak in the next two to four months and will start to ease thereafter, said Deputy Prime Minister Lawrence Wong.

Miscalculations might escalate to an armed conflict if not managed well.

377A is an issue for Singaporeans to work out, not for foreigners.

Mr Wong sketched out two possible scenarios for when the leadership transition could take place. Read more at straitstimes.com.

SINGAPORE, Aug 16 — Deputy Prime Minister Lawrence Wong said the exact timing of him succeeding Lee Hsien Loong as Prime Minister has not been decided yet, but reiterated two...