When Comrade Xiaoping visited Singapore, the then Prime Minister of Singapore who regarded Deng Xiaoping as his idol Lee Kuan Yew once put forward an interesting hypothesis, What achievements would Deng Xiaoping achieve if he was born in Singapore ? This issue is Lee Kuan Yew's sudden idea and a reflection of his great admiration for Deng Xiaoping.
Deng Xiaoping was received by exception
Lee Kuan Yew As a descendant of the farmers in Nanhua , he is always full of attachment to the hometown of his ancestors. After seeing the Communist Party of China make China look new, admires the leaders of our party very much. In 1978, Deng Xiaoping visited Singapore. Although the two countries had not yet established diplomatic relations at that time, Lee Kuan Yew still received him with extremely high etiquette.
In order to welcome Deng Xiaoping, Lee Kuan Yew not only asked the Singapore government to receive with extraordinary specifications, but also went to the airport in person to pick up Deng Xiaoping . Deng Xiaoping was very happy to see his compatriots so enthusiastically and shook hands and communicated with Lee Kuan Yew cordially.
Singapore is an garden city , which strictly enforces the tobacco ban. But Lee Kuan Yew knew that Deng Xiaoping, a great man who had been in the military for half his life, was very addicted to smoking, so he asked the service staff at the meeting to prepare ashtray in advance, making an exception to allow Deng Xiaoping to smoke during the talks.
Lee Kuan Yew was considerate for Deng Xiaoping, and Deng Xiaoping also gave the Singapore leader enough respect . After learning that Lee Kuan Yew was very sensitive to the smell of cigarettes, Deng Xiaoping insisted that he did not smoke a cigarette during the talks. Li and Deng’s actions can indeed be called The friendship between gentlemen .
The huge gap between China and Singapore
Although both were mainly Chinese , my country at that time had a huge gap with Singapore, which had a highly developed economy. In an era when the Chinese people are still in extreme shortage of daily necessities, Singapore residents have long been lifted out of poverty, and every household has lived a prosperous life, and the level of social spiritual civilization is extremely high.
Even the knowledgeable Deng Xiaoping was shocked by the wealth of ordinary Singaporean families and was very curious about how the Singapore government did it. You should know that when Deng Xiaoping was young, he passed through Singapore when he was studying in Marseille, France. Is that Singapore or an island country that was originally behind , which is completely different from now.
Lee Kuan Yew still maintained his attitude of modest in response to Deng Xiaoping's question, and said from the bottom of his heart that this small achievement is not worth mentioning. Singapore is much smaller than China and the construction is much less difficult. He fully believes that Chinese people can also build the country better in the future .
Deng Xiaoping listened to Lee Kuan Yew's words and strengthened China's determination to carry out economic development and implement reform and opening up . Only by opening the country can China develop into a Singapore-like rich country.
Lee Kuan Yew’s construction
Lee Kuan Yew is an Singaporean , but he has such full confidence in China’s development, mainly because he trusts the ability of Chinese leaders like Deng Xiaoping’s governing the country. He firmly believes that Deng Xiaoping is a far-sighted politician , and his level is far above himself.
During Deng Xiaoping's visit, Lee Kuan Yew asked Deng Xiaoping what kind of achievements would Deng Xiaoping have made if Deng Xiaoping was in Singapore . Deng Xiaoping has not answered this interesting question yet, but Lee Kuan Yew gave the answer himself.
Lee Kuan Yew believes that if Deng Xiaoping is a Singaporean, must be Singapore's leader at this time, and will build Singapore very well. But if you replace yourself with Deng Xiaoping's life in Deng Xiaoping's , you will definitely not be able to achieve what Deng Xiaoping has achieved in China.
This answer is enough to show that Lee Kuan Yew's evaluation of Deng Xiaoping is as high as .
Lee Kuan Yew visits China
1980 Lee Kuan Yew and his family were invited to visit China at the invitation of Deng Xiaoping. Deng Xiaoping issued an invitation this time, first, to invite old friends to travel to China, and second, to let Lee Kuan Yew visit the construction achievements of reform and opening up . Thanks to economic development, in just two years, China has undergone earth-shaking changes in .
Lee Kuan Yew once again affirmed China's future development potential of , , indicating that in the future, China will definitely become an important trading partner of in Singapore and even countries around the world. Deng Xiaoping also agreed after hearing the affirmation of his old friend, saying that China's opening of the country would only benefit Southeast Asia and even the entire Asia.
The two made some judgments on China's future development situation. Deng Xiaoping looked at the development experience of Singapore in the national economic construction . He has been humbly asking Lee Kuan Yew for various problems and solutions encountered in economic construction, especially Singapore's mature system and regulations , which gave Deng Xiaoping a deep inspiration.
Answers handed over by Deng Xiaoping
1991, Deng Xiaoping inspected the economic development achievements in . He saw that the homes of ordinary residents in our country were clean and tidy, and he had chicken, duck, fish and meat in the refrigerator, which was exactly the same as the scene he saw in Singapore 13 years ago . Deng Xiaoping was very pleased and knew that he had made no mistake in this move over the past ten years, and the Chinese people finally became rich.
At this time, China not only opened economic and trade exchanges with all Asian countries, but also became larger and larger economic scale. Lee Kuan Yew made a good judgment. Chinese leaders like Deng Xiaoping have indeed achieved more brilliant achievements in than Singapore's construction and completed the more difficult economic development task.
1997, Deng Xiaoping passed away , and many Singaporeans went to the Chinese Embassy to express their condolences, and the sad Lee Kuan Yew also came to mourn his old friend. In the eulogy, Lee Kuan Yew once again affirmed his evaluation of Deng Xiaoping and bluntly stated that Deng Xiaoping is the giant among the many leaders in the world. The similarity of the two in their ruling philosophy makes them friends who appreciate each other.
In my country's reform and opening up and economic construction, Lee Kuan Yew and Singapore's successful experience has set a good example for Deng Xiaoping, and to a certain extent, pointed out the correct path for economic development for my country . Singapore has also become one of our most important economic partners in Southeast Asia.
Both Li and Deng have made significant contributions to their country and won the respect and love of the people. Those who hold firewood for everyone will eventually be respected and missed by for generations.
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