INTERVIEW: Singapore's Ex-Foreign Minister George Yeo on Section 377A, 4G leadership and China 

this is a great case study in watching a pre-schooler interview a professor

how tf is it possible people STILL think this? good grief

I think we have to give the journalist a thumbs up also. His questions are not easy and he gave a fair chance for a response.

educated? wisdom is profound not on mere 'education', didn't hear enough oF GY , '禮貌?' so lacking in the way of the talking by this chap! pathetic is understatement.

...a bit harsh. He asked questions his audience would also ask, imo.

I thought the interviewer did well.

Taoist? He is a Catholic. Just saying.

Yeo says his cousin from Xinjiang went there recently started minute 59. His cousin a Han Chinese from Xinjiang said everything is fine there. What a joker. A Han Chinese from Xinjiang isdefinetly CCP. At minute 4 Yeo said training centres with barb wire and guard towers with search lights are not concentration camps but education centres. Yeo is a typical Han Chinese from Singapore who turns a blind eye to the genocide like behaviour of the CCP for profits. He brought shame to Singapore.

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a blunt is as much what holds in one's personality, (of education sic) albeit arrogantly with taunted intend perhaps, well, in the term of 'journalism' qualification (to talk) as thus.

Pea brain

But he is coward never fight back,just lost and ran away

@@rudytrulytruly7467 Contrary to your opinion, Sir George Yeo went on to fight other even more important battles in life, such as his wife's illness and the establishment of autonomy at India's Nalanda University.

@@bearbearcutecuteSir George? Lol ! Thanks for arse licking

was GY defeated or make a sacrificial lamb in Aljunied...go read some history or turn the time around to watching what Politics entailed.

@@justineesun3396 he was not close to the people

A very interesting man. The interviewer was excellent to. If there's anything that can be said about Chinese culture and values effecting governance it is the dichotomy between Li and Luan, order and chaos, and the massive amount of value placed on Li. One must look at all three Chinese philosophies in order to come to a judgement on Han culture's influence, namely that of Kong Tzu, Laozi, and Siddhartha Gautama. Qufu is the Athens of East Asian civilization and Lhasa and Quren its Jerusalem. The dichotomy between these three places is what shapes Beijing, the city of might and the capital of China, the great, now steel, Dragon. Lhasa provides the ample detachment from unnecessary suffering through resistance to rumination, Quren allows one to be the river, to do without effort that which can be done (in the West this is known as spontaneous order), and Qufu creates sages of unmatched knowledgeability. These three things together make for a robust, tough, orderly, wise society. This built an empire that has lasted for at least four thousand years, and it is still by far the greatest under the Sun, closely behind are several others. It can take any hit and win without fighting its enemies once, as well as out-fox and out-engineer any opponent. Beijing, however, puts on the dragon's claws. China is the high-tech workshop of the world, they are in the same place we were before World War Two. One day those factories that make trinkets and technology, will make the weapons of war, and China will be as magnanimous in victory as it is invincible on the battlefield. America is Western and has a native history stretching back thousands of years both on the continent and elsewhere, but our main history began with the revolution. Since then we have become the largest supplier of finance that has ever existed. It's true that China and everyone else on Earth lends us money, but we manage it, and through our management of risk we have the potential to be as advanced in finance as the Dutch were in the 1600's during their golden age. That made them the financial capital of the world despite being outnumbered ten to one by some of their opponents, and in those wars they WON. The reason we can do this is because the same thing that lets the Chinese out-fox and out-engineer, their top talent going into one industry, in China's case, governance, we put our top talent into finance, and since our East is a great fertile region like Eastern China, we will one day we will be equal powers. They will be stronger and wiser, but we will be richer given a good government. I'm trying to get rich enough to fund the election of such a government, but I admit I'm starting from scratch.

He works for Yahoo. What did you expect?

That's ok. A lot of the audience will have those same biases and so also the same questions, so it is great that they are asked and answered.

Yes

He is not only arrogant but also ignorant. He also thinks he is ang moh.

He is not fit to be an interviewer.

Exactly. He seems to be totally brainwashed by NYT and CNN. This reporter hasn’t even been to Xinjiang it seems. He insists it’s wrong despite Mr Yeo giving his piece.

Violence and conflict is a fundamental part of their way of life. It is their strength and their weakness.

In America, you can change parties, but can't change policies. In Asia, you can't change parties (China, Singapore, Vietnam), but policies can adapt to new situations flexibly.

Yea lol. Credible NYT media which said Saddam has nuclear weapons, Iraq has links to al-Qaeda, the Havana Syndrome is a Russian operation amongst other conspiracy theories.

He wishes that he is angmoh.

He works for Yahoo. So the bias isn’t surprising.

@@anchored555 True, all these US mainstream media outlets are basically just mouthpieces for the US govt.

He is a banana and eat potatoes only!

Contradicting your own point

it's not hard to understand, no harder than australian... maybe you should listen to it again. Dont be lazy.

Turn up the volume or wear a hearing aid dude.

Don't agree. Like that China more incompetent civil service.

Poor in Singapore.

Why are you so entitled? Why must the world guarantee you riches for working hard? Everybody works hard, but not everybody works smart and is smart. There are Singaporeans that are making good money. If you are working in McDonalds and Ya Kun forever you should really look yourself in the mirror. Learn to upgrade yourself, don't just blame the government for your own weakness. If you cant live with 2500 in McDonalds you can do grab or sales with the same qualifications. You entitled mojo. Stay woke

How much is enough to you might be different to another person ? What about comparing to the rohinga muslims who are stateless and live in slums and have very little to eat with zero job available ? Are you the best person to answer for all the people needs in the world ? How is a good economy works in singapore ? Can you be a better PM than LKY in singapore if you are given a chance . Please explain so i can learn from you.

@@thatone8085 Ya that’s true. Rich is relative. When you compare with someone richer or more famous than you, you will naturally feel miserable.

@@thatone8085 Even in affluent Singapore ordinary people are just making S$2000 per month. So you think people in Myanmar or India would have the chance?

You knew that UN human rights inspector quitted her job after she said everything was normal in Xinjiang, which is politically incorrect in the western hemisphere. Visit Xinjiang yourself to find out the truth yourself rather than reading from anti-China publications like NYT, WaPo, ASPI, etc. The UN has lost its credibilty and power nowadays. Did the UN condemned the US when she lied about weapons of mass destruction in Iraq to kill millions there? Or what about killing innocent people by mistake in drone warfare conducted by the US regime? Ask yourself, why the West suddenly care about the Muslims in Xinjiang but turns a blind eye to atrocities happening every day in the Middle East, especially the Palestinians.

Do you have videos of what China done to the people in Xinjiang?

@@シheheIf you want to believe there's genocide in Xinjiang, just ask Uncle Sam for the report. If you want the truth, just go and read the UN report - the word 'genocide' isn't mentioned anywhere in the report. Please be reminded that no Muslim-majority country has ever condemned China for its domestic policy in Xinjiang. Not even the paragon of all that is good in this world - Ukraine - condemned China! The West loves Zelenskyy, right?

Mr ah tan, stop drinking the American Kool aid ,it's bad for your brain.

I'm afraid your comment shows your own biases, and does not reflect negatively on Mr Yeo's which are (imo) much more balanced and have a high level of awareness concerning the sources of the various stories about XinJiang. I found it interesting that he said that the Chinese government left it too long, which meant they had to act more harshly than they might have done if they had acted sooner. I took this to mean the Chinese gov have ended up having to quickly educate and support the Uyghur population so they are less unhappy as 'a people' or culture, when they could perhaps have done this more organically from a younger age and over a longer time period, presumably with less disruption and objection.

Rudy, my middle finger seems to be erecting ..can you see. I have great respect for George .

Over the years George has gained more and more respect from Singaporeans such that calls are being made for him to stand for Presidency. The election loss has been somewhat of a blessing in disguise for George and Singapore. He is now widely acknowledged as a wise and strategic thinker and highly sought after speaker.