ideologyleadershipmeritocracySingaporeThe paper explores the question of whether modern states, especially in Asia, need philosophical or 'ideological' bases for their founding and continuation. It takes as its case study Singapore's Lee Kuan Yew, who appeared to succeed in founding a modern ...
实用主义者 | 李光耀是一位伟人。而他身上最值得学习的品质就是实用主义者。“你希望这个世界是什么样的并不重要,重要的是你要认清这个世界的真相,并在接受这个真相的情况下努力去做一点事,有目标就必须有相应的方法。”——李光耀“We are pragmatists. We don't stick to any ideology. Does it work? Let'...
The Americans became involved not because of democracy and human rights, but because they did not want to see a Europe which was under such a powerful ideology which would threaten them. Yes, Churchill was a good friend of Roosevelt but friendship did not come into the calculations. It was ...
The traditional Chinese Confucian culture advocated by Lee Kuan Yew is embedded with Singaporean characteristics. The traditional Confucian ideology "loyalty, filial piety, benevolence, justice, politeness, justice, honest, shame" was redefined by Lee Kuan Yew, and modified to the "five common values...
Yet it is in fact the Singapore Consensus, not the Beijing Consensus, that is likely to win the 21st-century competition over governance models. Unlike China, whose government has resources and rights at its disposal that no other state can match, Singapore's ideology is non-ideology; it is...