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(1) 李光耀接受日媒访问：联美日抗中.
http://www.mitbbs.com/mitbbs_article_t.php?board=Military&gid=33825191&ftype=0

I am afraid the series will be deleted soon, so I reproduce the original posting here.

发信人: shhyin (pat), 信区: Military
标  题: 李光耀接受日媒访问：联美日抗中
发信站: BBS 未名空间站 (Mon May 17 23:58:11 2010, 美东)

（联合早报网讯）台湾联合报报道，新加坡内阁资政李光耀接受日本朝日新闻访问时表
示，中国崛起后的所谓“后美国时代”，或许要等30到50年后才会出现，美国在这段时
间依然能对亚太地区发挥影响力。

　　李光耀说，亚太区可能要等30到50年后才会进入“后美国时代”，因为中国大陆现
在无论是民用或军用科技都还达不到美国的水准，大陆市场的购买力也比不上美国。

　　李光耀说，尽管大陆人口众多，但每人平均国内生产毛额（GDP）还是偏低。即使
30年后中国的GDP超越美国，但是每人平均GDP还是很低。一个国家的实力，必须涵盖经
济、军事实力和政治影响力。

　　李光耀也认为，美国的实力在短期内急剧下滑的可能性不高。

　　李光耀表示，“我不认为美国在未来10年到30年内，会丧失创造发明、科技突破和
吸引海外新人才的能力”。人才不会去中国大陆，而会去美国，因为美国人讲英语，每
个人能够融入，这个国家拥抱外来移民；但如果要在大陆生活，必须学好中文，熟悉中
华文化，这是个很难克服的障碍。

　　他强调，亚太区将来不会是个多极化（multipolarity）地区，而是个中国和美国
分庭抗礼的两极（bipolar）地区，日本属于美国这一极。

　　他说，光靠日本无法和中国大陆抗衡，没有美国支持，日本没有筹码可玩，因此日
本应该现实点，要么就留在美国集团，要么就加入中国集团，但即使和中国同一个集团
，日本还是无法和大陆抗衡。

　　至于东南亚国家协会，李光耀说，东协目前比较倾向美国，但是，随着时日推移，
泰国、寮国、柬埔寨和缅甸等中南半岛成员国，都必须考虑中国的观点，因为中国大陆
这个快速成长的经济体是它们的市场，所以东协内部的立场将来会出现变化。


(2) I reply as follows.

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Laugh out loud.

All Chinese are made fools. I have said before and will say it again:
Chinese blindly follow a leader, ANY leader.

(1)
(a) "toldo" says "这个不就是李光耀一向的观点？" That may be. But not the
title of the posting.
(b) "xiabailong" ("李光耀说的都是实话, 标题是记者乱发挥, 不是李的意思") and
"jiangyoun" ("李说的很中肯啊，也没看到说'联美日抗中'”) smell something but
stops there.

(2) This is what Zaobao reports.

李光耀接受日媒访问：后美国时代 再等30年. 联合早报, May 18, 2010.
http://www.zaobao.com/wencui/2010/05/taiwan100518g.shtml

Take notice that Zaobao and "shhyin's" original posting are verbatim, EXCEPT
the titles!

Naturally shhyin is a fraud and being sensational. And naturally all Chinese
get stirred up!

(3) However, 联合报 (United Daily News; Udn.com) of Taiwan does NOT have
such a report.

It is intriguing, isn't it?

(4) Some Chinese say domestic newspapers dare not re-publish the report.
This I do not know. However, one does. (Global Times aims at foreigners.
Besides, who knows if this--and other reports of that newspaper--a
subsidiary of People's Daily--is/was published WITHIN China.

李光耀称中国对亚太影响力30-50年后才可超越美国. 环球网, May 17, 2010.
http://world.huanqiu.com/roll/2010-05/818273.html

This report in Global Times has more content than that in Zaobao (pay heed
to the second and the last paragraphs of the former).

Nonetheless, the major difference is 环球网 cites "台湾'中央社.'”Correctly,
I may add. (You know, China likes to apply quotation marks to Taiwan's
agencies.)

(5) Here is the news report from Central News Agency of Taiwan.

康世人, 李光耀：30到50年內美國仍對亞太有影響力. 中央社, May 17, 2010.
http://www.cna.com.tw/ShowNews/Detail.aspx?pNewsID=201005170088&pType0=aOPL&pTypeSel=0

(6)
(a) At last, this is the English-language transcript of Asahi Shimbun, whose
original had been published in Japanese-language--that is what "vernacular"
means, which can be a noun or an adjective--Asahi (but its Japanese-
language web site, www.asahi.com, no longer carries it).

Interview with Lee Kuan Yew/ YOICHI FUNABASHI, Editor in Chief: Maintaining
balance of power in Asia requires U.S. engagement. Asahi (English), May 15,
2010.
http://www.asahi.com/english/TKY201005140485.html
("seventh installment of an interview series")

(b) Obviously Asahi interviews Mr. Lee once (and publishes it once), instead
of SEVEN times.

The proof is previous interviewees of the series are others.

Interview with Andrew Krepinevich/ YOICHI FUNABASHI, Editor in Chief: China'
s emergence sparks concerns for global military map. Asahi (English), May 8,
2010.
http://www.asahi.com/english/TKY201005070384.html

(7) I rest my case.

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