The Grand Master's Insights on China, the United States and the World

This compilation of speeches and interviews given by Singapore's elder statesman and former Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew sheds light on the strategies behind the islandcity- nation-state's triumphs, failings and visionary leadership. Will the Asian region as a whole benefit from China's economic rise? According to Lee, it is China's intention to be the greatest power in the world and neighboring countries have already taken this into account. Lee shares candid insights on the future of the United States in this context, and his views on how U.S.-China relations can continue through a sustained cooperative relationship. "The acid test is in performance, not promises. The millions of dispossessed in Asia care not and know not of theory. They want a better life," says Lee.