Singapore’s Leader Urges China, U.S. to Avoid Mishaps as Regional Tensions Escalate

Singapore’s Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong warned of growing geopolitical issues in the Asia-Pacific in his National Day speech at a rally on Sunday amid “worsening” U.S.-China relations that are unlikely to improve any time soon.

Facing an external environment that has become “very troubled,” including sharply escalating tensions in the Taiwan Strait and the ongoing Russia-Ukraine conflict, Singapore’s third prime minister called on citizens to “prepare psychologically.”