Weekend Long Read: Hu Shuli’s Breakfast With Former Kyrgyz Prime Minister

One morning in September, I met Djoomart Otorbaev, former prime minister of Kyrgyzstan, for breakfast at the Mandai Rainforest Resort in Singapore. Outside the window, the calm surface of the water, surrounded by a tropical rainforest, shimmered with dots of morning light.

“What kind of goals have you set for yourself?” he asked.

After I answered, I asked him the same question.