Uploaded October 2024 | Updated September 2026, 23 hours ago

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Lee Kuan Yew considers Deng Xiaoping as the greatest leader he's ever met. But Lee was also highly respected by Deng and modelled many aspects of China on the Singapore model.

Find out more in the video about how they first met and how tiny Singapore was so instrumental in China's growth story.

0:00 - Introduction
1:08 - Singapore-China relations & why Deng visited Singapore
3:00 - Deng & Lee's 1st meeting & aftermath
8:13 - Singapore's real impact on China

Remixed from the video produced by BorderLess Asia: youtu.be/NRRoW-mr5Pg