Singapore could face choice between US or China, PM says

Singapore's prime minister, Lee Hsien Loong, told BBC's Hardtalk that increasing tensions between the US and China pose a difficult problem for his country.

"We will be coerced to choose between being friends with America and friends with China," he said.

The full HARDtalk interview runs on BBC World on Wednesday 1 March at 0430, 0930, 1530, 2030 GMT; and on the BBC News Channel at 0430 on Wednesday 1 March and at 0030 on Thursday 2 March.

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