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新加坡前学生领袖陈智成。香港《苹果日报》 多数新加坡人都称颂前总理李光耀创造经济奇迹、政府透明开放。但前学生领袖、曾被执政党引用内部安全法囚禁的陈智成则认为，这只是政府的洗脑工程，为一整代国民制造迷思。 58 岁的陈智成是 70... 

What worked for Lee may not work for his successors. (Photo: Chris McGrath/Getty Images)I failed to impress Lee Kuan Yew when we met for the first time a decade ago. It was in December 2004 in Bangkok and he was giving a speech arguing that rumors of America's decline were premature. "America," he declared, was "the most dynamic... 

(25 Mar) - To be both fair and informative in writing an assessment of Lee Kuan Yew requires a level of detachment that seems to be uncommon. Certainly his devotees, whether in Singapore or overseas, don’t usually come close to achieving it as they echo versions of Lee’s own story of how he took the country ‘from Third...