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THE CURSE OF LEE KUAN YEW The leader eulogized by Obama as a ‘giant of history’ is being used to re-legitimize tyranny. Lee Kuan Yew, who died Monday at 91, was in his final years more than a man: He was a myth, a global idea—an intellectual cult built around the idea that not all autocrats are bad; they can be enlightened... 

新加坡前总理李光耀于 23 日凌晨病逝，结束了他充满矛盾与传奇的一生。 李光耀、邓小平、蒋经国是同一种人，有类似的性格、观点和手段，都属于东亚政治模式的领导人，也就是开明专制（温和独裁）加菁英统治。台湾后来不再与中国和新加坡走同样的路，在李登辉时代向中、星挥手说拜拜，走往西方式的民主道路。经过... 

Lee's authoritarian legacy may fall short for Singapore as young seek voice, inequality rises SINGAPORE (AP, 23 Mar) -- Lee Kuan Yew brought prosperity to Singapore with an authoritarian system designed to outlast him, but that legacy may be ill-suited for the 21st-century challenges facing the tropical city-state. One of the...