Their rule over the majority ofculturedand highly sophisticated Chinese population was only possible by a mixture of authoritarianism, or force, and paternalism, or benevolence.
The forces of freedom, openness and global community against the forces of authoritarianism, isolationism and nationalism.
Then they rail against any state intrusion as a charter for snoopers or a march towards authoritarianism.
While Lee Hsien Loong lacks his father's charisma and ruthless political instinct, he has been a highly competent, generally respected leader whose governing style could not be more different from his father's stern authoritarianism.
