SINGAPORE - When China ended its zero-Covid policy in December 2022, several countries imposed restrictions on Chinese visitor arrivals amid the surge in Covid-19 cases in China, but Singapore decided against it, to some criticism.
“In fact, we are in a position to increase the number of flights to and from China,” said the minister, who was speaking at the annual Chinese New Year spring reception organised by the Singapore Hokkien Huay Kuan clan association. “But actually, we are always only aligned to one country – Singapore, ourselves and our principles,” he said.
“There is a real war in Europe, there is threat of superpower conflict in Asia-Pacific, and there is protectionism all around, undermining the multilateral trading system,” he noted.
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