LKY is amazing.But will not be compared to my Tian He. Tian He is more than 3000 trillion times faster and smarter than Einstien and Hawkins。 You need prople like him to run a successful government today not a clown like D Trump or a think he is relevant today 93 year old mentally dried up bag of bones Dr M. To succeed today, you must know how not to outlive your usefullness.GOD IS GREAT. IN HIM YOU TRUST.
Tian Ming: who on earth is tian he? Governments are corrupted either way. People like to blame the westerners whilst forgetting that everything started in Egypt when it comes to humanity
Amazing and impressive views of China come to the present year 2019. Fantastic, how true he was. Truly a foresighted, knowledgeable and wise man. Rest in peace, Sir.
Interviewers like BBC's Tim Sebastian never quite understood why they got the heavy end of the stick interviewing Mr Lee Kuan Yew. They really got a lot to learn from Charlie Rose. Respect is a two-way traffic, duh.
@@brysonszy6306 Throughout the history of thousands of years of human civilization, human society, regardless of East and West, is under dictatorship instead of the so-called democratic system which is only 70 years old and taken too much for granted. Lee Kuan Yew received western-style education though, as an ethnical Chinese leadership, he is well versed in Chinese wisdom, it's safe to deduce Singapore is built based on the meritocracy governance which was absorbed from the ancient Chinese imperial examination system.
@@brysonszy6306 Just because Singapore has a different system to the USA does not mean he is a dictator. A lot of Westminster system are the same. John Howard of Australia was in power for 20 years. He was not a dictator. People follow him because he was a great leader.
I would say that it's more his job to give people the opportunity for a decent life. Not so much giving it to them but giving them the tools and the means to succeed on their own hard work and merits.
Every interview he gives. He has ample historical knowledge about the place his talking about. He doesn't just look at numbers. He takes into account cultural, language, historical, systematic differences and makes spot on predictions. This guy's eq is off the charts. Goddamn. I wish i was old enuf when your still active in politics. Singapore will always be thankful.
@@jjc4232 this interview was from 12 years ago man... If putin couldn't fix that issue in over 10 years, he wouldn't still be president now. You think people are sitting on their chair doing nothing all the time?
The way the host looking at this man , I can felt that Lee is more than just a guest to him.And Lee is indeed legendary as a Politician.Great interview!!
LKY Predictions & Foresight: He could see through the murky lens of geopolitics as clear as day: 01:10 Wold order: Irag-Afghan are just distractions for the US 2:42 China GDP will compete with the US (however, per capita will still be much smaller) 4:00 First half of 21st century, the US will need to share with China and India 7:10 Saving habit anecdote 9:33 China will take ~100 years before they reach the level of affluence in the US per capita 11:26 Infrastructure projects .....China now have the largest high speed rail in the WORLD!!!!! which was virtually non-existent in 2000 13:16 Communication, urbanisation, flow of information will need to change 16:30 Iran sanctions happened (it happened until DRUMP tore this apart!) ....TRUE 19:14 Russia (Putin came back as President) ....TRUE 21:11 Japan (is opening up to immigrations....still much more to be done.)... ...TRUE 23:30 Overseas Chinese (How to attract talent?) ......Children's education in China vs US 25:50 Europe ==> Can't get together ....BREXIT happened in 2021 26:40 Singapore ==> Need to keep on changing and keep relevant ....refuse to choose sides between US, China, India, Europe etc 29:32 US | CHINA mindset needs to change .... 31:44 WTO ....they will reverse engineers your products and they will have to play by the rules 32:55 Stemcells investment in Singapore ..... Rule of law 34:29 Afghan: Creating a country is a distraction! ...... The US have spent 4Trillions in wars....imagine if these were invested in the US to improve education and the well being of the US residents? 37:00 US should be a benigh power ....... don't make other people (eg middle east, africa etc) your problems...you can't solve all the problems in the world 39:30 Deng Xiao Ping sent 30-40 thousand political leaders to singapore in 1978 to replicate Singapore success China. DXP recognised that the old communist system didn't work and decided to change direction to what it is today 43:30 Obama ==> 21st will be the contest in the pacific .....Fiscal & Dollars (there's a risk which is happening today eg Iran, Europe came up with another way to avoid trade sanctions by the DRUMP cronies, China is creating a Digital Yuan, other government are all testing digital currencies) 47:17 US economy .....does the US (President & Congress) have the tenacity and determination to fix the US economy (eg US Healthcare)....confront people with the TRUTH 49:20 The impossible can happen....USSR and China abandoned their communist market system 52:10 Beijing Olympics ....the only country that the language and civilization over 5000 years.....US is but a 200 years !!!!! what an amazing perspective
Back than after watching hollywood movie i always say meh, america is way better.... but after been there for a short while and old enough now to digest the news and realizing....... gosh..... the US white house need SOOOOOOOO much work. Its true. Today and still relevaant... can you imagine if all that trillions of dollars were to be invested in the people.... pretty sure Americans have a better school subsidy, better basic pay and lesser homeless people than today.
Highest respects for a 'neutral side' gentleman who knows so well about all sides in the game. Knows China from inside out; understands The US from root. We are in the era of 'Trade war', and what President Trump has been doing is surprisingly exactly what LKY had spoken 10 years ago which is : be a global responsible player who follows the rules. What a man. God bless America, God bless human race!
Trump imposes trade barriers on china with the objectives to bring the jobs back to US, not to have China learn to follow rules! that's a huge difference
@@enkii82 yes but he is using the premise of established trade rules with IP theft and forced technology transfer. China did provide some concessions. No doubt strategy is also containment. The Huawei thing is b's though. I live in Canada and I will definitely buy one of their phones now even though no google services. It must be a good phone if they want to ban it
@@cbcluckyii4042 NO, trump is not!! track what he said and did. He imposed tariff on Washing machine etc from China which has no IP theft or forced tech transfer! on washing machine! that's why China brought the case to WTO and WTO sided wtih China for China to retaliate back on USA. There are cases where China has IP theft and forced tech transfer, but Trump is not interested in enforcing those and Obama did brought the case to WTO and WTO sided Obama to impose tariff on those goods like tires. WTO 'forced' China to follow the rules, but Trump undermines WTO and China is the one upholding WTO. funny twist. Trump is doing the wrong thing for the right reason.
Sir Lee Kuan Yew what a world leader with vast knowledge and deep understanding about almost everything! Hope his legacy will remain in Singapore and its ppl! Be rest Sir! Thank you
Many young people hated him when he's alive, now they flipped their position after he passed away. Fact is what he said is true whether Westernized Singaporeans like it or not. Singapore will not survive under a democratic government, just look at Taiwan and HK. And it is not China's fault that you guys were outcompeted by the Chinese.
Charlie Rose always had the best guests, in spite of the fact that he blurts out stupid things and conducts an idiotic interview. Glad he has made room for new talent to step in.
Wow!! I am watching this in 2016, and so many of this great man's words are becoming more and more relevant. Respect, Mr. Lee Kuan Yew, you are like Master Oogway of the Kung Fu Panda series.
I don't know if it's because of his Buddhist background. The message within his speech always carries a strong sense of humanitarianism that is beyond any materialistic and national level. He is a truly wholesome human being that everyone from all over the world should look up to.
Singapore's founding father and Prime Minister of Singapore from 1959-1990, but even after he stepped down in 1990 he continued his political career until 2011. What a good man! R.I.P. Lee Kuan Yew.
+Zachary Xavier I wish he was the Prime Minister of Malaysia, unfortunately he never became one. He was one of the founding fathers of Malaysia, that's for sure.
enkii82 unfortunately Malays in Malaysia would rather have a corrupt incompetent govt for the sake of Malay supremacy. Malaysian future was sealed (by Malay) the day they understandably decided they don't want Malaysian Malaysia but malay malaysia. Malay tida boleh is a painful truth.
Here is the obvious difference between Nehru and Den Xiopeng. Nehru knew his brand of socialism was not working by early 1960s. He did not have the vision or humility to say i screwed up and adopt market economy. It would be another 30 years and a balance of payment crisis for India to change its course towards market economy. Deng Xiopeng did this when he saw the spectacular results in Singapore even though he was from the old guard. Pity we did not have our Den Xiopeng then.
What a brilliant mind. And such calm presence and eloquence. He smiled at complex situations and was able to make fun of them with very objective observations and through understanding. He was full of charm and he was so humble! In comparison the reporter looked like someone who was over eager but with a shallow understanding and a habitual rude demeanour. Even when he was conversing with a great mind, and one can see that he has great respect to this man, his body language was still aggressive and almost without respect.
enkii82 I'm an atheist as well but when a person of religious person wishes me well with a religion intonation, i accept it with thanks. These are well-wishes from their heart and I appreciate it.
I would have thought I watched all his interviews already. So glad I found this. Look at how he had the answers to all the questions. All the numbers too…incredible. What a legend…What a loss to our country. I miss him
Thank you so much LKY! I do wish that our world leaders would produce somebody as bright and careful as MM. Lee Kwan Yew! You are one truly great human being! One of our idols and world role model...Thanks to God for you!
LKY was an insecure bully tyrant who colluded with the Japanese Imperial Army in WW II to gain control over the Singaporean people. He happily used torture caning against his fellow males as a way of consolidating his iron fisted grip over them. He installed his family in government positions effectively turning the governing of Singapore into a family business. He was no different than Mao, Stalin, Pol Pot...all self-serving bully tyrants
@@vf84tcat1 "I just believe in treating all men and women with the same equal dignity and respect. LKY did not" Proceeds to insult an entire country and her people right in other comments. you sound extremely sour and salty. where you from? Malaysia?
38:15 so many people queued up to meet LKY to pick his brains. 38:38 membership has its obligations and it starts with RESPONSIBILITY. Now that's rock solid principle! 39:04 China starts to change and grow after Deng Xiaoping learned from LKY. I lived through and seen Singapore leaders going over to China to help kick-start the special economic zones. Amazing.
watching this video in Aug 2021 and in awe of this great man Mr LKY, a true visionary .. point on prophecies of the world that was to be at that time in 2009 ... so many events have all come to past and we are living many of his predictions now.... Miss this wonderful great man, his wisdom, intlligency, his diplomacy. Eloquent and witty too. So blessed and proud to be Singaporean.
It's a great blessing that Singapore has such a wise and wisdom founder of a prosperous country. His most foresights of China come ture. And absolutely right，the Chinese people are proud to be Chinese with a splendid history of more than 5000 years. We will work hard to make our country more prosperous and powerful that no one can look down upon us like before.
Salute to his foreseen , salute to his wisdom salute to his honourable. With his talent , then singapore have today . Ruling a country with interest should know most country and nation , able to foresee and analyse country intention . Unfortunately now we see many country leader is leading like a shipping company rather than country . Lost of humanity , commercially benefit . Hope there is more talented people with good intention to lead a country . There is no permanent of life , but to see, look ,listen , learn and analyse from the past noble leader. Thank you Mr Lee Kuan Yew for where we are . RIP .
There are enough posts praising the great LKY, and rightfully so. Let's take a moment to acknowledge this great interviewer, who not only ask hard questions to squeeze his respected interviewee into taking stances on the many sensitive issues discussed, but also is able to stop himself anytime to let the great man speak his thoughts. What a great interviewee, what a great interviewer.
That just shows how low the standard of western interviewers has become, they are being called “great” when they don’t interrupt their guests because almost all of them do that when their guests don’t say anything they want to hear, that speaks volume about their standard.
I think the difference is most interviewers did respect LKY and understand that he had a very sharp and concise mind. No way anyone can put words into his mouth.
Charlie Rose has a lot to learn from this senior statesman in his interview, he is going to benefit enormously personally after this visionary politician from Asia presented his view on C.R perceived new world order in his shows. He should be thankful LKY agreed to appear and give him an invaluable lesson on world affairs. " Charlie is like a first year high school student, while LKY is like an experienced university professor giving him an 'advance lesson' on world affair ."
26:30 Useful To The World 27:00 Keeping On Changing Staying Relevant 27:07 Sifts On Geoeconomics Geopolitics Of The World 27:14 Surf The Wave(The Power To Lead)
He passed away a few years ago, some of his predictions have become true...what a insightful man...he said Chinese don't want conflict, pretty sharp view, right on. Japan, US , India don't understand Chinese mindset. He is a half Chinese, he reads our mind..
CHINESES CHINA DONT WANT WAR BUT BEING BLINDED FOLD ON SOCIAL MEDIA BY COMMUNIST RULER. RED CHINA DECLARES AND INVADES THE SOUTHEAST ASIA SEA AS OF THEIRS. CRAB. A real provocation.
Respectfully, i m also half chinese and understand the Chinese would love a peaceful environment so as to acquire more and more aggressively until they encroach on someone else's turf...
i.e. it is chinese greed that will contribute towards instability and war may break out when the Chinese mikitary becomes more capable of defending that greed.
Simply learn how LKY used caning torture and humiliation against his fellow males and you'll learn all LKY had to teach. Shame on this evil, bully tyrant
@@vf84tcat1 certainly not perfect. But as his life's work left Singaporeans with a markedly increased standard of living and society than he started with I'd have to say the ends justified the means. Can't win em all.
He warned the USA about the deficit and dollars, but sadly nothing was done to correct these situation. It's 2019 now, look like Mr. LKY is going to be Correct.
That’s on hindsight after the recent events in Afghanistan. Honestly LKY is already amazing just pinpointing Afghanistan is a distraction to US at that point of time.
Around 11:40 Why are Western nations so eager to pit India and China against each other? Can't there be a possibility that both can cooperate like how EU and US does? I do not want my country to be someone else's pawn in containing the rise of Chinese. India is growing at its own pace and China is at its own. India can do things a lot better but like Mr. Lee said, India is at an inherent disadvantage of not being a homogeneous culture like China. India will deal with this problem in its own way. Give both of them space to grow. Also, *Democracy is not inherently better*. The current Chinese government system works for China but it will not in India. Democracy works in India because it is the only way for India to keep different cultures happy and remain united as a nation. Democracy may not be ideal for China because China can grow faster on a more authoritarian government that can take decisions faster and easier. Different cultures...different government. Its not a difficult concept to grasp people!
Well said ! What I am thinking is the western culture never has concept of harmony or this concept takes no place in their political life. Behind the propaganda of "democracy" , there lies the deep illusion of white supremacism and disgusts the rest of the world, taking present Philippine president's accusation to the hypocrisy of US for example.
There will always be competition between India and China. Many of the industries and markets are overlapping. Also the China is tying up with Pakistan so India is wary of China as well.
I am brought here because of what is happening in Afghanistan, what a wise man who predicted us army’s final movement.
Amazing. Even at 86 years old at the time of this interview, hes still as sharp as a tack and knows more about the world than most world leaders.
LKY is amazing.But will not be compared to my Tian He. Tian He is more than 3000 trillion times faster and smarter than Einstien and Hawkins。 You need prople like him to run a successful government today not a clown like D Trump or a think he is relevant today 93 year old mentally dried up bag of bones Dr M. To succeed today, you must know how not to outlive your usefullness.GOD IS GREAT. IN HIM YOU TRUST.
Slick tongues being an indoctrinated lawyer. Bravo on creating obedient slaves
Tian Ming: who on earth is tian he? Governments are corrupted either way. People like to blame the westerners whilst forgetting that everything started in Egypt when it comes to humanity
Using media to instil hate and fear into people which marketing scams that only rats would be charmed with following a piper
The only reason people go to Singapore is for the money basically
Amazing and impressive views of China come to the present year 2019. Fantastic, how true he was. Truly a foresighted, knowledgeable and wise man. Rest in peace, Sir.
Watch his interview from 1967 in the US at an event called Meet The Press. His views on China were quite accurate from that time.
@@satwikroy1989 I saw that Lee at his prime. That was one hell of an interview.
Lee Kuan Yew has a very broad, vast knowledge about anything.
A rare gem.
MJGenius11 u can too if u start reading more newspapers
Cannot Say its the life experience and wisdom that you get. Not everybody learn from it.
for that u have can turn to netflix
For that, you can take a kit kat and give your mouth a break
thank u, now wheres my kit kat?
"You've got to have a responsability for the people whose copper and gold you are mining!" This says it all! Lee Kuan Yew, a great humanitarian!
Interviewers like BBC's Tim Sebastian never quite understood why they got the heavy end of the stick interviewing Mr Lee Kuan Yew. They really got a lot to learn from Charlie Rose. Respect is a two-way traffic, duh.
We desperately need a brilliant clear thinking mind like Lee Kuan Yew today in 2020...what a great human being.
Ikr, would love to hear his views on the world global order now in 2023, and how AI is changing the world. Sadly it's not possible anymore.
He is so wise and frank, almost all predictions become true, amazing
He was a dictator. A benevolent dictator, but a dictator nevertheless.
@@brysonszy6306He built a good team around him to govern, and his citizens and the system he led had the power to change their government.
@@brysonszy6306 dont see anything wrong with that. Rather that than an incompetent democratic government
@@brysonszy6306 Throughout the history of thousands of years of human civilization, human society, regardless of East and West, is under dictatorship instead of the so-called democratic system which is only 70 years old and taken too much for granted. Lee Kuan Yew received western-style education though, as an ethnical Chinese leadership, he is well versed in Chinese wisdom, it's safe to deduce Singapore is built based on the meritocracy governance which was absorbed from the ancient Chinese imperial examination system.
@@brysonszy6306 Just because Singapore has a different system to the USA does not mean he is a dictator. A lot of Westminster system are the same. John Howard of Australia was in power for 20 years. He was not a dictator. People follow him because he was a great leader.
The wisdom flowing in the interview is tremendous. What a rare opportunity to learn. I will have to let my kids watch this when they become older.
"My job is to get people a decent life." What a great leader!
I would say that it's more his job to give people the opportunity for a decent life. Not so much giving it to them but giving them the tools and the means to succeed on their own hard work and merits.
@@histman3133 agreed
@@histman3133 yes 👍
One of the greatest minds of all time
Every interview he gives. He has ample historical knowledge about the place his talking about. He doesn't just look at numbers. He takes into account cultural, language, historical, systematic differences and makes spot on predictions. This guy's eq is off the charts. Goddamn. I wish i was old enuf when your still active in politics. Singapore will always be thankful.
"This guy's eq is off the charts."
And that's an understatement. He reads the world like a book.
Two extremely intelligent people, watching this video has been such an enjoyment.
pure respect for the wise guru. Lee has the mind of a true world leader.
LKY is a LEGEND!!!! such foresight ....watching this in March 2021 while the US & China are having talk in Alaska........!
Only thing he was off on is Russia. The Russians are optimistic nowadays and their birth rates climbed.
@@jjc4232 this interview was from 12 years ago man... If putin couldn't fix that issue in over 10 years, he wouldn't still be president now. You think people are sitting on their chair doing nothing all the time?
The greatest and wisest statesman of all time, he is a genius who's intelligence can barely be comprehended by those around him.
The way the host looking at this man , I can felt that Lee is more than just a guest to him.And Lee is indeed legendary as a Politician.Great interview!!
54 minutes of pure wisdom! RIP LKY, his words and work will live forever
for sure
LKY Predictions & Foresight: He could see through the murky lens of geopolitics as clear as day:
01:10 Wold order: Irag-Afghan are just distractions for the US
2:42 China GDP will compete with the US (however, per capita will still be much smaller)
4:00 First half of 21st century, the US will need to share with China and India
7:10 Saving habit anecdote
9:33 China will take ~100 years before they reach the level of affluence in the US per capita
11:26 Infrastructure projects .....China now have the largest high speed rail in the WORLD!!!!! which was virtually non-existent in 2000
13:16 Communication, urbanisation, flow of information will need to change
16:30 Iran sanctions happened (it happened until DRUMP tore this apart!) ....TRUE
19:14 Russia (Putin came back as President) ....TRUE
21:11 Japan (is opening up to immigrations....still much more to be done.)... ...TRUE
23:30 Overseas Chinese (How to attract talent?) ......Children's education in China vs US
25:50 Europe ==> Can't get together ....BREXIT happened in 2021
26:40 Singapore ==> Need to keep on changing and keep relevant ....refuse to choose sides between US, China, India, Europe etc
29:32 US | CHINA mindset needs to change ....
31:44 WTO ....they will reverse engineers your products and they will have to play by the rules
32:55 Stemcells investment in Singapore ..... Rule of law
34:29 Afghan: Creating a country is a distraction! ...... The US have spent 4Trillions in wars....imagine if these were invested in the US to improve education and the well being of the US residents?
37:00 US should be a benigh power ....... don't make other people (eg middle east, africa etc) your problems...you can't solve all the problems in the world
39:30 Deng Xiao Ping sent 30-40 thousand political leaders to singapore in 1978 to replicate Singapore success China. DXP recognised that the old communist system didn't work and decided to change direction to what it is today
43:30 Obama ==> 21st will be the contest in the pacific .....Fiscal & Dollars (there's a risk which is happening today eg Iran, Europe came up with another way to avoid trade sanctions by the DRUMP cronies, China is creating a Digital Yuan, other government are all testing digital currencies)
47:17 US economy .....does the US (President & Congress) have the tenacity and determination to fix the US economy (eg US Healthcare)....confront people with the TRUTH
49:20 The impossible can happen....USSR and China abandoned their communist market system
52:10 Beijing Olympics ....the only country that the language and civilization over 5000 years.....US is but a 200 years !!!!! what an amazing perspective
Given the state of affairs at the moment, his quips about Afghanistan never felt more surreal.
Back than after watching hollywood movie i always say meh, america is way better.... but after been there for a short while and old enough now to digest the news and realizing....... gosh..... the US white house need SOOOOOOOO much work. Its true. Today and still relevaant... can you imagine if all that trillions of dollars were to be invested in the people.... pretty sure Americans have a better school subsidy, better basic pay and lesser homeless people than today.
Well, now the america realizes the war is indeed the distraction and pull their troops out of afganistan 👊
@@ayamkuningab And tada... they tell each other "oh yeah, we are in trillions of debt.....still" hahhaa aish... facts
@@taterthoughts2664 very true. Unbelievable intelligence and analysis by lky to predict this sad outcome
2019 still watch. Wisdom.
After 20 years, Mr.Lee's view has proven itself by US army failure in Afghanistan
This is absolutely an interview all future leaders of the USA must watch.
The death of Lee Kuan Yew was a great loss in the history of great leaders in Asia and even around the world.
He is so sharp at his age it is a bit scary. Envy of Singapore to have such a great leader!
It is tragic that LKY wasn’t cloned. We miss him dearly.
Still possible...but how would u replace his years of experience and wisdom?
He spawned instead
A very wise leader of all times, respect him so much.
A true mentor and philosopher of live. What a pity who lost such great man.
absolute respect for this man LKY.
He is a visionary leader. Technology helps us to see how great people see the world.
True farsighted and what he has spoken 12 years ago when he was 86 yo, very relevant now
Highest respects for a 'neutral side' gentleman who knows so well about all sides in the game.
Knows China from inside out; understands The US from root.
We are in the era of 'Trade war', and what President Trump has been doing is surprisingly exactly what LKY had spoken 10 years ago which is : be a global responsible player who follows the rules.
What a man.
God bless America, God bless human race!
Trump imposes trade barriers on china with the objectives to bring the jobs back to US, not to have China learn to follow rules! that's a huge difference
@@enkii82 yes but he is using the premise of established trade rules with IP theft and forced technology transfer. China did provide some concessions. No doubt strategy is also containment. The Huawei thing is b's though. I live in Canada and I will definitely buy one of their phones now even though no google services. It must be a good phone if they want to ban it
@@cbcluckyii4042 NO, trump is not!! track what he said and did. He imposed tariff on Washing machine etc from China which has no IP theft or forced tech transfer! on washing machine! that's why China brought the case to WTO and WTO sided wtih China for China to retaliate back on USA. There are cases where China has IP theft and forced tech transfer, but Trump is not interested in enforcing those and Obama did brought the case to WTO and WTO sided Obama to impose tariff on those goods like tires. WTO 'forced' China to follow the rules, but Trump undermines WTO and China is the one upholding WTO. funny twist. Trump is doing the wrong thing for the right reason.
Sir Lee Kuan Yew what a world leader with vast knowledge and deep understanding about almost everything! Hope his legacy will remain in Singapore and its ppl! Be rest Sir! Thank you
I am so proud to be a Singaporean... Thanks to this wonderful man... U will always be a legend in our hearts.
Many young people hated him when he's alive, now they flipped their position after he passed away.
Fact is what he said is true whether Westernized Singaporeans like it or not. Singapore will not survive under a democratic government, just look at Taiwan and HK. And it is not China's fault that you guys were outcompeted by the Chinese.
Lee Kuan Yew is a gold mine of intelligence and wisdom
Indeed
Indeed and a very underrated political leader considering the impact he had on entire world including China
Amazing interview. Still relevant in 2018.
Very impressive and smart person. The world needs more wise people like this.
In 2021, I think Australia needs a wise man like Mr. Lee
As a singaporean born in 1982. I’m so grateful to this man. Without him Singapore would not have become what she is today.
Even more than 10 years ago, this is still very relevant.
THIS is a world leader. RIP Lee Kuan Yew, sir - we will learn from your example for many generations to come.
He was a Dynamic leader We need this type of dynamic leader more for the betterment of the world .
Charlie Rose always had the best guests, in spite of the fact that he blurts out stupid things and conducts an idiotic interview. Glad he has made room for new talent to step in.
Wow!! I am watching this in 2016, and so many of this great man's words are becoming more and more relevant. Respect, Mr. Lee Kuan Yew, you are like Master Oogway of the Kung Fu Panda series.
Yes especially on China becoming the economic leader in the world. i can see it slowly happening right now.
It's as if Mr Lee has a magic crystal ball to see the future
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@@pankourlaut He's just well informed and not tainted by racism
I don't know if it's because of his Buddhist background. The message within his speech always carries a strong sense of humanitarianism that is beyond any materialistic and national level. He is a truly wholesome human being that everyone from all over the world should look up to.
Terrific view.. and such humility. The world lost a great leader
Yes I agree
from 2021.. Thank you, LKY
Singapore's founding father and Prime Minister of Singapore from 1959-1990, but even after he stepped down in 1990 he continued his political career until 2011. What a good man! R.I.P. Lee Kuan Yew.
+Zachary Xavier I wish he was the Prime Minister of Malaysia, unfortunately he never became one. He was one of the founding fathers of Malaysia, that's for sure.
enkii82 unfortunately Malays in Malaysia would rather have a corrupt incompetent govt for the sake of Malay supremacy. Malaysian future was sealed (by Malay) the day they understandably decided they don't want Malaysian Malaysia but malay malaysia. Malay tida boleh is a painful truth.
If LKY is PM of Malaysia then I think there will be a lot of Malaysia chinese billionaires.
not malaysia he is prime minister for singapore
Here is the obvious difference between Nehru and Den Xiopeng.
Nehru knew his brand of socialism was not working by early 1960s. He did not have the vision or humility to say i screwed up and adopt market economy. It would be another 30 years and a balance of payment crisis for India to change its course towards market economy.
Deng Xiopeng did this when he saw the spectacular results in Singapore even though he was from the old guard.
Pity we did not have our Den Xiopeng then.
You also have a genius called Modi who's do his best to undo the progress of the past 3 decades
Foreseeing the future like Yoda, possessing a mind sharper than a light saber. A Jedi of the Jedis. The force will always be with him. RIP.
I miss our very wise and candid leader, LKY!
u can still literally apply his theory today to answer most of the world issues today.
What a brilliant mind. And such calm presence and eloquence. He smiled at complex situations and was able to make fun of them with very objective observations and through understanding. He was full of charm and he was so humble!
In comparison the reporter looked like someone who was over eager but with a shallow understanding and a habitual rude demeanour. Even when he was conversing with a great mind, and one can see that he has great respect to this man, his body language was still aggressive and almost without respect.
Such an incredible amount of knowledge and wisdom.
Detailed numbers, stats at the tip of his tongue + broad knowledge of almost every topic. What an amazing man.
What a Leader! Articulate thoughts on such a wide variety of topics that matter to the whole World..
May the Lord rest your Soul in Peace
GoodTimesRoll4Ever He is an atheist!
enkii82 how is that different from a pagan?
Cannot Say If you are too lazy to use a thing called dictionary, please at least use google for pagan and atheist!!
Do U really think you're that much better than a homosexual just because u're gay?
enkii82 I'm an atheist as well but when a person of religious person wishes me well with a religion intonation, i accept it with thanks. These are well-wishes from their heart and I appreciate it.
WOW Li's view about the world just blew my mind away!
I would have thought I watched all his interviews already. So glad I found this. Look at how he had the answers to all the questions. All the numbers too…incredible. What a legend…What a loss to our country. I miss him
Mee too.I admire him.
what a great man! A true visionary talk. His words have enlightened me.
strong man leader and firm man and very intelligent man .
Thank you so much LKY! I do wish that our world leaders would produce somebody as bright and careful as MM. Lee Kwan Yew! You are one truly great human being! One of our idols and world role model...Thanks to God for you!
LKY was an insecure bully tyrant who colluded with the Japanese Imperial Army in WW II to gain control over the Singaporean people. He happily used torture caning against his fellow males as a way of consolidating his iron fisted grip over them. He installed his family in government positions effectively turning the governing of Singapore into a family business.
He was no different than Mao, Stalin, Pol Pot...all self-serving bully tyrants
@@vf84tcat1 HAHAHAHAHAHHA...he was 10 yrs old in WWII....HAHAHAHAHHAHA....do you work for Fox News?
@Albert Luo
Not really. I just believe in treating all men and women with the same equal dignity and respect. LKY did not
@@drwtng
You don't sound very smart.
LKY was born Sept. 16, 1923
@@vf84tcat1 "I just believe in treating all men and women with the same equal dignity and respect. LKY did not"
Proceeds to insult an entire country and her people right in other comments.
you sound extremely sour and salty.
where you from? Malaysia?
i really enjoyed this interview. from the way he speaks, he sounds really well connected around the world.
38:15 so many people queued up to meet LKY to pick his brains.
38:38 membership has its obligations and it starts with RESPONSIBILITY. Now that's rock solid principle!
39:04 China starts to change and grow after Deng Xiaoping learned from LKY. I lived through and seen Singapore leaders going over to China to help kick-start the special economic zones. Amazing.
impressive. and breathless hearing his inteview
watching this video in Aug 2021 and in awe of this great man Mr LKY, a true visionary .. point on prophecies of the world that was to be at that time in 2009 ... so many events have all come to past and we are living many of his predictions now.... Miss this wonderful great man, his wisdom, intlligency, his diplomacy. Eloquent and witty too. So blessed and proud to be Singaporean.
huge respect LKY and Charlie Rose. Proud to be Singaporean.
The best speaking from the politician with professional and very education priminister you are an amazing man .
I came here to watch the interview because of what's happening in Afghanistan. The one and only.
His life just as his name bright and glory!
It's a great blessing that Singapore has such a wise and wisdom founder of a prosperous country. His most foresights of China come ture. And absolutely right，the Chinese people are proud to be Chinese with a splendid history of more than 5000 years. We will work hard to make our country more prosperous and powerful that no one can look down upon us like before.
Nobody looks down onto you, but you look down onto others.
Salute to his foreseen , salute to his wisdom salute to his honourable. With his talent , then singapore have today . Ruling a country with interest should know most country and nation , able to foresee and analyse country intention . Unfortunately now we see many country leader is leading like a shipping company rather than country . Lost of humanity , commercially benefit . Hope there is more talented people with good intention to lead a country . There is no permanent of life , but to see, look ,listen , learn and analyse from the past noble leader. Thank you Mr Lee Kuan Yew for where we are . RIP .
There are enough posts praising the great LKY, and rightfully so. Let's take a moment to acknowledge this great interviewer, who not only ask hard questions to squeeze his respected interviewee into taking stances on the many sensitive issues discussed, but also is able to stop himself anytime to let the great man speak his thoughts. What a great interviewee, what a great interviewer.
That just shows how low the standard of western interviewers has become, they are being called “great” when they don’t interrupt their guests because almost all of them do that when their guests don’t say anything they want to hear, that speaks volume about their standard.
I think the difference is most interviewers did respect LKY and understand that he had a very sharp and concise mind. No way anyone can put words into his mouth.
Amazing foresight on predicaments.
He was very commite to make singapore great again, and he did!!!
Charlie Rose has a lot to learn from this senior statesman in his interview, he is going to benefit enormously personally after this visionary politician from Asia presented his view on C.R perceived new world order in his shows. He should be thankful LKY agreed to appear and give him an invaluable lesson on world affairs. " Charlie is like a first year high school student, while LKY is like an experienced university professor giving him an 'advance lesson' on world affair ."
😂😂😂😂😂😂
Amazing prediction. Respect
Very wise and respected leader.
Interview should pay him for free education 😁
Lee Kuan Yew is a legend everything he said in this interview 12 years ago has came true.
EXTREMELY WELL SPOKEN
this man is wise, what a country leader should be
looks like he was right about Europe staying together.
people really have to watch this
truly a Legend, one of the greatest asian leader...how the Singapore become the Singapore now, he's the answer...
Wish some of the island in the pacific listen to this man.
Legendary statesman
LKY was one of the best world leaders.
The interviewer was great too !
26:30 Useful To The World
27:00 Keeping On Changing Staying Relevant
27:07 Sifts On Geoeconomics Geopolitics Of The World
27:14 Surf The Wave(The Power To Lead)
He passed away a few years ago, some of his predictions have become true...what a insightful man...he said Chinese don't want conflict, pretty sharp view, right on. Japan, US , India don't understand Chinese mindset. He is a half Chinese, he reads our mind..
singaporean chinese, but still 100% han chinese
Ethnicity is Chinese but mindset and world view certainly not Chinese
CHINESES CHINA DONT WANT WAR BUT BEING BLINDED FOLD ON SOCIAL MEDIA BY COMMUNIST RULER.
RED CHINA DECLARES AND INVADES THE SOUTHEAST ASIA SEA AS OF THEIRS. CRAB. A real provocation.
Respectfully, i m also half chinese and understand the Chinese would love a peaceful environment so as to acquire more and more aggressively until they encroach on someone else's turf...
i.e. it is chinese greed that will contribute towards instability and war may break out when the Chinese mikitary becomes more capable of defending that greed.
Amazing leader with a great grasp of the essentials. Hope to learn more from his life.
Simply learn how LKY used caning torture and humiliation against his fellow males and you'll learn all LKY had to teach.
Shame on this evil, bully tyrant
@@vf84tcat1 certainly not perfect. But as his life's work left Singaporeans with a markedly increased standard of living and society than he started with I'd have to say the ends justified the means. Can't win em all.
11:56 - this legend understands india more than me he is just mind blowing
He is just like a einstein in politics.. legendary politician..
He warned the USA about the deficit and dollars, but sadly nothing was done to correct these situation. It's 2019 now, look like Mr. LKY is going to be Correct.
he did in another interview with Rose
Haiya... Charlie Rose shouldn't stop LKY, really want to hear more from him about Afghanistan.
That’s on hindsight after the recent events in Afghanistan. Honestly LKY is already amazing just pinpointing Afghanistan is a distraction to US at that point of time.
These two people having so much fun ❤
strong leader
A wise man and a great statesman.
Thank you so much Mr. Lee Kuan Yew!
Dude would read LKY's reaction and stop himself to let LKY reply. Somehow that's become quite a virtue these days.
Around 11:40
Why are Western nations so eager to pit India and China against each other? Can't there be a possibility that both can cooperate like how EU and US does? I do not want my country to be someone else's pawn in containing the rise of Chinese. India is growing at its own pace and China is at its own. India can do things a lot better but like Mr. Lee said, India is at an inherent disadvantage of not being a homogeneous culture like China. India will deal with this problem in its own way. Give both of them space to grow.
Also, *Democracy is not inherently better*. The current Chinese government system works for China but it will not in India. Democracy works in India because it is the only way for India to keep different cultures happy and remain united as a nation. Democracy may not be ideal for China because China can grow faster on a more authoritarian government that can take decisions faster and easier. Different cultures...different government. Its not a difficult concept to grasp people!
Vaibhav Sh
Well said ! What I am thinking is the western culture never has concept of harmony or this concept takes no place in their political life. Behind the propaganda of "democracy" , there lies the deep illusion of white supremacism and disgusts the rest of the world, taking present Philippine president's accusation to the hypocrisy of US for example.
There will always be competition between India and China. Many of the industries and markets are overlapping. Also the China is tying up with Pakistan so India is wary of China as well.
Tibet was independent during the Ming Dynasty, it wasn't Chinese territory until the Yuan Dynasty.
Here's the list:
1. Aksai Chin
2. Arunachal Pradesh
3. Trans-Karakoram Tract