You are the Chinese people’s old friend, a good friend,’ President Xi tells SM Lee. Read more at straitstimes.com.

The Chinese leader praised Lee Hsien Loong’s long-term support for cooperation with Beijing during the latter’s visit to China.

It is all the more important in a troubled international environment for like-minded countries, big and small, to work together, said Senior Minister Lee Hsien Loong in a meeting with President Xi Jinping on Tuesday (Nov 26).

BEIJING (The Straits Times/ANN): Bilateral cooperation between Singapore and China is especially valuable, given the increasingly uncertain and troubled global environment, said Senior Minister Lee Hsien Loong, as he meets Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing on Nov 26.

Chinese President Xi Jinping met with Senior Minister of Singapore Lee Hsien Loong here on Tuesday, calling for further synergizing development

This is Mr Lee’s first visit to China since stepping down as Singapore prime minister in May and handing the leadership reins to Mr Lawrence Wong.