Singapore is navigating the superpower rivalry and safeguarding its own social cohesion by blocking a Chinese businessman's social media accounts.
Singapore is a prized target in superpower rivalry and stands to suffer serious collateral damage in terms of its social cohesion.It was the first time the Ministry of Home Affairs gave orders under the Fica to block these accounts from Singapore-based users.
Six months ago, Mr Philip Chan Man Ping, a Hong Kong-born naturalised Singapore citizen, was designated by MHA as a politically significant person under Singapore’s foreign interference law, known as theMr Chan is said to be susceptible to the influence of foreign entities and willing to advance their interests at Singapore’s expense.
Guo is neither the first nor the last Chinese dissident to seek to cast aspersions on Beijing by suggesting it has influence over Singapore. But given its multiracial population, that is precisely the reason Singapore has to make it clear that it is not in thrall to China. Guo Wengui left China in 2014 and fled to the US, where he gained a following as a Chinese government critic. PHOTO: NYTIMES
We can learn from Scandinavian countries such as Denmark, Norway, Sweden and Finland, which have consistently ranked high on social cohesion. According to the Bertelsmann Stiftung’s Social Cohesion Radar, this sense of community can be attributed to active civic participation, support for egalitarian values and mutual respect for diversity.
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