Well I think Singapore has reach a certain stage in the
development that at some point the society will needs to find its
own identity. Sometime the discontent from Influx of foreign is
indirectly reflecting the different characteristics of these
identities unfornately not in the best light.
After all we said our pleages from primary school thru secondary
school, vocation, serve NS, slaved in work, worried about housing,
cost of living, Screw PAP. Hey !!!That is what we do. We have
foreigner who come in from different background and judge the
people without go thru the above experiences.
with China it is typically sensititive because there are money that
pour into china from Singapore Tax payer money. There are free
riders that make use of what singapore which uses its reputation
with US and its system and leap frog into other nation at the
expense of Singaporean good will and tax payer money.
Of course being a city state, Singapore has to i believe swallow a
"Tough Pill". China is big that goes without saying, But i think it
play by its own Rule. Unlike Singapore, it succeed thru having a
Fair playing field in the international business environment, and
succeed in a fair economic environment.
So yeah gov is pissing in their own pants.