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S’pore-China ties strengthened by friendships built over the years: DPM Gan Kim Yong​

Chin Soo Fang
Updated Fri, 3 October 2025 at 7:33 PM SGT
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(From left) SPH Media chairman Khaw Boon Wan, Ambassador-at-Large Tommy Koh, DPM Gan Kim Yong and Ms Lee Huay Leng, editor-in-chief of SPH Media's Chinese Media Group, at the book launch on Oct 3.
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SINGAPORE - Ties between Singapore and China have grown deeper and more resilient in the past 35 years, the result of leaders from both countries investing in building personal trust and mutual understanding.

These ties are complemented by friendships forged between business leaders, scientists, students, artists and ordinary citizens, said Deputy Prime Minister Gan Kim Yong on Oct 3.

DPM Gan was speaking at the launch of a new book to mark 35 years of diplomatic ties between the two countries. The book – Singapore And China: Neighbours To Friends, Friends To Partners – contains 38 essays, and is available in both English and Chinese.

 

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This sea route has been dismissed as too treacherous. China’s taking the risk​

Laura Paddison, CNN
Fri, 3 October 2025 at 8:00 PM SGT
6 min read

Containers in Jintang Port Area, Zhoushan Port, Ningbo, China, on September 9, 2025. A - Costfoto/NurPhoto/Shutterstock
In the early hours of a late September morning, a container ship called the Istanbul Bridge set sail from China, destined for Europe and laden with cargo — everything from batteries to clothing. So far, so standard, but there’s a twist.


This voyage “marks the official opening of the world’s first China-Europe Arctic Express container route,” according to a statement by Ningbo Customs, a “major breakthrough” in the polar region that will get goods to Europe in time for peak Christmas season.

Commercializing the Northern Sea Route would reorient trade, said Elizabeth Buchanan, senior fellow at the Australian Strategic Policy Institute, a nonpartisan think tank. “A new global economic corridor is about to come online. … This is a gamechanger,” she told CNN.

The potential advantages are clear. First: The Northern Sea Route is comparatively short, taking around half the time as the journey south via the Suez Canal.

https://sg.yahoo.com/news/sea-route-dismissed-too-treacherous-120052352.html

It could also help sidestep potential chokepoints along traditional routes, including attacks on commercial ships by Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi rebels in the Red Sea, which have been ongoing since 2023. Global routes via the Panama Canal, meanwhile, have been disrupted by low water levels as the region grapples with severe drought.