Known as “the Singapore model,” Lee’s brand of governance is often mischaracterized as a one-party dictatorship superimposed on a free-market economy. His success in transforming Singapore into a prosperous city-state is frequently invoked by authoritarian rulers as justification for their tight control of society – and nowhere more so than in China.
在31年的总理生涯中，李光耀打造了独特的政府制度，复杂而巧妙地将极权和民主、国家资本主义和自由市场相平衡。李光耀的治国之道被称为“新加坡模式”，常常被误解为一党独裁加自由市场经济。他成功地让新加坡变为一个繁荣的城市国家，这常常被极权统治者用来论证严格控制社会的正当性——首屈一指的便是中国。