But the Singapore model, as China’s rulers understand it, never existed. To emulate Lee’s model of government – rather than its cartoon caricature – would require allowing a far more democratic system than the CCP would ever tolerate.
但中国统治者所理解的新加坡模式从来没有存在过。模仿李光耀的政府模式——而不是它的讽刺漫画形象——需要允许远超中共可容忍程度的民主制度。