As one of the most senior politicians in the Asian region, and a man who has had close ties with several generations of leaders on both sides of the Taiwan Strait, Lee Kuan Yew maintains a special status in both Taiwan and mainland China. The news media have even taken to calling him a cross-strait mediator.
身為亞洲地區的元老政治家，並且與兩岸跨世代元首都有深切關係，使得李光耀得以在兩岸間保持一種特殊身分，甚至被媒體冠以兩岸調人的角色。