China, Singapore look to put difficulties behind themBEIJING (Reuters) - China and Singapore on Tuesday sought to put recent difficulties in their relationship over Taiwan and the disputed South China Sea behind them as Singapore s Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong began a trip to Beijing. Singapore is not a claimant to any disputed part of the South China Sea but is home to the biggest port in Southeast Asia, and has made clear its open economy depends on continued free navigation in the area. China is also suspicious of Singapore s good military relations with the United States and self-ruled Taiwan.  Meeting in the Great Hall of the People, Chinese Premier Li Keqiang told Lee that China and Singapore had maintained mutual respect.  Singapore, Li said, is an important member of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, and next year will be rotating chair of ASEAN.   I trust this will inject new energy into not just China-Singapore relations but also China-ASEAN relations,  he said. China is worried it could face fresh criticism over its actions in the South China Sea when Singapore becomes ASEAN s chair, and is putting pressure on the city-state to make sure that doesn t happen, people familiar with the situation have told Reuters.  Lee said he was grateful for the attention to the bilateral relationship but also for the  opportunity to discuss how to work together in the regional context and with ASEAN.  Singapore hopes it will be able to bring China and ASEAN closer together, Lee added. The visit of Lee so close to the opening of next month s Communist Party Congress demonstrates the maintenance of high level visits between the two countries, said Bai Tian, the vice director of the Asian department at the Chinese Foreign Ministry.   This is an important political signal,  Bai said. Overall development of bilateral ties was fairing well, and both leaders agreed to  strengthen coordination and cooperation on international and regional matters , according to a readout of the meeting provided by the Chinese foreign ministry.  The United States and Singapore announced an enhanced defense relationship in late 2015, which included deployments of long range P-8 surveillance planes out of Singapore - aircraft which frequently track Chinese submarines. Singapore also has close though unofficial ties with self-ruled Taiwan, which Beijing regards as a Chinese province. Tensions between the two countries burst into the open last November when Hong Kong port authorities impounded nine Singaporean armored military vehicles being shipped home from training grounds in Taiwan. Hong Kong released the vehicles earlier this year amid rare open debates in both Singapore and China about a deteriorating relationship. worldnews
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Your task is to classify the provided input as real or fake news. Label 0 is meant for fake news, Label 1 is for real news. TEXT: China, Singapore look to put difficulties behind themBEIJING (Reuters) - China and Singapore on Tuesday sought to put recent difficulties in their relationship over Taiwan and the disputed South China Sea behind them as Singapore s Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong began a trip to Beijing. Singapore is not a claimant to any disputed part of the South China Sea but is home to the biggest port in Southeast Asia, and has made clear its open economy depends on continued free navigation in the area. China is also suspicious of Singapore s good military relations with the United States and self-ruled Taiwan.  Meeting in the Great Hall of the People, Chinese Premier Li Keqiang told Lee that China and Singapore had maintained mutual respect.  Singapore, Li said, is an important member of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, and next year will be rotating chair of ASEAN.   I trust this will inject new energy into not just China-Singapore relations but also China-ASEAN relations,  he said. China is worried it could face fresh criticism over its actions in the South China Sea when Singapore becomes ASEAN s chair, and is putting pressure on the city-state to make sure that doesn t happen, people familiar with the situation have told Reuters.  Lee said he was grateful for the attention to the bilateral relationship but also for the  opportunity to discuss how to work together in the regional context and with ASEAN.  Singapore hopes it will be able to bring China and ASEAN closer together, Lee added. The visit of Lee so close to the opening of next month s Communist Party Congress demonstrates the maintenance of high level visits between the two countries, said Bai Tian, the vice director of the Asian department at the Chinese Foreign Ministry.   This is an important political signal,  Bai said. Overall development of bilateral ties was fairing well, and both leaders agreed to  strengthen coordination and cooperation on international and regional matters , according to a readout of the meeting provided by the Chinese foreign ministry.  The United States and Singapore announced an enhanced defense relationship in late 2015, which included deployments of long range P-8 surveillance planes out of Singapore - aircraft which frequently track Chinese submarines. Singapore also has close though unofficial ties with self-ruled Taiwan, which Beijing regards as a Chinese province. Tensions between the two countries burst into the open last November when Hong Kong port authorities impounded nine Singaporean armored military vehicles being shipped home from training grounds in Taiwan. Hong Kong released the vehicles earlier this year amid rare open debates in both Singapore and China about a deteriorating relationship. worldnews
Your task is to classify the provided input as real or fake news. Label 0 is meant for fake news, Label 1 is for real news. TEXT: china singapore look put difficulties behind thembeijing reuters china singapore tuesday sought put recent difficulties relationship taiwan disputed south china sea behind singapore prime minister lee hsien long began trip beijing singapore claimant disputed part south china sea home biggest port southeast asia made clear open economy depends continued free navigation area china also suspicious singapore good military relations united states taiwan meeting great hall people chinese premier li keqiang told lee china singapore maintained mutual respect singapore li said important member association southeast asian nations next year rotating chair asean i trust inject new energy relations also relations said china worried could face fresh criticism actions south china sea singapore becomes asean chair putting pressure make sure happen people familiar situation told reuters lee said grateful attention bilateral relationship also opportunity discuss work together regional context asean singapore hopes able bring china asean closer together lee added the visit lee close opening next month communist party congress demonstrates maintenance high level visits two countries said bai than vice director asian department chinese foreign ministry this important political signal bai said overall development bilateral ties fairing well leaders agreed strengthen coordination cooperation international regional matters according breakout meeting provided chinese foreign ministry the united states singapore announced enhanced defense relationship late included deployments long range surveillance planes singapore aircraft frequently track chinese submarines singapore also close though unofficial ties taiwan beijing regards chinese province tensions two countries burst open last november hong kong port authorities impounded nine singapore armored military vehicles shipped home training grounds taiwan hong kong released vehicles earlier year amid rare open debates singapore china deteriorating relationship worldnews