As Chinese President Xi Jinping heads to Washington this week to meet with some of the world's biggest powers, one of Asia's smallest countries is urging him to match China's economic clout with better leadership on the security front.
Singapore views China's rise in Asia with "sublime acceptance," Defense Minister Ng Eng Hen said Thursday in an interview. "It's a fait accompli," he said. "You cannot contain China."
Still, he said, "there is a distinct difference if you think about it, if you look at it, between how the Chinese assume leadership and even initiatives in the economic arena versus the security arena."