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The secret to China's success? Then they copied Singapore. Which I remember the communist leader said, "I don't care if the cat is black or white, I care whether it catches mice." My Chinese man in Singapore. And lo and behold, they found the right Chinese leadership outside of China, which amuses me. Now he was Chinese.
Whole history of the world—no nation that big has ever advanced that fast. And they did it by having a bunch of poor people save half their income. They did not use the wealth of the rich world to get ahead. They, they used the savings of poor people. I'm a huge admirer of what the Chinese have accomplished.
If you ask me who is the one man who did the most for China, it was Lee Kuan Yew of Singapore. They copied him.
Are you still sang about the future for China right now? I'm quite optimistic. They've been succeeding for a long time. I'm sure they have ups and downs, and they make mistakes as well as good decisions. But if you average them out, the Chinese are getting ahead.