Chongqing
SINGAPORE and China have inked as many as nine agreements at their latest apex bilateral meeting held in Chongqing in China's south-west.
The pacts signed by the two sides at their 15th Joint Council for Bilateral Cooperation meeting ranged from agreements on customs twinning and a smart-city project in Shenzhen to a youth-internship exchange.
The substantial number of deals - up from the seven signed at least year's talks - can be read as a sign of a new chapter in the ties between the two countries, as Singapore transitions to a new political generation.
On Tuesday, the council co-chairs - Singapore Deputy Prime Minister Heng Swee Keat and Chinese Vice-Premier Han Zheng - acknowledged...