PM Lee on last leg of China visit; meets Beijing party chief


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BEIJING – Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong started the third and final leg of his official visit to China by calling on Beijing party secretary Yin Li on Friday. Mr Yin, who became the top Communist Party official in charge of the capital city in November, also hosted Mr Lee to lunch. In his welcome remarks, Mr Yin said that even though it was the first time he was meeting PM Lee, he has met Foreign Minister Vivian Balakrishnan three times in two years, and Singapore’s ambassador to China Lui Tuck Yew a total of five times. “It is...