Wow!

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Singapore can play a critical role in the China-led Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) as a global financial hub, providing the banking and legal support for projects, as well as facilitating in the "software transfer" to ensure projects are sustainable once completed.
http://www.straitstimes.com/world/europe/china-can-show-the-world-the-kind-of-power-it-wants-to-be-through-belt-and-road

This level of support for China's strategic initiatives was unthinkable just 1.5 years ago.