Regional considerations: The ASEAN Free Trade Area Treaty prohibits outside powers from interfering in the internal affairs of the region. Traditionally, Indonesia and Malaysia have not been friendly to intervention by outside powers in the region or to our policy of promoting a US military presence
区域考虑:东盟东盟自贸区条约禁止外部势力干涉该区域的内部事务。传统上，印尼和马来西亚对该地区的外部势力干预或我们促进美国军事存在的政策并不友好。
Ethnic sensitivity: alliance with China may destroy the structure of our multicultural and multi-ethnic society, which will also prove that Malaysia and Indonesia suspect that we are the "third China". China also firmly implements the nonalignment policy. Undoubtedly, the majority of Singapore's population may be distant relatives in terms of culture and race, but politically, we are a sovereign country. We are not loyal to China and have absolutely no obligation to bow to its interests. Our location is in Southeast Asia, alongside our neighboring countries.
民族敏感性:与中国结盟可能会破坏我们多元文化、多民族社会的结构，也将证实马来西亚和印度尼西亚对我们是“第三中国”的怀疑，中国也坚定执行不结盟政策。毫无疑问:新加坡的大多数人口可能是文化和种族上的远亲，但在政治方面，我们是一个主权国家。我们不效忠中国，也绝对没有义务向其利益卑躬屈膝。我们的位置在东南亚，和我们的邻国在一起。
