The Singapore I See Paperback / softback
by Kirsten Han
Paperback / softback
Description
Singapore is often held up as a model nation: global, modern and rich.
The envy of its neighbours in Asia and the world all over.
Recall 'Singapore-on-Thames', a slogan used by Leave campaigners to sell their vision of what Britain would look like after Brexit: a paradise of low tax rates and minimum business regulation.
But there's a dark side to Singapore that's rarely talked about.
A labour underclass. A one-party state. The death penalty. Tight press control. A compliant culture. As a journalist and an activist, Kirsten Han has faced legal threats, police harassment and social opprobrium for arguing for a more humane and open society.
This is her story of what it's like to fight for what you believe in.
The Singapore I See is not the conventional 'Singapore Story' you've read about.
This is a powerful and revealing account of life in the city-state that few outsiders are familiar with.
