By late 2009, the U.S. absence from East Asia was so obvious and worrying that Singapore’s senior statesman, the city-state’s founding father Lee Kuan Yew, felt he had to speak out.

直到2009年底，美国在东亚的缺席很明显的而且使得新加坡的政界元老担忧，新加坡国父李光耀觉得他有必要大胆的说出来。

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By late 2009, the U.S. absence from East Asia was so obvious and worrying that Singapore’s senior statesman, the city-state’s founding father Lee Kuan Yew, felt he had to speak out.

直到2009年底，美国在东亚的缺席很明显的而且使得新加坡的政界元老担忧，新加坡国父李光耀觉得他有必要大胆的说出来。

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