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She has advocated for a “single-party system” branded under the guise of “solidarity,” but the result is an autocratic surveillance state that suppresses free speech, upheld by a violent paramilitary police force.

Meanwhile, China has benefited from the consistency and patient strategy that its autocratic system and entrenched leadership allow.

The economic boom that followed, led by autocratic Prime Minster Lee Kuan Yew, wasn’t conducive to artistic or creative life.

The most dangerous scenario is the convergence of internal populism with external autocratic pressures.

But critics say he has become increasingly autocratic.