Singapore's key minister-in-waiting Lawrence Wong does not believe that the U.S. or China want to enter into an armed conflict, but he is anxious that escalating tensions may lead to a risky scenario.

In an interview with Bloomberg Editor-in-Chief John Micklethwait, Wong noticed that relations between the U.S. and China have grown "far more strained" since Russia's invasion of Ukraine, and have worsened since Dwelling Speaker Nancy Pelosi's the latest excursion to Taiwan.

"Adhering to the check out, tensions have long gone up a single notch," Wong reported. "And which is the chance that can happen, that we’re starting to see a series of selections being taken by equally nations that will guide us to extra hazardous territory."

Pelosi stopped in Taiwan and met with officials during a multi-place tour of Asia that started in Singapore. In anticipation of this, China issued threats that Pelosi and the U.S. would deal with consequences ought to she go there, but Pelosi was undeterred.

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Wong claimed that even though no a person would like an real conflict, "we sleepwalk into conflict and which is the biggest issue and danger." He said that Taiwan is a "flashpoint," and that "it can effortlessly come to be very perilous."

With escalating tensions, Wong warned that need to there be an incident or misunderstanding involving China and the U.S., it could develop into significantly challenging to handle these kinds of a problem when compared to how it was in the past.

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Wong also admitted to staying mistaken in the earlier when he believed that improved trade would be a way to address geopolitical challenges. 

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"I believe now there is a further logic at play, which is that geopolitics can undermine trade," Wong explained, "and we worry about that simply because this will guide us to a far more divided and perilous globe."

Pelosi was not the very last U.S. formal to go to Taiwan. A delegation led by Sen. Ed Markey, D-Mass., arrived there on Sunday, with ideas to meet with Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen and other people.