2007年11月,新加坡内阁资政李光耀访华。彼时,中共十七大落幕不到一个月,习近平刚刚成为中共中央政治局常委,两人的会面给李光耀留下了深刻印象:“在我与他会面的一个小时中,我发现他是一个有想法的人,生命中经历了很多考验和磨难。你知道他有7年的时间下放到农村,在福建18年后才到浙江,然后去上海。所以我会把他归类在曼德拉这一级的人物——有强大的感情自制力,不会让个人的不幸和苦难影响其 In November 2007, Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew paid a visit to China. At that time, less than a month after the 17th CPC National Congress ended, Xi Jinping just became a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee. The two people were impressed with Lee Kuan Yew: ”During the hour I met him, I found out he was An ideological person has experienced many trials and tribulations in his life, and you know he has been in the countryside for seven years, went to Zhejiang 18 years ago in Fujian and went to Shanghai, so I will classify him as a man Pull this level of character - a strong sense of self-control, will not let the personal misery and suffering affect it