{"product_id":"lion-city-by-jeevan-vasagar-9780349144481","title":"Lion City","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLion City\u003c\/i\u003e tells the extraordinary story of Singapore - the world's most successful city state.\u003c\/b\u003e\n\nIn 1965, Singapore's GDP per capita was on a par with Jordan. Now it has outstripped Japan. After the Second World War and a sudden rupture with newly formed Malaysia, Singapore found itself independent - and facing a crisis. It took the bloody-minded determination and vision of Lee Kuan Yew, its founding premier, to take a small island of diverse ethnic groups with a fragile economy and hostile neighbours and meld it into Asia's first globalised city.\n\nJeevan Vasagar, former Singapore correspondent for the \u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e, masterfully takes us through the intricate history, present and future of this unique diamond-shaped island one degree north of the equator, where new and old have remained connected. \n\n\u003ci\u003eLion City\u003c\/i\u003e is a personal, insightful and essential guide to the city, and how its remarkable rise is shaping East Asia and the rest of the world.\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46849507623148,"sku":"9780349144481","price":29.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/7898333482312.jpg?v=1759047651","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.pro\/products\/lion-city-by-jeevan-vasagar-9780349144481","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}