Why is Singapore's relationship with China important?

I think that it is important for Singaporeans to be humble and maintain a good relationship with China. China and Singapore has many business relationships with each other throughout the years, such as trading and educational exchanges.

These are very important to Singapore as it helps us to earn a lot of money and boosts our economy. Without China's cooperation, Singapore may earn way lesser than we used to which will greatly affect our way of life, such as high unemployment rates. Singapore is very reliant on China as we have no natural resources, but comparatively, China is not that reliant on Singapore. Hence, with each other's partnership, Singapore's economy will be heavily impacted but this is not the case for China.

However, due to the tensions between America and China, Singapore, who maintains good relationships with both sides, finds it increasingly hard to get well with both countries. Additionally, due to the South China Sea affair, China has further accused Singapore for taking sides. From this, I personally think that Singapore should be more aware of these small little things that may offense China unknowingly.

We should never be complacent about our good relationships as they could end at any moment and we should all try our best to make it last.