Chinese President Xi Jinping called on Singapore's Prime Minister to join the fight against "hegemony" and protectionism in trade as they met in Beijing on Tuesday.
Prime Minister Lawrence Wong's first official visit to China lasts until Thursday.
He met Mr. Xi on Tuesday morning at Beijing's opulent Great Hall of the People, with the Chinese leader urging their two countries to work to "stand on the right side of history and on the side of fairness and justice", according to state broadcaster CCTV.
He told Mr. Wong that "the world cannot return to hegemony or be dragged back to the law of the jungle", a veiled swipe at the United States, after President Donald Trump launched a barrage of tariffs this year on countries including China and Singapore.
Mr. Wong, in turn, told Mr. Xi he believed the Singapore-China relationship was "more important than before" in a time of "global turbulence and uncertainty".
