Singapore’s foreign admirers see only the stuff they like
It is a Rorschach nation
A CENTURY AGO a Swiss psychoanalyst called Hermann Rorschach pioneered a diagnostic test that would eventually become famous worldwide. Patients were shown a series of inkblot patterns on cards, and asked to describe what they saw. The result was thought to reveal much about their state of mind.
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This article appeared in the Asia section of the print edition under the headline “The Rorschach nation”
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