- Pages: 480 (Series 1)
- Pages: 620 (Series 2)
- Pages 492 (Series 3)
- Book Dimension: 15.2cm x 3cm x 23cm
- Readership: Readers from Singapore, China, India and Southeast Asia who are interested in George Yeo's perspective on history, politics, economics, philosophy, and other related topics
Over sessions which lasted two to three hours each time, every week for half a year, George Yeo met and mused over a wide range of topics with writer Woon Tai Ho and research assistant Keith Yap. Speaking from notes, he began with himself and his hope for Singapore, and then spanned over a wide range of subjects — from the importance of human diversity and Singapore's reflection within itself of the world, to history, politics, economics, philosophy, taijigong and religion. He gives his views on India, China, ASEAN, Europe, the US and other parts of the world, and how Singapore's history and destiny are connected to all of them. The style is conversational and anecdotal
George Yeo: Musings is exactly that — musings. Some themes recur throughout the book which reflect his view of life. But there is no grand theory. He does not expect all of his reflections to be of interest to everyone, but he hopes that everyone will find something of interest
Series 1 Book Contents:
- Foreword
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- Identity
- Early Formation
- Big Singapore
- Reflecting the World's Diversity
- The Eurasian Prawn Paste
- Passages to India
- India and Singapore
- On the Nalanda Trail
- Revival of Nalanda after 800 Years
- The Homogeneity of China
- The People's Republic
- Singapore's Chineseness
- Chinese Education
- Managing Singapore's Political Relations with China
- Singapore's Economic and Cultural Relations with China
- Love China, Love Hong Kong
- Wukong and the Monk
- Index
Series 2 Book Contents:
- The Three Popes
- Vatican–China Relations
- Islam's Struggles
- Diversity of the Ummah
- European Smorgasbord
- The European Experiment
- Europe's De-Christianisation
- Changing Tides: Europe, Africa and Latin America
- Changing Tides: Japan
- Changing Tides: Korea
- Changing Tides: Rest of Asia
- Schooling in the US
- Saved in the US
- Singapore–US Relations
- US–China: Protracted Struggle
- Whither Pax Americana?
- ASEAN Dalam: Indonesia
- ASEAN Dalam: Malaysia and Brunei
- ASEAN Gamelan: Philippines, Thailand, Cambodia and Laos
- Vietnam and Myanmar
Series 3 Book Contents:
- Foreword
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- Arbitrage
- Singapore in the World Economy
- The World in Singapore's Economy
- To Inform, Educate, Entertain
- The Arts
- Remembering
- Singapore as Medical Hub
- Who Lives? Who Dies?
- National Service
- First and Foremost
- Working with Lee Kuan Yew
- Lee Kuan Yew and Singapore
- Taijigong
- The Qi Field
- The Coding of Life
