[anrakushi]

when does anyway one say 米国、豪州、仏蘭西　etc.. ??
one day you might find people are using チャイナ as the standard for China instead of 中国. it doesn't change the fact that there is a way to write these countries in Kanji. the person asked is there kanji/katakana for Singapore, despite the fact they were confused about what the difference is, I think they have the right to know both the katakana version and the kanji version. just because it is virtually never written that way it doesn't change the fact it still exists.

given that the person is from singapore, he/she most likely can read and write chinese, this is why i also went on to mention about the difference between the two and how it is interesting that Japanese changed the middle character.