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Sorry, but we’re Chinese Singaporeans – not your compatriots
It may puzzle Singaporeans, but many people from China think that all ethnic Chinese are part of the larger Chinese family.
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National efforts have built a Singapore identity that transcends race, says the writer.
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Around the middle of May, a video clip on TikTok and its Chinese sibling Douyin got people asking: Is Singapore a Chinese nation?
In the video, a Chinese tourist who had recently arrived here pointed out that he noticed Chinese Singaporeans would be unhappy when he referred to them as “compatriots”.
