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Singapore Chinese Orchestra rethinks multiculturalism as it turns 30

Singapore Chinese Orchestra’s principal conductor Quek Ling Kiong is leading the SCO into its 30th anniversary.

21 Carpenter reborn: How the chic Singapore hotel echoes Dear You’s love letter to Teochew diaspora

The boutique hotel is named after Carpenter Street, part of the Teochew sub-enclave within Chinatown.

Looking beyond Dear You: A celebration of the Chinese diaspora in their new homelands

The film Dear You is also a story of the adaptiveness and versatility of diasporas in general, and of the the Chinese one in Nanyang, says the writer.

Dear me. China’s film industry is thriving, but can Beijing stay out of the way?

People queueing to buy tickets to additional Teochew-language screenings of Chinese film Dear You at Golden Village VivoCity on June 29.

Next generation of community leaders hope to make Chinese ‘cool’ and relevant

(From left) Alvin Soon, Jaclyn Toh, Melody Tan and Loh Tian Kai are among the first participants of the Chinese Community Leadership Programme.

From bilingualism to multilingual confidence: What the Dear You debate is telling us

‘My heart is so full’: S’pore family’s search for its roots in China leads to extraordinary reunions

Jasmine Goh-Chew (third row, first from left), her husband Raymond Chew (top row, first from left) and her parents Chua Kee Chu and Goh Kian Chen (front row, second and third from left) with other relatives outside the Chua ancestral home.

The Usual Place Podcast

Dear You controversy: Is it time to make space for dialects in Singapore?

If the Speak Mandarin Campaign succeeded, why are we still afraid of Teochew?

The film Dear You has inadvertently reopened a debate on one of Singapore’s oldest cultural trade-offs: what we gained from the Speak Mandarin Campaign, and what it cost us.

China’s surprise blockbuster Dear You is a love letter to the Nanyang generation

What Dear You, China’s surprise blockbuster of the year, does is rewind the clock to remind audiences that before there was prosperity, there was hardship.

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