Everytime when Chinese is mentioned, mainland Chinese come into
their mind and they cannot tell the difference between Singaporean
Chinese and mainland Chinese, except that mainland Chinese are
rude, not civilized.....all the bad things which they are ashamed
to be associated with, but they can't tell who we are as
Singaporean Chinese
Sinapore chinese,mainland chinese.. bottom line all chinese. The
IC never put us as mainland chinese, but correctly put us as
chinese. Obviously in your pink IC, they should have known u r a
singaporean. U think stop putting the word chinese in your IC will
help in their stereotype ?
Our education system does not teach us anything about our own
ethnic identity or root. And unfortunately most Chinese families
also do not pass on chinese tradition so our children become very
angmoh pai. Look at the malay, they never say they are ashamed of
being malay. Visit any indian family during deepavali and you can
see how much of their traditions are passed on and being kept.
Nevertheless wat u study, u r still chinese. U can grow up in a
malay family but the fact is u r still chinese. Tis is a scientific
fact. There is nothing wrong with identifying u as one.
LKY never said he learned Chinese because he was a chinese, even
in the recent interview. He learned Chinese because China is going
to take over Japan as the locomotive of Asia, ....blah blah blah.
If China remained a closed communist state and Russia become
economically prosperous, you will probably find Singaporean Chinese
learning English and Russian, but I believe the Malay will continue
to learn Malay, then English, and the Indian learning Tamil,
Hindu....
Why we learn english is precisely because america and british r
important countries for our survival. If America remains as an
indian nation while british remains undevelop, we will all have
been learning chinese
Is this the necessary price we pay for our economic progress?
no, taiwan, hk and korea retain their identities and progress no
less than us.
They r proud to call themselves korean or chinese....
