I mean singapore.
In 1945-46, the nationalists govt wanted the overseas chinese to return home and rebuild the country. There are some chinese in malaya who did return home. In 1947, the chinese civil war erupted full scale and overseas chinese stopped returning home. In 1949, the chinese communists took over control of the mainland and closed it's doors to the outside world until 1980s. Overseas chinese were forbidden to return back home. Through the years, they became citizens in the newly established countries in South East Asia. Would your grandfather have return back to mainland if the nationalists had won the war.
If the chinese communists didn't take over china / destroyed in 1949, the communists insurgency in South East Asia and Malaya will never happen. Could history change for PAP, Barisan Sosialis, LKY and Lim Chin Siong?
Could we be a English administrative country in the 1960s if China was the new developing Asia power back then. We are 75% Chinese, back then Chinese chauvinism were stronger unlike now. Could we under LKY who hated chinese culture but is a complete opportunist, become a Chinese administrative state?
thinking back, I think Mao Zedong is to be blamed for our PAP woes too.
In 1945-46, the nationalists govt wanted the overseas chinese to return home and rebuild the country. There are some chinese in malaya who did return home. In 1947, the chinese civil war erupted full scale and overseas chinese stopped returning home. In 1949, the chinese communists took over control of the mainland and closed it's doors to the outside world until 1980s. Overseas chinese were forbidden to return back home. Through the years, they became citizens in the newly established countries in South East Asia. Would your grandfather have return back to mainland if the nationalists had won the war.
If the chinese communists didn't take over china / destroyed in 1949, the communists insurgency in South East Asia and Malaya will never happen. Could history change for PAP, Barisan Sosialis, LKY and Lim Chin Siong?
Could we be a English administrative country in the 1960s if China was the new developing Asia power back then. We are 75% Chinese, back then Chinese chauvinism were stronger unlike now. Could we under LKY who hated chinese culture but is a complete opportunist, become a Chinese administrative state?
thinking back, I think Mao Zedong is to be blamed for our PAP woes too.
