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Both Zhejiang and Southern Jiangsu are also not the original homeland of the Han Chinese people. The people there speak the Wu language which is very different from Mandarin. So these people going to break away and form independent states? No way right?

Hinduism is the world's oldest living religion. Long before Abraham made the long journey from Ur to Canaan, the ancient Hindus were already praying to the gods of the Hindu pantheon.

North/Central China is the original homeland of the Han Chinese. Around 2,000 years ago, Han Chinese started to migrate to the south due to cold weather, famine or warfare. After their arrival in the south, they inter-mixed with the original inhabitants of South China which are the Baiyue...

They are all children of Abraham.

China fought a brief but bloody border war with Vietnam in the spring of 1979. After crossing the border, PLA made swift advances meeting little resistance from the Vietnamese border troops. As Chinese troops advanced towards Hanoi, battle hardened regular soldiers of the Vietnamese Army who...

May be someone can go ask Christopher Lee the Singapore-based Malaysian actor the reason for his refusal to give up his Malaysian citizenship after having stayed and worked in Singapore for almost three decades.

I Know his younger brother. Humble upbringing. Very smart, the study type. Teochew speaking. Now fat but was very fit while at OCS.

Seat was won by C V Devan Nair.

His father passed away yesterday.

Character like him will be labelled Chinese chauvinists by the government a generation ago and get into all sorts of trouble. Today he is free to talk cock everyday in this forum and proclaim how great China is. Times have changed indeed.

When war broke out, officers from the SAF are supposed to lead their men to fight the enemy in order to protect lives and properties So what is wrong in letting them enjoy some benefits during peace time?

This Siao Ting Tong must be a complete and utter moron to post in this manner in the forum. Trying hard she did but alas she has only a rudimentary grasp of the subject matter that she is sharing or trying to impress. Her england is also not beri good for someone presumably with a tertiary...

Fujian settlers may be the first to arrive on the island but Taiwan experienced industrialization and rapid economic growth only after the arrival of KMT and mainland Chinese from North/Central China. The mainlanders provided the impetus for overall growth in the country. And even before when...

After nearly four decades of KMT strongman rule by Chiang father and son, power was transferred from the Mainlanders to the native Taiwanese in 1988. From its first native President Lee Teng Hui to the current leader Tsai, ROC has been headed by a Hakka leader. A bit like Sinkieland where though...

The ancestors of hokkiens were the Min Yue who are a sub-group of the tribal Baiyue people the original inhabitants in southern China. In a way, the southern Chinese are not of pure Han stock but a mixed people from centuries of intermixing between Han settlers from north/central China and the...

Hokkiens are the early settlers in Taiwan and is the biggest group but they are still being looked down by the mandarin-speaking mainlanders who is a minority group and having arrived on the island only after 1949. The mainlanders find the hokkien language crude and have very low regard for...

Old timers must have heard of the book entitled Socialism that works - the Singapore way compiled and edited by my hero C V Devan Nair. Those who are interested can go library borrow the book and read it to gain some insight.

As long as PAP is able to continue delivering a clean and efficient goverment, Oppo cannot make much headway at the polls. Most voters are not unduly concerned about issues such as transparency, accountability, meritocracy, high pay of ministers and even influx of FTs. And PAP arrogance and...

Ordinary folks are not too concerned about whether they are living in a meritocratic society or whether political leaders & top government officials are drawing sky high salary. As long as they perceive the government to be clean with no corruption at the low and middle levels, they are happy...

Re: Fucking WP Doesn't Give Up! Still Want To Make Trouble In Parliament For Mdm Prez Attending funeral wakes, having regular trade fairs in your estate and organising durian trips to Johor is not going to be good enough. They have to when need be speak up forcefully in parliament on issues...