8/14/2020
Why Singapore must remain a Chinese majority country?
Singapore being a Chinese majority country is not something to be taken for granted. It is a necessity, a survival formula for the Chinese to thrive in South East Asia. Without a Chinese majority in Singapore, the fate of the Chinese, especially bananas, is dire. Singapore is the only peaceful oasis for the overseas Chinese in South East Asia, to be able to live freely and to excel in whatever they want to do, to be the best they can be, without being oppressed or threatened. This is not a luxury, not just a racist and selfish recipe, but a matter of survival. This is something that the Chinese majority cannot be unthinkingly generous with, and willingly surrender it and think life would still be beautiful and everything will be the same.
Throughout the history of Chinese migration after China was invaded by the conquering westerners, overseas Chinese have been persecuted, victimised, discriminated oppressed, suppressed and even massacred by the natives everywhere, and the whites in the USA, Australia and New Zealand. The Chinese diaspora left a poverty stricken China caused by the invasion and exploitation of the whites only to fall victims to the whites in countries the whites stole from the natives.
In the USA, after helping to build the east west railway, the Chinese were persecuted, oppressed and racially discriminated by the whites. There was the 1875 Page Act that forbid Chinese women migrating to the USA despite the thousands of male Chinese railway workers there. Then there was the Chinese Exclusion Act 1882 to prohibit Chinese migration to the USA, followed by racial persecution, beating, torturing, murdering and driving out the Chinese from America. And there was the hate Chinese witch hunt of McCarthyism.
The whites in Australia and New Zealand were equally harsh on the Chinese with their discriminating and oppressive laws against the Chinese goldmine workers and erecting the bogey man of the Yellow Peril to oppress and persecute the Chinese.
In the Philippines Vietnam, Malaysia and Indonesia, Chinese were massacred from as early as the 1600s to 1998 in Indonesia. Thousands of Chinese were also forced out of India after the humiliating Sino Indian Border War. A weak China was not there to help and protect the Chinese diaspora. Today, a strong China has change the status quo to some extent, only for as long as China remains strong and willing to step in to protect the Chinese from being massacred again.
The history of the Chinese diaspora in South East Asia has been a painful history of racial discrimination, persecution and killings by the natives. Even in Chinese majority Singapore the Chinese were not spared, only to a lesser degree. Only with the consolidation of power by the Chinese majority that the Chinese in Singapore could live life with some security and dignity and without fear. This state of affair in Singapore cannot be taken for granted as losing this majority, the future and fate of the Chinese in Singapore could be just like the Chinese in other parts of South East Asia.
This selfish interest of the Chinese to maintain its majority status cannot be dismissed callously as it is a matter of life and death to the Chinese community. Only in Chinese majority Singapore can the Chinese sleep in peace that they would not be racially discriminated, persecuted and killed because they are Chinese. The Chinese in Singapore must not be so silly to lose this majority status. Losing this would mean losing an oasis of peace for the Chinese diaspora in South East Asia. The Chinese majority can be very kind and magnanimous to the minorities, but they cannot expect this to be reciprocated if they lose their majority status in Singapore. For losing Singapore, the Chinese have really no where else to go outside Greater China where they can live life to the fullest, to be able to excel in whatever they do without any inhibition, restriction or oppression. Only when you have a confident Chinese majority can you talk about meritocracy, where the best could be selected to be the best in their fields. Without a Chinese majority you think others would be talking about meritocracy and allow meritocracy to be practised in Singapore? Look around the region and the world and ask which country is practising meritocracy? Even in Singapore, the Singaporean PMETs are losing out, sacked, not because of meritocracy but clans men and villagers of the same kind. The daft Chinese Singaporeans talking about meritocracy would not stand a chance in the real world.
Just open your eyes and look at the fate of Chinese in the neighbouring countries and ask yourself is that what you want. Do not take your security and freedom to live as a human bean in a Chinese majority Singapore for granted. Losing this majority status in Singapore is to lose everything for the Chinese community here. Do not wait for the day when you have to beg for mercy from another majority to wake up your sense of stupidity. A Chinese majority Singapore is crucial to the well being of the Chinese community here and in the region. Once lost, you will never get it back and will forever be at the mercy of other races. Do not gamble with this state of affair and think it is ok to lose the majority status and all would be well, and practise meritocracy blindly. There is no option if the Chinese diaspora is to live well, with dignity and prosperity in South East Asia. A Chinese majority in Singapore is not negotiable and cannot be compromised. It is the last piece of rock to stand on before slipping into a stormy sea of no returns. This is a cruel and difficult world, not a bed of roses that you can live in pleasant dreams and fictions of fairy tales, thinking that others would also be kind to you.
PS. Some fools in Singapore think that meritocracy will continue even if Singapore loses its Chinese majority and life will still be as per normal. This is flirting with self destruction and disaster.
Posted by Chua Chin Leng aka redbean at 8:31 am
Why Singapore must remain a Chinese majority country?
Singapore being a Chinese majority country is not something to be taken for granted. It is a necessity, a survival formula for the Chinese to thrive in South East Asia. Without a Chinese majority in Singapore, the fate of the Chinese, especially bananas, is dire. Singapore is the only peaceful oasis for the overseas Chinese in South East Asia, to be able to live freely and to excel in whatever they want to do, to be the best they can be, without being oppressed or threatened. This is not a luxury, not just a racist and selfish recipe, but a matter of survival. This is something that the Chinese majority cannot be unthinkingly generous with, and willingly surrender it and think life would still be beautiful and everything will be the same.
Throughout the history of Chinese migration after China was invaded by the conquering westerners, overseas Chinese have been persecuted, victimised, discriminated oppressed, suppressed and even massacred by the natives everywhere, and the whites in the USA, Australia and New Zealand. The Chinese diaspora left a poverty stricken China caused by the invasion and exploitation of the whites only to fall victims to the whites in countries the whites stole from the natives.
In the USA, after helping to build the east west railway, the Chinese were persecuted, oppressed and racially discriminated by the whites. There was the 1875 Page Act that forbid Chinese women migrating to the USA despite the thousands of male Chinese railway workers there. Then there was the Chinese Exclusion Act 1882 to prohibit Chinese migration to the USA, followed by racial persecution, beating, torturing, murdering and driving out the Chinese from America. And there was the hate Chinese witch hunt of McCarthyism.
The whites in Australia and New Zealand were equally harsh on the Chinese with their discriminating and oppressive laws against the Chinese goldmine workers and erecting the bogey man of the Yellow Peril to oppress and persecute the Chinese.
In the Philippines Vietnam, Malaysia and Indonesia, Chinese were massacred from as early as the 1600s to 1998 in Indonesia. Thousands of Chinese were also forced out of India after the humiliating Sino Indian Border War. A weak China was not there to help and protect the Chinese diaspora. Today, a strong China has change the status quo to some extent, only for as long as China remains strong and willing to step in to protect the Chinese from being massacred again.
The history of the Chinese diaspora in South East Asia has been a painful history of racial discrimination, persecution and killings by the natives. Even in Chinese majority Singapore the Chinese were not spared, only to a lesser degree. Only with the consolidation of power by the Chinese majority that the Chinese in Singapore could live life with some security and dignity and without fear. This state of affair in Singapore cannot be taken for granted as losing this majority, the future and fate of the Chinese in Singapore could be just like the Chinese in other parts of South East Asia.
This selfish interest of the Chinese to maintain its majority status cannot be dismissed callously as it is a matter of life and death to the Chinese community. Only in Chinese majority Singapore can the Chinese sleep in peace that they would not be racially discriminated, persecuted and killed because they are Chinese. The Chinese in Singapore must not be so silly to lose this majority status. Losing this would mean losing an oasis of peace for the Chinese diaspora in South East Asia. The Chinese majority can be very kind and magnanimous to the minorities, but they cannot expect this to be reciprocated if they lose their majority status in Singapore. For losing Singapore, the Chinese have really no where else to go outside Greater China where they can live life to the fullest, to be able to excel in whatever they do without any inhibition, restriction or oppression. Only when you have a confident Chinese majority can you talk about meritocracy, where the best could be selected to be the best in their fields. Without a Chinese majority you think others would be talking about meritocracy and allow meritocracy to be practised in Singapore? Look around the region and the world and ask which country is practising meritocracy? Even in Singapore, the Singaporean PMETs are losing out, sacked, not because of meritocracy but clans men and villagers of the same kind. The daft Chinese Singaporeans talking about meritocracy would not stand a chance in the real world.
Just open your eyes and look at the fate of Chinese in the neighbouring countries and ask yourself is that what you want. Do not take your security and freedom to live as a human bean in a Chinese majority Singapore for granted. Losing this majority status in Singapore is to lose everything for the Chinese community here. Do not wait for the day when you have to beg for mercy from another majority to wake up your sense of stupidity. A Chinese majority Singapore is crucial to the well being of the Chinese community here and in the region. Once lost, you will never get it back and will forever be at the mercy of other races. Do not gamble with this state of affair and think it is ok to lose the majority status and all would be well, and practise meritocracy blindly. There is no option if the Chinese diaspora is to live well, with dignity and prosperity in South East Asia. A Chinese majority in Singapore is not negotiable and cannot be compromised. It is the last piece of rock to stand on before slipping into a stormy sea of no returns. This is a cruel and difficult world, not a bed of roses that you can live in pleasant dreams and fictions of fairy tales, thinking that others would also be kind to you.
PS. Some fools in Singapore think that meritocracy will continue even if Singapore loses its Chinese majority and life will still be as per normal. This is flirting with self destruction and disaster.
Posted by Chua Chin Leng aka redbean at 8:31 am
