Disappointed, me? Absolutely not. But in a way, Lee was right that since SG is so young, Singaporeans needs at least a nebulous ethnic tie to China as much as they need to be intellectually and emotionally distinct from Chinese.
As Americans would say...Here is the real deal...
There can be no 50/50 balance here between your ethnic tie and your cultural distinctiveness. Eventually, Singaporeans will emotionally move away from China. Even the Chinese realize what distance do to a people when there exist an old saying...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tian_gao,_Huangdi_yuan
Am sure you can translate better than wiki can.
But the point is clear that the longer you are apart from China time wise, the less the desire to be ANYTHING like Chinese. Just like the longer continental North America is politically apart from Great Britain, the less the desire to have anything -- other than history -- to do with Great Britain.
This has nothing to do with 'anti-China' propaganda as you tried to make it. It is human nature. You can move in and live with your parents but Singapore cannot move closer to China, physically and notionally. So me being right that your SG have a lot of 'bananas' is nothing 'unfortunate' but merely human nature. In one more generation, Singaporeans will see China the way Americans see Great Britain -- a vacation target.
Lol, and you say ethnic ties are irrelevant ?Looks like my Indian and Vietnamese DNAs are serving me better than the Chinese DNA serves you guys.
Unless Americans don't kill and rob each other, Japanese don't kill and rob each other, ditto everywhere.
All ties will dilute over time when people are separated, even among close kins.
Hence many campaigns are launched to strengthen and maintain Singaporean heritage and cultural roots.
http://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/infopedia/articles/SIP_2013-07-04_122007.html
Speak Mandarin Campaign
the promotion of Chinese culture in general among Chinese Singaporeans.
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