In 2024, a video clip of TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew testifying before Congress went viral on social media. Repeatedly questioned by Senator Tom Cotton about his citizenship and whether he was affiliated with the Chinese Communist Party, Chew repeatedly responded that he was Singaporean. Beneath Cotton’s apparent ignorance lay a basic fact: Singapore has a large ethnic Chinese majority, placing the city-state in a unique position that complicates it…
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