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Old 21-08-2008, 01:15 AM   #13 (permalink)
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Default Re: SIGH.. Hope it is just a slip of her tongue or else it is really disappointing

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You want her to call herself 新加坡人???

Then (again), a lot of Singaporeans will say she is insincere.... 'come here few years then say she is Singaporean' etc. It's just too damn difficult to please Singaporeans, you know.

She is from Beijing. Nothing wrong.

Hokkien lesson:

唐山 = Deng Suah
唐人 = Deng Lang

Ask an elderly Hokkien speakers... Deng Lang = Chinese.

And YET, 唐山 is in China, near Beijing.

If you are a Chinese born in Singapore. Any Hokkien speaker, when asked about your race would say, he is 唐人 = Deng Lang = Native of Deng Suah.


You are so far from Beijing and you are Deng Lang... so I don't see nothing wrong with Jiawei saying she is a native of Beijing.


Long after you migrate (if you choose to one day when you find that to be a postman you need a degree here), when asked about the place of your birth, you are going to say, I was born in Singapore. Or you may even call yourself a Singaporean.

Most people are proud of their own countries (once an American, always an American, once a Chinese, always a Chinese), unlike Singaporeans (until someone points out something disparaging about Singapore) who are very quick to call themselves 'Australian', 'UK Citizen', or 'I'm American' barely months after getting the green card just because they married some ugly white guy who cannot even find a girlfriend back in the USA - sporting a fake accent, of course!
depends on how people perceive things. Pointing out the fact that any hokkien guys/gers will tell you they are deng lang is indeed very accurate, it was a good point. However, you are also rite when u say that the question is which race.. not which nationality. And the standard of hokkien in singapore does not allow for too indepth description... ask any hokkien what race is the German, australian, russian.. and they will tell u angmoh.

the sentiment is this. Li Jiawei made a choice. Her choice was to become a Singaporean, play table tennis for Singapore and that she did, winning our glorious medal. And it wasnt easy i might add, going into the final, facing the China Team, under the scrutinizing eyes of the China crowds. But she stuck to that choice and she gave her best as u mentioned, so for that, i feel proud too. i am not anti-foreign talent, but i am pro-local talent, but nonetheless, a win is still a win and we rightly deserve it in all sense, so since she stuck to the choice, it is really not appropriate to say she is a zhong guo ren.. Especially after waving the Singapore flag high..

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