How Chinese is Singapore? The long and short answer: people think it’s part of China. It isn’t. But one thing that really sets Singapore apart from other places that have overseas Chinese is the fact that it’s probably the ONLY place where Chinese people are not a minority. I can’t think of any other place …
For many years until her mid-teens, Paloma wanted nothing to do with her Chinese culture. Today, that has changed completely.
It’s Mother’s Day today and Asian Heritage Month here in Canada. I think it’s a good opportunity to show appreciation for our parents, grandparents and ancestors who have moved from China to places abroad. Migration is difficult and it’s a complete gamble. The prosperous countries today might just be the ones facing strife and poverty …
Migration is a difficult gamble our ancestors have undertaken Read More »
Chinese Chippy Girl is a particularly interesting podcast because it talks about growing up Chinese in the UK. The host is Georgie Ma (馬珮瑶) who grew up in Macclesfield, England, near Manchester. In the first episode of her podcast, she shares her experience being Chinese in the north of England. Other episodes are in an …
I used to sling the term “Chinese diaspora” in the same way as “Overseas Chinese” but someone argued that it might be a very damaging term.