A man walks past a mural in Chinatown in Singapore. The city state is promoting its own distinctive cultural identity even as it capitalises on its shared cultural heritage to further ties with China. Photo: AFP
In Singapore, a search for a Chinese identity with a little less China
- A new exhibition emphasises the distinctive identity of Singapore’s ethnic Chinese community
- Some observers see in it a foreign policy message aimed at Beijing
A man walks past a mural in Chinatown in Singapore. The city state is promoting its own distinctive cultural identity even as it capitalises on its shared cultural heritage to further ties with China. Photo: AFP
