What has happened? Here's the synopsis below.
Lianhe Zaobao started a political vitriol against a china movie (Dear you) and had offended many chinese including Malaysian Chinese. Basically, the movie is about chinese immigrants in Malaysia and Thailand, and Singapore is not even included in the movie. We can't think of a valid reason for Singapore to criticize this movie except with a political agenda.
Malaysian chinese newspaper and community had criticized Lianhe Zaobao for its smearing campaign against the movie.
Lianhe Zaobao has to back down from its anti-china rhetoric so that it won't damage the good relationship between chinese from both sides. The malaysian chinese are more nationalistic than Singapore chinese and they will defend China against Singapore. This nationalism expains the existence of chinese schools in Malaysia but not in Singapore. Malaysian chinese also donated the most monies and supplies to China during WW2 amongst other south east asia countries. Furthermore, Singapore has a large vested interest in JB SEZ and it needs Malaysian chinese for the support and success of its JB-SEZ investments.
We had warned of a political collision course with Malaysia in 2019 due to our different political stances (Pro-China from Malaysis versus Pro-US from Singapore). Therefore, we hope that Lianhe Zaobao won't be the simmering ember.
How successful is this china movie? Just look at the shedding tears of the moviegoers. Warning: Please remember to bring tissues along with you when you go to watch this movie.
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