News reports about the tragic Bugis traffic accident has started to surface on many online PRC news sites since yesterday. All of them emphasised a patently false point: That anti-PRC sentiments were running high amongst Singaporeans. Even Hong Kong's Apple Daily got into the act. Of course, I shall not belabour the point that those from a country that takes almost 0% immigrants have no right to lecture us on xenophobia.
To me, this is part of the current social mood in the PRC today, and in no small part is due to its rulers trying to distract its people from internal issues. The altercations with the Philippines is another sign of this. And I expect that the PRC will start a war in the region within the next few years, despite its protests of being a peaceful nation.
Singaporeans need to be aware of this mood, and should start looking at the PRC in a more nuanced manner, rather than just a 'rising power'. We need to be aware that there will be people amongst us who only read such rubbish PRC online news media and are influenced by them.
Be prepared.
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