Xi Jinping's Call for Overseas Chinese Loyalty Raises Concerns Over National Identity and Integration
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Phillip Chan, a prominent Singaporean businessman of Hong Kong descent, was designated a "politically significant person" for advancing Chinese interests.
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Chinese President Xi Jinping has called for ethnic Chinese worldwide to unite and promote positive narratives about China, blurring nationality distinctions.
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Critics like Canadian MP Kenny Chiu call Xi's appeal "insane" and reject CCP attempts to activate Chinese diaspora nationalism.
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While not new, Xi's narrative resembles pre-communist views of overseas Chinese as subjects, stirring old tensions.
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Beijing's rhetoric complicates integration efforts by ethnic Chinese communities and risks renewed suspicion towards them.