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Ian Chong 莊嘉穎
@ChongJaIan
Political scientist from Singapore, security issues relating to China, Asia (esp SE Asia), Taiwan, and the United States. RT=/=endorsement. Opinions my own.
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    Ian Chong 莊嘉穎
    @ChongJaIan
    Aug 1, 2022
    This playing on ethnicity could end very badly, including for ethnic Chinese communities in Southeast Asia. The 1960s should be a lesson. If people aren’t familiar with work by @taomo_zhou , they should be.
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    Ho-fung Hung
    @hofunghung
    Aug 1, 2022
    Same old dangerous ideology treating everyone with Chinese heritage as subject of the PRC party-state, putting Chinese diaspora around the world in jeopardy.
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    Ian Chong 莊嘉穎
    @ChongJaIan
    Sep 30, 2022
    Replying to @wang_maya
    VS the original
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    Ian Chong 莊嘉穎
    @ChongJaIan
    Mar 2, 2022
    Here’s a radical idea. How about term limits for MPs?
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    Ian Chong 莊嘉穎
    @ChongJaIan
    Mar 10, 2022
    Some folks in 🇸🇬 blaming 🇺🇦 for not giving in to 🇷🇺. Perhaps the latter is “pragmatism” borne from a habit of complying w/ the demands of the powerful. Wonder how this stacks up against calls for defence if facing a more powerful adversary.
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    Ian Chong 莊嘉穎
    @ChongJaIan
    Feb 25, 2022
    Saw a number of hot takes from Singapore about how the tragic events unfolding in Ukraine due to Russian aggression, extolling—almost celebrating—the virtues of existing defence and security policies--policies that can and should never be questioned from this perspective. 1/n
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    Ian Chong 莊嘉穎
    @ChongJaIan
    Nov 17, 2022
    On this narrative about Justin Trudeau 🇨🇦 “leaking.” If the below is the issue in question, seems that Trudeau revealed what he said, not what Xi said to him. Can’t a 🇨🇦 PM can tell his citizens his position on a matter of concern to them?
    China taking ‘aggressive’ steps to gut Canada’s democracy, warns Trudeau
    From theguardian.com
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    Ian Chong 莊嘉穎
    @ChongJaIan
    Aug 2, 2022
    Take a look all. Here is yet another example of a conflation of citizenship with ethnicity & culture. Being Singaporean isn’t ethnicity or culture. There are Singaporeans who are ethnic Malay, of South Asian heritage etc. Chinese culture & ethnicity doesn’t & shouldn’t define us.
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    Li Shimin
    @LiShiMarx
    Aug 2, 2022
    Replying to @ChongJaIan and @jessicadrun
    Ofc Singaporeans are Chinese. I know I know you have Stockholm Syndrome, and you hate your Chinese heritage, oh wait... sorry is that Arabic next to your name? Hopefully, @NUSingapore made the right decision employing you.
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    Ian Chong 莊嘉穎
    @ChongJaIan
    Feb 10, 2023
    Glad to have this piece out with @CarnegieChina & @CarnegieEndow . However one sees “one China,” I think it’s important to understand the different positions out there, especially where & when they shift (or not). carnegieendowment.org/2023/02/09/man…
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    Ian Chong 莊嘉穎
    @ChongJaIan
    Apr 15, 2022
    Many people in 🇸🇬 have been reporting confusion and even receiving dubious information about 🇷🇺's invasion of 🇺🇦. Wars are moments where powerful states and other actors use the vast resources available to them to shape information and narratives. A 🪡🧵1/11
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    Ian Chong 莊嘉穎
    @ChongJaIan
    Oct 23, 2022
    So one key questions I have, which has unsurprisingly slipped under the radar, is what improving & strengthening work with Chinese overseas to advance the rejuvenation of the Chinese nation might mean.
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    Ian Chong 莊嘉穎
    @ChongJaIan
    Jun 13, 2021
    Open letter on discussions about racism in Singapore’s mainstream press. Proud of this initiative by junior scholars from Singapore.
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    Open letter to Lianhe Zaobao from Singapore scholars (June 13, 2021)
    Link to this letter: http://bit.ly/ZBopenletter (Update: 15 June 2021) Lianhe Zaobao’s response to this open letter (bilingual): https://www.zaobao.com.sg/forum/views/story20210615-1156218 Straits...
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    Ian Chong 莊嘉穎
    @ChongJaIan
    Mar 22, 2022
    The curious thing about subjecting an issue such as LGBTQ+ rights to a mass survey is the subjecting of minority rights to broader public opinion. By definition, getting majority support will be challenging.
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    Kirsten Han
    @kixes
    Mar 22, 2022
    Singapore's govt feedback portal has put out an "LGBTQ survey". I'm filling it and side-eyeing. Why do they assume I only know one LGBT+ person? And why is it asking me if I think they are accepted or not? My opinion on this is worthless compared to their actual lived experience.
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    Ian Chong 莊嘉穎
    @ChongJaIan
    Mar 28, 2021
    1/ @zaobaosg, Singapore’s Mandarin broadsheet, runs articles & statements pushing moral panic and slipper slope over announcement to possibly let medical workers wear the tudung. One even threatens that may lead to de-criminalization of male homosexuality.
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    Ian Chong 莊嘉穎
    @ChongJaIan
    Feb 25, 2023
    Note that all @ASEAN members voted for the resolution.
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    UN News
    @UN_News_Centre
    Feb 23, 2023
    The UN General Assembly adopted a resolution that demands #Russia leave #Ukraine. In favour: 141 Against: 7 Abstentions: 32
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