🧧 TGTM Submission | Malaysian Chinese Speaks Out
Just picked up a Chinese family. No “hello”, nothing — straight away: “Where’s your laojia (ancestral hometown)?”
I said Penang.
They pushed: “No, your ancestral roots.”
I repeated: Penang.
They went “Oh, so your ancestral home is Penang too.”
I shut it down there. No fake kinship talk.
“Laojia” is not some casual icebreaker for you mainlanders to use on us. I was born and raised in Malaysia — educated here, treated in our hospitals, used our public services, received scholarships from this country.
Asking me to treat China as my “old home” is asking me to betray my own nation.
Malaysian Chinese are not your “overseas Chinese” waiting to be claimed. We have our own country, our own identity, and our own loyalty.
Next time, it’s getting called out directly. 🇲🇾
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