After reading some comments about her feeling "privileged" in Singapore, I want to come to her defence. 1. Her use of the word may stem from her being racially discriminated in the Western countries. In comparison, she feels "privileged" as a Chinese here. You have to remember background and context when people use certain words. 2. She may have misused the word. When in fact she meant she feels respected and appreciated, especially when people know she is an investor. 3. She probably did a direct translation from Chinese word to English word and used "privilege" in when she means respected and not discriminated agst. Honestly, a privilege person will not say she is privileged. It just goes to show that she is humbled enough to feel like she is respected in the community. I always find it that we get too hung up on a word or a couple of sentences. Look at it in the context of her background and her experiences.
I agree with your take. Have been living in both USA and Canada for close to 13 to 14 years, regardless of whether the comments around here admit it or not, we are always the 2nd class citizen if you look like another race. There are a few points she said here and there, that simply is not true such as dining in one common restaurant. And I can tell her "privilege" is not real privilege but treated with respect. If the same words are used by another race, I am sure we are more receptive. In Singapore, we are driven by how much you can earn and how much you are willing to spend. When I was working in an organisation in Singapore way back, the government made a decision to pay another race more than the local. I left the job and country for that reason. That race is definitely not Asian. I was upset because the pay arrangement is not base on skillset. Penny counting our local is to me at least not the way to go. Singapore still has way to go to be equal and fair. But saying the American or the western world are better is definitely false even at the peak of your career. Most of the time when you reach a level, they simply cannot find equal or better so you are left so call "expensive" to them. To them, we are holding ransom. But if they have a chance, they will jump at it to replace you. Like all race, they will take care of themselves. Is human nation and animal instinct. What privilege means to many oversea Asian is more respect and closer to equal opportunity.
True I always had the same thought process but I believe the multiracial aspect is really pronounced as we grew up with so many races among us in schools, even though we definitely form our own cliques either by race or preferences but by being put in the setting where we have to coexist to survive and therefore leads us to form strong special bonds with all and everyone despite race , first impressions and stereotypes as one Singaporeans. even though there will be some drawbacks CCA aids that, western culture and history downsides reforms that.
In the commercial / Coporate world, the company only weighs only its costs, profit margins and which staff is its most cost / profit effective staff. This is the cruel reality, once u are the no longer the useful pawn, u will be set aside. U can work till your health is gone, at best they give u a pad on the shoulder for the hard work. But who will restore your health. The benefits given when u are working for them are to keep u happy and make u contribute more for them to make profit. Once u r over the hill and too expensive, tides will change.
No, it means privileged. She is saying privileged. She knows English, she lived in western countries. Don't need to treat her like a kid. If you're treated nicely compared to other people just because of your race, it mean you're privileged. You're not hearing what she is saying. It's like white person doesn't want to admit why he lives in good housing, good schooling, went to good college, got job easily, police don't beat him up, people don't profile him as thug is because of his race and racial history in USA. That lady seems to be pretty professional career women, she have worked all over world, she knows English better than you, I highly doubt that she doesn't understand the word "privilege". She knows it, and she is using it knowing what it means. Listen to her instead of adding your dumb commentary.
This is a precious lesson I learnt from Jingjin, "Be your own advocate because if you don't no one will be your advocate." As an Asian, some of us tend to be shy about speaking about our achievements because we were taught not to be braggards or show offs. I learnt that confidence and results need to go hand in hand. She is incredibly honest, humble and so open in sharing her experiences. Thank you!
I’m a Singaporean and my skin tends to turn dark when the weather is hot.Some Chinese Singaporean especially the older generation think I’m a Bangladeshi and treat me hastily..That’s where the good part begin and begin to boombard them make them realise that I’m a Singaporean too..These people never realised their forefathers were immigrant too..
Same situation everywhere. The US is a famous example where Most people are immigrants but racism still rampant, especially the anglo European immigrants towards Africans one.
I love this gal. She has no filter and speaks so frankly and refreshingly. By far, she’s the most interesting guest interview 👍👍👍 What she says about holding a China passport is troublesome for traveling is SO SO TRUE. And she earns my respect when she said she will only apply for a particular country’s passport when she identifies her value with that country, but not out of convenience.
@@amritsagar4964 I agree with your comment about being “typically German”. I’ve a few German coworkers and they’re exactly like that. One of the things I love about them.
I beg to differ some of the views she had mentioned. However, this interview did show how a wealthy foreign Chinese views Singapore and its citizens, very different from the other interviews that Max had done before. It's a good video.
I don’t foresee this video being very well received because of the sensitive and controversial topics. It is true that any racial majority in any country will enjoy certain social privileges, but to say you like Singapore _because_ of this privilege is not going to be something people are going to enjoy hearing. And to say that the average person in Singapore has a “low life standard” because billionaires don’t go to hawker centers and the same restaurants? I don’t know about that one. If there’s one thing many Singaporeans don’t like, it’s wealthy foreigners talking about their wealth, and enjoying local privileges while espousing their pride as foreign Nationals. Locals are well aware of the allure of their country, and they do not appreciate being relegated to being second class citizens because of wealthy foreigners. Don’t get me wrong, I don’t dislike Jingjin, but any opinions within the territory of social stratification are best kept to private circles.
At a time when singapore is consolidating her identity about race too. as an ethnic chinese, I feel ashamed I share the same racial moniker at times with these racists may god light the way forward for singapore
This is just her opinion, other Chinese nationals may have a different pov. I won't read too much into what she said. There are certainly billionaires who have meals at hawker centres. It's just that they are smart enough not to draw attention upon themselves.
Max, I have thoroughly enjoyed watching your videos. I discovered your channel after searching RUclips for videos about Singapore as I had been feeling homesick. I’m a Singaporean who has been a US PR for almost three decades. I love listening to the different perspectives of foreigners living in Singapore but this one is my favorite so far. People need not be upset if they keep in mind that her opinion is based on her personal experiences, and everyone’s experiences are different. As someone mentioned, I’d love to watch an interview of foreigners who work in the “blue collar” industry. I think their perspective is equally valuable and interesting. Thank you once again and keep the videos coming!
Malay Singaporean here! Wasnt greatly affected when she talked about her Chinese privileges here in Singapore (honestly thats really how it is) but similar sentiments w the rest, really loved her honesty and esp towards the end when she talks about women in asia & dealing in businesses. Very different than the other content of yours ive seen so far. Loved it
Her experience is mostly an artifact of being part of a majority race - that being Chinese in Singapore. Believe me, growing up in Singapore and being used to being the majority race, then moving to the US, one basically is the minority race - its quite an eye opener. There is mostly nothing inherently racist in how I am treated here in the US - sure there are rare encounters where it's racially motivated but honestly, people just gravitate to others who look like them.
'Privilege' just means the comfort, familiarity and sense of belonging that comes with living around people of your own culture - just like a baby is loved more by its own family . Not only is this how the world has always been, its a good thing that maintains social cohesion (and keeps the foreign wolves out!)
Like someone said, the "privilege" she mentioned was most likely due to her social class, nothing to do with race. Max, you should interview the street level China Chinese, those in construction, F&B etc. They form the biggest group of China citizens working here and I doubt they will tell you about "privilege." In fact, many Chinese Singaporeans view them negatively due to their loud and perceived uncouth nature. Chinese Singaporean here
I guess blue-collar workers won't be the interviewee for this channel... PS: most of my Singaporean friend consider those WP holders are contributor of Singapore development.
Chinese is really privileged in sg, you wont know this if youve never lived in other countries. Chinese blue collar workers are perceived more favorably compared to south asian ones
As a chinese singaporean. I really don't think it's true. I don't have any negative connotations about the chinese construction workers working here in Singapore. Infact I view the rich mainland Chinese more negatively than the poor. There are way more videos of rich china Chinese treating the locals (doesn't matter the race) as second class citizens in their own country. The entitlement is insane. There are little if not none of the chinese construction workers or cleaners doing dispeakable things.
Think her opinion of Singaporean Chinese is sort of similar to majority of mainland Chinese who view SG a pride of Chinese that the dominant race in Sg is Chinese and the wrong & adulterated notion that Sg’s progress and prosperity were brought about by the Chinese ethnicity and that Singaporean Chinese are some pseudo China Chinese and should embrace and pay homage to China as motherland. Sg is blessed to have LKY as its founding PM, a great statesman endowed with wisdom, vision, boldness and resolve to better the life of all Singaporeans regardless of race, language or religion. The 58 years of Sg nation building has clearly make Singaporean Chinese a different & distinct identity from the China Chinese.
I will identify myself with China one day Singapore became a poorer country and China GDP per capita is 20 times that of Singapore. Money is everything.
Can stop that lky bs. Sg was already a busy port under the brits. Lky inherited a working engine n steer it to a better direction. The people are the ones wheeling it.
Kudos to Jingjin for providing the most objective and balanced assessment of life in Singapore out of all guests on the channel. Her analysis is spot-on. 👍
I actually enjoyed this video. 1) great content definitely 2) the lady speaks well 3) advertisement at the end, unlike some of the previous videos it’s right in the middle. So I actually enjoyed the whole video without any awkward pause in between :) great job!
Everywhere is the same. If you're Majority in the Country,you're Good. If you're Minority,the Majority will have this Reserved feelings towards you. Even Singapore not excluded.Same - Same but Different.
True I always had the same thought process but I believe the multiracial aspect is really pronounced as we grew up with so many races among us in schools, even though we definitely form our own cliques either by race or preferences but by being put in the setting where we have to coexist to survive and therefore leads us to form strong special bonds with all and everyone despite race , first impressions and stereotypes as one Singaporeans. even though there will be some drawbacks CCA aids that, western culture and history downsides reforms that.
No matter what, I enjoyed the video and liked that she honestly spoke about her experiences and perceptions. She might have used most accurate word, or maybe she has. Doesn’t matter much to me.
Thanks for this interview. This woman is very smart and beautiful but she is misrepresenting Singapore. Singapore has many Indians too. The government tries hard to show to the world thst they are Singaporeans too. The Chinese Singaporeans aren't supposed to be "more privileged" than other Singaporeans. English is the lingua franca of the country and not Mandarin. Singapore's media and government try to strike a balance between China and the West. Singapore is not China's little brother or satellite. Her experience in Europe has warped her understanding of how multicultural societies should work. She would be surprised at how many people would not agree with some of her words in this interview.
Mrs Jingjin is right. The Rich Poor class gap in Singapore is appalling. My observation here is that the very rich has many luxury cars while the very poor collect cardboards by the streets simply to survive. Very good observation. 👍🏻
@@bell-xk5dd No, they’re not. They are the homeless & elderly SG citizens. Saw a documentary about this on CNA Insider. Indeed it’s very true that the rich poor gap in SG is too wide.
@@ld-n1648 Elderly Singapore citizens get a lot of help, grants and subsidies from government. There is also a long list of NGOs helping the elderly. Those you see packing cardboards are mostly elderly Malaysians working in Singapore for years, and they are the borderless people who don’t really belong anywhere, here or there...but they refuse to leave, so they scrimp for a living cleaning tables and selling cardboards...
As a Singapore citizen from Hong Kong, I think she is utterly delusional. Btw, I cannot call myself Singaporean because I was not born and bred here. The word "Singaporean" is exclusive to a person who was born and bred in Singapore or at the very least served in NS. Before acquiring Singapore citizenship, I called myself a British Hong Konger, given that I was born and bred in British Hong Kong and held a British passport. And FH(er)I, Canadian Hong Konger Li Ka Shing wore his Seiko watch for decades. Nobody look down on him.
You're the one who is being utterly delusional, not her. Nationality can change, but race and ethnicity do not. According to your words, you were a Hong Kong Chinese person during the British colonial period. ( "Hong Konger" is not a race or ethnicity.) Now, you are identified as Singaporean Chinese like other Chinese people in Singapore. You can fool yourself but you can't change the fact that you're Chinese. There's nothing you can do to change that fact. Try to accept and embrace who you are and be proud of it. Being Chinese is nothing to be ashamed of.
A British Hong Konger be called dog eater chingchong or any racism word which target to Chinese in UK but she never fight back and still being utterly delusional that ethnically identified herself as non-chinese to avoid be discriminated
In Singapore , foreign nationals are not allow to buy land in Singapore , only Singaporean / Singapore citizen can purchase land in SG . She do not know what she is talking about 😂
I am a Chinese Chinese and have been living in Germany for more than 20 years. Germany is a small country but a great and a generous country in my eyes, it is my second hometown. Germany treats its own citizens and foreigners fairly. As a foreign child you will get the same free school education from primary school to university like German kids and children of refugees get this free school education too. No one will be previlleged and no on will be discriminated there. All children enjoy the free medical care as long as they are at school. This benefit you will never get in SG or in China. All German universities are free to all foreign students. Very less countries in the world can do that like Germany! In Germany employees enjoy much better company benifits, employee-friendly labor rights, more paid leave days in a year, affordeble health insurance with the same medical treatments , Christmas and summer bonus, overtime is forbidden. As opposed to German Singaporaen used to work very long, they have less paid leave days. Very bad social caring for freelances. SG is only good for rich and younger people. Foreigners are sometimes discriminated in SG, for example foreingers must pay for the entrance of a garden but the locals don't. In Germany if sth is free for Germans, it is also free for foreigners. I paid 15$ for an orchid garden two years ago, but my SG girlfriend didn't need to pay. I explained to Singaporean that this was discrimination in Europe! Singaporean are very inpatient and always complain and like to scold others. Regarding to her opinion that German cities looking always the same, this is because of German laws that protect the old buildings. All buildings older than 80 years are strictly protected and not allowed to be turned down. And most of these old buildings are privat properties, the government has no right to demolish them. I don't like too many changes in a place. Everytime when I return to China I can't recognize my hometown anymore and it looks like everywhere without its own identity. The only advantage of SG in comparison with Germany for me is the delicious food there. This is what I can't get in Germany. Finally I wish all you guys a pleasant and succeful life in SG.
150% agree with your comparison between Germany and Singapore/China. Singaporeans have 35% foreigners living in their midst, paying income taxes and GST, yet are not entitled to any welfare/subsidies, unless they are PRs. Singaporeans don't realise that that is one of the main reasons why they enjoy low taxation compared to other countries.
@02june80 I wouldn't couch my thoughts on conscription in such moral terms, but I concur that conscription is simply not the best way to get a professional, motivated armed forces.
True to be told am I was born in Africa and very very lucky to be smart mentally and physically I have worked and trade with Chinese people and most Asians Japanese 🇯🇵/ Taiwanese 🇹🇼 so on ASIAN ARE VERY VERY SMART PEOPLE ON FACE OF EARTH AND SUPER DISCIPLINE AND BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE this lady right here is very very smart I can tell from every word coming from her mouth ... Racial discrimination is most human sickness especially poor and stupid people I have never meet millionaires with deep racial discrimination
Actually, the Taiwanese are Chinese...They are not of different races or different ethnicity or different nationality. (Taiwan and mainland China are still under the ongoing unfinished Chinese Civil War). Don't be misled by all the biased and fact-twisted political propaganda and misinformation from biased media...
Hate to say it but this could be the very first genuine interviewee for Max. They are usually too polite or politically correct but Jingjin is a breath of fresh air, speaking her mind and she's the type of person whose opinions you may find grating at first but later come to appreciate because she is not full of bs as some tend to be.
she is not wrong. having Singapore citizenship, u have more freedom in travelling or even to apply for other countries' citizenship . Or just to be able to buy HDB or cheaper school fees
I think all she was trying to say with the privilege thing is that she finally doesn't feel being discriminated in SG as compare to everywhere else and that's all. Some people in the comment are taking what she's saying too literally and missing the whole picture. And as Chinese female who has similar oversea experience, I personally adore this interview although I can't 100% identify with or be relatable to everything she said. I simply ADMIRE the level of confidence, the positive energy and how articulate she is, and I know how hard she has worked and how much she have gone through over the year to reach this state in life. I wouldn't judge some of her usages of word or opinions just because they are not so sophisticated like someone saying it sitting in a newsroom. I mean, men say things that are way more stupid all the time... Anyways , thank you Max for the great video !
Me being an ABC (American Born Chinese, I feel like my experience everywhere in East Asia and some of Southeast Asia is different from both a.) “original” Chinese (as she puts it), and b.) “typical” (aka white) Americans. I don’t get the stigma attached with mainland Chinese, yet I also don’t receive the sexpat/colonizer treatment that other Americans do. I guess it’s the best of both worlds! I’m not from one of the “enemy” countries with a bad reputation, yet I’m not a true “foreigner” either, since I can blend right in and look like them. In many of the countries where people don’t talk to you unless they have to, I can fly under the radar for days if not weeks without anyone ever batting an eyelash. P.S. Even though my accent is nowhere near a Singaporean accent, 9/10 when I go to most East Asian countries, they always incorrectly guess that I am from Singapore. 🤣
Hi ! By far one of the most interesting videos of your channel IMHO. Thank you for sharing this. Especially for a female entrepreneur that I am in France willing to move to Singapore. Keep up the good work 😊🙏
They discriminate the ethnic minorities in Singapore when they travel to Europe or Western countries ,they will taste a dose of their own medicine.What goes around comes around .Glad this happen to them.
I love the frankness be it right or wrong because she she speaks of her experience in Singapore. She does not speak that she is entitled as a Chinese. She symphatizes the situation. I can relate because of where I am born which is no matter how considered as a second class citizen. Thank you, Mr. Max 🙏🏽🙇🏻♀️
The Chinese privilege she's talking about is prob just by virtue of being the dominant race at 75% of the popn, there are more people of your ethnicity speaking your language or dialect. But this really doesn't matter much to most Chinese Singaporeans since we speak more English than we do in Mandarin, even among Chinese. The other thing is company requesting applicant to be bilingual in Chinese and English but this is very much due to the China factor (ie. need to know Chinese to communicate with the increasing presence of Chinese companies here and abroad). The other thing she prob meant that it was easy living in Singapore even if one doesn't know English, knowing Chinese Mandarin can still get by. However, this is not encouraged even by us Chinese since English is the working language here and there are other ethnicities who might have difficulty communicating with you if all you know is just Mandarin. Also I don't think Singaporean (Chinese) are overly impressed with China Chinese (just because we are of the same ethnicity) like she has said. Whether they are rich (investor and buying estates in bulk) or poor (work in lowly jobs that Singaporeans don't want to do), as long as they do not behave rudely or arrogantly in Singapore and try to assimilate, they will be welcome regardless of nationality. This applies to all foreigners incl White as well. If there's any "Chinese privilege" present, it's not in the same breadth as White privilege for eg in the USA.
It’s true that plenty of Singaporeans complain about “PRC Chinese”. Just the other day a taxi uncle was keen to tell me how different they are, rude etc.
Chinese isn't seen as second citizens in Europe, idk what she's talking about. Integrate into the culture, learn the language and you're no different. Also, to say that the average Singaporean is poor, what a joke!
I am Indian Hindu from Mauritius settled in United Kingdom ,I originally came to UK as a student at 19 to train as nurse ,as my parents could not afford to send me for medical training in India or Singapore.Anyway,that was a blessing in disguise ,after my training I was working as a nurse and I meantime I completed a degree in business and finance followed by an MBA from London business School.Along the way,I made many Chinese friends who are all very nice and very hard working people .I have made it to the 0.01% by hardworking and investing by taking calculated risks in real estate ,stocks and private equity and have made many friends from the Taiwanese and Chinese community .
I respect her hustle and frankness as others pointed out. Chinese generally speaking are a very entrepreneurial and hard working race of people. There is a tendancy to demonise China and by effect Chinese people worldwide, particularly by western media, especially by AMERICA. So, i understand why some Chinese living in the west would be embarassed to identify as Chinese. Speaking of identification, she doesn't look like a eurasian to me. She looks Chinese to me. I wouldn't mistake her for half european or half white. Granted there are many eurasian who look completely asian ( asian genes are stronger than european genes) but a visibly eurasian person looks like someone like the actor Henry Golding and his wife Liv Lo. Both are eurasian and they look eurasian. They don't look fully asian despite their stronger asian features. You can tell they have mixed ancestry. Filipino pageant/beauty queen's are examples of visibly eurasian looks. Most filipino beauty queen's have european feather and filipino mother and they look visibly eurasian and some even look more european than asian.
Im a chinese Singaporean, iam proud of the Motherland and will give my life for her. So america can try, because half of singapore will run crawl back home yo defend mother!
I think many people will find it very hard to relate to Jingjin. 1) She feels very Chinese and doesn’t feel that attached to Singapore. 2) She states the main benefit of Singapore citizenship is its practicality 3) She brought a foreign company to Singapore, and then sold it to China for $10 million Compared to your other interviewees, Jingjin feels the most distant to me. A little ironic, because she spoke about the privilege of being a Chinese National in Singapore. Still, I appreciate her candour.
I love all your interviews that I’ve watched from your Channel as it’s interesting to hear from different perspectives. This interview with Jingjin is no different. I like it and appreciate her frankness and I agree with some of things she shared.
@@AndorranStairway She didn't speak about the privilege of being a Chinese NATIONAL. Rather, she spoke about the privilege of being ETHNICALLY Chinese. She highlighted that Malayasian Chinese have that privilege as well. So, it's clearly not about the nation.
It is not about the passport change , it is the national identity and motherland have change from China nation to Singapore nation. Singapore nation always the Singaporean citizen ( have the right to vote ) has the first priority ( Singaporean first ) as its national pledge.
Wow! What a great woman! I am genuinely impressed. Maybe she is honest and goes straight to the point because she lived in Germany? Or maybe she is naturally like that? Still, it was fantastic to see a Chinese person like that. Really cool. Really beautiful style as well. Just love her dress.
Singapore is so unique in that it has a non-native dominant race that got there thanks to a third party coloniser (British). What other countries today or in the past have the same background?
Malaysia as most Malays are immigrants from indonesia who migrated to the peninsular during the British colonial era. For example former PM Najib was descended from Bugis who migrated from Sulawesi while ex PM Muhyiddin is of mixed Javanese & Bugis descent. The Orang Asli are the natives of peninsular Malaya and Borneo. The Malays became the dominant race during the colonial era and were acknowledge as such by the British colonisers. Nowadays Orang Asli have been disenfranchised in their own land by the immigrant Malay race and are stuck in perpetual poverty. The Malays have also robbed the Orang Asli of their native rights via Article 153 of the Malaysian constiturion which enshrines special privilege for Malays but not for the Orang Asli.
@@anchored555 I mean the majority of Americans, Aussies, Kiwis and Canadians are from a mix of European descent, many of which were the colonial powers in the US (UK, Spain, France and Germany). So I wouldn't say they were brought in by a third party country. Singapore, on the other hand, isn't dominantly British and also was not colonised by the Chinese, yet the Chinese are the dominant race there and they were brought there by the colonial British.
If she meant nationality Chinese ( 中国人/中华民族/中国国族/ chinese as a nation )? Or she meant ethnic group han chinese ( 汉族/华族/华人 ）？ The logic has to be cleared
she choose investing over buying a car here in Singapore due to the depreciation value even though income is not an issue for her . Its good , she is direct in the conversation . aston martin in germany autobahn highway gonna be suitable :)
She is ashamed of being Chinese national or ethnic han chinese ? in Europe they have already abolished race and ethnic group in their constitution after WW2, hence people there only divided either european nations or other nationality ( foreign nation ) In US and Europe it is already illegal to talk or ask people on their race / ethnic group in the public. Hence they are only generalise as asian , African , latino , etc
It takes 2 months to get birth certificate in Germany? I don’t believe that. Here in Italy we got it at the time baby is born. It’s true you get a month to do it but if you go to office on the first day , the certificate is done within 10 min.
This is in contrast to the western originating public living permanently in Singapore or neighbouring countries suggesting it will never be their home, highlighting themselves to be looked upon as second class. People aren't that complex. Sometimes I wonder if it largely all comes down to looks and little else, but it's obvious the majority of public views are conditioned by the media, and the media are influenced by their government's narrative towards any country and level of trust. I've never heard of anyone look down on anyone simply because they are Chinese. However, automatically looking up to anyone anywhere simply because of where they are from will surely be a challenge for all.
Not to be harsh or critical but the reason you felt like a second class citizen in the “Western Countries” as you say is because your English is very hard to understand. If you’re among the average Singaporean and speak like this it will be a hard place too. It’s just because in Singapore you have money so you feel more privileged. West and East are very different. In the west people look beyond just money. Anyways, I’m happy you enjoy Singapore. It certainly is a very good country but unfortunately if you want to truly experience life and be more holistic in your development you should live in the west and try to be successful there. Just based on the conversation I can tell you have a very limited mindset. Again no offense, glad you feel happy and welcome in Singapore.
Disagree with you respectfully😊. It has nothing to do with her English and her "limited mindset". She is the opposite - speaks good English and is very open minded! Anyway, no harm, foul! Best wishes to all!
She is speaking the truth, the reality is there is a bias towards Chinese in Singapore. As a Indian who studied in NUS I can say that for sure. Even career choices and options are limited for other races
I think most Chinese Singaporeans would disagree with her notion of 'Chinese privilege', whereas Indian, Malay and other minority ethnic Singaporeans would understand implicitly that despite Singapore being a multicultural society , it is very much one where Chinese values hold sway, and therefore one where there is 'Chinese privilege'. For e.g., Singapore is a very materialistic, future-oriented, academics-obsessed, 'kiasu' society. Singapore society's mainstream value system is very much Chinese, rather than an Indian or Malay one. Another e.g. is that physical punishment of children is accepted as normal. This is very much a Chinese thing, less practised by Indians, and actually immoral in Malay culture.
Yes - 1990 - I arrived. English speaking Chinese is strangely mainstream and majority. British-English speaking Chinese (in 1990), even better. Every (mother) assumed I was a Government Scholar (I was not) at age 27, with Oxford, public school accent, single, Chinese, eligible. Wow! quiate scary and different to London in 1980's.
There can never be true equality regardless of race, religion or class. It's a nice thing to aspire to but let's be real, due to gender, the social status you are born into, etc, some are already "more equal" than some from birth. Even among people of the same race, the rich will always have more access and privilege to better education, better jobs etc. better connections....the only thing achievable is meritocracy, but even this arguable.
@@faisalz8849 your are right, only Chinese need to pay sky high buying price for a resale hdb, only Chinese pay extremely high rental for hawker stalls, and the ethnic grp enjoying free school fees still crying for being not fair.
@@ymhktravel agree.. there will be no true equality in this world especially genders, does it mean we should do nothing? we are striking to minimize the gap isn't it?
I do not agree with some of her views, esp. on Chinese race is the privileged race over the White in SG. I personally experienced race discrimination by UK expats for being a Singapore Chinese. I've overheard them speaking about 'protecting' and deliberately promoting the minority races in SG irregardless of work performances.
Our multi races of Chinese, Malay, Indian, Eurasian have been taught from P1 onwards. I agree with J Koh that Chinese is not the privilege race in Singapore. It’s more about each ethnicity’s culture and language that have different priority in lives.
She inherited the pre-WW2 racist mindset of Nazi German . After the WW2 the german are reformed , race /ethnic group are abolished in their constitution. It is illegal to talk of race / ethnic group in public , she will put in jail if she talk like this in Germany
A friend of mine asked me why her expat bosses favored minority races for promotion regardless of performance. Interesting that you overheard the reasons for why your expat bosses favored the minorities.
Interesting . I think in the western countries, they tend to have a perception of giving more to the minorities because they feel the minorities have a lesser chance as compared to the majority.
Wow... this Chinese expat can say her experience, but i think she's overstepping when speaking for Singaporeans. I know multimillionaires who dine at coffee shops all the time. You just cant tell because they dont like to flaunt.
Branded cars and clothes are important in working or business dealings? I'm more worried about the value that will added to myself or my company and the $ on the sales contract than, what the person wears or have!
I am Proud for being a Chinese decedent even tho i was born in Singapore , Singaporean or American are not a Race it just a Nationalist ! Always remember we are a race called Human beings we shed the same red color blood ... Don't let Nationality disengaging us . Amitabha
the only reason you are not discrimated is because you can speak english well... try do a vlog one day "speak mandrian only!.. and talk to over 10 peoples randomly on the street, you got high chance to have the discrimination ...
I think provilege is often misunderstood. I'm a Finn, and I've lived all my life in Finland. I know I'm privileged, but I didn't use to think so. I used to scoff at people who talked about white privilege. White privilege is not a big thing in Finland, but Finnish privilege certainly is. Most privileged people, like me and probably you, never notice the privilege. I think the best way to sum up privilege is that you are the DEFAULT SETTING and you're seen as part of the IN-GROUP rather than as "other". So, when people see me, they expect me to speak the local language well. Similarly, when they see my job application, they see a Finnish name. If your name is not Finnish, people easily think that your Finnish language skills are inferior to a native Finnish speaker's skills and so on. There are a lot of biases. I've noticed that I have them too. Quite often, my assumptions turn out to be wrong.
Because you got no experience to compare to, imagine you are Bangladeshis work in Singapore compare to a citizen, people treat you differently because lack of understanding, different in culture and language Barrier. The privilege you have is you can be like everyone else and not below everyone else.
You never feel it as you never receive the short end of the straw before. If you ask around, there will be definitely higher percentage Malay/Indians saying they've been rejected in their lifetime probably once based on their race for things either like jobs, scholarships, or even just patronizing a shop because the owner only speaks mandarin (which is the default mother tongue of Chinese Singaporean where Malays/Indian have to pick up as third language if they want to understand). You'll hardly find Malay/Indian shop aunty or uncle that can't speak a little of English, however I've personally experienced not being able to patronised a shop because the aunty only speaks Mandarin. And also (I know this is not anyone's fault) the fact that 70% of the population is Chinese which makes it easier for you guys to be able to communicate in either via English or Mandarin, and if you were to interact with Malays/Indians, highly likely they're able to speak English too. Same can't be said for Malays/Indians. In Singapore context, THESE are considered as Chinese Privilege, to the eyes of the minorities at least. Chinese Privilege in SG context is not about implying that you're treated special or treated at a higher status (which you or some Chinese are implying, and yes I understand that you're not) but is more of you being privileged because Chinese constitute to do most percentage population in SG so YOU are the norm, like its almost impossible get rejected based on your race for local jobs because logically no company will reject the Majority Race of a Country. So that's what Chinese Privilege is, in Singapore.
If she didnt say she was from China, I would have thought that she was originally from Singapore. Its a very typical Singaporean look and way of speaking.
Interesting interview here, Max! Its really an uncomfortable truth that Chinese do have certain privilege here more than the local Malay or Indian. Its really sad. For those denying this, I will lay out out this points: 1) Dont forget that local Singaporean Indians and Malays cannot apply for alot of jobs here because of the "only mandarin-speaking" job requirement 2) Senior Minister Tharman was the perfect person for our next PM but still put aside due to he is not Chinese(even PM Lee said himself that Singapore not ready for non-Chinese PM). Yes, Singapore is better than a lot of other countries in term of closing the gap of "race privilege" but we still need to admit that we still have it and need alot to do to combat it.
@@sktoh4469 what if i am chinese? I am Singaporean, all i want is that be it Chinese, Malay or Indian, we all have fair advantage. One thing for sure, you cant deny the two points that i had brought up.
@CNA to combat your point , let's say you are running a company dealing mainly with chinese/Arab clients, would you as a boss choose someone who proficiency is in that language for communication. Secondly in singapore everyone is a singaporean , there is not malay-singaporean , Indian-singaporean or Chinese-singaporean written specifically in our nric , race to differentiate yes . The word Privileges is so linked to western culture. Just like white Privilege that is happening in Europe and the u.s . I am a Singaporean and chinese as race based on my nric but I have worked with rich Singaporeans who are malays and Indians by race defined by our nric .they worked their socks off amd succeed in what they are doing . Singapore isn't defined by the colour of your skin or race that you are placed in. What matters is how you shape and define your future Fyi do look up on the subsidiaries that are provided to each race in singapore . Singapore is equal and has always been , be it if you are white , African, malay, Indian or Chinese everyone has an equal opportunity to succeed and fail.
I think Singapore has always been equal for all races, it’s just the culture differences. And china rise in gdp required mandarin speakers to tab into the market. If Indonesia and malaysia spoke same Malay then I’m sure the hiring will be Malay speaking required
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After reading some comments about her feeling "privileged" in Singapore, I want to come to her defence. 1. Her use of the word may stem from her being racially discriminated in the Western countries. In comparison, she feels "privileged" as a Chinese here. You have to remember background and context when people use certain words. 2. She may have misused the word. When in fact she meant she feels respected and appreciated, especially when people know she is an investor. 3. She probably did a direct translation from Chinese word to English word and used "privilege" in when she means respected and not discriminated agst. Honestly, a privilege person will not say she is privileged. It just goes to show that she is humbled enough to feel like she is respected in the community.
I always find it that we get too hung up on a word or a couple of sentences. Look at it in the context of her background and her experiences.
I agree with your take. Have been living in both USA and Canada for close to 13 to 14 years, regardless of whether the comments around here admit it or not, we are always the 2nd class citizen if you look like another race. There are a few points she said here and there, that simply is not true such as dining in one common restaurant. And I can tell her "privilege" is not real privilege but treated with respect. If the same words are used by another race, I am sure we are more receptive.
In Singapore, we are driven by how much you can earn and how much you are willing to spend. When I was working in an organisation in Singapore way back, the government made a decision to pay another race more than the local. I left the job and country for that reason. That race is definitely not Asian. I was upset because the pay arrangement is not base on skillset. Penny counting our local is to me at least not the way to go.
Singapore still has way to go to be equal and fair. But saying the American or the western world are better is definitely false even at the peak of your career. Most of the time when you reach a level, they simply cannot find equal or better so you are left so call "expensive" to them. To them, we are holding ransom. But if they have a chance, they will jump at it to replace you.
Like all race, they will take care of themselves. Is human nation and animal instinct. What privilege means to many oversea Asian is more respect and closer to equal opportunity.
True I always had the same thought process but I believe the multiracial aspect is really pronounced as we grew up with so many races among us in schools, even though we definitely form our own cliques either by race or preferences but by being put in the setting where we have to coexist to survive and therefore leads us to form strong special bonds with all and everyone despite race , first impressions and stereotypes as one Singaporeans. even though there will be some drawbacks CCA aids that, western culture and history downsides reforms that.
In the commercial / Coporate world, the company only weighs only its costs, profit margins and which staff is its most cost / profit effective staff. This is the cruel reality, once u are the no longer the useful pawn, u will be set aside. U can work till your health is gone, at best they give u a pad on the shoulder for the hard work. But who will restore your health. The benefits given when u are working for them are to keep u happy and make u contribute more for them to make profit. Once u r over the hill and too expensive, tides will change.
You be dark skin, brown, Indian, in Singapore, you'll be treated worse than asians in europe.
No, it means privileged. She is saying privileged. She knows English, she lived in western countries. Don't need to treat her like a kid. If you're treated nicely compared to other people just because of your race, it mean you're privileged. You're not hearing what she is saying. It's like white person doesn't want to admit why he lives in good housing, good schooling, went to good college, got job easily, police don't beat him up, people don't profile him as thug is because of his race and racial history in USA.
That lady seems to be pretty professional career women, she have worked all over world, she knows English better than you, I highly doubt that she doesn't understand the word "privilege".
She knows it, and she is using it knowing what it means.
Listen to her instead of adding your dumb commentary.
This is a precious lesson I learnt from Jingjin, "Be your own advocate because if you don't no one will be your advocate." As an Asian, some of us tend to be shy about speaking about our achievements because we were taught not to be braggards or show offs. I learnt that confidence and results need to go hand in hand.
She is incredibly honest, humble and so open in sharing her experiences. Thank you!
And needs to humble to receive critics and correct the mistake
I’m a Singaporean and my skin tends to turn dark when the weather is hot.Some Chinese Singaporean especially the older generation think I’m a Bangladeshi and treat me hastily..That’s where the good part begin and begin to boombard them make them realise that I’m a Singaporean too..These people never realised their forefathers were immigrant too..
Same situation everywhere. The US is a famous example where Most people are immigrants but racism still rampant, especially the anglo European immigrants towards Africans one.
I love this gal. She has no filter and speaks so frankly and refreshingly. By far, she’s the most interesting guest interview 👍👍👍
What she says about holding a China passport is troublesome for traveling is SO SO TRUE. And she earns my respect when she said she will only apply for a particular country’s passport when she identifies her value with that country, but not out of convenience.
"She has no filter and speaks so frankly ....". That's so typically German.
Thats why she is not refined / civilised from the “British” perspective , something need to expected unsounded ( cannot speak in words )
@@amritsagar4964 I agree with your comment about being “typically German”. I’ve a few German coworkers and they’re exactly like that. One of the things I love about them.
Very unlike most Chinese who consider a passport a tool rather than an affirmation of one's own values....
I beg to differ some of the views she had mentioned. However, this interview did show how a wealthy foreign Chinese views Singapore and its citizens, very different from the other interviews that Max had done before. It's a good video.
I love her confidence and I admire her brutal honesty.
She rather looks little nervous drinking regularly from can.
@@mohdyusuffsharif944 Very presumptuous.
@@mohdyusuffsharif944s a touchy subject. Not surprised she's nervous
She’s awesome
@@mohdyusuffsharif944you must be man
Jingjin sounds like a really nice person and could be a nice friend. Straight forward, real, clear headed, speaks her mind. Thumbs up!
I completely agree, would love to be friends with her she give great advice
I don’t foresee this video being very well received because of the sensitive and controversial topics.
It is true that any racial majority in any country will enjoy certain social privileges, but to say you like Singapore _because_ of this privilege is not going to be something people are going to enjoy hearing.
And to say that the average person in Singapore has a “low life standard” because billionaires don’t go to hawker centers and the same restaurants? I don’t know about that one.
If there’s one thing many Singaporeans don’t like, it’s wealthy foreigners talking about their wealth, and enjoying local privileges while espousing their pride as foreign Nationals.
Locals are well aware of the allure of their country, and they do not appreciate being relegated to being second class citizens because of wealthy foreigners.
Don’t get me wrong, I don’t dislike Jingjin, but any opinions within the territory of social stratification are best kept to private circles.
telll me more, these "wealthy foreigners" are now in the room with you? :) How weatlhy they are? EPs in SG can't afford a car lol
Interesting observations about local social dynamics! Thanks
You don't dislike her?
What a saint!
At a time when singapore is consolidating her identity about race too.
as an ethnic chinese, I feel ashamed I share the same racial moniker at times with these racists
may god light the way forward for singapore
This is just her opinion, other Chinese nationals may have a different pov. I won't read too much into what she said. There are certainly billionaires who have meals at hawker centres. It's just that they are smart enough not to draw attention upon themselves.
Anyone is only representing oneself. She is practically telling her life, for that, thumb up.
I do respect of her opinions from a different background and experience. Anyway, thanks Max for the sharing and that’s interesting topics.
Max, I have thoroughly enjoyed watching your videos. I discovered your channel after searching RUclips for videos about Singapore as I had been feeling homesick. I’m a Singaporean who has been a US PR for almost three decades. I love listening to the different perspectives of foreigners living in Singapore but this one is my favorite so far. People need not be upset if they keep in mind that her opinion is based on her personal experiences, and everyone’s experiences are different.
As someone mentioned, I’d love to watch an interview of foreigners who work in the “blue collar” industry. I think their perspective is equally valuable and interesting.
Thank you once again and keep the videos coming!
Max is not interested in migrant workers. In that way he is very Singaporean.....
As a Sporean, I was treated as a 2nd class or 3rd class Chinese in China.
Malay Singaporean here! Wasnt greatly affected when she talked about her Chinese privileges here in Singapore (honestly thats really how it is) but similar sentiments w the rest, really loved her honesty and esp towards the end when she talks about women in asia & dealing in businesses. Very different than the other content of yours ive seen so far. Loved it
But context is political incorrect in SG , MY and SEA
@@ct9245just because something is politically incorrect does not mean it is actually incorrect. Most of the time the opposite is true.
Her experience is mostly an artifact of being part of a majority race - that being Chinese in Singapore. Believe me, growing up in Singapore and being used to being the majority race, then moving to the US, one basically is the minority race - its quite an eye opener. There is mostly nothing inherently racist in how I am treated here in the US - sure there are rare encounters where it's racially motivated but honestly, people just gravitate to others who look like them.
'Privilege' just means the comfort, familiarity and sense of belonging that comes with living around people of your own culture - just like a baby is loved more by its own family . Not only is this how the world has always been, its a good thing that maintains social cohesion (and keeps the foreign wolves out!)
I AM A CHINESE. AND......A DAMN VERY PROUD ONE...❤❤❤
@@stevenobinator2229 I would like to honestly know why I should not be proud....
The diversity of the people walking by throughout the interview is a testament of the diversity of Singapore!
Like someone said, the "privilege" she mentioned was most likely due to her social class, nothing to do with race. Max, you should interview the street level China Chinese, those in construction, F&B etc. They form the biggest group of China citizens working here and I doubt they will tell you about "privilege." In fact, many Chinese Singaporeans view them negatively due to their loud and perceived uncouth nature. Chinese Singaporean here
I guess blue-collar workers won't be the interviewee for this channel... PS: most of my Singaporean friend consider those WP holders are contributor of Singapore development.
me malay from malaysia... i think this comment is true... used to work in singapore when waiting my master awhile ago... it so true...
Chinese is really privileged in sg, you wont know this if youve never lived in other countries. Chinese blue collar workers are perceived more favorably compared to south asian ones
Exactly. Like u interview Elon mask on how the inflation affecting your meal expenses
As a chinese singaporean. I really don't think it's true. I don't have any negative connotations about the chinese construction workers working here in Singapore. Infact I view the rich mainland Chinese more negatively than the poor. There are way more videos of rich china Chinese treating the locals (doesn't matter the race) as second class citizens in their own country. The entitlement is insane. There are little if not none of the chinese construction workers or cleaners doing dispeakable things.
Think her opinion of Singaporean Chinese is sort of similar to majority of mainland Chinese who view SG a pride of Chinese that the dominant race in Sg is Chinese and the wrong & adulterated notion that Sg’s progress and prosperity were brought about by the Chinese ethnicity and that Singaporean Chinese are some pseudo China Chinese and should embrace and pay homage to China as motherland. Sg is blessed to have LKY as its founding PM, a great statesman endowed with wisdom, vision, boldness and resolve to better the life of all Singaporeans regardless of race, language or religion. The 58 years of Sg nation building has clearly make Singaporean Chinese a different & distinct identity from the China Chinese.
I will identify myself with China one day Singapore became a poorer country and China GDP per capita is 20 times that of Singapore. Money is everything.
Can stop that lky bs.
Sg was already a busy port under the brits.
Lky inherited a working engine n steer it to a better direction.
The people are the ones wheeling it.
Without LKY, China is still third world
@@flowertay7383yeah you sound delusional
Guarantee SG wouldnt have evolved if they had a diff racial composition😂😂😂
i'm malaysia born ethics chinese. i'm not chinese i'm malaysian. i had nothing to do with china and communism
Wee said!
But the malays and Chinese hate each other.
Kudos to Jingjin for providing the most objective and balanced assessment of life in Singapore out of all guests on the channel. Her analysis is spot-on. 👍
I actually enjoyed this video. 1) great content definitely 2) the lady speaks well 3) advertisement at the end, unlike some of the previous videos it’s right in the middle. So I actually enjoyed the whole video without any awkward pause in between :) great job!
thanks but there is no ad at the end lol
Everywhere is the same. If you're Majority in the Country,you're Good. If you're Minority,the Majority will have this Reserved feelings towards you. Even Singapore not excluded.Same - Same but Different.
Sorry not really. If the boss is of other race, the situation might change even of you belong to the majority race.
True that.
True I always had the same thought process but I believe the multiracial aspect is really pronounced as we grew up with so many races among us in schools, even though we definitely form our own cliques either by race or preferences but by being put in the setting where we have to coexist to survive and therefore leads us to form strong special bonds with all and everyone despite race , first impressions and stereotypes as one Singaporeans. even though there will be some drawbacks CCA aids that, western culture and history downsides reforms that.
Actually, you get more privileged being a minority in China than being the majority.
Wow, can we have more CEOs and bosses come in to speak about their insights? Awesome perspective and experience. We learnt so much from her. 👍
No matter what, I enjoyed the video and liked that she honestly spoke about her experiences and perceptions. She might have used most accurate word, or maybe she has. Doesn’t matter much to me.
She unable to come out to clarify these confusion in her statement
Great interview! Love hearing her perspective and experiences in Singapore
Thanks for this interview. This woman is very smart and beautiful but she is misrepresenting Singapore. Singapore has many Indians too. The government tries hard to show to the world thst they are Singaporeans too. The Chinese Singaporeans aren't supposed to be "more privileged" than other Singaporeans. English is the lingua franca of the country and not Mandarin. Singapore's media and government try to strike a balance between China and the West. Singapore is not China's little brother or satellite. Her experience in Europe has warped her understanding of how multicultural societies should work. She would be surprised at how many people would not agree with some of her words in this interview.
What a refreshingly frank interviewee. It's great to hear someone say it like it is.
Mrs Jingjin is right. The Rich Poor class gap in Singapore is appalling.
My observation here is that the very rich has many luxury cars while the very poor collect cardboards by the streets simply to survive. Very good observation. 👍🏻
Those collecting cardboards are generally from Malaysia...
@@bell-xk5dd No, they’re not. They are the homeless & elderly SG citizens. Saw a documentary about this on CNA Insider. Indeed it’s very true that the rich poor gap in SG is too wide.
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Elderly Singapore citizens get a lot of help, grants and subsidies from government. There is also a long list of NGOs helping the elderly. Those you see packing cardboards are mostly elderly Malaysians working in Singapore for years, and they are the borderless people who don’t really belong anywhere, here or there...but they refuse to leave, so they scrimp for a living cleaning tables and selling cardboards...
@@bell-xk5ddThere are local elderly collecting cardboards in my housing estate,to make ends meet.
So no one told her she doesn’t look Eurasian (more of Peranakan) nor do we look up to Chinese. We r jst being nice. Don’t let it get to ur ego.
As a Singapore citizen from Hong Kong, I think she is utterly delusional.
Btw, I cannot call myself Singaporean because I was not born and bred here. The word "Singaporean" is exclusive to a person who was born and bred in Singapore or at the very least served in NS.
Before acquiring Singapore citizenship, I called myself a British Hong Konger, given that I was born and bred in British Hong Kong and held a British passport.
And FH(er)I, Canadian Hong Konger Li Ka Shing wore his Seiko watch for decades. Nobody look down on him.
You're the one who is being utterly delusional, not her. Nationality can change, but race and ethnicity do not. According to your words, you were a Hong Kong Chinese person during the British colonial period. ( "Hong Konger" is not a race or ethnicity.) Now, you are identified as Singaporean Chinese like other Chinese people in Singapore. You can fool yourself but you can't change the fact that you're Chinese. There's nothing you can do to change that fact. Try to accept and embrace who you are and be proud of it. Being Chinese is nothing to be ashamed of.
A British Hong Konger be called dog eater chingchong or any racism word which target to Chinese in UK but she never fight back and still being utterly delusional that ethnically identified herself as non-chinese to avoid be discriminated
@@The_Art_of_AI_888correct!
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In Singapore , foreign nationals are not allow to buy land in Singapore , only Singaporean / Singapore citizen can purchase land in SG .
She do not know what she is talking about 😂
Technically, we don't buy lands. Our government have lease only.
I am a Chinese Chinese and have been living in Germany for more than 20 years. Germany is a small country but a great and a generous country in my eyes, it is my second hometown. Germany treats its own citizens and foreigners fairly. As a foreign child you will get the same free school education from primary school to university like German kids and children of refugees get this free school education too. No one will be previlleged and no on will be discriminated there. All children enjoy the free medical care as long as they are at school. This benefit you will never get in SG or in China. All German universities are free to all foreign students. Very less countries in the world can do that like Germany!
In Germany employees enjoy much better company benifits, employee-friendly labor rights, more paid leave days in a year, affordeble health insurance with the same medical treatments , Christmas and summer bonus, overtime is forbidden. As opposed to German Singaporaen used to work very long, they have less paid leave days. Very bad social caring for freelances. SG is only good for rich and younger people. Foreigners are sometimes discriminated in SG, for example foreingers must pay for the entrance of a garden but the locals don't. In Germany if sth is free for Germans, it is also free for foreigners. I paid 15$ for an orchid garden two years ago, but my SG girlfriend didn't need to pay. I explained to Singaporean that this was discrimination in Europe! Singaporean are very inpatient and always complain and like to scold others.
Regarding to her opinion that German cities looking always the same, this is because of German laws that protect the old buildings. All buildings older than 80 years are strictly protected and not allowed to be turned down. And most of these old buildings are privat properties, the government has no right to demolish them. I don't like too many changes in a place. Everytime when I return to China I can't recognize my hometown anymore and it looks like everywhere without its own identity.
The only advantage of SG in comparison with Germany for me is the delicious food there. This is what I can't get in Germany.
Finally I wish all you guys a pleasant and succeful life in SG.
German is a joke now
150% agree with your comparison between Germany and Singapore/China. Singaporeans have 35% foreigners living in their midst, paying income taxes and GST, yet are not entitled to any welfare/subsidies, unless they are PRs. Singaporeans don't realise that that is one of the main reasons why they enjoy low taxation compared to other countries.
Womp womp. Germany is a backwards country these days. Singapore is only going up and forward.
@02june80 Yes - you are correct.
@02june80 I wouldn't couch my thoughts on conscription in such moral terms, but I concur that conscription is simply not the best way to get a professional, motivated armed forces.
True to be told am I was born in Africa and very very lucky to be smart mentally and physically I have worked and trade with Chinese people and most Asians Japanese 🇯🇵/ Taiwanese 🇹🇼 so on ASIAN ARE VERY VERY SMART PEOPLE ON FACE OF EARTH AND SUPER DISCIPLINE AND BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE this lady right here is very very smart I can tell from every word coming from her mouth ... Racial discrimination is most human sickness especially poor and stupid people I have never meet millionaires with deep racial discrimination
Actually, the Taiwanese are Chinese...They are not of different races or different ethnicity or different nationality. (Taiwan and mainland China are still under the ongoing unfinished Chinese Civil War). Don't be misled by all the biased and fact-twisted political propaganda and misinformation from biased media...
Hate to say it but this could be the very first genuine interviewee for Max. They are usually too polite or politically correct but Jingjin is a breath of fresh air, speaking her mind and she's the type of person whose opinions you may find grating at first but later come to appreciate because she is not full of bs as some tend to be.
Never have doubt of your identity, just do the best with what you got, and always be proud of who you are and what you have achieved.
What an interesting interview. Love the lady's views. Thanks for posting.
Quite refreshing to hear her experience.
Who is she to comment that "most people" get Singapore citizenship for practical reason !?
This point I have to agree, and we have been contesting this with our government for the longest time
It’s part of a pragmatic approach to rooting oneself in a country, if u have travelled often and lived abroad for awhile.
she is not wrong. having Singapore citizenship, u have more freedom in travelling or even to apply for other countries' citizenship . Or just to be able to buy HDB or cheaper school fees
She hided that she abandon （舍弃）her China nationality ( her motherland / her fatherland / 母国/祖国）
It not just about passport
I think all she was trying to say with the privilege thing is that she finally doesn't feel being discriminated in SG as compare to everywhere else and that's all. Some people in the comment are taking what she's saying too literally and missing the whole picture. And as Chinese female who has similar oversea experience, I personally adore this interview although I can't 100% identify with or be relatable to everything she said. I simply ADMIRE the level of confidence, the positive energy and how articulate she is, and I know how hard she has worked and how much she have gone through over the year to reach this state in life. I wouldn't judge some of her usages of word or opinions just because they are not so sophisticated like someone saying it sitting in a newsroom. I mean, men say things that are way more stupid all the time... Anyways , thank you Max for the great video !
Why did you have to make this about gender ? Hilarious 🙄 Are you a man hater ?
Me being an ABC (American Born Chinese, I feel like my experience everywhere in East Asia and some of Southeast Asia is different from both a.) “original” Chinese (as she puts it), and b.) “typical” (aka white) Americans.
I don’t get the stigma attached with mainland Chinese, yet I also don’t receive the sexpat/colonizer treatment that other Americans do.
I guess it’s the best of both worlds! I’m not from one of the “enemy” countries with a bad reputation, yet I’m not a true “foreigner” either, since I can blend right in and look like them.
In many of the countries where people don’t talk to you unless they have to, I can fly under the radar for days if not weeks without anyone ever batting an eyelash.
P.S. Even though my accent is nowhere near a Singaporean accent, 9/10 when I go to most East Asian countries, they always incorrectly guess that I am from Singapore. 🤣
Hi ! By far one of the most interesting videos of your channel IMHO. Thank you for sharing this. Especially for a female entrepreneur that I am in France willing to move to Singapore. Keep up the good work 😊🙏
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Great interview. I like the lady’s honest & direct thoughts and answers.
I like her very honest and direct replies.
Singapore is diverse ethnic welcome everyone but to have pr it's about money , great idea or talent,
They discriminate the ethnic minorities in Singapore when they travel to Europe or Western countries ,they will taste a dose of their own medicine.What goes around comes around .Glad this happen to them.
Discriminate?
Atleast not worse than white people discriminating black people
Even called them the n word
And in USA
Black people are shot
Singapore has no violence while in western countries people will hit you because of your race that's the difference
I love the frankness be it right or wrong because she she speaks of her experience in Singapore. She does not speak that she is entitled as a Chinese. She symphatizes the situation. I can relate because of where I am born which is no matter how considered as a second class citizen.
Thank you, Mr. Max 🙏🏽🙇🏻♀️
What a great interview. Smart lady, enjoyed her perspectives on Singapore, business and life in general 🤝
Another great candid interview
The Chinese privilege she's talking about is prob just by virtue of being the dominant race at 75% of the popn, there are more people of your ethnicity speaking your language or dialect. But this really doesn't matter much to most Chinese Singaporeans since we speak more English than we do in Mandarin, even among Chinese. The other thing is company requesting applicant to be bilingual in Chinese and English but this is very much due to the China factor (ie. need to know Chinese to communicate with the increasing presence of Chinese companies here and abroad). The other thing she prob meant that it was easy living in Singapore even if one doesn't know English, knowing Chinese Mandarin can still get by. However, this is not encouraged even by us Chinese since English is the working language here and there are other ethnicities who might have difficulty communicating with you if all you know is just Mandarin. Also I don't think Singaporean (Chinese) are overly impressed with China Chinese (just because we are of the same ethnicity) like she has said. Whether they are rich (investor and buying estates in bulk) or poor (work in lowly jobs that Singaporeans don't want to do), as long as they do not behave rudely or arrogantly in Singapore and try to assimilate, they will be welcome regardless of nationality. This applies to all foreigners incl White as well. If there's any "Chinese privilege" present, it's not in the same breadth as White privilege for eg in the USA.
It’s true that plenty of Singaporeans complain about “PRC Chinese”. Just the other day a taxi uncle was keen to tell me how different they are, rude etc.
Lol
If she cannot speak english well , then thats it
I hope I can find a job in Singapore very soon. I really would like to live and work there. Greetings from Turkey.
Chinese isn't seen as second citizens in Europe, idk what she's talking about. Integrate into the culture, learn the language and you're no different. Also, to say that the average Singaporean is poor, what a joke!
She never said that the average Singaporean is poor.
@@MaxChernov so you agree with everything else
@@Amalga-hx5bl he did not. so don't assume
listen carefully before you comment anything about her .
@Redge
Perhaps the more appropriate Word to use on the average Singaporean isn’t “poor” but Cash BROKE instead.
I am Indian Hindu from Mauritius settled in United Kingdom ,I originally came to UK as a student at 19 to train as nurse ,as my parents could not afford to send me for medical training in India or Singapore.Anyway,that was a blessing in disguise ,after my training I was working as a nurse and I meantime I completed a degree in business and finance followed by an MBA from London business School.Along the way,I made many Chinese friends who are all very nice and very hard working people .I have made it to the 0.01% by hardworking and investing by taking calculated risks in real estate ,stocks and private equity and have made many friends from the Taiwanese and Chinese community .
I respect her hustle and frankness as others pointed out. Chinese generally speaking are a very entrepreneurial and hard working race of people. There is a tendancy to demonise China and by effect Chinese people worldwide, particularly by western media, especially by AMERICA. So, i understand why some Chinese living in the west would be embarassed to identify as Chinese. Speaking of identification, she doesn't look like a eurasian to me. She looks Chinese to me. I wouldn't mistake her for half european or half white. Granted there are many eurasian who look completely asian ( asian genes are stronger than european genes) but a visibly eurasian person looks like someone like the actor Henry Golding and his wife Liv Lo. Both are eurasian and they look eurasian. They don't look fully asian despite their stronger asian features. You can tell they have mixed ancestry. Filipino pageant/beauty queen's are examples of visibly eurasian looks. Most filipino beauty queen's have european feather and filipino mother and they look visibly eurasian and some even look more european than asian.
I would love to have some feathers growing outta me. 😊
Ok I watched, I enjoyed it. Overall I like her frankness even though some bits I find myself thinkingb"hmmm.." so thanks for presenting this.
Im a chinese Singaporean, iam proud of the Motherland and will give my life for her. So america can try, because half of singapore will run crawl back home yo defend mother!
Thanks for sharing this outspoken interview about facts & may you , family live well in Singapore …here all is equal,but you have to be diligent
Correction ;Chinese malaysian, not chinese malay. Malay is a race. Please do not simply call chinese malaysian as chinese malay. Ok?
What resonates with you in this interview?
I think many people will find it very hard to relate to Jingjin.
1) She feels very Chinese and doesn’t feel that attached to Singapore.
2) She states the main benefit of Singapore citizenship is its practicality
3) She brought a foreign company to Singapore, and then sold it to China for $10 million
Compared to your other interviewees, Jingjin feels the most distant to me. A little ironic, because she spoke about the privilege of being a Chinese National in Singapore.
Still, I appreciate her candour.
Stay true to yourself no matter what. Be proud of who you are. Eventually you will realize your potential. Good one. Thanks max
That I should go to a country that I am the ethnic majority, so I enjoy more privileges
I love all your interviews that I’ve watched from your Channel as it’s interesting to hear from different perspectives. This interview with Jingjin is no different. I like it and appreciate her frankness and I agree with some of things she shared.
@@AndorranStairway She didn't speak about the privilege of being a Chinese NATIONAL. Rather, she spoke about the privilege of being ETHNICALLY Chinese. She highlighted that Malayasian Chinese have that privilege as well. So, it's clearly not about the nation.
Nationality come before ethnicity as the Singapore pledge spelled out.
It is not about the passport change , it is the national identity and motherland have change from
China nation to Singapore nation.
Singapore nation always the Singaporean citizen ( have the right to vote ) has the first priority ( Singaporean first ) as its national pledge.
She is wrong. The very rich in Singapore also eat in hawker centers. Only those from mainland China don't. They think only poor people eat there.
main landers also look down on chinese that doesnt speak mandrine well.
So, she moved from Europe to Singapore a country where it's usually touted as the lesser China to feel privileged... yeah makes sense.
people like her are what erodes racial harmony and religious tolerance in singapore, and the government continues to bring them in
You don’t really understand what she say,privilege is be treat equally
Wow! What a great woman! I am genuinely impressed. Maybe she is honest and goes straight to the point because she lived in Germany? Or maybe she is naturally like that? Still, it was fantastic to see a Chinese person like that. Really cool. Really beautiful style as well. Just love her dress.
Singapore is so unique in that it has a non-native dominant race that got there thanks to a third party coloniser (British). What other countries today or in the past have the same background?
Malaysia as most Malays are immigrants from indonesia who migrated to the peninsular during the British colonial era. For example former PM Najib was descended from Bugis who migrated from Sulawesi while ex PM Muhyiddin is of mixed Javanese & Bugis descent. The Orang Asli are the natives of peninsular Malaya and Borneo. The Malays became the dominant race during the colonial era and were acknowledge as such by the British colonisers.
Nowadays Orang Asli have been disenfranchised in their own land by the immigrant Malay race and are stuck in perpetual poverty. The Malays have also robbed the Orang Asli of their native rights via Article 153 of the Malaysian constiturion which enshrines special privilege for Malays but not for the Orang Asli.
Australia is one.
The British got the most hardworking, skilled, intelligent and tolerant people they could find but not day dreamers.
Countries with a non-native dominant race brought in by a coloniser? USA, Australia, NZ, Canada etc. Looks like SG isn’t that unique on this front.
@@anchored555 I mean the majority of Americans, Aussies, Kiwis and Canadians are from a mix of European descent, many of which were the colonial powers in the US (UK, Spain, France and Germany). So I wouldn't say they were brought in by a third party country. Singapore, on the other hand, isn't dominantly British and also was not colonised by the Chinese, yet the Chinese are the dominant race there and they were brought there by the colonial British.
Good for you, Ling Ling
If she meant nationality Chinese ( 中国人/中华民族/中国国族/ chinese as a nation )?
Or she meant ethnic group han chinese ( 汉族/华族/华人 ）？
The logic has to be cleared
This is one of the most interesting video that I have seen on you tube.
she choose investing over buying a car here in Singapore due to the depreciation value even though income is not an issue for her . Its good , she is direct in the conversation . aston martin in germany autobahn highway gonna be suitable :)
What a great video, so many mountains to climb with a unique valuable german perspective.
She is ashamed of being Chinese national or ethnic han chinese ?
in Europe they have already abolished race and ethnic group in their constitution after WW2, hence people there only divided either european nations or other nationality ( foreign nation )
In US and Europe it is already illegal to talk or ask people on their race / ethnic group in the public.
Hence they are only generalise as asian , African , latino , etc
It takes 2 months to get birth certificate in Germany? I don’t believe that. Here in Italy we got it at the time baby is born. It’s true you get a month to do it but if you go to office on the first day , the certificate is done within 10 min.
This is in contrast to the western originating public living permanently in Singapore or neighbouring countries suggesting it will never be their home, highlighting themselves to be looked upon as second class. People aren't that complex. Sometimes I wonder if it largely all comes down to looks and little else, but it's obvious the majority of public views are conditioned by the media, and the media are influenced by their government's narrative towards any country and level of trust. I've never heard of anyone look down on anyone simply because they are Chinese. However, automatically looking up to anyone anywhere simply because of where they are from will surely be a challenge for all.
Not to be harsh or critical but the reason you felt like a second class citizen in the “Western Countries” as you say is because your English is very hard to understand. If you’re among the average Singaporean and speak like this it will be a hard place too. It’s just because in Singapore you have money so you feel more privileged. West and East are very different. In the west people look beyond just money. Anyways, I’m happy you enjoy Singapore. It certainly is a very good country but unfortunately if you want to truly experience life and be more holistic in your development you should live in the west and try to be successful there. Just based on the conversation I can tell you have a very limited mindset. Again no offense, glad you feel happy and welcome in Singapore.
Disagree with you respectfully😊.
It has nothing to do with her English and her "limited mindset". She is the opposite - speaks good English and is very open minded! Anyway, no harm, foul! Best wishes to all!
She is speaking the truth, the reality is there is a bias towards Chinese in Singapore. As a Indian who studied in NUS I can say that for sure. Even career choices and options are limited for other races
I think most Chinese Singaporeans would disagree with her notion of 'Chinese privilege', whereas Indian, Malay and other minority ethnic Singaporeans would understand implicitly that despite Singapore being a multicultural society , it is very much one where Chinese values hold sway, and therefore one where there is 'Chinese privilege'. For e.g., Singapore is a very materialistic, future-oriented, academics-obsessed, 'kiasu' society. Singapore society's mainstream value system is very much Chinese, rather than an Indian or Malay one. Another e.g. is that physical punishment of children is accepted as normal. This is very much a Chinese thing, less practised by Indians, and actually immoral in Malay culture.
Chinese privilege in sg? How come I don’t feel it at all?
Neither did I, but I think it shows how they perceive themselves.
@Aquarius Unique Unique so meaning privilege applies to the rich regardless of who they are. Thanks fir your pointer.
Ha ha ha
Ahh.. her aura when she walked into the cafe that day.. was very very intriguing
A strong lady. Got grit. Respect💖
Yes - 1990 - I arrived. English speaking Chinese is strangely mainstream and majority. British-English speaking Chinese (in 1990), even better. Every (mother) assumed I was a Government Scholar (I was not) at age 27, with Oxford, public school accent, single, Chinese, eligible. Wow! quiate scary and different to London in 1980's.
It's not privilege but equality!
Nah.. some ethnic are more equal than others. Those who knows knows. She just put it out in the open.
There can never be true equality regardless of race, religion or class. It's a nice thing to aspire to but let's be real, due to gender, the social status you are born into, etc, some are already "more equal" than some from birth. Even among people of the same race, the rich will always have more access and privilege to better education, better jobs etc. better connections....the only thing achievable is meritocracy, but even this arguable.
Correct. I don't understand where the privilege is coming from either.
@@faisalz8849 your are right, only Chinese need to pay sky high buying price for a resale hdb, only Chinese pay extremely high rental for hawker stalls, and the ethnic grp enjoying free school fees still crying for being not fair.
@@ymhktravel agree.. there will be no true equality in this world especially genders, does it mean we should do nothing? we are striking to minimize the gap isn't it?
Singapore make the Chinese people feel proud.
Malaysia Chinese proud
Indonesia chinese proud
Vietnamese people im chinese too.
😂😂😂😂😂😂
I do not agree with some of her views, esp. on Chinese race is the privileged race over the White in SG. I personally experienced race discrimination by UK expats for being a Singapore Chinese. I've overheard them speaking about 'protecting' and deliberately promoting the minority races in SG irregardless of work performances.
Our multi races of Chinese, Malay, Indian, Eurasian have been taught from P1 onwards. I agree with J Koh that Chinese is not the privilege race in Singapore. It’s more about each ethnicity’s culture and language that have different priority in lives.
More like the British is racist
You can tell they hate Chinese people
She inherited the pre-WW2 racist mindset of Nazi German . After the WW2 the german are reformed , race /ethnic group are abolished in their constitution.
It is illegal to talk of race / ethnic group in public , she will put in jail if she talk like this in Germany
A friend of mine asked me why her expat bosses favored minority races for promotion regardless of performance. Interesting that you overheard the reasons for why your expat bosses favored the minorities.
Interesting . I think in the western countries, they tend to have a perception of giving more to the minorities because they feel the minorities have a lesser chance as compared to the majority.
Wow... this Chinese expat can say her experience, but i think she's overstepping when speaking for Singaporeans. I know multimillionaires who dine at coffee shops all the time. You just cant tell because they dont like to flaunt.
Branded cars and clothes are important in working or business dealings? I'm more worried about the value that will added to myself or my company and the $ on the sales contract than, what the person wears or have!
Come on, she's fooling herself. She doesn't look Eurasian a single inch. She has the best of both world since she's well off. Good luck to her.
I am Proud for being a Chinese decedent even tho i was born in Singapore , Singaporean or American are not a Race it just a Nationalist ! Always remember we are a race called Human beings we shed the same red color blood ... Don't let Nationality disengaging us . Amitabha
Very interesting point at the end. She is right, us women need to get more confident.
the only reason you are not discrimated is because you can speak english well... try do a vlog one day "speak mandrian only!.. and talk to over 10 peoples randomly on the street, you got high chance to have the discrimination ...
shall be easier to get if you talk northern accent, and talk to 50-60 yo aunties... 🤣🤣🤣
it is social behavior study, dont take it so seriously...
Nah...as a China man- turned Singaporean who has been here 18years, she don't know what she's talking about
As a naturalized Singaporean woman who has been here since very young, I agree with you
Ithink need to be careful, I am a Chinese here, I have never had previlege because of my ethnicity.... Never.
I think provilege is often misunderstood. I'm a Finn, and I've lived all my life in Finland. I know I'm privileged, but I didn't use to think so. I used to scoff at people who talked about white privilege. White privilege is not a big thing in Finland, but Finnish privilege certainly is.
Most privileged people, like me and probably you, never notice the privilege. I think the best way to sum up privilege is that you are the DEFAULT SETTING and you're seen as part of the IN-GROUP rather than as "other". So, when people see me, they expect me to speak the local language well. Similarly, when they see my job application, they see a Finnish name. If your name is not Finnish, people easily think that your Finnish language skills are inferior to a native Finnish speaker's skills and so on. There are a lot of biases. I've noticed that I have them too. Quite often, my assumptions turn out to be wrong.
Because you got no experience to compare to, imagine you are Bangladeshis work in Singapore compare to a citizen, people treat you differently because lack of understanding, different in culture and language Barrier. The privilege you have is you can be like everyone else and not below everyone else.
Privilege is not needing to think about your own privilege or lack thereof
@@tysloo81 that’s citizen and foreigners, different. And I have no shame to say that citizens should have privilege…whatever their ethnicity.
You never feel it as you never receive the short end of the straw before. If you ask around, there will be definitely higher percentage Malay/Indians saying they've been rejected in their lifetime probably once based on their race for things either like jobs, scholarships, or even just patronizing a shop because the owner only speaks mandarin (which is the default mother tongue of Chinese Singaporean where Malays/Indian have to pick up as third language if they want to understand). You'll hardly find Malay/Indian shop aunty or uncle that can't speak a little of English, however I've personally experienced not being able to patronised a shop because the aunty only speaks Mandarin. And also (I know this is not anyone's fault) the fact that 70% of the population is Chinese which makes it easier for you guys to be able to communicate in either via English or Mandarin, and if you were to interact with Malays/Indians, highly likely they're able to speak English too. Same can't be said for Malays/Indians. In Singapore context, THESE are considered as Chinese Privilege, to the eyes of the minorities at least.
Chinese Privilege in SG context is not about implying that you're treated special or treated at a higher status (which you or some Chinese are implying, and yes I understand that you're not) but is more of you being privileged because Chinese constitute to do most percentage population in SG so YOU are the norm, like its almost impossible get rejected based on your race for local jobs because logically no company will reject the Majority Race of a Country. So that's what Chinese Privilege is, in Singapore.
I appreciate her brutal honesty. A chinese from Singapore would never admit the chinese priviledge they enjoy im Singapore.
It just proves what brings to an ordinary person from a powerful motherland.
You will get little to non respect if China is weak and being colonized.
I believe the ultra rich Singaporean goes to the hawker centre as well. Just that we don't recognise them.
well said,❤
You forgot the Straits Born Chinese (Peranakan Baba).
what privilege? Only Singaporean entitled for thee S$7 billion Majulah Package to give CPF top-ups.
I'm ashamed of her for being a self hater
@4:40. I'm not sure what she means here. As far as I know, most parks in China are free.
I've been to many parks in China. I never had to pay!
If she didnt say she was from China, I would have thought that she was originally from Singapore. Its a very typical Singaporean look and way of speaking.
Interesting interview here, Max! Its really an uncomfortable truth that Chinese do have certain privilege here more than the local Malay or Indian. Its really sad.
For those denying this, I will lay out out this points:
1) Dont forget that local Singaporean Indians and Malays cannot apply for alot of jobs here because of the "only mandarin-speaking" job requirement
2) Senior Minister Tharman was the perfect person for our next PM but still put aside due to he is not Chinese(even PM Lee said himself that Singapore not ready for non-Chinese PM).
Yes, Singapore is better than a lot of other countries in term of closing the gap of "race privilege" but we still need to admit that we still have it and need alot to do to combat it.
What is there to combat? Go back across the causeway if you're Malay, or to Modi's land if you're Indian. No descrimination there!
@@sktoh4469 what if i am chinese? I am Singaporean, all i want is that be it Chinese, Malay or Indian, we all have fair advantage.
One thing for sure, you cant deny the two points that i had brought up.
@CNA
to combat your point , let's say you are running a company dealing mainly with chinese/Arab clients, would you as a boss choose someone who proficiency is in that language for communication.
Secondly in singapore everyone is a singaporean , there is not malay-singaporean , Indian-singaporean or Chinese-singaporean written specifically in our nric , race to differentiate yes .
The word Privileges is so linked to western culture. Just like white Privilege that is happening in Europe and the u.s .
I am a Singaporean and chinese as race based on my nric but I have worked with rich Singaporeans who are malays and Indians by race defined by our nric .they worked their socks off amd succeed in what they are doing .
Singapore isn't defined by the colour of your skin or race that you are placed in. What matters is how you shape and define your future
Fyi do look up on the subsidiaries that are provided to each race in singapore .
Singapore is equal and has always been , be it if you are white , African, malay, Indian or Chinese everyone has an equal opportunity to succeed and fail.
@@sktoh4469go back to mainland china
I think Singapore has always been equal for all races, it’s just the culture differences. And china rise in gdp required mandarin speakers to tab into the market. If Indonesia and malaysia spoke same Malay then I’m sure the hiring will be Malay speaking required