In 2015, a generation of heroes Lee Kuan Yew passed away . At the memorial service, Lee Kuan Yew's only daughter Lee Wei Ling recalled every moment of her relationship with her father and burst into tears. But in the end, Li Weiling held back her grief and said to herself and others, I am a Hakka girl, so I must be stronger .
Her daughter Li Weiling has never deliberately avoided the fact that her family was born in the Hakka family, but is proud of it. However, why, as a father, Lee Kuan Yew never faced this fact calmly, but just called himself and even his ancestors a Straits Chinese? This is also what we are going to discuss today.
A generation of wealthy businessmen
Lee Kuan Yew's great-grandfather made a living in Southeast Asia in his early years. Later, he migrated several times and finally settled in the island country of Singapore. He flourished and became a well-known wealthy businessman.
Because of his superior family power, Lee Kuan Yew received a good education since he was a child. His grandfather, Li Yunlong, had close contacts with British business giants for business reasons. Therefore, under Li Yunlong's leadership, Lee Kuan Yew received a completely westernized education from the beginning, and English even became Lee Kuan Yew's mother tongue.
Lee Kuan Yew was already a top student when he was in junior high school and high school. After the victory of World War II, Lee Kuan Yew went to study in the UK. was later admitted to the Law Department of Cambridge University, and won the double first honorary degree and . It was here that Lee Kuan Yew came into contact with Western ideas and obtained the qualification certificate to practice law.
In 1950, Lee Kuan Yew returned to Singapore after completing his studies. On the one hand, he joined the Malayan Forum, a social organization at the time, and pursued the integration of Singapore and Malaysia, that is, merging Singapore into Malaysia . At the same time, Lee Kuan Yew began practicing law and represented the striking Postal Workers Union in negotiations with Singapore.
What we didn't expect was that Lee Kuan Yew spoke up for the postal workers and Singapore was forced to compromise and meet the union's demands. For a time, Lee Kuan Yew became famous, which also allowed him to see the power of the grassroots people.
At that time Singapore was a British colony . Because Britain had no time to take care of itself during World War II, Singapore has been under the trusteeship of Malaysia. In order to fight for Singapore's independence, Lee Kuan Yew cooperated with the Communist Party of Malaysia . After several years of struggle, Singapore finally became an autonomous state of Malaysia. This was the historical merger of Singapore and Malaysia.
Later, Malaysia and Singapore had disputes over ethnic issues, and Singapore was kicked out of the Malaysian federal state system. It was at this time that Singapore declared complete independence and established its own country .
After Singapore became independent, Lee Kuan Yew was able to assess the situation and promptly launch the economic opening , which led to the rise of Singapore and was later hailed as becoming the Asian Tigers .
Princess Sing Tao leads the way
As Singapore continues to rise in Southeast Asia, Lee Kuan Yew has become the pride of Singapore , and his family has also become the focus of attention.
Lee Kuan Yew's wife is called Ke Yuzhi . She was once a top student like Lee Kuan Yew. Ke Yuzhi and Lee Kuan Yew flew together and came to the UK's Cambridge University to study law, and received double first honorary degrees.
Later, Ke Yuzhi gave birth to three children for Lee Kuan Yew. The eldest son was named Lee Hsien Loong. , the son inherited his father's business and was also famous in the political arena. . Lee Hsien Yang is the youngest son of Lee Kuan Yew. He inherited his father's business talent and later became the head of Singapore Telecom , which is also the largest state-owned enterprise in Singapore.
Lee Wei Ling is Lee Kuan Yew's only daughter, and is affectionately known as Princess Sin Chew by Singaporeans . Li Weiling is a top performer in school. In this regard, Li Weiling completely inherited her parents' talents. In particular, Li Wei Ling's personality is very similar to her father, and therefore she received special attention from Lee Kuan Yew.
However, the princess was not interested in politics. Instead, she applied for the Medical University and later became the director of the Singapore Neurological Hospital. Because of her special status, Li Weiling has been independent since she was very young. She likes to dress up in neutral styles. She has short hair all year round and has a heroic appearance, showing her unique masculinity.
When it comes to choosing a spouse, Li Weiling has always used her parents as a model. She believes that a lover should be both a friend and a lover, and more importantly, a down-to-earth family member. Such standards are difficult to find in real life.
Li Weiling also talked to a friend before. This person is a colleague of Li Weiling and is also a doctor. However, at a cocktail party, Li Weiling found that her boyfriend took the initiative to flatter some powerful people, and she was very disgusted. Because in her opinion, doctors only treat illnesses and save lives, and there is no need to associate with philistines.
Lee Kuan Yew and Ko Yu-chi were very worried about their baby daughter's tendency to be single. However, Lee Wei Ling said with a smile, "I like to be alone, and it's really uncomfortable for me to have someone take care of me." Lee Kuan Yew was helpless and had to let her go.
In fact, As Lee Kuan Yew's single daughter, Lee Wei Ling's extreme choice of spouse still stems from her parents, a successful couple, but Lee Wei Ling chose the wrong role model. Society is ever-changing. How many successful cases are there like Lee Kuan Yew and Ko Yu-chi?
On March 23, 2015, Singapore’s founding prime minister completed his journey. At Lee Kuan Yew's memorial service, Lee Wei Ling reviewed every detail of her life with her father. She was so sad that she almost lost control.
Then when she finished her speech, the former Princess of Xingzhou adjusted her emotions and said to herself and others, I am a Hakka girl, so I should be stronger. This is what my parents expect .
Everyone present was shocked when Li Weiling frankly admitted that she was a Hakka girl. Because Lee Kuan Yew never declared that he was a Hakka in public, he was even very afraid of this term.
Today we will understand that in fact, Lee Kuan Yew also has an unspeakable secret. On the one hand, he hopes that China will rise again, because after all, he still has the blood of China in his veins. Lee Kuan Yew still has full expectations for China.
But from another aspect, Lee Kuan Yew is eager to cut off the relationship with mainland China. is essentially to isolate Singapore from the Chinese cultural circle. This is the internal factor why he is eager to de-Sinicize Singapore.
Summary
Today we review Mr. Lee Kuan Yew's contribution to Singapore and recall the interesting anecdotes of his family and descendants. We cannot blame Mr. Lee Kuan Yew for his ambivalent feelings towards China, but rather appreciate his feelings for his family and country. The
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