TikTok CEO Chew Shou Zi was grilled by US senators on his personal ties to China; one senator even asked pointedly about the status of his Singapore citizenship. Some decried the line of questioning as “racist”, but was it really? Elsewhere, the Singapore Repertory Theatre recently announced that it is changing its name to Singapore Theatre Company, to the consternation of some in the local theatre community. Was it just much ado about nothing, or is there more to this disquiet?

(00:00) Intro
(04:53) TikTok CEO’s Ties to China Questioned
(28:19) Theatre Company’s New Name “Disrespectful”?
(49:39) One Shiok Comment
(52:53) One Shiok Thing

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TikTok CEO’s Ties to China Questioned

• Cotton defends pressing TikTok CEO on ties to Chinese Communist Party
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• [2017] Opinion | What Singapore is saying by expelling China hand Huang Jing
• [2020] How a Singaporean man went from NUS PhD student to working for Chinese intelligence in the US - CNA

Theatre Company’s New Name “Disrespectful”?

• ‘No company can be Singapore Theatre Company’: SRT’s rebrand draws flak from theatre community
• Singapore Repertory Theatre changes name to Singapore Theatre Company

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