TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew, is Singaporean. Singapore is in Asia, but it is located at the southern tip of Malaysia, just a few degrees from the equator. China is a big country about 4,000 km away. Tom Cotton a Senior Senator from Arkansas, a Republican asked Shou Zi Chew if he was a Chinese national, if he was a member of the Communist party and basically if he also holds a Chinese passport. Singapore was kicked out of Malaya in 1965, it is about 75% ethnic Chinese. Until 1945, Singapore was a British colony. Shou Zi Chew servers in Singapore's military for two years -- like all Singaporean males. Yet, the chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee could not tell the difference between China and Singapore.
It is actually hard to understand what Cotton was trying to prove. The line of questioning is so deranged that you have to wonder about the sanity of some of these guys, as well as the sheer and absolute laziness. In 20 seconds you can see he's from Singapore and where Singapore is in the world. How hard is that!
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