In 2014, my father, brother and I made a trip to Hainan Island to celebrate my grandfather’s 80th birthday. Although he was born and raised in Shanghai, my father’s family are Hainanese. My brother and I are both born-and-bred Singaporeans. I remember that visit as a blur of introductions, a long stream of kind, beaming … Continue reading Crazy Rich Asians: Hollywood and the Communist Party share a simplistic idea of what it means to be Chinese