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Is TikTok CEO Chew Shou Zi Singaporean? Twitter users don’t seem to think so from the way he speaks. 

https://sg.news.yahoo.com/tiktok-ceo-che...05457.html

u look at his face
u know he is 100% pure SC
only angmo confuse

Stupid people!

Chew is 100% Sinkee Hainanese lah! If he is PRC then it would be Zhou

Of course his mandarin accent sounds like PRC after working for Xiaomi and TikTok for years

(27-03-2023, 09:30 PM)Harry Lee Wrote: [ -> ]Chew is 100% Sinkee Hainanese lah! If he is PRC then it would be Zhou

Of course his mandarin accent sounds like PRC after working for Xiaomi and TikTok for years

Chew also have Hokkien....

Dont ask me how i know

He studied in US no records show he's Sporean

(27-03-2023, 09:32 PM)Niubee Wrote: [ -> ]Chew also have Hokkien....

Dont ask me how i know 

Le si hokien lang.

Other dialects aso got surname chew, like mediacorp's denis chew. Chew chor meng, ...

(27-03-2023, 09:32 PM)Niubee Wrote: [ -> ]Chew also have Hokkien....

Dont ask me how i know 

Hi, Mr. Chew. .....

As a Singaporean, he had done better than all our ministers.

At least he doesn't read from notes or teleprompter. He answered off-the-cuff and think on his feet, without calling others 'idiots' or questioning their schools.

Neither did he tell silly jokes until own self fainted.

(28-03-2023, 12:14 AM)Huliwang Wrote: [ -> ]Hi, Mr. Chew. .....

no Chew pure teochew
d9nt ask how I know

I have dealt with mainland Chinese speaking English. Those uni grads who communicate with us in English.  Although he is Singaporean, his spoken English is now Chinese accented and he sounds no different from these u grads.

If you close your eyes and hear him speak, you will think he is China Chinese.

Ok lah. At least he din make singlish famous

(28-03-2023, 12:29 AM)p1acebo Wrote: [ -> ]I have dealt with mainland Chinese speaking English. Those uni grads who communicate with us in English.  Although he is Singaporean, his spoken English is now Chinese accented and he sounds no different from these u grads.
If you close your eyes and hear him speak, you will think he is China Chinese.

Well, at least Chew is undoubtedly bilingual ..and is apparently proud of his  dialect name...He doesn't give himself some strange sounding Angmoh names like Harry or Dick......and yes he is also very proficient in Mandarin, having made much of his tech-related career in the Mainland..All thanks to him working at DST, a Russian-own tech investment firm, which link him up with Xiaomi CEO, who hired him as CFO to help launch its public listing in in 2018.

(27-03-2023, 11:03 PM)Galilo_l Wrote: [ -> ]He studied in US no records show he's Sporean

There are many capable SGreans who had excel at home and overseas...and yes, I dare say OCS (..can't say much for some SAF scholars ) have certain influence. Like most SGreans, Chew tend to keep a low profile...until this month's  "hearing" in Washington DC.

(28-03-2023, 12:45 AM)WhatDoYouThink! Wrote: [ -> ]Ok lah. At least he din make singlish famous

When you spend most of your time overseas, you going to learn to absorb many cultures and trades...One of which is learning to adapt to local slangs and tone. That will impact on your attitude and views...which allows you to adapt (aka wear different hats) at different time and place.

Why would you expect Chew to use Singlish at the US hearing, when we saw how the hostile the American politicians were and don't even bother to listen ?

(27-03-2023, 11:03 PM)Galilo_l Wrote: [ -> ]He studied in US no records show he's Sporean

Wikipedia says he is born in Singapore in 1983.

But no records of his primary and secondary schools. Maybe his parents are from China?

Who cares? He went to OCS and is now a citizen. Considered a sinkie liao.

(28-03-2023, 01:18 AM)Manthink Wrote: [ -> ]When you spend most of your time overseas, you going to learn to absorb many cultures and trades...One of which is learning to adapt to local slangs and tone. That will impact on your attitude and views...which allows you to adapt (aka wear different hats) at different time and place.

Why would you expect Chew to use Singlish at the US hearing, when we saw how the hostile the American politicians were and don't even bother to listen ?

chameleons aka HYPOCRITES ....
GOOD JOB GOOD STATUS ETC

clever to stab people  in the back  to get what they want

(27-03-2023, 09:15 PM)Bigiron Wrote: [ -> ]Is TikTok CEO Chew Shou Zi Singaporean? Twitter users don’t seem to think so from the way he speaks. 

https://sg.news.yahoo.com/tiktok-ceo-che...05457.html

I think he speaks like a true blue Singaporean leh!

(27-03-2023, 11:03 PM)Galilo_l Wrote: [ -> ]He studied in US no records show he's Sporean

we were classmate at Hwa Chong.

So obvious still need to argue very funny

(28-03-2023, 06:18 AM)cheekopekman Wrote: [ -> ]I think he speaks like a true blue Singaporean leh!

Why ermao even 12 to attack a true blue sinkee leh?

He speaks like a Singaporean, be it in Mandarin or English. Can not find the Chinese accent but found the Singaporean behaviour. 

Thug life.

(28-03-2023, 12:26 AM)Alice Alicia Wrote: [ -> ]As a Singaporean, he had done better than all our ministers.

At least he doesn't read from notes or teleprompter. He answered off-the-cuff and think on his feet, without calling others 'idiots' or questioning their schools.

Neither did he tell silly jokes until own self fainted.

Can come back and run for president.

(28-03-2023, 08:14 AM)ArielCasper Wrote: [ -> ]Can come back and run for president.

CEO is better than being a puppet.

No Chinese no today Singapore

(28-03-2023, 07:42 AM)WhatDoYouThink! Wrote: [ -> ]Why ermao even 12 to attack a true blue sinkee leh?

After failing to bring down tiktok, now they cast aspersions on the ceo.

(28-03-2023, 06:52 AM)K88 shu shu Wrote: [ -> ]we were classmate at Hwa Chong.

Wow! Seems like Hwa Chong produces many talents. Should have let my son study there instead of the lousy school.

(28-03-2023, 12:29 AM)p1acebo Wrote: [ -> ]I have dealt with mainland Chinese speaking English. Those uni grads who communicate with us in English.  Although he is Singaporean, his spoken English is now Chinese accented and he sounds no different from these u grads.

If you close your eyes and hear him speak, you will think he is China Chinese.

Yes conditioned by the years of working in China and with Chinese lah.

When I speak to Americans and British I would naturally mimic their accents cos it's easier for the msg to get thru. Perhaps he should have spoken like an American instead of just saying the wife studied nearby etc. Lol

Yes or No? 
Yes lah, no lah 
Confirm Singaporean