'Pride of Hainan': Online interest in PM Lawrence Wong's ancestral ties surges in China

Snippets of PM Lawrence Wong's speeches over the years have resurfaced as netizens in China celebrate his inauguration.Newly minted Prime Minister Lawrence Wong has got more in common with your plate of chicken rice than you think — and it's not just his humble beginnings.But it appears that Chinese social media also had a field day celebrating his inauguration — because of his Hainanese roots. His late father was born in Hainan and moved to Malaysia as a boy.

The hall is said to be his ancestral home, South China Morning Post reported on Thursday. His surname in Chinese is Huang.Many other videos circulating on Chinese social media platform Douyin also explore Wong's ancestral ties to China.a 10-minute video, also by RedAnts, shows a visit to the ancestral hall in Wenchang, complete with a tour and a short interview with a woman who claimed to be PM Wong's "cousin". The video has gained over 3,000 likes and more than 270 comments.

In one clip featuring a speech from November 2022, he talks about how his father, who died in 2021, had to "eke out a living" as a first-generation immigrant from China. One commented: "Wenchang has many talents, including politicians, generals, scientific and technological minds, and business elites."

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