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#75 From Dialect Clans to Power Clans: Singapore’s Engineered Leadership 从方言帮到姓氏帮：新加坡的“工程化”领导
September 10, 2025 中文版在英文刊文下方 1. Origins: LKY’s Hakka Roots and the Cantonese Alliance Singapore’s founding Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew (LKY) traced his ancestry to Dapu, Guangdong, a Hakka heartland. In Singapore, Hakkas were a minority. To consolidate political power, LKY had to look beyond his dialect kin. He worked closely with the Cantonese (广府)…