| The "September 18 incident " was a key event affecting the trend of modern history.After the incident,the Singapore overseas Chinese newspaper "Lat Pau" witnessed this important historical event from the perspective of overseas Chinese,and made a large number of comments and analysis on the "September 18th" incident.Actively interact with the Chinese community through news practice.Taking the "Lat Pau" as a window,and through the law of the number and distribution of articles in the "Lat Pau" report on the "September 18 incident " and its specific concerns,we can find that the "Lat Pau" has devoted a very high degree of attention to the "September 18 incident ".The Singaporean Chinese,represented by the editor and author of the newspaper,observed the "September 18 incident " in an overseas perspective,they concentrated on presenting the Chinese community in Singapore with the basic features of the people,the government,and the international community after the tragic disaster of the motherland.By the commentary articles published by the "Lat Pau" on the "September 18 incident ",it can be observed that the overseas Chinese newspapers and periodicals are based on the overseas examinations of the "September 18 incident ",the thinking of the then National Government and the political situation of the motherland.Through the commentary of this particular historical period,it can be further observed that the Singaporean Chinese,represented by the editor and author of the newspaper,are in a contradictory psychological state between "loving the motherland" and "loving the government" : while concerned about the compatriots of the motherland and worried about the future of the nation,He was also disappointed with the policy of non-resistance of the National Government and the internal friction between the Nanjing and Guangzhou governments,and was full of doubts about the Government’s simple expectation of mediation by the League of Nations.Taking the "Lat Pau" as the medium,we can see how the "Lat Pau" tries to guide the public opinion of the Chinese community in Singapore at the time of the national crisis of the motherland : On the one hand,proceeding from the great national righteousness,it guide the Chinese community in Singapore to actively contribute and assist the motherland,so asto break out the strong voice in the anti-Japanese propaganda pedigree of overseas Chinese in order to run newspapers;on the other hand,starting from the identity of overseas Chinese,in the relatively independent overseas Chinese society,the reflexive consciousness of Singaporean Chinese can be strengthened,so as to clarify the obligations and ways of overseas Chinese patriotism. |
