Singapore is so developed, why did Malaysia abandon Singapore?

The feud between Singapore and Malaysia has a long history. Whether it was a merger or a later abandonment, both sides were interested, and interest was the main reason for their partnership and separation.

Before Britain colonized Malaysia, Malaysia was made up of several small feudal countries, and now Malaysia Peninsula and Singapore are under the jurisdiction of the Kingdom of Johor.

Because Singapore occupies a unique geographical position in the Straits of Malacca, European colonial countries once fought fiercely for the ownership of Singapore. After several battles, Singapore was controlled by Britain. Because of Singapore's special geographical position, Britain separated Singapore from Malaysia Peninsula for the convenience of jurisdiction.

This is also the first time that Singapore and Malaysia have officially separated.

During World War II, Japan's Southeast Asian troops successfully drove away the British colonists and began to actually control Singapore. However, after the war, Singapore once again became a place under British colonial rule.

It is worth mentioning here that after the end of World War II, due to the awakening of national consciousness and the upsurge of anti-colonialism in the world, Britain, as a colonial power, all colonial areas began to be independent from the British name, the most typical being India and Australia.

However, due to the relatively weak resistance at that time, Britain did not allow Malaysia to become independent after World War II? After nearly 20 years of anti-colonial struggle, Britain gradually allowed Malaysia to become independent, and in 1957, it approved them to form the Malayan Federation, and in 1963, Singapore joined.

Why did Singapore join Malaysia on 1963?

First of all, Malaysia naturally wants Singapore to join.

During the period of 1963, thanks to the economic and trade in the colonial era, Singapore's economic conditions were better than those in Malaysia now, and Singapore and Malaysia also had certain historical origins.

From Malaysia's point of view, we naturally hope that Singapore will join the construction of a federal state. After all, forming a relatively strong country is more conducive to the all-round development of a country. But also with the help of Singapore's radiation ability to promote the development of its own region.

Secondly, Singapore is more eager to join Malaysia.

After all, although Singapore is relatively rich, its land area is quite small and its resource reserves are even more barren. If Singapore wants to achieve its own development, even some basic means of production are difficult to be self-sufficient. For example, fresh water resources and land resources are not self-sufficient. After joining Malaysia, this problem can be completely solved, and land reclamation will not cost as much as it does now.

So at 1963, the two sides hit it off and Singapore successfully joined Malaysia.

Then why was Singapore expelled from Malaysia?

After Singapore joined Malaysia, it really contributed a lot to Malaysia's economy. After all, the financial benefits brought by taxation are very scarce in Malaysia.

Although Malaysia later increased its tax on Singapore, Singapore still didn't have much opinion. After all, Malaysia has a vast market and abundant resources, and they will get a lot.

The two sides were deadlocked for some time. Although it's not the honeymoon period, we all want what we want.

Is it later that Malaysia was forcibly expelled from Singapore? Malay nationalism? .

When Malaysia was colonized by Britain, a large number of immigrants poured in from all over the world, among which Chinese and Indians were the most. When Malaysia became independent, there were not too many Chinese. But if you count Singapore, the proportion of Chinese in the country is almost half. As time goes on, it is not surprising that we will be on an equal footing with Malays in the future.

Although Malaysia has always been a member of the Commonwealth, it has established membership? Malay? The will of the country is extremely urgent, and the political lifeline of the whole country must be in the hands of Malays themselves.

At that time, Malays were actually first-class citizens of the whole country and enjoyed preferential policies in all kinds of things. But gradually, these privileges have been impacted in various ways. Chinese used to control Malaysia's economic lifeline, but now there are more and more people. If this continues for a long time, it will definitely impact the political situation in Malaysia today. Malays will not be dominant in the election, and the welfare belonging to Malays will naturally disappear.

In order to end this situation, the Malaysian authorities decided to weaken the overall strength of Chinese in Malaysia after consideration. At that time, the Malaysian authorities attacked Singapore because there were so many Chinese in Singapore? After Singapore leaves Malaysia, the proportion of Chinese in Malaysia will drop by 5 percentage points, so that Malays can have an absolute advantage in population.

Under such specific conditions, the Malaysian authorities also held an emergency meeting to forcibly kick Singapore out of Malaysia by voting.

However, after Singapore was forced to become independent, the overall proportion of Chinese population in Malaysia dropped sharply, and the effect was immediate. Later, after a series of suppression policies against Chinese in Malaysia, the proportion of Chinese population in Malaysia has also been declining, and now the proportion of Chinese population in Malaysia is less than 25%.

Finally, let's make a summary.

Singapore is located at the southernmost tip of Malaysia Peninsula. Before the colonial era, they were very close, and after the arrival of the British, they were all colonies under British control.

In addition, the two sides have the same interests to negotiate, so Singapore joined Malaysia to become a federal country after Malaysia left the British colony.

However, less than two years after Singapore joined Malaysia, the political status of Malays was seriously threatened. In order to protect the privileges of Malays, Singapore was? Fired? Federation, Singapore was also forced to become independent.

In fact, from Malaysia's point of view, it is a last resort to expel Singapore. Although Singapore is very good, with Singapore, Malaysia is equivalent to several Kuala Lumpur, which will undoubtedly promote its domestic economic development quite quickly. But in Malaysia's view, all these are based on the guarantee of political status, and Singapore has no guarantee here.

Because Malays are not confident in themselves.