the evolution of chinese names in singapore: https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/community/whats-in-a-name-local-author-traces-the-evolution-of-singaporean-chinese-names
unlike *most* of my millennial peers, i have my passport chinese name NOT in mandarin / pinyin but in my dialect (teochew / chiu chow) name. i used to be ashamed of this (this was perceived to be deeply backward, in a time of mandarin hegemony and death to other chinese languages), but now i am very proud of it.
