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Within ‘Dear You’ lies the profound emotional resonance shared by all Chinese: Global Times editorial

2026-05-22 09:50   环球时报网英文版

  Qiaopi is not just a letter home - it is a page of national history. From 1864 to 1911, nearly 2.94 million people from Chaoshan crossed the seas to make a living in Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, and Myanmar. Like Musheng, they cleared wasteland, labored in mines, tapped rubber, and sold goods on foreign streets. They bore the harshest burdens themselves, yet sent home every last coin they could save. What kept them going was an unyielding determination to build a better life for their families back home. Their motherland remained an enduring spiritual beacon - a light that reached across rivers and mountains. In those turbulent and destitute years, four or five out of every 10 people in Chaoshan relied on these qiaopi to survive. Dear You thus records not merely a solitary fate, but the collective memory of struggle and mutual aid shared by millions of overseas Chinese since modern times.

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