Hey Feinoa, I need your help with the last paragraph of the Name and Etymology section of the main Singapore article. I need to render Syonan-to in Japanese, but I am not sure which of the following scripts used to write the language (kanji or kana) would be appropriate for the time period that the name came into being. I am also unsure as to the exact translation of it (Light of the South, or Light of the South Island?) I will leave you to figure this one out. Cheers, Tiger7253 (talk) 11:03, 20 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]
@Tiger7253: Not a problem, it translates to Light of the South Island, as '-tō' (島) is a Japanese suffix which can refer to island. I've added it to reflect that. Don't worry, you're right on with the script, kanji was used instead of kana! Feinoa (talk) 11:35, 20 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]
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Well, the title of the article is "7 in 10 foreign residents say ‘racism exists’" so it it an example of racism, in the context of COVID-19, according to the authors.
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