People will identify you according according to terms that serve their purpose.
When they want to encourage me to learn more Mandarin they call me a Chinese. (btw, mandarin is cool, economically viable etcetc)
When the malaysian traffic police see my car they call me Singaporean.
When the malaysian drinks stall encik gave me a "teh cina" I was Chinese
When I talk with the old man downstairs my house I am Cantonese.
When they want me to serve NS they call me a Singaporean.
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