Even before the period of colonization, Singapore and China already established a relationship. In the aspect of trade and commerce, both countries were good trading partners. There is a large number of Chinese in Southeast Asia during the pre-colonial years. They are often called ‘Asian Jews’ because they swarmed around different parts of Asia. Most of these Chinese settled in Southeast Asia were merchants who built businesses. Today, they generally control businesses in Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, and the Philippines. In Singapore, the Chinese flocked to the country during the active and lively opium trade. Remember, during that time, Singapore is considered a new port. The maritime trade route between China and India was vast and open. Singapore, as the new port, received most of the trade. It was able to establish a commercial relationship with the Chinese. Since then, the Chinese began migrating to Singapore. Chinese now compose the majority of the island’s population. At present, Singapore and China enjoy a cordial and diplomatic relationship. China is considered Singapore’s largest trading partner. At the same time, Chinese is Singapore’s largest foreign investor. They even established the China-Singapore Free Trade Agreement in 2009. Today, there have government-to-government projects, including the following: China-Singapore Suzhou Industrial Park Sino-Singapore Tianjin Eco-City China-Singapore (Chongqing) Demonstrative Initiative on Strategic Connectivity China-Singapore Guangzhou Knowledge City Singapore and China are two separate states that have diplomatic relations. Yet, China does not own Singapore. Only the majority of its population is of Chinese descent.