A documentary by a Taiwanese Youtuber about the rapidly dwindling Indian Chinese community in Kolkata and India in general. Most of the people he interviewed are of Hakka decent. Many of the older generation can speak Hakka and Mandarin, but the newer generation can't do so anymore. The Indian Chinese population in Kolkata had reduced from around 20000 to about 2000 people. The only ones left behind are mostly the older folks. That is a staggering loss of population. The Indian Chinese used to run thriving businesses like the leather industry, but that have largely disappeared. The Chinatown in Kolkata used to be a thriving place, with its own Chinese vernacular school and Chinese temples. Now all of that is being abandoned as the Indian Chinese are moving overseas. They are moving to places like Taiwan province, Canada, or the US. Why not Mainland China? I suspect it has something to do with growing up in an anti-China environment, and also the PRC's strict immigration policies.
The elephant in the room is why the Indian Chinese are leaving India. The older folks say that since the 1962 war, the Indian government and community have been treating them badly. Business and career opportunities dwindled, and they have never recovered since. They won't say it directly, but what they are experiencing is basically state racism. This reflects very badly on India as a so called multiracial nation. The overseas Chinese diaspora are very resilient people. They have survived and thrived in SEA, and the West, despite facing intense racism in their adopted countries. But in India, they can't even take it anymore. That means that India had to be practicing racism on a level beyond the worse levels in SEA and the West. India had actually achieved a relatively bloodless, but successful ethnic cleansing of its own overseas Chinese community. Yet India dares to call itself a "Mother of Democracy". India is a terribly racist country. Only the fascist nations ruled by Nazis are worse. We should all remember that whenever India seeks to become a Supapowa, because it would not be a good thing for Asia.
