it's disgraceful really. you should see the young Singaporean bastards born after the 2000s. they are ashamed of their own heritage and culture. speak Chinese in public and you will be condemned for not being "inclusive" towards the other races. they say shit like the "Chinese" virus on a daily basis and when you get mad they say you are joking and being overactive. they mock the Chinese language every day and not being proficient in mandarin is treated with admiration.
when I defend china online I am greeted with praises. when I support Singapore I am ridiculed for wasting my time and being mentally retarded by my own "countrymen". In this case, I might as well throw in my SG passport for a PRC one since it is clear my efforts are appreciated elsewhere.
The effect you observe really boils down to Singapore MSM being really just a feed off of western news feed and the bias from that source pretty much colours the youth that grow up reading that. I've seen that ebb and flow with time though depending on the prevailing coverage bias during that generation.
I grew up imbibing western msm as well and I had that same anti-China bias. I even had an anti-Singapore bias no thanks to Safire, et al. Travel and experience really does open one's eyes. I am glad that some schools in Singapore, usually the Chinese heritage schools, actually have components that contrast western vs other msm sources to highlight the difference in coverage bias.
I've always said that China really needs to up it's game in the MSM stakes globally. The "how" eludes me but the why is clear in the blatant propaganda that skews perception of the masses that can't think or won't think for themselves.