A viral video featuring a Chinese journalist, a Malaysian professor, and a local graduate student highlights how business owners in Guangzhou speak Bahasa Melayu to attract Southeast Asian buyers.
Key takeaways
A viral video shows Chinese merchants in Guangzhou using Malay to conduct business. The footage, featuring a Malaysian academic and students, highlights how locals learn the language to gain a competitive advantage in markets.
- A journalist and Malaysian academic filmed Chinese locals using Malay in Guangzhou markets.
- Merchant Tang Jiali taught himself Malay from books after friends taught him to count.
- Tang stated that speaking Malay provides a business edge over competitors using Mandarin or Cantonese.
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A viral social media video published recently documents the everyday use of Bahasa Melayu in Guangzhou, China.
China Media Group journalist Husna Liang, also known as Liang Liang, filmed the clip alongside Guangdong University of Foreign Studies (GDUFS) Assistant Professor Zaiton Zakarya and Master’s student Dai Yixin, who goes by the Malay name Falisha.
While the footage highlights Chinese locals speaking the language, Zaiton is a Malaysian native from Universiti Malaya (UM) who currently teaches Malay at the Chinese university.
The group walked through local markets to show how shopkeepers use the language to close deals.
