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There are multiple hints, including her Mom (who fits a certain stereotype about suburban lower middle class Singaporean housewives), her Dad being a State University alumni (rich enough to afford a foreign education, not rich enough to buy your way into Harvard), and her family's house being a renovated house rather than a full estate mansion. She might know the Youngs and be tolerated by them, but she is certainly not a social equal. In the book, she addresses how her family despite being rich, isn't "crazy rich" like the Colin's family and the like.

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There are multiple hints, including her Mom (who fits a certain stereotype about suburban lower middle class Singaporean housewives), her Dad being a State University alumni (rich enough to afford a foreign education, not rich enough to buy your way into Harvard), and her family's house being a renovated house rather than a full estate mansion. She might know the Youngs and be tolerated by them, but she is certainly not a social equal. In the book, she addresses how her family despite being rich, isn't "crazy rich" like the Colin's family and the like.
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There are multiple hints, including her Mom (who fits a certain stereotype about suburban lower middle class Singaporean housewives), her Dad being a State University alumni (rich enough to afford a foreign education, not rich enough to buy your way into Harvard), and her family's house being a renovated house rather than a full estate mansion. She might know the Youngs and be tolerated by them, but she is certainly not a social equal.

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There are multiple hints, including her Mom (who fits a certain stereotype about suburban lower middle class Singaporean housewives), her Dad being a State University alumni (rich enough to afford a foreign education, not rich enough to buy your way into Harvard), and her family's house being a renovated house rather than a full estate mansion. She might know the Youngs and be tolerated by them, but she is certainly not a social equal. In the book, she addresses how her family despite being rich, isn't "crazy rich" like the Colin's family and the like.
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[[WMG: Peik Lin's Family is only "Rich", not "Crazy Rich".]]
There are multiple hints, including her Mom (who fits a certain stereotype about suburban lower middle class Singaporean housewives), her Dad being a State University alumni (rich enough to afford a foreign education, not rich enough to buy your way into Harvard), and her family's house being a renovated house rather than a full estate mansion. She might know the Youngs and be tolerated by them, but she is certainly not a social equal.
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[[WMG: The UK screening of the movie will end up being [[MarketBasedTitle "Crazy Rich Orientals"]] for a reason.]]

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[[WMG: The UK screening of the movie will end up being renamed [[MarketBasedTitle "Crazy Rich Orientals"]] for a reason.]]
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...Only because in the UK, [[SeparatedByACommonLanguage the term "Asian" is reserved for Indians and Pakistanis, whereas "Oriental" is what they call East/Southeast Asians.]]

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...Only because in the UK, [[SeparatedByACommonLanguage the term "Asian" is reserved for Indians and Pakistanis, whereas "Oriental" is what they call East/Southeast Asians.]]]]
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India and Pakistan are in Asia.........


...Only because in the UK, [[SeparatedByACommonLanguage the term "Asian" is reserved for Indians and Pakistanis, whereas "Oriental" is what they call actual Asians.]]

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...Only because in the UK, [[SeparatedByACommonLanguage the term "Asian" is reserved for Indians and Pakistanis, whereas "Oriental" is what they call actual East/Southeast Asians.]]
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[[WMG: The UK screening of the movie will end up being [[MarketBasedTitle "Crazy Rich Orientals"]] for a reason.]]
...Only because in the UK, [[SeparatedByACommonLanguage the term "Asian" is reserved for Indians and Pakistanis, whereas "Oriental" is what they call actual Asians.]]

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