![]() ![]() ![]() But there was one problem: there was no fleet of ships to dock there. When completed the base boasted the largest dry dock in the world, and the third largest floating dock. After World War I, the British, who were in charge of the city, spent a lot of money in Singapore, building a naval base to protect British interests against the increasingly aggressive Japanese. The Qing Dynasty was overthrown in 1912, and the Republic of China was established. "In 1906, the Tongmenghui, a revolutionary Chinese organisation dedicated to the overthrow of the Qing Dynasty and led by Sun Yat-sen, founded its Nanyang branch in Singapore, which served as the organisation's headquarters in Southeast Asia." Beginning in 1906, some of the Chinese opponents of the Qing Dynasty in China took up residence there. To set up the place Singapore occupied in history, in the 1930s it was a British colony with a large Chinese population. Other images began to appear on Mahjong tiles. These special sets feature images of a cat and mouse, a rich man and a pot of gold, a rooster and a centipede, a fisherman and a fish, to name some examples.) But during the early days of the Sino-Japanese war, in the 1930s, seeing an increasingly aggressive Japan having invaded and taken over a part of China, Singapore was concerned about being "captured" by the Japanese. (Capture tiles are used in games where a player can win extra points by having certain Flower capture tiles. In fact, Singapore even has its own version of the game, played with delightful "capture" Flower tiles. Singapore's residents have a long history of being enthusiastic about the game of Mahjong. ![]()
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