In 1950, the PRC established diplomatic relations with Britain, Malaysia's colonial ruler. A wave of "New China Socialism" swept across Southeast Asia for a time and left-wing thinking became the mainstream in Chinese communities. In 1956, Singapore rubber tycoon Tan Lark-sye founded Nanyang University (Nantah) which was strongly dedicated to Chinese education. The leftist tendencies of Nantah eclipsed the right-wing bent of Taiwan returnees.
1950 年中共和前馬來西亞宗主國英國建交，一時之間新中國社會主義浪潮席捲東南亞，左派思想蔚為華社主流，加上新加坡橡膠業鉅子陳六使創建的南洋大學在 1956 年成立，對華教有著高度的使命感和熱誠，導致左傾色彩濃厚的南大鋒芒蓋過了右傾色彩較濃的留台人士。