Information panels in "A Peranakan Culture Exhibition on the Maritime Silk Road" at the Capital Museum, Beijing, June 24, 2025. The display explores how Peranakan Chinese elites in 19th-century colonial Singapore, educated in the West, became key intermediaries in regional trade. Their cross-cultural networks and adaptability bridged Chinese heritage and Western influence, shaping modern Southeast Asian society. [Photo by Liu Ziying/China.org.cn]