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Stepping Out (Chinese: 出路) is a 1999 Singaporean Mandarin drama series adapted from Stepping Out: The Making Of Chinese Entrepreneurs by Chan Kwok Bun and Claire Chiang See Ngoh.

It reran several times like in 2006, 2019 and in 2021. It stars Xie Shaoguang,Cynthia Koh, Ivy Lee, Tay Ping Hui, Terence Cao and Yvonne Lim as the casts of the series.

The series focuses on the Chinese immigrant experience in Singapore, and their rough, hard ascent (along with the rest of Singapore) to the present state of wealth and riches that is unprecedented in Singaporean history. The drama begins in China and spans roughly three decades. It was produced following the success of the 1997 period drama The Price of Peace.

The story begins at the start of the Chinese Civil War during the 1920s. The chaos and upheaval which entailed caused many Chinese to migrate to Southeast Asia, mainly Malaysia and Singapore, and sets the background for the series. The Hock Lee bus riots and Chinese middle schools riots of the 1950s were referenced and clips of the actual incidents were shown.

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