Thien Nan Shin Pao(天南新报) was published on 26 May 1898 in Singapore. It was founded by Khoo Seok Wan (邱菽园), Singapore’s literary pioneer and community leader, to advocate for China’s…

NUS Libraries has a comprehensive collection of Chinese newspapers published in Southeast Asia. Roughly 150 of them are in print and microform. Among them, 96 titles are published in Singapore…

Lectures on the Diseases of the Nervous System is a classic medical literature which contains 13 neuropathology talks given by the renown 19th century French physician Jean-Martin Charcot (1825 –…

Southeast Asia is the region of Chinese emigration with the longest diasporic history and the largest diaspora population. During the Song Dynasty (AD 960 – 1279), China’s commerce started to enter…

Sing Po (星报) was the second Chinese daily newspaper in Singapore after Lat Pau (叻报). It was first published on 14 February 1890 and ceased publication in late 1898, lasting…

Malayan Memories is a by-product of Sir Richard Olof Winstedt’s cumulative efforts in studying the social life and customs of early 20th century Malaya. The author, Sir Richard Winsted, held…

The Wang Zengshan Private Papers Collection consists of correspondence, diaries, speeches, telegrams, photographs and reports which covered most of his working and personal life from the 1930s to 1950s in…

In British Malaya, the earliest Chinese newspapers were published in Singapore, followed by Penang. Chinese newspapers in Kuala Lumpur came into emergence relatively late because of the timing of the…

Report on the Sanitary Condition of Singapore was written by Sir William John Simpson, based on valuable information and input from government officers, municipality officers and medical professionals in the…

Kok Min Yit Poh (国民日报) was first published on 18 May 1914 in Singapore, founded by the local branch of the Kuomintang (Nationalist Party) under the leadership of Sun Yat…