ReadNUS Issue 54
AUG 2022 | ISSUE 54 Here’s Your Reading Summary With mid-term examinations around the corner, students are bound to be experiencing rising stress levels. This week, we provide four texts…
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The Coloniser and the Immigrant: Sir Cecil Clementi Smith, Sir Cecil Clementi & Singapore Chinese Societies (殖民与移民: 史密斯, 金文泰总督与新加坡华人社团)
In the development of societies regulations in Singapore during the British colonial era, the suppression of secret societies and the prohibition against the Kuomintang (Chinese Nationalist Party) are two incidents…
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Carl A. Trocki Private Papers
Professor Carl A. Trocki is a renowned American historian specialising in the history of Southeast Asia and China. He was formerly Professor of Asian Studies at the Queensland University of…
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AUG 2022 | ISSUE 53 Here’s Your Reading Summary What are free trade agreements? After the heightened economic sanctions across the globe in the past year, a free trade agreement…
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Straits Produce
We recently acquired some issues of Straits Produce, a magazine published in the latter part of the 19th century and through the first quarter of the 20th century. From the…
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Trails of the Nanyang Chinese: History and Legends of the Cave Temple in Ipoh of Malaysia (南洋华踪: 马来西亚霹雳怡保岩洞庙宇史录与传说)
Ipoh, the capital of Perak in Malaysia, is known for many things. In history, it is known for tin mining and Chinese immigration. Today, visitors to the city are more…
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The Binding Tie: Chinese Intergenerational Relations in Modern Singapore
We Chinese always want the next generation to do better, not to suffer so much, and to enjoy a better standard of living than ourselves ~ quote by an unnamed…
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JUL 2022 | ISSUE 52 Here’s Your Reading Summary With the Covid 19 pandemic, food resilience has been a pressing issue. Food resilience is the ability of a country to…
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JUN 2022 | ISSUE 51 Here’s Your Reading Summary Many of us who grew up watching Disney films have been enamoured by the animations that made dreams come true. This…
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Guide to Genera of Malayan Water Bugs
When George Lucas created characters for his Star Wars’ series, could he have taken inspiration from A Guide to Malayan Water Bugs (Hemiptera-Heteroptera) with Keys to the Genera? Written by…
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