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Liu, Yow, Zhang and the contributors examine Singapore's significance as an Asian Regional Corridor and provide a new perspective on interpreting Singapore's important position in the Asian region and its role as a bridge connecting Asia to the world.
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Introduction
Hong Liu, Cheun Hoe Yow, Huimei Zhang
Part I: Historicity and Network
Chapter 1: Singapore in the History of British North Borneo - An Examination of Singapore as Centre to the Region
Danny Tze Ken Wong
Chapter 2: China, Entrepôt Trade, and Singapore Chinese Merchants, 1945-65
Jason Lim
Chapter 3: Trading Hub Beyond Ideologies: Singapore-North Korean Economic Connection and Mission for Industrialization During the Cold War
JongHo Kim
Part II: Trade and Identity
Chapter 4: Shaping the World-class High-tech Zone: A Case Study of the China-Singapore Suzhou Industrial Park
Jinghua Xing, George Hong Jiang
Chapter 5: Hedging Perspectives for Small States and Regimes: A Comparative Study Between Singapore and Hong Kong
Kian Cheng Lee, Haiping Gao
Chapter 6: A Hub for Diversity: Social Cohesion as a Statecraft for Nation-Branding in Singapore
Chang-Yau Hoon, Ying-kit Chan
Part III: Diaspora and Governance
Chapter 7: Singapore in Diasporic Chinese Foodways: Representation of New Chinese Migrants
Cheun Hoe Yow
Chapter 8: The Singapore Model of Tripartism in Digital Skills Development: Lessons from the COVID-19 Pandemic
Celia Khiaw Peng Lee
About the author
Hong Liu is the Tan Lark Sye Chair Professor of Public Policy and Global Affairs in the School of Social Sciences at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. He is also the Associate Vice President and Director of Research & Executive Education of the Nanyang Centre for Public Administration at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.
Cheun Hoe Yow is Associate Professor in the School of Humanities at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, where he is Director of the Chinese Heritage Centre and Director of the Centre for Chinese Language and Culture.
Huimei Zhang is Senior Research Fellow at the Nanyang Centre for Public Administration at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. She also serves as Assistant Director of Research at Chinese Heritage Centre, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.
