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Education and Career
• Professor and founding director, Centre for Chinese Studies, University of Manchester (July 2006--)
• Assistant Professor/Associate Professor (Nov. 1995-June 2006), National University of Singapore (awarded tenure in Aug. 2000)
• Assistant Dean (Research & Graduate Studies) (2002-2005), Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, National University of Singapore
• Research Fellow (1987.12-1989.3), Centre for Asian Studies, University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands
• Assistant Lecturer (1985.7-1987.5), Lecturer (1987.6-12), History Department, Xiamen (Amoy) University, PRC
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Honors
Ministry of Education (China) Yangtze Eminent Professorship (2008-)
中国教育部长江学者讲座教授（2008-）
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Publications
Books Authored
• Images, Metaphors and Postcolonial Transformation: A Study of Sino-Indonesian Interactions, 1949-1965. Singapore: National University of Singapore Press, forthcoming.
• Pram dan Cina [Pramoedya and China] (co-author with Goenawan Mohamad, Sumit Mandal). Jakarta: Komunitas Bambu, 2008.
• Singapore Chinese Society in Transition: Business, Politics and Socio-economic Change, 1945-1965 (first author, co-author with S. K. Wong). New York: Peter Lang Publishing, 2004.
• The Transformation of Chinese Society in Post-War Singapore: Localizing Process, Regional Networking and Global Perspective (in Chinese). Xiamen: Xiamen University Press, 2003).
• Sino-Southeast Asian Studies: Theoretical Framework, Interaction Patterns and Case Analyses (in Chinese). Beijing: China Social Sciences Publishing House, 2000.
Books Edited
• Battle for the Mind: The Cold War in Asia and Beyond (co-edit with Yangwen Zheng and Michael Szonyi). Boston: Brill USA, forthcoming.
• Shuttling between Market, Society and the State: Chinese Merchants in Port Cities and the Making of Trading Networks in East Asia (in Chinese). Co-edited with Liao Chiyang and contributor, Singapore: Nanyang Technological University, 2008.
• Maritime Asia and Interactions with the Chinese Overseas, 1405-2005 (in Chinese). Singapore: Chinese Heritage Centre, 2007.
• The Chinese Overseas (editor and contributor), (Routledge Library of Modern China), 4 volumes. London and New York: Routledge, 2006.
• Diasporic Chinese Ventures: The Life and Work of Wang Gungwu (co-editor with Gregor Benton and contributor). London and New York: Routledge, 2004.
• China and Southeast Asia: Changing Social and Cultural Linkages (co-editor with Melissa Curley and contributor). Hong Kong: Center of Asian Studies, Hong Kong University, 2002.
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