Y K Chan
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 70565 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | Y K Chan |
| NOMBRES | Y K |
| APELLIDO | Chan |
| FIRMA | CHAN Y K |
| AFILIACIONES | Princeton University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-7516-1218 |
| VERIFICADO | Sí |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 36 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 17 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 36 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2013 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 2 |
Sacralizing, Materializing, Normalizing China
Thailand’s relations with China have expanded in recent decades through diplomacy, cultural exchange, and economic integration. Scholars have explained such expansion through economic interdependence and geopolitical alignment. This article suggests that the durability of Thailand-China relations also depends on mechanisms of social legitimation operating in Thai society; we conceptualize these mechanisms as a monarchy-merchant-media (3M) nexus. …
Sino-Thai identity in contemporary Thai media and literature
This article examines how contemporary Thai literature and popular media stage, negotiate, and revalue Sino-Thai identity across generations. It argues that Sino-Thai identity is best understood not through a linear model of assimilation or cultural loss, but as a post-assimilation formation whose meanings shift across generational and media contexts. Through close readings of Thai-language fiction, films, and television series, it shows how Chin…
Crimewatch and punishment beyond the courtroom
In this article, I examine Crimewatch , Singapore's long-running crime-prevention television program, as a state-aligned form of mediated penal power. I argue that the program made punishment beyond the courtroom effective by making real crime watchable. Drawing on scholarship on crimesploitation, mediated humiliation, penal spectatorship, and visual criminology, I analyze 1990s episodes on youth gangs, molestation, drug trafficking, and murder. …
A ‘local king’ in Taiwan
[Scholar’s Corner
Making National Heroes
The “Y” phenomenon
10.1080/14649373.2025.2458385
Animals” in Republican China
The first decades of the twentieth century saw the rise of an elite class of Chinese scientists who were educated in Europe and North America and occupied positions of authority in China. Historians of science have used the concept of scientific nationalism to frame the phenomenon and discuss how patriotism had motivated Chinese scientists to produce modern science in order to strengthen their nation. This article focuses on the logistics of scie…
Making Millions
Biographies and Revisionist Histories in Modern China
Born and raised in the British Caribbean island colony of Trinidad, Eugene Chen was one of China’s foremost foreign ministers during the early twentieth century, defending his nation’s interests despite its military weakness and political disunity. Relying primarily on newspapers and what he calls the “Eugene Chen Papers,” sourced from Eugene Chen’s grandson in Hong Kong, Walton Look Lai reveals Eugene Chen’s multiple identities, first as “Sun Ya…
Singapore’s Indo-Pacific Strategy
Re-Imagining Chinese Cultural Heritage in Surabaya
Skateboarding in Singapore
The International Journal of the History of Sport
Contesting Chineseness
Who, or What, is Lost
Although Singapore no longer governs Christmas Island, either on behalf of its British colonial administrators or for itself, some Singaporeans continue to regard it as a lost territory and have false impressions that it once belonged and should again belong to Singapore. By examining this complexity related to Christmas Island and its possible implications for Singapore’s national psyche, this paper surveys the newspapers of Singapore and oral h…
Contesting Chineseness
A heteropatriarchy in moderation
A subgenre of popular culture, Thai Boys Love (BL) series is increasingly significant within Asia, but it remains under-researched in the light of new series that push the parameters of viewer acceptance of homoerotic romance in Thai society. Drawing upon a close reading of the BL lakhon Love by Chance , this article explicates how Thai cultural concepts surrounding the family are reflected in the series. While acknowledging the impact of East As…
Toxic Masculinity in Singapore
Chinatown Unbound
Zheng He Remains in Africa
In recent years, China has sought to extend its Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) from Central Asia and Southeast Asia to Africa. This article argues that Chinese officials, aided by Chinese maritime archaeologists, journalists and researchers, have used discourses of heritage and history as a form of soft padding to justify China's infrastructure projects in Africa. Zheng He, a Ming dynasty admiral, who had allegedly visited East Africa in four of …
Creating modern women
This article examines the modern kitchen as a technological artefact and a mechanism through which the postcolonial Singaporean state and agents of household consumerism such as advertisers, retailers, home economists, and social scientists constructed the image of a modern Singaporean woman. By revealing how the female consumer-cum-homemaker became a symbol of material success and middle-class status in Fordist Singapore, the article highlights …
Women and the Periodical Press in China’s Long Twentieth Century
Diplomacy and the Appointment of officials in Late Qing China
The Ryukyu Kingdom was annexed by Meiji Japan in late 1879. Past scholarly works have focused on Li Hongzhang and the Zongli Yamen, the stewards of affairs relating to foreigners, in examining the Qing court’s responses to Japan’s annexation of its tributary state. By incorporating the latest arguments of Western and especially Chinese scholarship, this article investigates the attempts by He Ruzhang, China’s first minister to Japan, to reestabli…
Manly Civilization in China
This article examines the transplantation of America's 'manly' civilization to 1920s Fujian, China, through the experiences of Harry R. Caldwell (1876-1970), a Methodist missionary whose hunting was central to his social evangelism. With his rifle, Caldwell protected Chinese villagers from man-eating tigers, taught them how to hunt tigers effectively, and enabled them to reconceptualize their relationships with tigers and nature. By engaging the …
Divide to Unite
Under the "revolution paradigm" of existing Chinese historiography, Han Chinese intellectuals of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries are viewed as either supporting or resisting monarchical rule in Qing China (1644–1912). This article examines the implications of Guangdong intellectual Ou Jujia's (1870–1912) magnum opus, New Guangdong, for late Qing politics. New Guangdong called for Guangdong's independence from the Qing so that it…
A heteropatriarchy in moderation
A subgenre of popular culture, Thai Boys Love (BL) series is increasingly significant within Asia, but it remains under-researched in the light of new series that push the parameters of viewer acceptance of homoerotic romance in Thai society. Drawing upon a close reading of the BL lakhon Love by Chance , this article explicates how Thai cultural concepts surrounding the family are reflected in the series. While acknowledging the impact of East As…
Cultural Heritage on China’s 21st-century Maritime Silk Road
This article suggests that Chinese scholars in Guangdong, through historical work endorsed or sponsored by their government, justify the inclusion of Southeast Asian nations in the 21st-century Maritime Silk Road (MSR) initiative. In doing so, they seek to add the MSR to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization’s (UNESCO) World Heritage List. By exploring how historians and officials adhere to the expectations of the C…
Zheng He Remains in Africa
In recent years, China has sought to extend its Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) from Central Asia and Southeast Asia to Africa. This article argues that Chinese officials, aided by Chinese maritime archaeologists, journalists and researchers, have used discourses of heritage and history as a form of soft padding to justify China's infrastructure projects in Africa. Zheng He, a Ming dynasty admiral, who had allegedly visited East Africa in four of …
The “Y” phenomenon
10.1080/14649373.2025.2458385
Singapore’s Indo-Pacific Strategy
Re-Imagining Chinese Cultural Heritage in Surabaya
Skateboarding in Singapore
The International Journal of the History of Sport
The Greater Game
This article surveys Qing China's expansion into Central Eurasia in the context of “The Great Game,” a geopolitical contest between the British and Russian empires in that region. It argues that Manchu activities, policies, and roles in Tibet and Xinjiang made Qing China a significant third player in the struggle for regional dominance, which can be regarded as “The Greater Game.” This article specifically refers to the geopolitical concerns of B…
Sports is Politics”
Almost immediately after Singapore’s independence in 1965, sports became an agent of social engineering in the creation of the new nation, and the ruling People’s Action Party (PAP) government pragmatically used the institution of sports in its nation-building enterprise. Based on an analysis of the speeches and press statements of Singaporean bureaucrats and civil servants from the 1960s to the 1980s, this article investigates the ruling elite’s…
Kopitiams in Singapore
This article, a preliminary observation of the kopitiam (coffee shop) in Singapore, argues that the informal and seemingly apolitical kopitiam has engendered a form of political resistance that we have often failed to see. Using a case study, the article examines how local practices could reflect a hitherto neglected understanding of Singaporean politics
Allegories of Venice
Kopitiams in Singapore
This article, a preliminary observation of the kopitiam (coffee shop) in Singapore, argues that the informal and seemingly apolitical kopitiam has engendered a form of political resistance that we have often failed to see. Using a case study, the article examines how local practices could reflect a hitherto neglected understanding of Singaporean politics
A Precious Mirror for Governing the Peace
The vilified Empress Dowager Cixi (1835–1908) of late Qing China remains a symbol of national humiliation and weakness in modern Chinese historiography. Scholars attribute Cixi’s “rule behind the curtains” responsible for the ultimate decline of the Qing dynasty and its capitulatory peace with foreign powers. This article revisits the conditions that enabled Cixi’s rise to power during the Tongzhi reign (1861–75) and argues that Hanlin academicia…
Mourning During the Tongzhi Regency
The Tongzhi Regency (1861–1875), historiographically marked as the beginning of the Qing dynasty's (1644–1912) decline, also saw the emergence of a new political alliance between the Han Chinese grand councilors / Hanlin academicians and the Empress Dowagers Ci'an and Cixi, who ruled from behind the curtains with the former's support. The Hanlin academicians gained their high positions partly from their allegiance to the empress dowagers but larg…
No Room to Swing a Cat? Animal Treatment and Urban Space in Singapore
Since Singapore’s independence in 1965, the People’s Action Party government has launched an extensive urban planning program to transform the island into a modern metropolis. This paper discusses human-animal relations and the management of stray cats in postcolonial Singapore. In exploring the perceptions and handling of stray cats in Singapore, I argue that stray cats became an urban “problem” as a result of the government’s public-health regi…
The Greater Game
This article surveys Qing China's expansion into Central Eurasia in the context of “The Great Game,” a geopolitical contest between the British and Russian empires in that region. It argues that Manchu activities, policies, and roles in Tibet and Xinjiang made Qing China a significant third player in the struggle for regional dominance, which can be regarded as “The Greater Game.” This article specifically refers to the geopolitical concerns of B…
Sports is Politics”
Almost immediately after Singapore’s independence in 1965, sports became an agent of social engineering in the creation of the new nation, and the ruling People’s Action Party (PAP) government pragmatically used the institution of sports in its nation-building enterprise. Based on an analysis of the speeches and press statements of Singaporean bureaucrats and civil servants from the 1960s to the 1980s, this article investigates the ruling elite’s…
Women Warriors and Wartime Spies of China, written by Louise Edwards, 2016
A Wartime Stampede
Although the Second Sino-Japanese War (the “War”) ended many decades ago, hostilities between China and Japan are still raw in the memory of many Chinese people, even though most of them did not directly experience the War. In particular, the Great Bombing of Chongqing—the indiscriminate, sustained bombing of the Nationalist provisional capital by Japanese warplanes from 1938 to 1943—has been retrieved from the archives as a significant event. Su…
Divide to Unite
Under the "revolution paradigm" of existing Chinese historiography, Han Chinese intellectuals of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries are viewed as either supporting or resisting monarchical rule in Qing China (1644–1912). This article examines the implications of Guangdong intellectual Ou Jujia's (1870–1912) magnum opus, New Guangdong, for late Qing politics. New Guangdong called for Guangdong's independence from the Qing so that it…
The state in sexual life
During the 1970s, condoms were introduced into Singapore as a medical device. Health officials described men’s condom use as sharing women’s risks and responsibilities in birth control and family planning. For the officials, condom distribution helped contain the spread of venereal diseases, deal with unwanted pregnancies and maintain an optimal birth rate for national economic development. With the emergence of AIDS and a more self-assertive mid…
Cultural Heritage on China’s 21st-century Maritime Silk Road
This article suggests that Chinese scholars in Guangdong, through historical work endorsed or sponsored by their government, justify the inclusion of Southeast Asian nations in the 21st-century Maritime Silk Road (MSR) initiative. In doing so, they seek to add the MSR to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization’s (UNESCO) World Heritage List. By exploring how historians and officials adhere to the expectations of the C…
Women and the Periodical Press in China’s Long Twentieth Century
Diplomacy and the Appointment of officials in Late Qing China
The Ryukyu Kingdom was annexed by Meiji Japan in late 1879. Past scholarly works have focused on Li Hongzhang and the Zongli Yamen, the stewards of affairs relating to foreigners, in examining the Qing court’s responses to Japan’s annexation of its tributary state. By incorporating the latest arguments of Western and especially Chinese scholarship, this article investigates the attempts by He Ruzhang, China’s first minister to Japan, to reestabli…
Manly Civilization in China
This article examines the transplantation of America's 'manly' civilization to 1920s Fujian, China, through the experiences of Harry R. Caldwell (1876-1970), a Methodist missionary whose hunting was central to his social evangelism. With his rifle, Caldwell protected Chinese villagers from man-eating tigers, taught them how to hunt tigers effectively, and enabled them to reconceptualize their relationships with tigers and nature. By engaging the …
Zheng He Remains in Africa
In recent years, China has sought to extend its Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) from Central Asia and Southeast Asia to Africa. This article argues that Chinese officials, aided by Chinese maritime archaeologists, journalists and researchers, have used discourses of heritage and history as a form of soft padding to justify China's infrastructure projects in Africa. Zheng He, a Ming dynasty admiral, who had allegedly visited East Africa in four of …
Creating modern women
This article examines the modern kitchen as a technological artefact and a mechanism through which the postcolonial Singaporean state and agents of household consumerism such as advertisers, retailers, home economists, and social scientists constructed the image of a modern Singaporean woman. By revealing how the female consumer-cum-homemaker became a symbol of material success and middle-class status in Fordist Singapore, the article highlights …
Contesting Chineseness
A heteropatriarchy in moderation
A subgenre of popular culture, Thai Boys Love (BL) series is increasingly significant within Asia, but it remains under-researched in the light of new series that push the parameters of viewer acceptance of homoerotic romance in Thai society. Drawing upon a close reading of the BL lakhon Love by Chance , this article explicates how Thai cultural concepts surrounding the family are reflected in the series. While acknowledging the impact of East As…
Toxic Masculinity in Singapore
Chinatown Unbound
Who, or What, is Lost
Although Singapore no longer governs Christmas Island, either on behalf of its British colonial administrators or for itself, some Singaporeans continue to regard it as a lost territory and have false impressions that it once belonged and should again belong to Singapore. By examining this complexity related to Christmas Island and its possible implications for Singapore’s national psyche, this paper surveys the newspapers of Singapore and oral h…
Skateboarding in Singapore
The International Journal of the History of Sport
Contesting Chineseness
Biographies and Revisionist Histories in Modern China
Born and raised in the British Caribbean island colony of Trinidad, Eugene Chen was one of China’s foremost foreign ministers during the early twentieth century, defending his nation’s interests despite its military weakness and political disunity. Relying primarily on newspapers and what he calls the “Eugene Chen Papers,” sourced from Eugene Chen’s grandson in Hong Kong, Walton Look Lai reveals Eugene Chen’s multiple identities, first as “Sun Ya…
Sociology (20 obras) · Political science (19 obras) · Law (16 obras) · China (15 obras) · History (15 obras) · Politics (13 obras) · Socioeconomic Development in Asia (13 obras) · Chinese history and philosophy (10 obras) · Gender Studies (9 obras) · Law (9 obras)