Ik-Tien Ngu
Biographic Data
| ID | 743679 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Ik-Tien Ngu |
| GIVEN NAMES | Ik-Tien |
| FAMILY NAME | Ngu |
| SIGNATURE | NGU I |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Malaya |
| ORCID | 0009-0007-0361-498X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 7 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Lim Boon Keng’s Translation of the Li Sao
In 1929, Lim Boon Keng, a Nanyang Chinese from Singapore, published an English translation of the Li Sao , a classical Chinese poem from the third century bc . Based on the paratextual materials which Lim provided with his translation, this article argues that Lim actively engaged in two intellectual debates during that time. The first revolved around the figure of Qu Yuan, long revered as a paragon of Confucian virtue. In his The Li Sao , Lim re…
How Malaysian States and Their Strongmen Shape Urban Development
In the Federation of Malaysia, the state government has a dominant role in the management and administration of local authorities as well as in allocating resources. This paper takes a bottom-up perspective to look at the dependence of the Sibu Municipal Council on the Sarawak state government and strongman. It begins by showing how the existing legal and political frameworks enable the formation of a strongman government and then addresses the s…
From Voting Bloc to Fragmentation
This study analyses the voting patterns among the Sarawakian Chinese and their pro-opposition inclination in the 2021 Sarawak State Election (SSE21). It begins by recounting how the national opposition alliances, former Pakatan Harapan (PH) alliances—Barisan Alternatif (BA) and Pakatan Rakyat (PR)—gained popularity among the Chinese voters in Sarawak since the 2006 state elections. The voting trends reveal changes in Chinese voting patterns, from…
Moderation of Sarawak Regionalism in Malaysia's 15th General Election
Compared to Sarawak state elections, in the 2022 general election (GE15) the incumbent Sarawak Parties Alliance (Gabungan Parti Sarawak, GPS) and Sarawak-based opposition parties' campaigns demonstrated a tendency toward a moderate rather than radical autonomy discourse. In GE15, these candidates attempted to reconcile their regionalism with nationalism to stay relevant in the national political landscape. Meanwhile, opposition parties performed …
Soft Power, Confucius Institute and China’s Cultural Diplomacy in Malaysia
The point of departure in this study is to assess the effectiveness of China's cultural diplomacy in Malaysia by looking at the employment of three main strategies and its limitations. The study utilises the methods of interview and empirical case study by firstly, giving a detailed look into the Kong Zi Institute (Confucius Institute) in Malaysia, and secondly, investigating some rarely-noticed diplomatic undertakings from the provincial or city…
Ethnicity and nationalism
This paper studies how ethnicity has influenced the construction of nationalism in two political movements that took place in Sarawak, a former British colony in North Borneo. It analyzes the discourse of colonialism, freedom and independence that revolved around two movements, namely the anti-cession movement and the underground communist movement, controlled respectively by the ethnic Malay and Chinese in Sarawak. A comparison of these two move…
A “Double Alienation”
Scholarship on Christianity in Malaysia has been dominated by denominational church history, as well as the study of urban, middle-class and English-speaking church congregations in the post-Independence period. In focusing on the vernacular Chinese Protestant church in Malaysia, and one of its most prominent para-church organisations, called The Bridge, this paper draws attention to the variegated histories of Christian conversion and disseminat…
Soft Power, Confucius Institute and China’s Cultural Diplomacy in Malaysia
The point of departure in this study is to assess the effectiveness of China's cultural diplomacy in Malaysia by looking at the employment of three main strategies and its limitations. The study utilises the methods of interview and empirical case study by firstly, giving a detailed look into the Kong Zi Institute (Confucius Institute) in Malaysia, and secondly, investigating some rarely-noticed diplomatic undertakings from the provincial or city…
Moderation of Sarawak Regionalism in Malaysia's 15th General Election
Compared to Sarawak state elections, in the 2022 general election (GE15) the incumbent Sarawak Parties Alliance (Gabungan Parti Sarawak, GPS) and Sarawak-based opposition parties' campaigns demonstrated a tendency toward a moderate rather than radical autonomy discourse. In GE15, these candidates attempted to reconcile their regionalism with nationalism to stay relevant in the national political landscape. Meanwhile, opposition parties performed …
Ethnicity and nationalism
This paper studies how ethnicity has influenced the construction of nationalism in two political movements that took place in Sarawak, a former British colony in North Borneo. It analyzes the discourse of colonialism, freedom and independence that revolved around two movements, namely the anti-cession movement and the underground communist movement, controlled respectively by the ethnic Malay and Chinese in Sarawak. A comparison of these two move…
A “Double Alienation”
Scholarship on Christianity in Malaysia has been dominated by denominational church history, as well as the study of urban, middle-class and English-speaking church congregations in the post-Independence period. In focusing on the vernacular Chinese Protestant church in Malaysia, and one of its most prominent para-church organisations, called The Bridge, this paper draws attention to the variegated histories of Christian conversion and disseminat…
Ethnicity and nationalism
This paper studies how ethnicity has influenced the construction of nationalism in two political movements that took place in Sarawak, a former British colony in North Borneo. It analyzes the discourse of colonialism, freedom and independence that revolved around two movements, namely the anti-cession movement and the underground communist movement, controlled respectively by the ethnic Malay and Chinese in Sarawak. A comparison of these two move…
Soft Power, Confucius Institute and China’s Cultural Diplomacy in Malaysia
The point of departure in this study is to assess the effectiveness of China's cultural diplomacy in Malaysia by looking at the employment of three main strategies and its limitations. The study utilises the methods of interview and empirical case study by firstly, giving a detailed look into the Kong Zi Institute (Confucius Institute) in Malaysia, and secondly, investigating some rarely-noticed diplomatic undertakings from the provincial or city…
Moderation of Sarawak Regionalism in Malaysia's 15th General Election
Compared to Sarawak state elections, in the 2022 general election (GE15) the incumbent Sarawak Parties Alliance (Gabungan Parti Sarawak, GPS) and Sarawak-based opposition parties' campaigns demonstrated a tendency toward a moderate rather than radical autonomy discourse. In GE15, these candidates attempted to reconcile their regionalism with nationalism to stay relevant in the national political landscape. Meanwhile, opposition parties performed …
How Malaysian States and Their Strongmen Shape Urban Development
In the Federation of Malaysia, the state government has a dominant role in the management and administration of local authorities as well as in allocating resources. This paper takes a bottom-up perspective to look at the dependence of the Sibu Municipal Council on the Sarawak state government and strongman. It begins by showing how the existing legal and political frameworks enable the formation of a strongman government and then addresses the s…
From Voting Bloc to Fragmentation
This study analyses the voting patterns among the Sarawakian Chinese and their pro-opposition inclination in the 2021 Sarawak State Election (SSE21). It begins by recounting how the national opposition alliances, former Pakatan Harapan (PH) alliances—Barisan Alternatif (BA) and Pakatan Rakyat (PR)—gained popularity among the Chinese voters in Sarawak since the 2006 state elections. The voting trends reveal changes in Chinese voting patterns, from…
Lim Boon Keng’s Translation of the Li Sao
In 1929, Lim Boon Keng, a Nanyang Chinese from Singapore, published an English translation of the Li Sao , a classical Chinese poem from the third century bc . Based on the paratextual materials which Lim provided with his translation, this article argues that Lim actively engaged in two intellectual debates during that time. The first revolved around the figure of Qu Yuan, long revered as a paragon of Confucian virtue. In his The Li Sao , Lim re…
Asian Studies and History (6 works) · Law (6 works) · Political science (6 works) · Law (5 works) · Politics (5 works) · Sociology (5 works) · Political economy (3 works) · Public Administration (3 works) · Socioeconomic Development in Asia (3 works) · Anthropology (2 works)