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<span>Sai, S. M. (2023). Becoming Chinese in the Malay world: colonialism, migration and history in Singapore. </span><i>Inter-Asia Cultural Studies</i><span>, </span><i>24</i><span>(4), 606–624. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1080/14649373.2023.2221491">https://doi.org/10.1080/14649373.2023.2221491</a> <br /><br />Sai, S. M. and Hoon, C., Y., (Eds). (2022) <em>Reassessing Chinese Indonesians: History, Religion and Belonging , Ruotlwedge, </em><a href="https://www.routledge.com/Chinese-Indonesians-Reassessed-History-Religion-and-Belonging/Sai-Hoon/p/book/9781138815612">h</a><a href="https://www.routledge.com/Chinese-Indonesians-Reassessed-History-Religion-and-Belonging/Sai-Hoon/p/book/9781138815612">ttps://www.routledge.com/Chinese-Indonesians-Reassessed-History-Religion-and-Belonging/Sai-Hoon/p/book/9781138815612</a> <br /></span><br /><span>Sai, S. M. (2019). Dressing Up Subjecthood: Straits Chinese, the Queue, and Contested Citizenship in Colonial Singapore. </span><i>The Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History</i><span>, </span><i>47</i><span>(3), 446–473. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1080/03086534.2019.1576835">https://doi.org/10.1080/03086534.2019.1576835</a></span><br /><br /><span>Sai, S. M. (2016). Mandarin lessons: modernity, colonialism and Chinese cultural nationalism in the Dutch East Indies, c.1900s. </span><i>Inter-Asia Cultural Studies</i><span>, </span><i>17</i><span>(3), 375–394. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1080/14649373.2016.1217635">https://doi.org/10.1080/14649373.2016.1217635</a></span><br /><br /><span><span>Sai, S. M., & Hoon, C. (2013). <i>Chinese Indonesians Reassessed: History, Religion and Belonging</i>. Routledge. <br /><br />Sai, S. M. (2013). Educating multicultural citizens: Colonial nationalism, imperial citizenship and education in late colonial Singapore. <i>Journal of Southeast Asian Studies</i>, <i>44</i>(1), 49–73. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1017/S0022463412000616">https://doi.org/10.1017/S0022463412000616</a><br /><br /></span></span><span>Sai, S.,M with Lim, C., T. (2008) <a href="https://s-pores.com/2008/01/CCChin/">Archive Fever … in Singapore: An Interview with CC Chin </a></span><em>s-pores</em> 2.1, Accessed 10 May 25 <a href="https://s-pores.com/2008/01/CCChin/">https://s-pores.com/2008/ 01/ CCChin/</a>
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Min, S. S. (2021, September). Updating the Narrative: a Dialogue Between the Former Coloniser and Colonised by Sai Siew Min. <em>s/pores journal.</em> Accessed September 24, 2025. <a href="https://s-pores.com/2021/09/updating-the-narrative-a-dialogue-between-the-former-coloniser-and-colonised-by-sai-siew-min/">https://s-pores.com/2021/09/updating-the-narrative-a-dialogue-between-the-former-coloniser-and-colonised-by-sai-siew-min/</a><br /><br />Min, S. S. (2021, June 17). Why there is Chinese privilege in Singapore, but it’s not analogous to White privilege. <em>Academia Views SG.</em> Accessed August 28, 2025. <a href="https://www.academia.sg/academic-views/why-there-is-chinese-privilege-in-singapore-but-its-not-analogous-to-white-privilege/">https://www.academia.sg/academic-views/why-there-is-chinese-privilege-in-singapore-but-its-not-analogous-to-white-privilege/</a>
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Thum, P. (2024). <em>Nationalism and decolonisation in Singapore : the Malayan generation, 1953-1963.</em> Routledge.<span><br /><br /><span class="author">Gelles-Soh, <text></text>W. Y.</span> (<span class="pubYear">2024</span>). <span class="articleTitle">Racing whiteness in Asian bodies: The influence of American conservatism on Singaporean anti-colonial nationalism</span>. <i>Nations and Nationalism</i>, <span class="pageFirst">1-</span><span class="pageLast">21</span>. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1111/nana.13080" class="linkBehavior">https://doi.org/10.1111/nana.13080</a><br /><br />Barr, M. D. (2022). Singapore comes to terms with its Malay past: the politics of crafting a national history. <i>Asian Studies Review</i>, <i>46</i>(2), 350–368. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1080/10357823.2021.1972934">https://doi.org/10.1080/10357823.2021.1972934</a><br /><br />Sa'at, A,. Joramimi, F., and Sai, S. M. (Eds)<em> Raffles Renounced: Towards a Merdeka History,</em>Ethos Vooks, <a href="https://www.ethosbooks.com.sg/products/rafflesrenounced " title="https://www.ethosbooks.com.sg/products/rafflesrenounced ">https://www.ethosbooks.com.sg/products/rafflesrenounced </a><br /><br /></span>
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<span><span>Thum, P., J. (2024). <i>Nationalism and decolonisation in Singapore : the Malayan generation, 1953-1963</i>. Routledge.<br /><br />Thum, P., J. (2019). Independence: The Further Stage of Colonialism in Singapore. In L. Z. Rahim & M. D. Barr (Eds.), <em>The Limits of Authoritarian Governance in Singapore’s Developmental State</em> (pp. 49-69). Palgrave Macmillan. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-1556-5_3">https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-1556-5_3</a><br /><br />Thum, P., J. (2017). The Malayan vision of Lim Chin Siong: unity, non-violence, and popular sovereignty. <i>Inter-Asia Cultural Studies</i>, <i>18</i>(3), 391–413. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1080/14649373.2017.1346167">https://doi.org/10.1080/14649373.2017.1346167</a><br /></span></span><br /><span>Tjin, P., J., Low, D., Vadaketh, S. T., & Lim, L. (Eds). (2014). The Old Normal is the New Normal. In </span><i>Hard Choices: Challenging the Singapore Consensus</i><span> (pp. 139–167). NUS Press. <a href="https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctv1ntgrm.17">https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctv1ntgrm.17</a></span><br /><br /><span>Thum, P., J. (2013, November). <em>'The Fundamental Issue is Anti-colonialism, Not Merger’: Singapore’s “Progressive Left”, Operation Coldstore, and the Creation of Malaysia.</em> (Asia Research Institute Working Paper Series No. 211). <a href="https://ari.nus.edu.sg/publications/wps-211-the-fundamental-issue-is-anti-colonialism-not-merger-singapores-progressive-left-operation-coldstore-and-the-creation-of-malaysia/">https://ari.nus.edu.sg/publications/wps-211-the-fundamental-issue-is-anti-colonialism-not-merger-singapores-progressive-left-operation-coldstore-and-the-creation-of-malaysia/</a><br /><br />Thum, P. J. (2012). The Limitations of Monolingual History. In N. Tarling (Ed.), <i>Studying Singapore’s Past: C.M. Turnbull and the History of Modern Singapore</i> (pp. 87–109). NUS Press. <a href="https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctv1qv2wb.7">https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctv1qv2wb.7</a><br /><br /><br /></span><span><br /></span>
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<span><span>Seng, L. K., Tjin, T. P., & Chia, J. M. (2017). </span></span><em>Living with Myths in Singapore.</em> Ethos Books. <br /><br /><span>Curless, G. (2016). ‘The people need civil liberties’: trade unions and contested decolonisation in Singapore. <i>Labor History</i>, <i>57</i>(1), 53–70. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1080/0023656X.2016.1140623">https://doi.org/10.1080/0023656X.2016.1140623</a><br /><br />Aljunied, S. M. K., & Heng, D. (2012). <i>Singapore in Global History</i>. Amsterdam University Press.<br /><br />Tarling, N. (Ed.). (2012). </span><i>Studying Singapore’s Past: C.M. Turnbull and the History of Modern Singapore</i><span>. NUS Press. <a href="https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctv1qv2wb">https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctv1qv2wb</a><br /><br /><br /></span>
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<yt-formatted-string force-default-style="" class="style-scope ytd-watch-metadata" title="Apa itu Activist - "Revisionist" Historian, Thum Ping Tjin">Thum, P. J. (n.d.). <em>NewNaratif.</em> Accessed October 28, 2025. https://newnaratif.com/ <br /><br />Thum, P. J. (n.d.). <em>The History of Singapore. </em>Accessed October 28, 2025. https://thehistoryofsingapore.com/<br /><br />Thum, P. J. (n.d.). <em>The Show with PJ Thum. </em>Accessed October 28, 2025. https://newnaratif.com/theshowwithpjthum/<br /><br />Singapore: The House that Lee Built | People and Power. (2018, March 2). <em>Al Jazeera English.</em> YouTube. Accessed March 20, 2025. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c27vAhUJQdc<br /><br />Apa itu Activist - "Revisionist" Historian, Thum Ping Tjin. (2016, August 23). <em>The Online Citizen. </em>YouTube. Accessed March 15, 2025. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0CZ6N7neoZw </yt-formatted-string>
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Huat, C.B. (2017). <i>Liberalism disavowed: Communitarianism and state capitalism in Singapore</i>. Cornell University Press. <br /><a href="http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.7591/j.ctt1zkjz35" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.7591/j.ctt1zkjz35</a><br /><br />Huat, C.B. (2015). Conceptualizing an East Asian popular culture. In Chen, K.H. & Huat, C.B.<i>The inter-Asia cultural studies reader</i> (pp. 131-155). Routledge.<br /><br />Huat, C.B. (2003). <i>East Asian pop culture: Structure, audience and soft power</i>. Hong Kong University Press.<br /><a href="http://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctt1xwf03" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">http://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctt1xwf03</a><br /><br />Huat, C.B. (2003). Multiculturalism in Singapore: An instrument of social control. <i>Race & Class, 44</i>(3), 58–77. <br /><a href="https://doi.org/10.1177/0306396803044003025" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://doi.org/10.1177/0306396803044003025</a>
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Chen, K-H. CARE NUS. (2017, March 27). <i>Cultural studies symposium Prof Chua Beng Huat pt. 1,</i> YouTube. Accessed 9 February 2023, <br /><a href="https://youtu.be/vGE6FVAOggA" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://youtu.be/vGE6FVAOggA</a><br /><br />Chen, K-H. (2017, March 27).<i> Cultural studies symposium Prof Chua Beng Huat pt. 2,</i> YouTube. Accessed 9 February 2023,<br /><a href="https://youtu.be/ikxQk6LBPGU" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://youtu.be/ikxQk6LBPGU</a><br /><br />Chen, K-H. (2017, March 27). <i>Cultural studies symposium. Prof Chua Beng Huat pt. 3,</i> YouTube. Accessed February 9, 2023,<br /><a href="https://youtu.be/BpECM6HlTHE" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://youtu.be/BpECM6HlTHE</a><br /><br />Barr, M. Singapore’s ‘History wars’: What to do with Indigenous histories? "Five-minute Friday Michael Barr FAHA explores the story (so far) behind the teaching of Singapore’s history", <i>Australian Academy of Humanities</i>, Accessed, Feb 9 2023.<br /><a href="https://humanities.org.au/uncategorised/singapore-history-wars/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://humanities.org.au/uncategorised/singapore-history-wars/</a>
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