Hong Liu is the Tan Lark Sye Chair Professor in 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 and Executive Education of the Nanyang Centre for Public Administration at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.Cheun Hoe Yow is an 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 a 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.

• List of editorsList of contributorsIntroduction: Historicity, Trade, and Diaspora in the Making of Singapore as an Asian Regional Corridor: An IntroductionHong Liu, Cheun Hoe Yow, Huimei ZhangPart I: Historicity and NetworkChapter 1: Singapore in the History of British North Borneo: An Examination of Singapore as Centre to the RegionDanny Tze Ken WongChapter 2: China, Entrepôt Trade, and Singapore Chinese Merchants, 1945-65Jason LimChapter 3: Trading Hub Beyond Ideologies: The Singapore-North Korean Economic Connection and Mission for Industrialisation during the Cold WarJongHo KimPart II: Trade and IdentityChapter 4: Shaping the World-Class High-Tech Zone: A Case Study of the China-Singapore Suzhou Industrial ParkJinghua Xing, George Hong JiangChapter 5: Hedging Perspectives for Small States and Regimes: A Comparative Study between Singapore and Hong KongKian Cheng Lee, Haiping GaoChapter 6: A Hub for Diversity: Social Cohesion as a Statecraft for Nation-Branding in SingaporeChang-Yau Hoon, Ying-kit ChanPart III: Diaspora and GovernanceChapter 7: Singapore in Diasporic Chinese Foodways: Representation of New Chinese MigrantsCheun Hoe YowChapter 8: The Singapore Model of Tripartism in Digital Skills Development: Lessons from the COVID-19 PandemicCelia Khiaw Peng Lee

Hong Liu is the Tan Lark Sye Chair Professor in 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 and Executive Education of the Nanyang Centre for Public Administration at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.Cheun Hoe Yow is an 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 a 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.

• List of editorsList of contributorsIntroduction: Historicity, Trade, and Diaspora in the Making of Singapore as an Asian Regional Corridor: An IntroductionHong Liu, Cheun Hoe Yow, Huimei ZhangPart I: Historicity and NetworkChapter 1: Singapore in the History of British North Borneo: An Examination of Singapore as Centre to the RegionDanny Tze Ken WongChapter 2: China, Entrepôt Trade, and Singapore Chinese Merchants, 1945-65Jason LimChapter 3: Trading Hub Beyond Ideologies: The Singapore-North Korean Economic Connection and Mission for Industrialisation during the Cold WarJongHo KimPart II: Trade and IdentityChapter 4: Shaping the World-Class High-Tech Zone: A Case Study of the China-Singapore Suzhou Industrial ParkJinghua Xing, George Hong JiangChapter 5: Hedging Perspectives for Small States and Regimes: A Comparative Study between Singapore and Hong KongKian Cheng Lee, Haiping GaoChapter 6: A Hub for Diversity: Social Cohesion as a Statecraft for Nation-Branding in SingaporeChang-Yau Hoon, Ying-kit ChanPart III: Diaspora and GovernanceChapter 7: Singapore in Diasporic Chinese Foodways: Representation of New Chinese MigrantsCheun Hoe YowChapter 8: The Singapore Model of Tripartism in Digital Skills Development: Lessons from the COVID-19 PandemicCelia Khiaw Peng Lee

Hong Liu is the Tan Lark Sye Chair Professor in 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 and Executive Education of the Nanyang Centre for Public Administration at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.Cheun Hoe Yow is an 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 a 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.

• List of editorsList of contributorsIntroduction: Historicity, Trade, and Diaspora in the Making of Singapore as an Asian Regional Corridor: An IntroductionHong Liu, Cheun Hoe Yow, Huimei ZhangPart I: Historicity and NetworkChapter 1: Singapore in the History of British North Borneo: An Examination of Singapore as Centre to the RegionDanny Tze Ken WongChapter 2: China, Entrepôt Trade, and Singapore Chinese Merchants, 1945-65Jason LimChapter 3: Trading Hub Beyond Ideologies: The Singapore-North Korean Economic Connection and Mission for Industrialisation during the Cold WarJongHo KimPart II: Trade and IdentityChapter 4: Shaping the World-Class High-Tech Zone: A Case Study of the China-Singapore Suzhou Industrial ParkJinghua Xing, George Hong JiangChapter 5: Hedging Perspectives for Small States and Regimes: A Comparative Study between Singapore and Hong KongKian Cheng Lee, Haiping GaoChapter 6: A Hub for Diversity: Social Cohesion as a Statecraft for Nation-Branding in SingaporeChang-Yau Hoon, Ying-kit ChanPart III: Diaspora and GovernanceChapter 7: Singapore in Diasporic Chinese Foodways: Representation of New Chinese MigrantsCheun Hoe YowChapter 8: The Singapore Model of Tripartism in Digital Skills Development: Lessons from the COVID-19 PandemicCelia Khiaw Peng Lee