Overseas Chinese in the British Empire

Professor Yen Ching-hwang Yen Ching-hwang was born in 1937 in Yongchun, Fujian to Gan Cheong Choo also known as Yen Chang-shu (颜章枢). ...

Introduction Peranakan is a conjugated word adopted from Indonesian or Malay. The Kamus Dewan, a standard Malay language dictionary defi...

The term Straits Chinese is colloquially known in today as Peranakan. It was also less known as King’s Chinese or Queen’s Chinese.  Ask...

Khoo Kim Lian, MBE, JP Khoo Kim Lian was an English educated Straits Chinese. He was born on 11 July 1892 in Malacca. He joined the M...

Cho Poo Courtesy: Normon Cho Cho Boon Poo or Cho Bun Pu was among the early pioneers in planting gambier and tapioca in Malacca and N...

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