What is it about?
This paper uses archives of Japan's southward advance to revisit the history of Singapore between the 1910s and 1940s
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Why is it important?
Existing studies on Singapore's colonial history use Chinese and English sources. The Japanese archives shed new light to understand the port-city's international commerce amidst the Anglo-Japanese business rivalry.
Perspectives
Singapore was an important hub for Japan's intelligence work and commercial base three decades before the Shonan era. While many studies emphasize Japan's brutal policies toward the Chinese during WWII, this article points out the early cooperation between the Japanese and Chinese.
Dr Huei-Ying Kuo
Johns Hopkins University
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This page is a summary of: 6. Social Discourse and Economic Functions: The Singapore Chinese in Japan’s Southward Expansion between 1914 and 1941, December 2011, De Gruyter,
DOI: 10.1515/9789048514373-008.
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