Sun Yat-Sen, Nanyang and the 1911 Revolution

List of Contributors

ix LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS James฀A.฀COOK,฀born฀and฀raised฀in฀Kuala฀Lumpur,฀Malaysia฀until฀he฀was฀ six,฀has฀been฀working฀on฀transnational฀China฀since฀1995.฀After฀completing฀ his฀ Honours฀ Thesis฀ on฀ Chinese฀ foreign฀ policy฀ in฀ Southeast฀ Asia฀ at฀ the฀ University฀of฀California,฀Santa฀Cruz฀in฀1987,฀Professor฀Cook฀went฀on฀to฀ complete฀his฀M.A.฀and฀Ph.D.฀at฀the฀University฀of฀California,฀San฀Diego.฀ His฀advisors฀included฀Joseph฀Esherick,฀Paul฀Pickowicz,฀Dorothy฀Ko,฀and฀ Takashi฀Fujitani,฀and฀his฀disseration฀analysed฀Republician-era฀Xiamen.฀After฀ completing฀two฀years฀at฀Peking฀University’s฀Department฀of฀History,฀work฀ on฀ transnational฀ China฀ began฀ in฀ earnest฀ at฀ Xiamen฀ University’s฀ Taiwan฀ Research฀Center฀under฀Professor฀Lin฀Renchuan฀(林仁川)฀and฀Mr฀Hong฀ Puren฀ (洪朴仁).฀ He฀ began฀ his฀ teaching฀ career฀ at฀ Central฀ Washington฀ University฀in฀1998.฀Currently฀he฀is฀Director฀of฀the฀university’s฀Asia/Pacific฀ Studies฀programme฀and฀is฀the฀Principal฀Researcher฀of฀a฀National฀Science฀ Foundation-funded฀grant฀looking฀at฀the฀history฀of฀water฀usage฀in฀northwest฀ China.฀He฀is฀completing฀a฀book฀on฀Xiamen฀and฀transnational฀China. Prasenjit฀DUARA฀is฀a฀historian฀of฀China฀and฀more฀broadly฀of฀Asia฀in฀the฀ twentieth฀century.฀He฀also฀writes฀on฀historical฀thought฀and฀historiography.฀ Duara฀ was฀ Professor฀ and฀ Chairman฀ of฀ the฀ History฀ department฀ at฀ the฀ University฀ of฀ Chicago.฀ Since฀ 2008฀ he฀ has฀ been฀ Director฀ of฀ Research฀ in฀ Humanities฀ and฀ Social฀ Sciences฀ at฀ the฀ National฀ University฀ of฀ Singapore฀ where฀ he฀ is฀ also฀ Raffles฀ Professor฀ of฀ Humanities฀ and฀ Director฀ of฀ the฀ Asia฀ Research฀ Institute.฀ Among฀ his฀ books฀ are฀ Rescuing฀ History฀ from฀ the฀ Nation฀(1995),฀Sovereignty฀and฀Authenticity:฀Manchukuo฀and฀the฀East฀Asian฀ Modern฀(2003),฀an฀edited฀volume฀on฀Decolonization฀(2004),฀and฀Culture,฀ Power฀ and฀ the฀ State:฀ Rural฀ North฀ China,฀ 1900–1942฀ (1988),฀ which฀ won฀ 00b฀SunYatSenCont.indd฀฀฀9 8/24/11฀฀฀2:06:42฀PM x List of Contributors the฀ Fairbank฀ Prize฀ of฀ the฀ AHA฀ and฀ the฀ Levenson฀ Prize฀ of฀ the฀ AAS.฀ In฀ 2009฀he฀published฀a฀collection฀of฀his฀essays,฀The฀Global฀and฀the฀Regional฀ in฀China’s฀Nation-Formation.฀Duara’s฀essay,฀“Asia฀Redux:฀Conceptualizing฀ a฀ Region฀ for฀ our฀ Times”฀ (2010)฀ may฀ be฀ accessed฀ at฀ .฀His฀work฀has฀been฀widely฀translated฀into฀ Chinese,฀Japanese฀and฀Korean. Ceren฀ ERGENC฀ is฀ a฀ Ph.D.฀ candidate฀ at฀ the฀ Department฀ of฀ Political฀ Science,฀Boston฀University.฀She฀has฀previously฀studied฀at฀Peking฀University฀ for฀ two฀ years฀ as฀ a฀ visiting฀ graduate฀ student฀ and฀ also฀ at฀Taiwan฀ Normal฀ University,฀and฀worked฀at฀Fudan฀University฀as฀a฀programme฀coordinator.฀ He฀was฀a฀research฀฀fellow฀at฀Renmin฀University฀during฀2009–10. Baogang฀HE฀is฀Chairman฀in฀International฀Studies฀at฀the฀School฀of฀Politics฀ and฀International฀Studies,฀Deakin฀University,฀Melbourne,฀Australia.฀Professor฀ He฀ is฀ the฀ author฀ of฀ 4฀ single-authored฀ books,฀ 3฀ edited฀ volumes,฀ and฀ 45฀ international-referred฀journal฀articles.฀His฀research฀interests฀cover฀deliberative฀ democracy,฀Chinese฀democratization,฀Chinese฀politics,฀comparative฀politics,฀ political฀theory,฀Asian฀regionalism,฀and฀federalism฀in฀Asia. HUANG฀ Jianli฀ is฀ an฀ Associate฀ Professor฀ with฀ the฀ History฀ Department฀ of฀ the฀ National฀ University฀ of฀ Singapore.฀ Within฀ the฀ university,฀ he฀ is฀ concurrently฀a฀Research฀Associate฀with฀the฀East฀Asian฀Institute.฀His฀first฀ field฀ of฀ study฀ is฀ on฀ the฀ history฀ of฀ student฀ political฀ activism฀ and฀ local฀ governance฀ in฀ Republican฀ China฀ from฀ the฀ 1910s฀ to฀ 1940s.฀ His฀ second฀ research฀area฀is฀on฀the฀post-war฀Chinese฀community฀in฀Singapore,฀especially฀ its฀ relationship฀ vis-à-vis฀ China฀ and฀ the฀ larger฀ Chinese฀ diaspora.฀ He฀ has฀ published฀ a฀ monograph฀ on฀ The฀ Politics฀ of฀ Depoliticization฀ in฀ Republican฀ China:฀ Guomindang฀ Policy฀ towards฀ Student฀ Political฀ Activism,฀ 1927–1949฀ (1996)฀ and฀ co-authored฀ The฀ Scripting฀ of฀ a฀ National฀ History:฀ Singapore฀ and฀Its฀Past฀(2008).฀He฀also฀has฀articles฀in฀journals฀such฀as฀Modern฀Asian฀ Studies,฀Journal฀of฀Oriental฀Studies,฀East฀Asian฀History,฀Journal฀of฀Southeast฀ Asian฀ Studies,฀ South฀ East฀ Asian฀ Research,฀ Journal฀ of฀ the฀ Malaysian฀ Branch฀ of฀ the฀ Royal฀ Asiatic฀ Society,฀ Journal฀ of฀ Chinese฀ Overseas฀ and฀ International฀ Journal฀of฀Diasporic฀Chinese฀Studies. LEE฀Hock฀Guan฀is฀a฀Senior฀Fellow฀at฀the฀Regional฀Social฀and฀Cultural฀ Studies฀(RSPS)฀Programme,฀Institute฀of฀Southeast฀Asian฀Studies฀(ISEAS),฀ Singapore.฀His฀research฀interests฀include฀civil฀society฀and฀democratization,฀ nationalism,฀ethnicity฀and฀citizenship,฀and฀education฀and฀nation-state฀ 00b฀SunYatSenCont.indd฀฀฀10 8/24/11฀฀฀2:06:42฀PM List of Contributors xi formation฀in฀Southeast฀Asia,฀with฀special฀focus฀on฀Malaysia.฀He฀received฀his฀ Ph.D.฀in฀Sociology฀from฀Brandeis฀University,฀Waltham,฀USA. LEE฀ Lai฀To฀ joined฀ the฀ Department฀ of฀ Political฀ Science฀ at฀ the฀ then฀ University฀of฀Singapore฀in฀Bukit฀Timah฀in฀1974.฀He฀had฀been฀with฀the...