Nicholas Chan

A Forensic Science-Asian Studies hybrid, Nicholas Chan is interested in how authority is shaped, exercised, and more importantly, resisted in Southeast Asia.


Sunday, 28 Oct 2018 07:00 AM

Simpler ways of becoming ‘Oxford’

Trust-building and good research availability, among others, are essential to improving our universities.

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Simpler ways of becoming ‘Oxford’

Sunday, 23 Sep 2018 07:00 AM

Private sin, public morality, and identity politics

The religious furore surrounding the LGBT obsession is a matter of societal identity.

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Private sin, public morality, and identity politics

Sunday, 26 Aug 2018 07:00 AM

A State of the Union for Malaysia, maybe?

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A State of the Union for Malaysia, maybe?

Sunday, 29 Jul 2018 07:00 AM

The limits of multiculturalism

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The limits of multiculturalism

Sunday, 08 Jul 2018 07:00 AM

Time to pay for good journalism

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Time to pay for good journalism


Sunday, 10 Jun 2018 07:00 AM

This is what identity politics does to people

Wednesday, 14 Feb 2018 07:00 AM

The true genius of ‘Bad Genius’

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Wednesday, 24 Jan 2018 07:00 AM

How democracy ends for us

Wednesday, 03 Jan 2018 07:00 AM

How to claim merit within inequality

Thursday, 14 Dec 2017 07:00 AM

A case for a Youth Tsunami

Wednesday, 13 Sep 2017 07:00 AM

Avoid the integration fetish

Wednesday, 30 Aug 2017 07:00 AM

Why don’t we talk enough about bread-and-butter issues?

Wednesday, 16 Aug 2017 07:00 AM

A time when terror had a different face

Wednesday, 02 Aug 2017 07:45 AM

Malaysia and the ‘small state’ debate

Wednesday, 19 Jul 2017 07:43 AM

The necessity of elections and healing