Yu Miao smiles as he stands among the 10,000 books crowded on rows of bamboo shelves in his newly reopened bookstore. It’s in Washington’s vibrant Dupont Circle neighborhood, far from its last ...
Drawing from Xiamen University publications, Wong’s book reveals historical Chinese terms like ‘Fan’ (meaning uncivilised), ‘Huan-a’ (for Malays), and ‘Jip Huan’ (for Muslim converts), examining their ...