On the languages of the Jingpo nationality by Dai, Qingxia

“…This article discusses certain characteristics of language use among the Jingpo (Kachin) nationality, with a view towards exploring how social factors have influenced language use and development in an ethnic group that uses several languages.…”
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Bodies and viruses : biomedicalizing hepatitis B in shaping South Korea's nationhood by Park, Hyung Wook

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(Nation) building civic epistemologies around nuclear energy in India by Haines, Monamie Bhadra

“…Civic epistemologies must account for the failures of the Indian bourgeoisie and state in achieving hegemony through nuclear nationalism, and contend with how coercive state power circumscribes consensual politics and is often directed towards subaltern groups ambivalently enrolled in India’s nation-building project. …”
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Suturing the nation in South Korean historical television medical dramas by Liew, Kai Khiun

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A vision for a knowledge society and learning nation : the role of a National Library System by Lim, Sean, Chia, Yew Boon, Sharma, Ravi S.

“…More specifically, it reviews the relevant literature on the subject in order to perform a grounded theory case analysis on the policies of the National Library System (NLS) in Singapore. The research methodology comprises three stages--formulating a model for communal knowledge sharing, an environmental scan of news and policy releases about the national library, and in-depth interviews with senior library professionals about the impact of national libraries. …”
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The Singapore national precision medicine strategy by Wong, Eleanor, Bertin, Nicolas, Hebrard, Maxime, Tirado-Magallanes, Roberto, Bellis, Claire, Lim, Weng Khong, Chua, Chee Yong, Tong, Philomena Mei Lin, Chua, Raymond, Mak, Kenneth, Lim, Tit Meng, Cheong, Wei Yang, Thien, Kwee Eng, Goh, Khean Teik, Chai, Jin-Fang, Lee, Jimmy, Sung, Joseph Jao Yiu, Wong, Tien Yin, Chin, Calvin Woon Loong, Gluckman, Peter D., Goh, Liuh Ling, Ban, Kenneth Hon Kim, Tan, Tin Wee, Sim, Xueling, Cheng, Ching-Yu, Davila, Sonia, Karnani, Neerja, Leong, Khai Pang, Liu, Jianjun, Prabhakar, Shyam, Maurer-Stroh, Sebastian, Verma, Chandra Shekhar, Krishnaswamy, Pavitra, Goh, Rick Siow Mong, Chia, Irenaeus, Ho, Clarissa, Low, Doreen, Virabhak, Suchin, Yong, Jacklyn, Zheng, Weiling, Seow, Shih Wee, Seck, Yee Kwang, Koh, Mingshi, Chambers, John Campbell, Tai, E Shyong, Tan, Patrick

“…Although Asia is home to 60% of the world's population, many Asian ancestries are under-represented in existing databases, leading to missed opportunities for new discoveries, particularly for diseases most relevant for these populations. The Singapore National Precision Medicine initiative is a whole-of-government 10-year initiative aiming to generate precision medicine data of up to one million individuals, integrating genomic, lifestyle, health, social and environmental data. …”
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Assessing the national logistics system of Vietnam by Banomyong, Ruth, Thai, Vinh V., Yuen, Kum Fai

“…The purpose of this research is to present and analyse the current situation regarding the capability of the national logistics system in Vietnam. A national assessment framework for macro-logistics is utilised in combination with semi-structured interviews of key Vietnamese stakeholders to reflect on the current situation in the country. …”
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The secular realm as interfaith space : discourse and practice in contemporary multicultural nation-states by Hedges, Paul

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The National Archives of Singapore reference enquiry database by Goh, Dion Hoe-Lian, Chan, Roy

“…The National Archives of Singapore offers reference services to members of the public on questions related to Singapore’s history and heritage. …”
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The state of the Indian military: historical role and contemporary challenges by Mukherjee, Anit

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The National Library of Singapore : creating a sense of community by Lin, Hui, Luyt, Brendan

“…Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate the role of the National Library of Singapore in the life of Singaporeans. …”
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Characteristics of the language of traditional songs and poetry of the Jingpo nationality by Dai, Qingxia

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Colonialism, ethnicity, and geopolitics in the development of the Singapore National Library by Luyt, Brendan

“…After independence the Singapore National Library collections and policies were influenced by the censorship imposed by the government in power in the early 1960s. …”
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Behind the Ties that Bind: Diaspora-making and Nation-building in China and India in Historical Perspective, 1850s-2010s by van Dongen, Els

“…Whereas the rare existing comparative studies of Chinese and Indian diaspora policies have focused on recent periods following economic restructuring in both countries, this article, using a historical perspective, looks at diaspora policies in both countries from the angle of conceptions of the nation. Comparing three specific periods – the early twentieth century, the period between the 1950s and the 1970s, and the period since the 1970s – the article argues that there was a similarity between China and India in terms of how conceptions of the nation expanded and contracted together with both domestic and international changes during these periods, in spite of differences in nationality laws. …”
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"Shame on you!" : competing narratives of the nation in the Laoxikai Incident and the Tianjin anti-French campaign, 1916-1917 by Chen, Songchuan.

“…The nationalists felt shame on behalf of their nation, and through public humiliation they forced Chinese who appeared indifferent to the nation to share in the national shame. …”
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Intellectual wealth of nations revisited : operationalising the value cycle of innovation by Chew, Ann-Liang, Bontis, Nick, Sharma, Ravi S.

“…In this paper, we develop a conceptual framework for the measurement of the intellectual wealth of nations. We argue that rather than persist with the outcomes-based indicators of intellectual assets favoured by the World Bank and United Nations, there is a process-based approach that may be tied to the value of innovation. …”
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Implementing a national virtual library for higher institutions in Nigeria by Gbaje, Ezra Shiloba

“…This desk study examined the national library virtual project initiatives and identifies the challenges of its implementation within the Nigerian context. …”
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Tracking the mental health of a nation : prevalence and correlates of mental disorders in the second Singapore mental health study by Subramaniam, Mythily, Abdin, Edimanysah, Vaingankar, Janhavi Ajit, Saleha Binte Shafie, Chua, Boon Yiang, Sambasivam, Rajeswari, Zhang, Yun Jue, Shahwan, Shazana, Chang, Sherilyn Hui, Chua, Hong Choon, Verma, Swapna Kamal, James, Lyn, Kwok, Kianwoon, Heng, Derrick M. K., Chong, Siow Ann

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Ignatius Sancho's letters of the late Ignatius Sancho, an African (1782): race and nation as a rhetoric of resistance (Article) by Tita, Charles

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“Authenticity” and “foreign talent” in Singapore : the relative and negative logic of national identity by Yang, Peidong

“…Singapore’s constitutive sociocultural hybridity has meant that this postcolonial island-nation’s national identity has always been a problematic construct. …”
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