Joshua Hong Yi Tan

Joshua Hong Yi Tan is a historian and researcher from Singapore. He is a postdoctoral fellow in History at NUS, and is writing a book about Chinese international students in America's Cold War.

Aug 8, 2025 | 17-min read |

History

The Zhoushan Islands: archipelagic kinship across the South Seas

Like Singapore, Zhoushan is slowly becoming unmoored from its archipelagic past, losing the gentle rhythms of its sea-bound worlds to the cacophony of capitalism.

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