BIOGRAPHY
Associate Professor at Department of Chinese Studies, Xiamen University Malaysia. He serves as an Academic Committee Chairman at the Centre for Malaysian Chinese Studies. He is also an editorial board member and paper reviewer for few journals such as Journal of Malaysian Chinese Studies, Malaysian Education Review, Journal of Malaysian Sinology Studies.
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Chinese Phonology, Chinese Dialectology, Malaysian Chinese Language Study
EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND
PhD (Chinese Linguistics), Dept of Chinese Language and Literature, Peking University, China (2010)
MA (Chinese Linguistics), Dept of Chinese Language and Literature, Peking University, China (2005)
BA (Chinese Linguistics), Dept of Chinese Language and Literature, Peking University, China (2002)
WORKING EXPERIENCE
Department of Chinese Studies, Xiamen University Malaysia, Malaysia (2017 to current).
Senior Lecturer, Department of Chinese Studies, University of Malaya, Malaysia (2016 to 2017).
Senior Lecturer, Department of Modern Languages and Communications, University of Putra Malaysia, Malaysia (2010 to 2016).
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE / GRANTS
XMUMRF, “Phonological system of Min-nan dialect in Peninsula Malaysia”
REPRESENTATIVE PUBLICATIONS
2020. Promotion and Popularization of Guoyu Movement in Pre-war Singapore and Malaysia published in Global Mandarin, vol 6 issue 1
2019. Parit Jawa Teochew Dialect Phonological System in Johor, Malaysia, published in Journal of Malaysian Chinese Studies, vol 22
2018. Dialect Mixing and Conditioned Variants in Yin Shang tone of Chaoshan Dialects in Parit Jawa Fishing Village of Malaysia, published in Journal of Taiwanese Languages and Literature, vol 13 No 2
2018. A Study of the Eastern Han Scholars’ Reading System, Taipei: Hua Mu Lan Cultural Press
2018. Collected Works in Malaysian Mandarin Studies, Kuala Lumpur: Centre for Malaysian Chinese Studies