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[email protected] Follow this and additional works at: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soss_research Part of the Asian Studies Commons, Human Geography Commons, and the Urban Studies Commons Citation Yeoh, Brenda S. A., & KONG, Lily.(2012). Singapore’s Chinatown: Nation building and heritage tourism in a multiracial city. Localities, 2, 117-159. Available at: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soss_research/2250 This Journal Article is brought to you for free and open access by the School of Social Sciences at Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University. It has been accepted for inclusion in Research Collection School of Social Sciences by an authorized administrator of Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University. For more information, please email
[email protected]. Localities, Vol. 2, 2012, pp. 117-159 Singapore s Chinatown: Nation Building and Heritage Tourism in a Multiracial City Brenda S. A. Yeoh and Lily Kong Brenda S. A. Yeoh Professor, Department of Geography, National University of Singapore E-mail:
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[email protected] Abstract This paper focuses on the pivotal role played by the state in refashioning the Chinatown landscape as part of both nation-building and heritage tourism projects, and the ensuing cultural politics.