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Shaun Tan

Hong Kong, Kuala Lumpur
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Shaun Tan’s Biography

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Shaun Tan obtained an MA in International Relations from Yale University and an LLB from King’s College London. His writing has appeared in Rabbit Hole, The Caravan, Quartz, The Yale Daily News, The Politic, and The Diplomat. He enjoys reading, playing tennis, and talking about himself in the third-person. Contact him at shaunzhiming.tan@gmail.com

Shaun Tan’s Journalist Portfolio

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China's Loose Canon

China's Loose Canon

Few outside China know much about the Chinese canon, a canon that is as rich and valuable as its Western coun…

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How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Antiballistic Missile System

How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Antiballistic Missile System

Peter Sellers as the eponymous Dr Strangelove South Korea seems to have caved to China on THAAD, agreeing not…

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The Importance of America's Example

The Importance of America's Example

When I went to America to study in 2010, there was little cause to doubt its greatness. Its universities were…

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Democracy's Spoiled Brats

Democracy's Spoiled Brats

Occupy protestors in Hong Kong In his speech at the recent Spirit of Liberty forum, former U.S. President Geo…

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The Anxious Diasporas at China's Doorstep

The Anxious Diasporas at China's Doorstep

Indonesian Chinese pray at a temple in Jakarta They came in small boats from across the sea, some fleeing war…

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The Uses and Abuses of Sovereignty

The Uses and Abuses of Sovereignty

The ratification of the Treaty of Munster, part of the Peace of Westphalia, by Gerard ter Borch Donald Trump …

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Articles

Morphological and chemical changes in Cd-free colloidal QD-LEDs during operation

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By Feng Jiang, Antoine Diez, Juncheng Yao, Jamie Geng, Shaun Tan, Mike Dillender, Shreyas Srinivasan, Taehyung Kim, Mayuran Saravanapavanantham, Kwang-Hee Kim, Heejae Chung, Sujin Park, Thienan Nguyen, Karen Yang, Yongli Lu, Tae-Gon Kim, Moungi G. Bawendi, Vladimir Bulović
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Abstract INTRODUCTION RESULTS DISCUSSION MATERIALS AND METHODS Acknowledgments Supplementary Materials REFERENCES Information & Authors Metrics & Citations View Options References Figures Tables Media Share Abstract Heavy-metal-free quantum-dot light-emitting devices (QD-LEDs) demonstrate high brightness, saturated color, and high efficiency, yet their operational lifetimes remain limited, with the underlying degradation mechanisms not fully understood.
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Gut microbiota modulation of regulatory DNA elements revealed by massively parallel functional characterization

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By Chadmirah Zaratiana, Yong-An Lee, Tiffany Liu, Shaun Tan, Adheet Ganesh, Xuling Chang, Xiu Qi Koh, Jian-Min Yuan, Chiea Chuen Khor, Woon-Puay Koh, Rajkumar Dorajoo, Kazuyuki Kasahara, Torsten Wuestefeld, Poshen B. Chen
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Keywords DNA regulatory element transcription gut microbiome liver-gut axis functional genomics Introduction The hepatic transcriptome is highly responsive to nutritional and environmental cues, due to the unique anatomical connection between the gut and liver via the portal vein, which delivers nutrients, microbial metabolites, and endotoxins directly to hepatocytes.
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Shaun Tan’s ‘Hometown’ to Be Published by Levine Querido in September

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By Shaun Tan
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News from Levine Querido about the new Shaun Tan graphic novel Hometown coming later this year from Levine Querido… HOMETOWN By Shaun Tan “Loved it! Chock-full of magic!” — Guillermo del Toro, Academy Award winning director of Frankenstein and The Shape of Water “A passionate, clever and inspiring tale about how we choose which family to love.
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Interview

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What was your first job as a journalist?

I was a reporter at the Malay Mail Online.

Have you ever used a typewriter?

What's a typewriter?

How is social media changing news?

Smart people are using it to share cool ideas. Dumb people are using it to share clickbait trash. Unfortunately, there are more dumb people.