Ong Sum Ping in Chinese Sources Ong Sum Ping lived in Brunei. He established a trading post and a Chinese […]

All Creatures #77 New Species Two new species of Mealy bugs have been discovered feeding on forest trees in Kalimatan.

Why Preaching Christianity to the Malays in Kuching Didn’t Work The first Anglican missionaries set foot in Sarawak on 29

Brooke Colonial Thinking in Sarawak European powers were competing to take over lands in Asia that they saw as “empty”

All Creatures Great and Small #76 New Species A new species of pygmy grasshopper has been found near the Meligan

Islam first enteredhe Malabar Coast of India soon after the elevation of the Prophet Muhammad, in ~621 AD. The Malabar

History of Sarawak Money There is no more boring reading than Sarawak’s (or anybody else’s) monetary policy. I fell asleep

Here is an account of the battle between Brooke forces and the pirates of the Skrang river valley in 1844

Ghosts and the Japanese Occupation Malaysia has long possessed a rich storytelling history and has combined elements of historical memory

All Creatures Great and Small #75 Betta Hendra The critically endangered Betta hendra, endemic to Borneo’s peat swamp forests, faces