1. 商业史：马来亚华人商业网络
2. 地方与区域史研究
3. 重建东南亚历史和英国殖民档案

【硕士】《海外华人（台湾、香港、马来西亚和新加坡）在越南的投资》，卧龙岗大学历史系1997年硕士学位论文，李塔娜教授指导。
MA: The Foreign Direct Investment of Overseas Chinese (from Taiwan, Hong Kong, Singapore, and Malaysia) in Vietnam: Magnitude, Reasons, Trend, and Implication， 1991-1995

【博士】《槟城五大家族的崛起与没落》，澳洲国立大学历史系2007年博士学位论文，李塔娜教授指导。
PhD: The Rise and Fall of the Big Five of Penang and their Regional Networks, 1800s – 1900s.

1. Penang Chinese Commerce in the 19th Century: The Rise and Fall of the Big Five, Singapore: Institute of Southeast Asian Studies，2015.
2. 《19世纪槟城华商：五大姓的崛起与没落》 ，中国：社会科学文献出版社，2016年。

【编著】

1. From Free Port to Modern Economy: Economic Development & Social Change in Penang (with Chet Singh & Rajah Rasiah) (eds), ISEAS & Penang Institute, 2019.
   《从自由港到现代经济：槟城的经济发展和社会改变》
2. Biographical Dictionary of Mercantile Personalities of Penang (with Loh Wei Leng, Badriyah Salleh, Mahani Musa, and Marcus Langdon) (eds), Think City and MBRAS, 2013.
   《槟城商贾人物传记字典》

1. Book Review on ‘The Malayan Emergency: Essays on a Small, Distant War, by Souchou Yao. Copengagen: NIAS Press, 2016’, Kajian Malaysia, Vo..35, No.1, 2017, 133-137.
   《书评 —马来亚紧急状态：文集关于一个小和遥远的战争 》
2. ‘Hokkien Merchants and the Kian Teik Tong: Economic and Political Influence   in Nineteenth-Century Penang and Its Region’, Frontiers of History in China, Volume 11, Number 4, December 2016, 600-627.
   《福建商人与建德堂：政治与经济影响在十九世纪的槟城与其区域》
3. ‘19世纪槟城的崛起于繁荣：五大家族的商业网络’，闽商文化研究，第2期，2015，36-43. (The Rise and Prosperity of Penang in the 19th Century: Big Five Families’ Business Networks), (Journal of Studies on Fujianese Entrepreneurs Culture).
4. ‘Family Firms and Brand Products in Malaysia: Originality, Productivity and Sustainability’ Copenhagen Journal of Asian Studies (with Terence Gomez), 76-98.
   《马来西亚家族公司与品牌商品：创意、生产力和可持续性》
5. ‘Aceh-Penang Maritime Trade and Chinese Mercantile Networks in the 19th Century’, Archipel 87 (with Lee Kam Hing), 173-202.
   《19世纪的亚齐-槟城海上贸易与中国商业网络》
6. ‘Baba Hokkiens, Big Business, and Economic Dominance in Penang and its Region’, Malaysian Journal of Chinese Studies, Volume 2, Number 2, 2013， 65-76.
   《槟城及其区域的峇峇福 建人、大企业和经济优势》
7. ‘Uncovering the Myths of Two 19th-century Hokkien Business Personalities in the Straits Settlements’, Chinese Southern Diaspora Studies, Volume.5, 2011-12， 146-156.
   《揭示两位19世纪海峡殖民地福建商业人物的谜团》
8. ‘More Than a Tea Planter: John Archibald Russell and his Businesses in Malaya 1899-1933’, Journal of the Malaysian Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society (JMBRAS), Volume 83, Part 1, 2010，29-51.
   《不仅是茶农：约翰·阿奇博尔德·拉塞尔及其在马来亚的生意1899-1933年》
9. ‘Khean Guan Insurance Company and Penang’s Big Five Families, 1855-1911’, Asian Culture (亚洲文化), No.33, June, 2009，56-71.
   《乾元保险公司和槟城五大家族》
10. ‘The Big Five Families in Penang, 1830s-1890s’, Chinese Southern Diaspora Studies, Volume 1, 2007,106-115.
    《槟城五大家族，1830年至1890年》
11. ‘Australian Diplomatic Policy towards the Southeast Asian Region, 1945-1965’, Sejarah: Journal of The Department of History University of Malaya, No.10, 2002, 139-158.
    《澳大利亚对东南亚地区的外交政策1945-1965年》
12. ‘The Censorship and the Truth: An Analysis of the Sydney Morning Herald’s Coverage on the World War II in the Pacific, 1941-1942’, Sejarah: Journal of The Department of History University of Malaya, No.7, 1999, 146-156.
    《审查制度与真相：分析对悉尼晨报报道的太平洋第二次世界大战，1941-1942年》

‘The Penang’s Baba Businesses and Networks: From Regional Dominance to Disintegration and Resurgence/Disappearanc’, in ed. Leo Suryadinata, Peranakan Communities in the Era of Decolonization and Globalization, Singapore: Chinese Heritage Centre and NUS Baba House. 2014
“槟城的Baba业务和网络：从地区主导地位到瓦解与复兴/消失”载于《非殖民化和全球化时代的土生华人社群》

‘Loh Boon Siew’ in ed. Leo Suryadinat, Southeast Asian Personalities of Chinese Descent: A Biographical Dictionary, ISEAS Singapore, 692-694. 2012.
“骆文秀” 载于《东南亚华裔人物：传记字典》

‘Penang’s Big Five Families and Southern Siam during the Nineteenth Century’, in ed. Michael J. Montesano and Patrick Jory, Thai South and Malay North: Ethnic Interactions on a Plural Peninsula, Singapore: NUS Press, 2008, 201-213. (Also available in Thai language)
“十九世纪的槟城五大家族和南部暹罗” 载于《泰南和马来北部：多元半岛上的族群互动》

1. History of Inter-Ethnic Business Relations in a Diaspora Space: Russell Family’s Businesses in Malaya as a case study，2008-2009.
   散居区域的族群间的商业关系史：罗可素家族在马来亚的商业为例
2. Biographical Dictionary of Mercantile Personalities of Penang2010-2013
   槟城商贾人物传记字典
3. Towns of Malaya 2018-2019
   马来亚小镇
4. Book on History of Penang Hill 2018-19
   槟城升旗山历史撰书
5. First Generation Buddhists in British Malaya: A Transnational History (The Chiang Jing-kuo Foundation for International Scholarly Exchange 2020–2022
   亞洲跨文化視角下的馬來亞第一代南來佛門人物群像（蒋经国国际学术交流基金会）

‘19 世紀檳城區域:五大姓福建商人網絡的角色與功能’ (19th-century Penang Region: The Role and Function of the Big Five Hokkien families’ Mercantile Networks), a talk presented at the Penang Seminar 2019: When the Wind of the Sinophone Blows (華夷風起：檳城文史研習營), 8 July to 13 July 2019.

‘Straits Settlements Colonial Records: Reconstruction of Business History of the Penang’s Big Five Hokkien Families’, a talk presented at Fujianese Cultural Research Group of Zhong Hua Research Centre, University of Tunku Abdul Rahman, Kampar Campus, Perak, 31 October 2018.
“海峡殖民地记录：槟城五大家族商业史的重”

‘Research on Penang’s Chinese Business History: English Colonial Sources’, a talk presented for Wacana Penyelidikan Sejarah 2018 organized by the Universiti Sains Malaysia, 24 September 2018.
“槟城华人商业史研究：英国殖民资料”

‘The Rise of Singkeh Chinese Businessmen and Their Business Networks in Penang, 1900s – 1960s’, a talk presented at the symposium on "Exploring history of Penang as a port city" – organized by Yale-NUS College and Penang Heritage Trust, 24-25 April 2018.
“新客华商及其商业网络在槟城的崛起，1900年代 – 1960年代”

‘Business Networks and Business Ascendancy of the Hokkien Merchants in the 19th-century Penang Region’, a talk presented to post-graduate students at Universiti Utara Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur campus, 18 March 2018.
“19世纪槟城区域福建商人的商业网络和商业优势”

‘Mercantile Networks and Economic Ascendency of the Hokkien Merchantsin the 19th-century Penang Region’, a talk presented at International Seminar on Maritime Southeast Asia from Historical Perspective, CSEAS, Kyoto University, December 23, 2017.
“19世纪槟城地区福建商人的商业网络和经济优势”

‘Baba Hokkien Merchants and Kian Teik Tong: Socioeconomic Dominance and Political Influence in the 19th-century Penang and Its Region’, a paper presented at the international conference on “Secret Societies and Popular Movements in Chinese and Southeast Asian History” University of Macau, 17-19 December 2014.
“峇峇福建商人和建德堂：19世纪槟城及其区域的社会经济主导地位和政治影响”

‘Penang’s Baba Businesses and Networks: From Regional Dominance to Disintegration and Resurgence/Disappearance’, a paper presented at the international conference on ‘Peranakan Communities in the Era of Decolonization and Globalization’ co-organized by Baba House (NUS), Chinese Heritage Centre, and National Library Singapore on 27th September, 2013.
“槟城的Baba业务和网络：从地区主导地位到瓦解与复兴/消失”

Resource person for the members of The University of Hong Kong Museum Society Tour in George Town, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, from 9 to 12 September 2012.
“香港大学博物馆学会乔治城之旅成员的顾问”

‘Penang’s Chinese Diaspora: Baba Hokkiens, Big Business, Kongsis, and Regional Networks, 1800s – 1900s’, a lecture delivered to 2012 Fulbright U.S. Scholars to Penang at Penang Heritage Trust in July 2012.
“槟城华人：峇峇福建，大商业，公司和区域网络，1800年代至1900年代”

‘Penang Hokkien Merchants and Indian Ocean’, a paper presented for the Nalanda-Sriwijaya Lecture Series, organized by Nalanda Sriwijaya Centre, Institute of Southeast Asian Studies (ISEAS), Singapore on 14 March 2012.
“槟城福建商人和印度洋”

‘The Big Five Families in Penang, 1830s-1890s’, a paper presented at the conference on ‘The Second Water Frontier Workshop’, organized by Centre for the Study of the Chinese Southern Diaspora of the Australian National University in Phuket, Thailand, on 18-19 February, 2006.
“槟城的五个大家族1830年代至1890年代”

‘Penang’s Big Five Families and Southern Thailand’, paper presented at the International Workshop on ‘A Plural Peninsula: Historical Interactions among the Thai, Malays, Chinese and Others’, organized by Asia Research Institute of National University of Singapore, Regional Studies Program of Walailak University, and Institute of Asian Studies of Chulalongkorn University, Thailand on 5-7 February 2004.
“十九世纪的槟城五大家族和南部暹罗”