Personal profile
Awards and honours
Research Grants
Jiangsu Province "Shuangchuang" Talent 江苏省"双创博士" (2025)
NUS Development Grant & Young NUS Fellow (2020-2023)
Tan Kah Kee Scholar (2020)
University of Cambridge
Kuok Family–Lee Kuan Yew Scholar (2019-present)
Cambridge Trust Scholar (2019-2024)
Fitzwilliam College Senior Scholar (2020)
Best Speaker, Brewster Debate (2020)
University of Oxford
College Tuition Waiver (2018-2019)
Peking University
Chinese Government Scholar 中国政府奖学金 (2014-2018)
Outstanding Graduate 优秀毕业生 (2018)
Triple-A Student 三好学生标兵 (2017)
Founder Scholar 方正奖学金 (2017)
International Students' Award of the Year 外国留学生学习优秀奖 (2017)
Santander Scholar 桑坦德奖学金 (2016)
Award for Academic Excellence 学习优秀奖 (2015)
Freshmen Scholarship 新生奖学金 (2014)
Teaching
XJTLU
2026-2027
[TBC] Digital Humanities Research and Practice
2025-2026
HSS101 - Artificial Intelligence for Humanities and Social Sciences
CCS101 - Chinese Civilization: Thinkers and Ideas
2024-2025
CCS004 - Introduction to China Studies
CCS101 - Chinese Civilization: Thinkers and Ideas
CCS112 - Modern Chinese in Socio-Historical Perspective
University of Cambridge
2020-2023
C3 Literary Chinese 1
C6 Literary Chinese 2
Experience
Cambridge
Founder, Dr Ashton Consulting Group (2023-present)
Rowing Team, Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge (2019-2020)
Oxford
Singaporean Representative, Global Leadership Initiative (2018-2019)
Peking University
Star GRE Tutor, New Oriental 新东方 (NYSE: EDU, 2017-2018)
Editorial Team, Zhonghua Book Company 中华书局 (2016-2017)
Committee Chairperson, Jing Forum (Peking University-University of Tokyo, 2016)
Vice President, China-ASEAN Youth Symposium (2016)
Vice Captain, Chinese Department Badminton Team 2015-2016
Related documents
Education/Academic qualification
PhD Chinese History, University of Cambridge
2019 → 2024
MSt Traditional China (Distinction), University of Oxford
2018 → 2019
BLit Chinese Literature (Top in Class), Peking University
2014 → 2018
Research areas
- Chinese History
- Philosophy
Person Types
- Staff
Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Evergrande’s Delisting Exposes China’s Slow Bankruptcy Trap
Ng, A., 6 Sept 2025, The Diplomat.Research output: Book/Report/Edited volume › Commissioned report › peer-review
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From Treaty Ports to BRI Courts: China’s Legal Statecraft, Then and Now
Ng, A., 29 Sept 2025, In: E-International Relations.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open Access -
Malacca of the Moon: Asia Amid the China-US Lunar Race
Ng, A., 19 Sept 2025, The Diplomat.Research output: Book/Report/Edited volume › Commissioned report › peer-review
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The Ideal Chinese Polity: Han Fei and his Predecessors
Ng, A., 2025, (Accepted/In press) London: Routledge.Research output: Book/Report/Edited volume › Book › peer-review
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Unlike Japan’s ‘Lost Decade,’ China’s Deflation Risk Is Going Global
Ng, A., 30 Sept 2025, The Diplomat.Research output: Book/Report/Edited volume › Commissioned report › peer-review