Cherian George studied at Saint Andrew's School, Singapore, and Hwa Chong Junior College for his pre-university education.
[6] During his time with the paper, he had established himself as a critic of the Singapore government and the nation's politics, and was mentioned in a quote alongside Catherine Lim, who wrote a commentary criticising the then Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong, by Lee Kuan Yew.
[7][14] In 2015, NTU president Bertil Andersson, in an interview with Times Higher Education, rejection of George's tenure application was based on academic decisions and not political.
[14][16] In 2020, after the book which he wrote with Donald Low, PAP v PAP: the party's struggle to adapt to a changing Singapore was published, both him and Low were replaced panellists for a public discourse webinar hosted by a National University of Singapore (NUS) alumni group at the eleventh hour.
[19] Minister for Communications & Information Josephine Teo would later reiterate in the Parliament that the ban was made in consideration solely on giving offence to religious feelings, and was not politically driven.
Club's Caitlin Rosberg reviewed the book, gave it a D− rating, and had criticised it as "a bad fit for many classrooms and almost all casual readers".