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  • Encyclopedia of the Chinese Overseas
  • Written by author Lynn Pan
  • Published by Routledge, 1998/12/04
  • The first of its kind, this book offers a panoramic view of past and present overseas Chinese communities worldwide. From their arrival as laborers in the British colonies to their emergence as a force in Indonesia, Chinese emigrants have carried the expe
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Authors

Foreword

Guide to the Use of the Encyclopedia and Editorial Conventions

List of Figures, Tables and Maps

Introduction

Definitions

PART I: ORIGINS

Overview

China as ancestral homeland

Cultural origins

Regional Origins

Speech areas

The Concept of Qiaoxiang

Guangdong qiaoxiang architecture

Emigrant communities in Fujian

Emigrant communities in Guangdong

Emigrant communities in Zhejiang

Emigrant communities in Hainan Border regions

PART II: MIGRATION

Migration in China

Colonization and resettlement

Sojourning

'Floating populations'

Emigration from China

Contexts: 1100s-1910s

Between Departure and Arrival

Contexts: Post-World War II

Patterns of Migration

Trade diasporas

Labour migration

Sojourning and chain migration

Student migration

Return migration and re-migration

Clandestine Migration

Recruitment of workers for Britain and France

The case of Hong Kong

Patterns of Chinese migration to Europe

PART III: INSTITUTIONS

The Order of Things in China

Rural society

Urban society

The Overseas Chinese Family

The Chinese family in the Straits Settlements

Religion Overseas Chinese Organizations

General

Pre-World War II

Post-World War II

Chinese pan-European organizations

Chinese Business Organizations

Networkorganizations

Conglomerates

Chinese business networks: A hypothetical dialogue

PART IV: RELATIONS

Relations with China

China's policies towards overseas Chinese

The Chinese overseas cycle

Three bearers of 'Western learning'

Sun Yat-sen

Nationalism among the overseas Chinese

Zou Rong

Hong Kong's role in the relationship between China and the overseas Chinese

Overseas Chinese remittances

Overseas Chinese investments in China

Charoen Pokphand's investments in China

Relations with non-Chinese

Ethnicity

Being Chinese in the modern world

Business relations with non-Chinese

Multi-layered identities: Overseas Chinese artists in the 20th century

Cross-cultural cinema

Contemporary émigré writers

PART V: COMMUNITIES

Southeast Asia

Brunei

Burma (Myanmar)

Cambodia

Indonesia

Laos

Malaysia

The Philippines

Singapore

Thailand

Vietnam

The Americas

Canada

The Caribbean

Spanish America

The United States

Australasia And Oceania

Australia

New Zealand

The South Pacific

Fiji

Nauru

New Caledonia

Papua New Guinea

The Solomon Islands

Tahiti

Tonga

Vanuatu

Western Samoa

Europe

Britain

France

Italy

The Netherlands

Russia

East Asia

Japan

Korea

Indian Ocean and Africa

India

Madagascar

Mauritius

Reunion Island

South Africa

Timelines

Acknowledgements

Chinese Character List

Bibliography

Index


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