The Encyclopedia of the Chinese Overseas

by Pan, Lynn; Chinese Heritage Center (Singapore)

• ISBN13: 9780674252103
• ISBN10: 0674252101
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1999-04-30
• Publisher: Harvard Univ Pr

Summary

unparalleled resource, providing an unprecedented view of one of the world's largest, oldest, and most varied cultures abroad.

Table of Contents

Foreword
Guide to the use of the Encyclopedia and Editorial Conventions
List of Figures, Tables and Maps
Introduction
Definitions	14
PART I ORIGINS
Overview	20
China as ancestral homeland	22
Cultural origins	23
Regional Origins	23
Speech areas	24
The Concept of Qiaoxiang	27
Guangdong qiaoxiang architecture	28
Emigrant communities in Fujian	30
Emigrant communities in Guangdong	35
Emigrant communities in Zhejiang	39
Emigrant communities in Hainan	42
Border regions	43
PART II MIGRATION
Migration in China	46
Colonization and resettlement	46
Sojourning	46
`Floating populations'	47
Emigration from China	48
Contexts: 1100s-1910s	48
Between Departure and Arrival	56
Contexts: Post-World War II	58
Patterns of Migration	60
Trade diasporas	60
Labour migration	61
Sojourning and chain migration	61
Student migration	62
Return migration and re-migration	62
Clandestine migration	63
Recruitment of workers for Britain and France	64
The case of Hong Kong	67
Patterns of Chinese migration to Europe	70
PART III INSTITUTIONS
The Order of Things in China	74
Rural society	75
Urban society	76
The Overseas Chinese Family	77
The Chinese family in the Straits Settlements	79
Religion	80
Overseas Chinese Organizations	83
General	83
Pre-World War II	83
Post-World War II	85
Chinese pan-European organizations	88
Chinese Business Organizations	91
Network organizations	93
Conglomerates	93
Chinese business networks: A hypothetical dialogue	94
PART IV RELATIONS
Relations with China	98
China's policies towards overseas Chinese	98
The Chinese overseas cycle	98
Three bearers of `Western learning'	100
Sun Yat-sen	101
Nationalism among the overseas Chinese	103
Zou Rong	103
Hong Kong's role in the relationship between China and the overseas Chinese	105
Overseas Chinese remittances	108
Overseas Chinese investments in China	110
Charoen Pokphand's investments in China	113
Relations with Non-Chinese	114
Ethnicity	114
Being Chinese in the modern world	121
Business relations with non-Chinese	126
Multi-layered identities: Overseas Chinese artists in the 20th century	128
Cross-cultural cinema	132
Contemporary emigre writers	134
PART V COMMUNITIES
Southeast Asia
Brunei	138
Burma (Myanmar)	140
Cambodia	144
Indonesia	151
Laos	169
Malaysia	172
The Philippines	187
Singapore	200
Thailand	218
Vietnam	228
The Americas
Canada	234
The Caribbean	248
Spanish America	254
The United States	261
Australasia and Oceania
Australia	274
New Zealand	286
The South Pacific	292
Fiji	293
Nauru	296
New Caledonia	296
Papua New Guinea	296
The Solomon Islands	299
Tahiti	299
Tonga	302
Vanuatu	302
Western Samoa	303
Europe
Britain	304
France	311
Italy	319
The Netherlands	322
Russia	328
East Asia
Japan	332
Korea	341
Indian Ocean and Africa
India	344
Madagascar	347
Mauritius	351
Reunion Island	356
South Africa	360
Timelines
Acknowledgements
Chinese Character List
Bibliography
Index