The Ethnic Chinese in East and Southeast Asia: Business, Culture and Politics

by Yan, Qinghuang

• ISBN13: 9789812101877
• ISBN10: 981210187X
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-10-01
• Publisher: Marshall Cavendish Intl

Summary

The rise of the Four Little Dragons -- Taiwan, South Korea, Hong Kong and Singapore - in East and Southeast Asia, has drawn the attention to the Ethnic Chinese who constituted the majority of the population of Taiwan, Hong Kong and Singapore. How far have the Ethnic Chinese contributed to the rapid economic growth in the region? What account for the dynamics of the Ethnic Chinese societies? What would be the future role of the Ethnic Chinese in the economic growth of the region, especially in relation to China. This books sheds some lights on these topics. This book is a collection of 8 published and 4 unpublished articles written in a period of 8 years between 1993 and 2000. Part 1 examines some important aspects of Ethnic Chinese business. Part 2 deals with the culture, education and politics of the Ethnic Chinese society.

Author Biography

Yen Ching-hwang is Reader/Associate Professor in History, University of Adelaide, Australia.

Table of Contents

About the Author	p. iv
Introduction	p. v
Business in Ethnic Chinese Society
The Rise of Ethnic Chinese Business in East and Southeast Asia	p. 1
Ethnic Chinese Business Networks in East and Southeast Asia	p. 23
Traditional Ethnic Chinese Business Organisations in Singapore and Malaysia	p. 51
The Wing On Company in Hong Kong and Shanghai, 1907-1949: A Case Study of a Modern Overseas Chinese Business Enterprise	p. 79
Tan Kah Kee and Overseas Chinese Entrepreneurship	p. 123
Culture, Education and Politics in Ethnic Chinese Society
Ethnic Chinese Culture in Southeast Asia: Continuity and Change	p. 145
Hokkien Immigrant Society and Modern Chinese Education in British Malaya, 1904-1941	p. 177
Economic, Political and Social Change in the Chinese Communities in Malaysia and Singapore before the Second World War: A Historical Survey	p. 217
Power Structure and Power Relations in the Teochew Community in Singapore, 1819-1930	p. 273
Ch'ing China and the Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce, 1906-1911	p. 307
Sun Yat-sen and the Chinese in Singapore and Malaya, 1900-1911	p. 339
The Overseas Chinese and the Second Sino-Japanese War, 1937-1945	p. 369
Index	p. 389
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