Southeast Asian Chinese and China : the politico-economic dimension

Abstract

The 20 million ethnic Chinese in Southeast Asia make up almost 80 per cent of the ethnic Chinese living outside mainland China, Taiwan and Hong Kong. Originally sojourners who left China in search of a livelihood, they have, over the generations, become an integral part of the countries in which they live. With the resurgence of China as an economic and political power, the relations between the ethnic Chinese in Southeast Asia and China have come under renewed scrutiny. This volume of contributions from an international panel of academics examines the economic position of the ethnic Chinese in Southeast Asia, their role in China's economic development, the extent of their economic and political links with China, and their place in Southeast Asian economy and society. The papers in this volume were originally presented at the International Conference on Southeast Asian Chinese: Culture, Economy and Society, held in Singapore in 1994.

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