1st Edition

Media and the Chinese Diaspora Community, Communications and Commerce

Edited By Wanning Sun Copyright 2006
    236 Pages
    by Routledge

    234 Pages
    by Routledge

    The importance of the Chinese diaspora is widely recognized. Wanning Sun examines the key role of the media in the Chinese diaspora. She focuses especially on the media's role in communication, in fostering a sense of community, in defining different kinds of 'transnational Chineseness' - overseas Chinese communities are often very different from one country to another - and in showing how media communication is linked to commerce, which is often a key activity of the overseas Chinese.

    Revealing a great deal about the vibrancy and dynamism of the Chinese-language media, the book considers the Chinese diaspora in Singapore, Indonesia, Thailand and Australia, showing how it plays a crucial role in the changing nature of the Chinese diaspora.

    Introduction: Transnationalism and a Global Diasporic Chinese Mediasphere Wanning Sun  1. Disconnecting Transnational Ties: The Chinese Weekly and the Transformation of Chinese American Community after World War II Xiaojian Zhao  2. Chinese Language Media and Immigrant Life in the United States and Canada Min Zhou, Wenhong Chen, and Guoxuan Cai  3. Gossips about Stars: Newspaper and Pop Culture China Chua Beng Huat  4. ‘A Hundred Flowers Bloom’: The Re-Emergence of the Chinese Press in Post Suharto Indonesia Chang-Yau Hoon  5. ‘Chinese’ Indonesians in National Cinema Krishna Sen  6. Chinese Newspapers, Ethnic Identity and the State: The Case of Malaysia Khor Yoke Lim & Ng Miew Luan  7. Radio-Activated Business and Power: A Case Study of 3CW Melbourne Chinese Radio Jia Gao  8. Chinese Media in New Zealand: Transnational Outpost or Unchecked Floodtide? Manying Ip

    Biography

    Wanning Sun