1st Edition
Guangdong and Chinese Diaspora The Changing Landscape of Qiaoxiang
By Yow Cheun Hoe
Copyright 2013
256 Pages
14 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
256 Pages
14 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
256 Pages
14 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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China’s rapid economic growth has drawn attention to the Chinese diasporic communities and the multiple networks that link Chinese individuals and organizations throughout the world. Ethnic Chinese have done very well economically, and the role of the Chinese Diaspora in China’s economic success has created a myth that their relations with China is natural and primordial, and that regardless of... Read more
1. Introduction 2. Patterns and Impacts: Guangdong and Its Different Diasporic Groups 3. Waning Ancestral Ties: Singaporean and Malaysian Chinese 4. Facing the South China Sea: Panyu Before 1978 5. Transformation: Panyu Since 1978 6. Remote in the Mountains: Xinyi Before 1978 7. Still Poor: Xinyi Since 1978 8. Conclusion
Biography
Yow Cheun Hoe is Assistant Professor at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.
"Guangdong and Chinese Diaspora provides a useful corrective to a clutch of earlier studies that rushed to proclaim and celebrate the reinvigoration of diasporic ties to China after 1978 without engaging in very much research to support their effusive claims. Empirically rich and theoretically engaged, this book will be of interest not only for historians and social scientists who specialize in Chinese migration, but for all scholars who are interested in human diasporas and how they change and evolve over time." - Glen Peterson, The University of British Columbia, Pacific Affairs: Volume 88, No. 4 – December 2015
