Ethnicities, Personalities and Politics in the Ethnic Chinese Worlds

The rise of the economic power of the ethnic Chinese, known also as overseas Chinese, Chinese overseas or Chinese diaspora, was a late 20th century phenomenon. It was partly the result of the rise of the Four Little Asian Dragons in the 1970s, and was speeded up by the tempo of globalization towards the end of that century. This book explores the ethnic identity and boundary of the Chinese as minority groups in foreign lands, and as sub-groups among the Chinese themselves. It examines prominent personalities that had wielded considerable influence in the ethnic Chinese communities in the economic, social and educational arenas. It also discusses the type of politics that had impacted their relationship with their mother country — China.

Containing 16 papers presented at various international conferences in Singapore, Malaysia, Hong Kong, China and Taiwan as keynote speeches and research findings which are predominantly unpublished in English, this book provides fresh perspectives and re-interpretations on the issues of ethnicity, leadership and politics in the ethnic Chinese worlds.

Contents:

• Ethnic Chinese Ethnicities:

  • From Immigrants to Citizens: Changing Identities of the Chinese in Malaysia
  • The Contributions of Malaysian Chinese to the National Development of Malaysia
  • The Teochews and Hokkiens in Early Singapore: A Comparative Study of Power Structure and Power Relations
  • Power Structure and Power Relations in the Teochew Community in Singapore, 1819–1930
  • Early Hokkien Migration and Social Organisations in Singapore and Malaya before 1900
  • Hokkien Immigrant Society and Modern Chinese Education in British Malaya, 1904–1941
  • The Roles of Hokkiens in the Histories of Malaysia and Singapore
  • Early Hakka Dialect Organisations in Singapore and Malaya, 1801–1900
  • Hakka Chinese in Southeast Asian History
  • Southeast Asian Hakka Studies: A Southeast Asian Perspective
  • South Seas Society, 1940–2010: A Bulwark of Southeast Asian and Ethnic Chinese Studies
  • Chinese–Western Cultural and Social Interactions: The Case of South Australian Chinese

• Ethnic Chinese Personalities:

  • Zhang Yunan and the Chaozhou Railway (1904–1908): A Case Study of Overseas Chinese Involvement in China's Modern Enterprise
  • Wing On and the Kwok Brothers: A Case Study of Pre-war Overseas Chinese Entrepreneurs
  • Tan Kah Kee and the Overseas Chinese Entrepreneurship
  • Tan Kah Kee and Oei Tiong Ham: A Comparative Study of Overseas Chinese Entrepreneurs
  • Dr Lim Boon Keng and the Early Confucian Revival Movement in Southeast Asia, 1899–1911
  • Lim Lian Geok's Struggle for the Chinese Education in Malaya (1949–1961)

• Ethnic Chinese Politics:

  • Dr Sun Yat-sen and Malaya, 1895–1911
  • The Overseas Chinese and the 1911 Revolution: A Revisit
  • Dr Sun Yat-sen and the 1911 Revolution: A Reflection

Readership: Academics, professionals, undergraduate and graduate students interested in ethnicities, ethnic politics, ethnic Chinese personalities, ethnic Chinese business, entrepreneurs and entrepreneurship.