The Chinese in Southeast Asia and Beyond

Socioeconomic and Political Dimensions

The Chinese in Southeast Asia, with their growing economic clout, have been attracting attention from politicians, scholars and observers in recent decades. The rise of China as a global economic power and its profound influence over Southeast Asia has cast a spotlight on the role of Southeast Asian Chinese in the region's economic relations with China.

The Southeast Asian Chinese as an economic force and their growing importance with China are, to a certain extent, determined by the nature and development of their communities. This book uses a multifaceted approach to unravel the forces that helped to transform the communities in the past. Containing 17 papers written within a span of six and a half years, from 2000 to 2006, the book focuses on the social, economic and political aspects of these communities, with special emphasis on the Chinese in Malaysia and Singapore.

Contents:

• The Chinese in Malaysia and Singapore:

  • Malaysian Chinese Society in Transition (1903–2003)
  • A Century of Chinese Business in Malaysia (1904–2004)
  • The Role of Hokkiens in the History of Malaysia and Singapore
  • Kinship and Organization: The History of the Gan (Yan or Yen) Clansmen in Singapore and Malaysia (1850–1993)
  • The Development and Future of the Chinese Kinship Associations in Singapore and Malaysia
  • Reflections on My Study of Ethic Chinese History in Singapore and Malaysia
  • Sun Yat-Sen and the Chinese in Singapore and Malaya (1900–1911)
  • Tongmenghui, Sun Yat-Sen, and the Chinese in Singapore and Malaya: A Revisit
  • Lim Lian Geok and His Struggle for the Chinese Education in Malaya (1949–1961)

• The Chinese in Southeast Asia and Beyond:

  • Social Change in the Ethnic (Overseas) Chinese Communities: A Historical Perspective
  • A Preliminary Study of Chinese Capitalism in Southeast Asia (1842–1941)
  • Confucianism and the Ethnic Chinese Business in East and Southeast Asia
  • The Overseas Chinese Nationalism: A Historical Study
  • Nanyang Chinese and the 1911 Revolution
  • Hakka Chinese in Southeast Asian History
  • Hong Kong, China, and the Overseas Chinese
  • Dr Sun Yat-Sen and 21st Century China

Readership: Academics and general readers interested in the history of the Chinese community in Southeast Asia.
Key Features:

• Covers important issues such as Overseas Chinese nationalism, capitalism, ethnicity, politics and business
• Provides a perspective from within the Chinese communities
• Captures the mood and process of change within the Southeast Asian Chinese communities