China and Southeast Asia's ethnic Chinese : state and diaspora in contemporary Asia / Paul J. Bolt.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bolt, Paul J., 1964-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Emigrant remittances--China.

Emigrant remittances.

Investments, Foreign--China.

Investments, Foreign.

China.

Chinese--Southeast Asia.

Chinese.

Southeast Asia.

Physical Description:

x, 184 pages : map ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 2000.

Summary:

Examines the relationship between China and Southeast Asia's ethnic Chinese.

Contents:

1 China and Asia's Ethnic Chinese 1

China's Economic Reforms and Asia's Ethnic Chinese 1

Greater China 8

2 Asia's Ethnic Chinese: Characteristics and Networks 19

The Ethnic Bond Between China and Asia's Ethnic Chinese 19

Characteristics of Southeast Asian Chinese 21

3 Overseas Chinese Remittances and Investments in China: A Historical Survey 37

The Qing and Republican Periods 37

1949-1977 43

4 China's Reform Era Policies Toward Ethnic Chinese and the Ethnic Chinese Response 53

China's Reform Era Policies Toward Ethnic Chinese 53

Levels of Ethnic Chinese Investment 64

Motivations of Ethnic Chinese Investors 70

Remittances, Donations, and Advising 73

5 The Economic and Political Effects of Ethnic Chinese Investments in China 83

The Economic Significance of Ethnic Chinese Investment 83

Political Ramifications of Ethnic Chinese Investment 92

6 International Implications of China's Policies and Ethnic Chinese Investments in China 107

Southeast Asian Fears Regarding China and the Ethnic Chinese 108

Difficulties of Ethnic Chinese in Southeast Asia 113

Assimilation and Identification 115

Chinese-Southeast Asian Relations 119

7 Economic Cooperation Between China and Singapore 131

The Singaporean Perspective 132

Singapore's Investments in China 135

The Chinese Perspective 141

Ramifications 143

Three Legs of the Diaspora Relationship 153

Greater China and Beyond 158.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [163]-178) and index.

ISBN:

027596647X

OCLC:

43434654