The Chinese Diaspora in Southeast Asia: Chinese Nationalism Reinforced
(2009). The Chinese Diaspora in Southeast Asia: Chinese Nationalism Reinforced. Diaspora Studies: Vol. 2, No. 2, pp. 119-142.
History of Foreign Relations in Modern China (17th century-1949) Chinese Identity and Nationalism through Chinese adoption and immigration in Canada
The reforms during Deng Xiaoping’s era created a large Chinese diaspora across the world. In their own way, they developed a sense of belonging to their homeland and raised children in their respective country. Amidst the transition, the One-child policy also produced thousands of orphan given to foreign adoption. After growing up, these two groups of children are facing identity struggles in their new environment. The essay studies how Chinese nationalism influences the identity of Chinese adopted and migrant children in Canada. By providing a developmental psychology and historical frameworks, I assert that the main difference between these two identities remains in the proportion of Chinese nationalism received through education and during their identity crisis. In order to answer the problematic, I will compare the identities of adopted and migrants children in reference to Chinese nationalism with a qualitative analysis from interviews and personal data from my background.
Old Linkages, New Networks: The Globalization of Overseas Chinese Voluntary Associations and its Implications*
Together with Chinese schools and newspapers, voluntary associations (shetuan) have long been regarded as one of the “three pillars” of Overseas Chinese societies, playing an important role in the evolution of Chinese diaspora communities. As such they have been extensively studied and documented, and this broad range of works lays the foundation for our knowledge of the subject. The existing literature, however, seems predominantly concerned with shetuan's political and socio-cultural activities in domestic settings and within the national boundaries. Little attention has been paid to questions of why and how Chinese voluntary associations operate and function in a cross-national and inter-regional environment and what effects those transnational movements have had on the socio-economic conditions of qiaoxiang, the ancestral hometowns of the Chinese diaspora. Correspondingly, there has been insufficient appreciation of the intimate and institutionalized links between shetuan's increasing and conspicuous international presence and the flourishing Chinese business networks, often characterized as informal relationships based on personal and family ties.