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in Singapore, Malaysia, Hong Kong, China and Taiwan as keynote speeches and research findings which are predominantly unpublished in English, this book provides fresh perspectives and re-interpretations on the issues of ethnicity, leadership and politics in the ethnic Chinese worlds."--

作为中国社会的支脉,海外华人社会如何经历了从传统到现代化的蜕变过程?在书中作者对海外华人社会的传统意识形态、政治经济结构、社会组织等课题进行了深刻的透析、考察和论证。海外华人社会还保留着许多中国传统文化的沉淀,在海外环境和祖国政治经济交叉的影响之下,海外华人走上现代化的道路,并对祖国的经济建设和现代化作出一定的贡献。全书共14篇论文分成两部分,第一部分与传统的课题有关,诸如海外华人传统形象的变更、传统的行业组织、传统的社会权力结构与权力关系,以及传统的商业网络等。第二部分讨论现代化,包括经济和政治的现代化、海外华人民族主义、海外华人参与中国的经济与交通的现代化,以及海外华人与西方的文化与社会的互动等。

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