China and Southeast Asia's Ethnic Chinese

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China and Southeast Asia's Ethnic Chinese State and Diaspora in Contemporary Asia

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Paul J. Bolt

Book Code: C6647

ISBN: 0-275-96647-X

ISBN-13: 978-0-275-96647-8

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200 pages, maps, tables

Praeger Publishers

Publication: 9/30/2000

List Price: $106.95 (UK Sterling Price: £59.95)

Availability: Print on demand

Media Type: Hardcover

Trim Size: 6 1/8 x 9 1/4

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Reviews:

[t]his is a book valuable for students who want to know more about ethnic Chinese in Southeast Asia.
—IMR 2003
...a succinct and well-documented account on an important subject...It can be beneficially adapted for upper-level undergraduate and graduate courses dealing with the changing political economy of the Asia Pacific.
—The China Quarterly 2001
...a valuable book that sheds light on a question which indeed deserves further exploration.
—The International History Review March 2002
China and Southeast Asia's Ethnic Chinese is a well organized, well developed study.
—American Review of China Studies

Description: Bolt uses the relationship between China and Southeast Asia's ethnic Chinese as a case study, and he focuses on the potential role of a diaspora in the economic and political development of its "homeland" as well as the role of the state in dealing with transnational economic actors. He examines China's post-1978 policy of attracting ethnic Chinese investment in light of historical relations between China and its diaspora community, demonstrating that China has, through various measures, consistently aimed at tapping the resources of Asia's ethnic Chinese. He then analyzes the contributions that ethnic Chinese have made to China's development, showing that such contributions have been tremendously important both in terms of the accumulation of capital and the transfer of business skills. Bolt probes how ethnic Chinese intervention in China's economy has affected the politics of the Chinese state. He concludes by looking at the international implications of Chinese development being spurred largely by a Chinese diaspora community, and he demonstrates how China's efforts to attract ethnic Chinese investments have complicated China's relations with Southeast Asia and led to discussions of a "Greater China." An important analysis for scholars, researchers, and policy makers involved with contemporary Southeast Asian and Chinese political, military, and economic issues.

Table of Contents:

China and Asia's Ethnic Chinese
Asia's Ethnic Chinese: Characteristics and Networks
Overseas Chinese Remittances and Investments
China's Reform Era Policies Toward Ethnic Chinese and the Ethnic Chinese Response
The Economic and Political Effects of Ethnic Chinese Investments in China
International Implications of China's Policies and Ethnic Chinese Investments in China
Economic Cooperation Between China and Singapore
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index

LC Card Number: 00-022347

LCC Class: HG5782

Dewey Class: 305


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