Chinese Transnational Networks [Paperback]

The Chinese overseas have long been relevant to China, especially toqiaoxiang, and vice-versa. Qiaoxiang refers to regions from where emigrants migrated overseas, where there are therefore ties with Chinese communities overseas. Unlike most other works, which cover either China or the Chinese overseas, this book examines both China and the Chinese overseas in relation to qioaxiang.

With clearly presented chapters that examine the ancestral homeland, Chinese overseas, China and transnational networks, and the diversity of settlements and homelands, the expert team of international contributors of Chinese Transnational Networkshave created a volume which will be essential reading for students and scholars of migrations studies, Chinese diaspora and Chinese culture and society.

Introduction: Chinese overseas, China, transnational networks, and homelands Tan Chee-Beng  Part 1: Transformation in Ancestral Homeland  1. Comings and goings: Pearl River Delta identities in an era of change and transformation Graham E. Johnson  2.Transforming an old qiaoxiang: impacts of the Chinese diaspora on Panyu, 19782000 Yow Cheun Hoe  Part2: Ethnic Chinese, China and Transnational Networks  The Shishan Ye people in Malaysia and the ancestral homeland in China Tan Chee-Beng  3. Lukchin: Chinese Thai transnational bridge builders Jiemin Bao  4. Ethnic homeland and Chinese Americans: conceiving a transnational political network Pei-te Lien  5. The Comintern and Chinese Overseas Gregor Benton  Part 3: Diversity of SlÃF