ABSTRACT

First Published in 1999. This volume is a product of the research programme of the International Institute for Asian Studies, Leiden, entitled International Social Organization in East and Southeast Asia: Qiaoxiang Ties during the Twentieth Century. The programme will run from 1996-2000 (for a fuller description, please see the Appendix chapter). The book was prepared during a workshop at the International Convention of Asian Scholars, 25-8 June 1997, Noordwijkerhout, the Netherlands.

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INTRODUCTION

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THE CHINESE SOJOURNER DISCOURSE

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qiaoxiang connections, and this global surge has been partly led The Disruption of the Qiaoxiang Ties qiaoxiang. Although the bridges did not entirely break down, they qiaoxiang, there were only isolated examples of

by overseas Chinese organizations, particularly those in Southeast Asia. The years after 1949 saw a series of substantial changes that would reshape the nature and characteristics of Chinese communities in Southeast Asia and their relationship with qiaoxiang. For one thing, with the founding of

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GOVERNMENT

INTERACTIONS OVERSEAS Support from the ethnic Chinese diaspora, including the residents of Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macao, has been an important factor in the

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qiaoxiang. These are an effective

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GLOSSARY

Fuzhou, Gangzhou huiguan,