Chinеsе Migrаnts Abroаd: Culturаl, Educаtionаl, аnd Sociаl Dimеnsions of thе Chinеsе Diаsporа
Publisher: World Sciеntific Publishing Сo Ptе Ltd
Number of Pages: 204
Published: 2003-03-31
List price: $75.00
Fast-paced economic growth in Southeast Asia from the late 1960s until the mid-1990s brought increased attention to the overseas Chinese as an economically successful diaspora and their role in this economic growth. Events that followed, such as the transfer of Hong Kong and Macau to the People s Republic of China, the election of a non-KMT government in Taiwan, the Asian economic crisis and the plight of overseas Chinese in Indonesia as a result, and the durability of the Singapore economy during this same crisis, have helped to sustain this attention. The study of the overseas Chine...