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Anti-Asian Hate in the United States during the COVID-19 Pandemic Journal Of Chinese Overseas (IF 0.4) Pub Date : 2024-05-14 華耀 張
This essay, based on a 2022 plenary presentation at the International Society for the Study of Overseas Chinese conference, details the state of anti-Asian American racism from 2020 through 2022. First, it describes the nature and extent of the discrimination. While the media presented the issue as one of hate crimes, the vast majority of hate incidents involved verbal harassment and shunning/avoidance
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A ‘New Normal’ or Returning to the ‘Old Normal’: Deteriorating US–China Relations, Chinese Americans, and the Future Journal Of Chinese Overseas (IF 0.4) Pub Date : 2024-05-14 少书 张
State and public suspicion and hostility toward Chinese Americans are at all-time highs. Or are they? Conditions are certainly bad, the worst in decades, and resemble the 1950s in the US. We are returning to the old “normal” in the lives of Chinese Americans. Can we expect significant improvement if US–China state relations improve? It is doubtful and Chinese Americans must temper our expectations
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The Local and Global Scope of The Year of the Ox Journal Of Chinese Overseas (IF 0.4) Pub Date : 2023-11-07 Laura Lamas-Abraira, Alba Colombo Vilarrasa
The arrival of the Covid-19 pandemic brought significant life changes and acted as a point of rupture for many people around the world. Using mixed methods research, this article explores how the pandemic scenario affected the organization and conceptualization of the Chinese New Year Festival in Barcelona, as well as how people participated in the festivities. Having been canceled in 2020, when everything
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“Thanks for Getting Me in Touch with Local Politicians!” Journal Of Chinese Overseas (IF 0.4) Pub Date : 2023-11-07 Emmanuel Santarromana, 思萌 王
This article focuses on the political engagement and professionalization of French youth of Chinese origin through a case study of the Association of Young Chinese in France (Association des Jeunes Chinois de France, AJCF), acting as a springboard toward political professionalization. It relies on several qualitative studies recently carried out in the Paris region, with French associative and political
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Diasporic Chinese Boundaries and Bonds Revisited: An Introduction to the Special Issue Journal Of Chinese Overseas (IF 0.4) Pub Date : 2022-10-15 Cheun Hoe Yow (游俊豪)
Over myriads of migration trajectories, settlement adaptations, and generation variations, diasporic Chinese have constantly reconfigured their subjectivities as a group, locally, regionally, and globally. Either as migrants transcending geographic demarcations and territories or ethnic groups with distinctive cultures and mentalities, members of the Chinese diaspora have aspirations and concerns that
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“Finding the Distant Homeland Here”: Contemporary Indonesian Poetry in Chinese Journal Of Chinese Overseas (IF 0.4) Pub Date : 2022-10-15 Josh Stenberg (石峻山)
This article focuses on three themes in contemporary Chinese-language verse from Indonesia: nationhood, language use, and the trauma of history. Through these themes, Chinese-language poets in Indonesia work through the many ways of being a speaker of Chinese in Indonesia, sometimes as an excluded alien, sometimes as a valued ally, and sometimes as an integrated minority. Such work provides unusual
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Homeland, Host Country, and Beyond: Identity Transformation among Chinese Migrants in Singapore Journal Of Chinese Overseas (IF 0.4) Pub Date : 2022-10-15 Shaohua Zhan (占少华)
This paper examines identity transformation among Chinese migrants in Singapore in the context of transnationalism and widespread use of ICT s (Information and Communication Technologies). Based on how strongly migrants identify with the homeland and the host country, the paper constructs four ideal types of identity: transnational, assimilatory, sojourning, and cosmopolitan. The study finds that the
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Upriver and Overseas: Revisiting Boundaries in the Study of Nineteenth-Century Cantonese Migration Journal Of Chinese Overseas (IF 0.4) Pub Date : 2022-10-15 Steven B. Miles (麦哲维)
Inspired by one of the themes of the “Boundaries and Bonds: An International Conference on Chinese Diaspora,” hosted by Nanyang Technological University in October 2021, this article explores conceptual boundaries in the study of Cantonese migration during the pivotal nineteenth century. Based on research on internal Cantonese migration along the West River, but set in a comparative framework of overseas
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Museum Representations of Chinese Diasporas: Migration Histories and the Cultural Heritage of the Homeland, written by Cangbai Wang Journal Of Chinese Overseas (IF 0.4) Pub Date : 2022-03-18 Yew-Foong Hui
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All as One to One for All: Comparing Chinese Australian Responses to Racism during the “Hanson Debate” and COVID-19 Journal Of Chinese Overseas (IF 0.4) Pub Date : 2022-03-18 Nathan Daniel Gardner
The recent racism toward Chinese Australians arising from the COVID-19 pandemic recalls the shape and scale of racism last seen during the “Hanson debate” of the late 1990s – so-named for the anti-Asian immigration and anti-multicultural positions Pauline Hanson advanced in Australian politics and society. Further linking these two moments are the responses to racism coming from Chinese Australian
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Language Maintenance and Shift in Highly Multilingual Ecologies: A Case Study of the Chinese Communities in Brussels Journal Of Chinese Overseas (IF 0.4) Pub Date : 2022-03-18 Xiangyun Li (李向允), Rik Vosters, Jianwei Xu (徐建维)
Brussels is an officially French-Dutch bilingual city, yet in reality, it is profoundly and increasingly multilingual. Earlier research on the linguistic situation in Brussels has predominantly focused on the competing dominant languages, resulting in very limited scholarly attention to smaller language communities. This paper addresses this blind spot by exploring the language repertoires, proficiencies
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Coming Home to a Foreign Country: Xiamen and Returned Overseas Chinese, 1843–1938, written by Soon Keong Ong Journal Of Chinese Overseas (IF 0.4) Pub Date : 2021-10-13 Cheun Hoe Yow
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Chinese Indonesians in Post-Suharto Indonesia: Democratisation and Ethnic Minorities, written by Wu-Ling Chong Journal Of Chinese Overseas (IF 0.4) Pub Date : 2021-10-13 Chang-Yau Hoon
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Negotiating Assimilation and Hybridity: The Identity of Chinese-Malays in Brunei Darussalam Journal Of Chinese Overseas (IF 0.4) Pub Date : 2021-04-08 Chang-Yau Hoon (云昌耀), Shawatriqah Sahrifulhafiz
This paper explores the ways in which Bruneians who are born into a Chinese-Malay family define their identity, how the state classifies them in terms of “race,” how they negotiate their bicultural practices, and what challenges they face while growing up in the liminal space of inbetweenness. Considering the hegemonic force of assimilation enforced by various state apparatuses, the article critically
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Cina Timor: Baba, Hakka, and Cantonese in the Making of Timor-Leste, written by Douglas Kammen and Jonathan Chen Journal Of Chinese Overseas (IF 0.4) Pub Date : 2021-04-08 Mary Somers Heidhues
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Arc of Containment: Britain, the United States, and Anticommunism in Southeast Asia, written by Wen-Qing Ngoei Journal Of Chinese Overseas (IF 0.4) Pub Date : 2020-11-11 Anna Belogurova
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Introduction: Chinese Xin Yimin and Their Descendants in France Journal Of Chinese Overseas (IF 0.4) Pub Date : 2020-11-11 Ya-Han Chuang,Hélène Le Bail,Aurore Merle
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The Crown & the Capitalists: The Ethnic Chinese and the Founding of Thai Nation, written by Wasana Wongsurawat Journal Of Chinese Overseas (IF 0.4) Pub Date : 2020-05-12 Sittithep Eaksittipong
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Visual Cultures of the Ethnic Chinese in Indonesia, written by Abidin Kusno Journal Of Chinese Overseas (IF 0.4) Pub Date : 2019-11-13 Krishna Sen
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Media and Communication in the Chinese Diaspora: Rethinking Transnationalism, edited by Wanning Sun and John Sinclair Journal Of Chinese Overseas (IF 0.4) Pub Date : 2019-11-13 Liangni Sally Liu
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Schooling Diaspora: Women, Education and the Overseas Chinese in British Malaya and Singapore 1850s–1960s, written by Karen M. Teoh Journal Of Chinese Overseas (IF 0.4) Pub Date : 2019-04-10 Siao See Teng
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Poetic Record of Local Customs: Bamboo Branch Verses of Singapore (1888–1941) Journal Of Chinese Overseas (IF 0.4) Pub Date : 2019-04-10 Lap Lam (林立)
During the colonial period, Chinese poets in Singapore frequently adopted the short poetic genre called “Bamboo Branch Verse” to depict local customs, cultures, and their diasporic experiences. This genre has a folksong origin, and is traditionally used by literati writers to describe local folkways and secular love in exotic places. Li Qingnian’s Nanyang zhuzhici huibian shows that no fewer than 4
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“Strangers from a Different Shore” Journal Of Chinese Overseas (IF 0.4) Pub Date : 2019-04-10 Jeannie Chen (陈宇晶)
Author(s): Chen, Jeannie Yujing | Advisor(s): Gilliland-Swetland, Anne J. | Abstract: This thesis seeks to examine archival representations of Chinese in America in collections dating from before and during the Chinese Exclusion Era (1860 – 1943), both in mainstream institutional archives/special collections repositories and in smaller community-based archives. Using critical race theory as methodological
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Paisanos Chinos: Transpacific Politics among Chinese Immigrants in Mexico, written by Fredy González Journal Of Chinese Overseas (IF 0.4) Pub Date : 2018-10-02 Monica DeHart
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Sea Rovers, Silver, and Samurai: Maritime East Asia in Global History, 1550–1700, edited by Tonio Andrade and Xing Hang Journal Of Chinese Overseas (IF 0.4) Pub Date : 2018-04-23 Atsushi Ota
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Taming Babel: Language in the Making of Malaysia, written by Rachel Leow Journal Of Chinese Overseas (IF 0.4) Pub Date : 2018-04-23 Mei Feng Mok
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Chinese in Colonial Burma: A Migrant Community in A Multiethnic State, written by Li Yi Journal Of Chinese Overseas (IF 0.4) Pub Date : 2018-04-23 C. Patterson Giersch
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The Cross-Cultural Legacy of Lin Yutang: Critical Perspectives, edited by Qian Suoqiao Journal Of Chinese Overseas (IF 0.4) Pub Date : 2018-04-23 Chris White
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Ethnic Renewal in Philadelphia’s Chinatown. Space, Place and Struggle, written by Kathryn E. Wilson Journal Of Chinese Overseas (IF 0.4) Pub Date : 2017-05-02 Flemming Christiansen
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The Rise of Cantonese Opera, written by Wing Chung Ng Journal Of Chinese Overseas (IF 0.4) Pub Date : 2017-05-02 May-bo Ching
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Transnational Trajectories in East Asia: Nation, Citizenship, and Region, written by Yasemin Nuhoḡlu Soysal Journal Of Chinese Overseas (IF 0.4) Pub Date : 2017-01-17 Sin Wen Lau
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Global Hakka: Hakka Identity in the Remaking, written by Jessieca Leo Journal Of Chinese Overseas (IF 0.4) Pub Date : 2017-01-17 Li-hua Chen
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“Getting By”: Class and State Formation Among Chinese In Malaysia, written by Donald Nonini Journal Of Chinese Overseas (IF 0.4) Pub Date : 2017-01-17 Rachel Leow
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Return: Nationalizing Transnational Mobility in Asia, written by Biao Xiang, Brenda S. A. Yeoh, and Mika Toyota Journal Of Chinese Overseas (IF 0.4) Pub Date : 2016-11-02 Ying Duan
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Beyond Borders: Stories of Yunnanese Chinese Migrants of Burma, written by Wen-Chin Chang Journal Of Chinese Overseas (IF 0.4) Pub Date : 2016-11-02 Ruizhi Lian
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Unlocking the History of the Australian Kuo Min Tang, 1911 to 2013, written by Mei-Fen Kuo and Judith Brett Making Chinese Australia: Urban Elites, Newspapers and the Formation of Chinese-Australian Identity, 1892-1912, written by Mei-Fen Kuo Journal Of Chinese Overseas (IF 0.4) Pub Date : 2016-11-02 Evelyn Hu-DeHart
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Shifting Political Terrains in “The City by the Bay” (“海湾之城” 政治角力转向 ) Journal Of Chinese Overseas (IF 0.4) Pub Date : 2016-11-02 James S. Lai (賴士宏)
While the unchallenged November 2015 re-election of San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee was a telling moment in contemporary San Francisco politics, it was Mayor Ed Lee’s inaugural November 2011 election that revealed the shifting political terrains across its eleven Board of Supervisor districts that will likely shape the future role that Chinese Americans will play in the governing coalition of the “City
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