Overseas Chinese in Southeast Asia and China's Foreign Policy : : An Interpretive Essay / / Leo Suryadinata.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Asian Studies Archive (pre 2000) eBook Package
• VerfasserIn: Suryadinata, Leo,
• Place / Publishing House: Singapore : : ISEAS Publishing, , [1978]; ©1978
• Year of Publication: 1978
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (45 p.)

With the recent Sino-Vietnamese conflict over the 'Overseas Chinese', the problem of ethnic Chinese in Southeast Asia once again attracted the attention of the world. Questions are raised as to whether or not Peking has introduced a new policy to act as the protector of the interests of the 'Overseas Chinese'. This examines the position of the 'Overseas Chinese' in the People republic of China's foreign policy from 1949 to the present time and conventional notion of the linkages between China and the 'Overseas Chinese'. Moreover, it discusses the ethnic Chinese scene in Southeast Asia and ASEAN countries' reactions to China's recent foreign relations.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- Introduction -- I. Overseas Chinese, China and Communist Movements -- II. The Position of the Overseas Chinese in Peking's Foreign Policy -- III. Overseas Chinese and the PRC Foreign Policy Priorities -- IV. Peking's Policy towards the Overseas Chinese Before 1977 -- V. A New Policy? -- Conclusion -- Appendix 1: Number and Percentage of ''Overseas Chinese" in the Populations of Southeast Asia ( 1974) -- Appendix 2: Official Translation of the jin-minjih-pao (Renmin Ribao) Editorial of 4 January 1978, published in Pl'king Review,. No.3 (20 January 1978), pp. 14-16 -- Appendix 3: Excerpt of Hua Kuo-feng's speech on the Overseas Chinese. Taken from his "Report on the Work of the Government" delivered at the National People's Congress on 28 February 1978, published in Peking Review, No. l 0 (10 March 1978), pp. 35 and 37 -- Appendix 4: Total Overseas Chinese Remittances to the PRC, 1950-64 -- Appendix 5: Chinese Characters Cited in the Essay