Chinese Migrants Abroad: Cultural, Educational, and Social Dimensions of the Chinese Diaspora PDF
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• * Editors Michael W. Charney Brenda S. A. Yeoh Tong Chee Kiong V •mm M i g r a n ts A b r o ad Cultural, Educational and Social Dimensions of the Chinese Diaspora 1 hinese Migrants Abroad This page is intentionally left blank himese Migrants Abroad Cultural, Educational, and Social Dimensions of the Chinese Diaspora Editors Michael W. Charney University of London Brenda S. A. Yeoh National University of Singapore Tong Chee Kiong National University of Singapore Bjp? SINGAPORE UNIVERSITY PRESS \^~- J NATIONAL l.NIYK.KSITY OF SINCAPOKK \fi$ World Scientific wb New Jersey • London • Singapore • Hong Kong Published by Singapore University Press Yusof Ishak House, National University of Singapore 31 Lower Kent Ridge Road, Singapore 119078 and World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd. 5 Toh Tuck Link, Singapore 596224 USA office: 27 Warren Street, Suite 401-402, Hackensack, NJ 07601 UK office: 57 Shelton Street, Covent Garden, London WC2H 9HE British Library Cataloguing-in-Publication Data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. First published 2003 Reprinted 2005 CHINESE MIGRANTS ABROAD Cultural, Educational, and Social Dimensions of the Chinese Diaspora Copyright © 2003 by Singapore University Press and World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd. All rights reserved. This book, or parts thereof, may not be reproduced in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording or any information storage and retrieval system now known or to be invented, without written permission from the Publisher. For photocopying of material in this volume, please pay a copying fee through the Copyright Clearance Center, Inc., 222 Rosewood Drive, Danvers, MA 01923, USA. In this case permission to photocopy is not required from the publisher. ISBN 981-238-041-8 Printed by Fulsland Offset Printing (S) Pte Ltd, Singapore Contents List of Figures List of Tables List of Contributors Acknowledgements Introduction: The Chinese Abroad Part One. Chineseness and "Overseas" Chinese Identifications Identities of a Migrant Community 1 Five Southeast Asian Chinese Empire-Builders: Commonalities and Differences Jamie Mackie 2 Providers, Protectors, Guardians: Migration and Reconstruction of Masculinities Ray Hibbins 3 Tasting the Night: Food, Ethnic Transaction, and the Pleasure of Chineseness in Malaysia Yao Souchou 4 Multiple Identities among the Returned Overseas Chinese in Hong Kong James Chin Kong VI Contents Part Two. Chinese or Western Education? Cultural Choices and Education 5 Chinese Education and Changing National and 85 Cultural Identity among Overseas Chinese in Modern Japan: A Study of Chuka Dobun Gakko [Tongwen Chinese School] in Kobe Benjamin Ng WaUming 6 Chinese Education in Prewar Singapore: 101 A Preliminary Analysis of Factors Affecting the Development of Chinese Vernacular Schools Wee Tong Bao 7 Hokkien Immigrant Society and Modern Chinese 114 Education in British Malaya Yen Ching-Hwang 8 The Search for Modernity: The Chinese in Sabah and 145 English Education Danny Wong Tze-Ken Part Three. Fitting In: Social Integration in the Host Society 9 Language, Education, and Occupational Attainment of 163 Foreign-Trained Chinese and Polish Professional Immigrants in Toronto, Canada Li Zong 10 Career and Family Factors in Intention for 181 Permanent Settlement in Australia Siew-Ean Khoo & Anita Mak 11 No Longer Migrants: Southern New Zealand 204 Chinese in the Twentieth Century Niti Pawakapan Contents VII 12 Singapore Chinese Society in Transition: Reflections 229 on the Cultural Implications of Modern Education Lee Guan Kin Bibliography 253 This page is intentionally left blank IX List of Figures 2.1 Major Themes and Their Relationships 26 6.1 Female Arrivals from China, 1890-1934 107 6.2 Birth of Chinese in Singapore, 1895-1934 107 6.3 Children Arriving from China, 1890-1934 108 List of Tables 9.1 Sample Characteristics 167 9.2 Occupational Attainment in Country of Origin and in Canada for Foreign-trained Polish- and Chinese- Canadian Professionals 169 9.3.1 Mobility Matrix for Foreign-trained Polish Professional Immigrants: Outflow Percentage 170 9.3.2 Mobility Matrix for Foreign-trained Chinese Professional Immigrants: Outflow Percentage 171 9.3.3 Occupational Mobility for Foreign-trained Polish and Chinese Professional Immigrants 172 9.4-1 Mobility between the Last Occupation in Country of Origin and Current Occupation in Canada by Linguistic Abilities as Reported by Foreign-trained Polish- and Chinese-Canadian Professionals 173
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