Entangled loyalties : Qiaopi, Chinese community structures, and the state in Southeast Asia

Dialect, region, and lineage-these were the markers of belonging around which both Chinese emigrant communities and the qiaopi trade were organized. However, these local bases of identification could exist in tension with nationalist attachments, especially when crisis struck. The conflict between l...

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Main Author: van Dongen, Els
Other Authors: Benton, Gregor
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spelling sg-ntu-dr.10356-1437862020-09-28T05:30:52Z Entangled loyalties : Qiaopi, Chinese community structures, and the state in Southeast Asia van Dongen, Els Benton, Gregor Liu, Hong Zhang, Huimei School of Humanities Humanities::History Southeast Asian Studies Chinese Studies Dialect, region, and lineage-these were the markers of belonging around which both Chinese emigrant communities and the qiaopi trade were organized. However, these local bases of identification could exist in tension with nationalist attachments, especially when crisis struck. The conflict between local and national principles of belonging in Chinese communities is reflected in the story of qiaopi, which concerns the local and regional bases of its operation channels, the state's efforts to incorporate these channels into state institutions such as banks and post offices, and the resistance against these efforts. This chapter discusses qiaopi through the lens of the main features of Chinese migration, the structure of Chinese community organizations, and the role of the state in their shaping and reshaping with a focus on Southeast Asia. The "state" in this context does not only include the sending state of China, but also the policies affecting Chinese communities before and under colonial rule and following decolonization in Southeast Asia. Accepted version 2020-09-24T01:28:02Z 2020-09-24T01:28:02Z 2018 Book Chapter van Dongen, E. (2018). Entangled loyalties : Qiaopi, Chinese community structures, and the state in Southeast Asia. In G. Benton, H. Liu, & H. Zhang (Eds.), The Qiaopi Trade and Transnational Networks in the Chinese Diaspora (pp. 5-32). doi:10.4324/9781315113043 9781315113043 https://hdl.handle.net/10356/143786 5 32 en The Qiaopi Trade and Transnational Networks in the Chinese Diaspora © 2018 The Author(s). All rights reserved. This book was published by Routledge and is made available with permission of the Author(s). application/pdf Routledge
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topic Humanities::History
Southeast Asian Studies
Chinese Studies
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Southeast Asian Studies
Chinese Studies
van Dongen, Els
Entangled loyalties : Qiaopi, Chinese community structures, and the state in Southeast Asia
description Dialect, region, and lineage-these were the markers of belonging around which both Chinese emigrant communities and the qiaopi trade were organized. However, these local bases of identification could exist in tension with nationalist attachments, especially when crisis struck. The conflict between local and national principles of belonging in Chinese communities is reflected in the story of qiaopi, which concerns the local and regional bases of its operation channels, the state's efforts to incorporate these channels into state institutions such as banks and post offices, and the resistance against these efforts. This chapter discusses qiaopi through the lens of the main features of Chinese migration, the structure of Chinese community organizations, and the role of the state in their shaping and reshaping with a focus on Southeast Asia. The "state" in this context does not only include the sending state of China, but also the policies affecting Chinese communities before and under colonial rule and following decolonization in Southeast Asia.
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title_short Entangled loyalties : Qiaopi, Chinese community structures, and the state in Southeast Asia
title_full Entangled loyalties : Qiaopi, Chinese community structures, and the state in Southeast Asia
title_fullStr Entangled loyalties : Qiaopi, Chinese community structures, and the state in Southeast Asia
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