Chinese Diaspora
I. Traditional Chinese Traders --
Mostly from Hokkien and Kwangtong
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Adaptable, resilient, a high level of family and clan solidarity
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invited by the colonizers
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e.g. Singapore in the nineteenth century
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Sojourners --recognized as "hua-chiao" (e.g. 1911 revolution)
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the conventional "sojourner option gets changed; three reasons
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irreconciliable with the emerging nationalisms of the former colonial world,
particularly in South East Asia
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e.g. Malya's decolonization
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the second and third generations become more localized,
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the Chinese Revolution in 1949 created a rift
II. The Other Two Kinds: Indentured
workers and Free Artisans.
Reference:
Cohen, Robin. Global Diaspora: An Introduction.
Seattle: U of Washington P, 1997.