Early Overseas Chinese
Overall History
• Origin of overseas Chinese
• Poverty
• Southeast
• Regular occurrence
• North people’s attack
• 唐人街( Chinatown)
• Commodity economy
• Over 100,000 people
• Start to form network
• Mass migration
• Spread worldwide
• Nationa
Global Imbalances :
The global imbalances refers to the large current account deficits of developed economies such as the United States and the large surpluses of developing economies such as China and oil rich economies of the Middle East and Russia.
Causes of the Global Imbalances :
- Events in the United States : Saving-Investment Imbalances
- Events Outside the US :
Inadequate In
Chinese. The Malayan Union, established in 1946 and consisting of all the British possessions in the Malay peninsula with the exception of Singapore, was dissolved in 1948 and replaced by the Federation of Malaya, which restored the autonomy of the rulers of the Malay states under British protection. During this time, rebels under the leadership of the Malayan Communist Party launched guerrilla o
III. Overseas Chinese Capital in East Asian Region
1. Hong Kong
The population of Hong Kong is about 6.3 million and 98% of it is Chinese with 90% of them are from Guangdong province. The external structure of large corporates in Hong Kong seems to be westernized but the internal look shows rather family-oriented management system. Until 1988, ten family-owned companies dominated about 54
Edith Maude Eaton (1865-1914)
Wrote under the pseudonym Sui Sin Far- asserted Chinese heritage
Mixed ethnicity- prejudice
Ambiguity regarding her cultural identity
Wanted to encourage mutual understanding and respect between the American and Asian community
Significance of the author
The first Asian American author to write about the life of Chinese immigrants in the US
Had