Click Here to Download: https://ouo.io/fvRd6mU Chinese In Southeast Asia And Beyond, The: Socioeconomic And Political Dimensions By: Yen Ching-hwang Publisher: World Scientific Print ISBN: 9789812790477, 9812790470 eText ISBN: 9789812790484, 9812790489 Copyright year: 2008 Format: PDF Available from $ 192.00 USD SKU 9789812790484 The Chinese in Southeast Asia, with their growing economic clout, have been attracting attention from politicians, scholars and observers in recent decades. The rise of China as a global economic power and its profound influence over Southeast Asia has cast a spotlight on the role of Southeast Asian Chinese in the region's economic relations with China.The Southeast Asian Chinese as an economic force and their growing importance with China are, to a certain extent, determined by the nature and development of their communities. This book uses a multifaceted approach to unravel the forces that helped to transform the communities in the past. Containing 17 papers written within a span of six and a half years, from 2000 to 2006, the book focuses on the social, economic and political aspects of these communities, with special emphasis on the Chinese in Malaysia and Singapore.