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While East Meets West: A Chinese Diaspora Scholar And Social Activist In Asia-pacific (Hardcover)
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While East Meets West: A Chinese Diaspora Scholar And Social Activist In Asia-pacific (Hardcover)
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Born in South China before 1949, brought up and educated in
Southeast Asia and Australia, and having worked in Southeast Asia,
Australia and Hong Kong, Professor Yen has a unique personal
experience in telling the fascinating stories of the encounter and
clashes of cultural and social values between East and West. Imbued
with many traditional Chinese cultural values such as diligence,
perseverance, resilience and determination, in this book, he tells
his life story of how he was determined to climb the pinnacle of
scholarship. As an ethnic minority in Australian society, he
devoted himself to fight for the interests of the the Chinese
diaspora and help promote multi-culturalism in Australia.This book
also provides first-hand source materials for the study of
intellectuals, from the Chinese diaspora, studying and working in a
Western university through his eyes: his initial problem of
adjusting to a new western environment, his experience of cultural
dislocation, the clashes of cultural values and social mores, his
experience of racial discrimination, and his pursuit of academic
excellence.
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