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As part of "China's south," Southeast Asia has historically assumed
a peripheral position when juxtaposed against the power of the
Chinese state. In the existing scholarly literature, the power
asymmetry is reflected in the ostensible bias where most studies
are about China's presence in or engagement with Southeast Asia
rather than the reverse; studies on the presence or influence of
Southeast Asia in China have been a marginal enterprise. The
present volume aims to fill this void by exploring the historical
entanglements and contemporary engagements of Southeast Asia(ns) in
China through a Southeast Asian perspective. As China seeks to
understand Southeast Asia's presence in the country on its own
terms, it is also engaged in a process of self-discovery and
defining where and how it should stand in relation to the region.
Departing from the discourse of China as the a priori center
dominating the scholarship on China-Southeast Asia relations, the
present volume hopes to subvert such power relations in order to
bring fresh perspectives on the historical and contemporary
contributions of Southeast Asia(ns) in China.
Lee, Chan and their contributors analyse the different kinds of
soft power deployed by Taiwan in its bid to strengthen its
relations with its neighbours in Southeast Asia. Despite not having
formal diplomatic relations with Southeast Asian countries after
their diplomatic recognition of the People’s Republic of China
decades ago, Taiwan continues to be a key economic and
socio-cultural partner for the region at large. Successive
administrations in Taiwan from the Chen to Tsai eras have
circumvented the long-standing absence of diplomatic recognition
with the diffusion of soft power ─ shaping what others want with
attractiveness ─ through the utilization of its existing economic
and socio-cultural links with Southeast Asian countries. While such
soft power diffusion contributes to Taiwan’s triple quests for
legitimacy as a member of international community, status as a
constructive actor in the region and long-term economic prosperity
for the island-state, the emergence of China as an economic
superpower in the 21st century has significantly challenged such
quests from Taipei. The contributors to this volume examine both
the intentions and the reception of Taiwan’s approach to the
nations of ASEAN. An essential read for students and researchers
investigating the impact and limitations of soft power in foreign
policy.
Combining a historical approach of Chineseness and a contemporary
perspective on the social construction of Chineseness, this book
provides comparative insights to understand the contingent
complexities of ethnic and social formations in both China and
among the Chinese diaspora in Southeast Asia. This book focuses on
the experiences and practices of these people, who as mobile agents
are free to embrace or reject being defined as Chinese by moving
across borders and reinterpreting their own histories. By
historicizing the notion of Chineseness at local, regional, and
global levels, the book examines intersections of authenticity,
authority, culture, identity, media, power, and international
relations that support or undermine different instances of
Chineseness and its representations. It seeks to rescue the present
from the past by presenting case studies of contingent encounters
that produce the ideas, practices, and identities that become the
categories nations need to justify their existence. The dynamic,
fluid representations of Chineseness illustrate that it has never
been an undifferentiated whole in both space and time. Through
physical movements and inherited knowledge, agents of Chineseness
have deployed various interpretive strategies to define and
represent themselves vis-a-vis the local, regional, and global in
their respective temporal experiences. This book will be relevant
to students and scholars in Chinese studies and Asian studies more
broadly, with a focus on identity politics, migration, popular
culture, and international relations. "The Chinese overseas often
saw themselves as caught between a rock and a hard place. The
collection of essays here highlights the variety of experiences in
Southeast Asia and China that suggest that the rock can become a
huge boulder with sharp edges and the hard places can have deadly
spikes. A must read for those who wonder whether Chineseness has
ever been what it seems." Wang Gungwu, University Professor,
National University of Singapore. "By including reflections on
constructions of Chineseness in both China itself and in various
Southeast Asian sites, the book shows that being Chinese is by no
means necessarily intertwined with China as a geopolitical concept,
while at the same time highlighting the incongruities and tensions
in the escapable relationship with China that diasporic Chinese
subjects variously embody, expressed in a wide range of social
phenomena such as language use, popular culture, architecture and
family relations. The book is a very welcome addition to the
necessary ongoing conversation on Chineseness in the 21st century."
Ien Ang, Distinguished Professor of Cultural Studies, Western
Sydney University.
Combining a historical approach of Chineseness and a contemporary
perspective on the social construction of Chineseness, this book
provides comparative insights to understand the contingent
complexities of ethnic and social formations in both China and
among the Chinese diaspora in Southeast Asia. This book focuses on
the experiences and practices of these people, who as mobile agents
are free to embrace or reject being defined as Chinese by moving
across borders and reinterpreting their own histories. By
historicizing the notion of Chineseness at local, regional, and
global levels, the book examines intersections of authenticity,
authority, culture, identity, media, power, and international
relations that support or undermine different instances of
Chineseness and its representations. It seeks to rescue the present
from the past by presenting case studies of contingent encounters
that produce the ideas, practices, and identities that become the
categories nations need to justify their existence. The dynamic,
fluid representations of Chineseness illustrate that it has never
been an undifferentiated whole in both space and time. Through
physical movements and inherited knowledge, agents of Chineseness
have deployed various interpretive strategies to define and
represent themselves vis-a-vis the local, regional, and global in
their respective temporal experiences. This book will be relevant
to students and scholars in Chinese studies and Asian studies more
broadly, with a focus on identity politics, migration, popular
culture, and international relations. "The Chinese overseas often
saw themselves as caught between a rock and a hard place. The
collection of essays here highlights the variety of experiences in
Southeast Asia and China that suggest that the rock can become a
huge boulder with sharp edges and the hard places can have deadly
spikes. A must read for those who wonder whether Chineseness has
ever been what it seems." Wang Gungwu, University Professor,
National University of Singapore. "By including reflections on
constructions of Chineseness in both China itself and in various
Southeast Asian sites, the book shows that being Chinese is by no
means necessarily intertwined with China as a geopolitical concept,
while at the same time highlighting the incongruities and tensions
in the escapable relationship with China that diasporic Chinese
subjects variously embody, expressed in a wide range of social
phenomena such as language use, popular culture, architecture and
family relations. The book is a very welcome addition to the
necessary ongoing conversation on Chineseness in the 21st century."
Ien Ang, Distinguished Professor of Cultural Studies, Western
Sydney University.
The relationship between the Chinese nation and its recent past has
been fraught with contradictions and tensions. This collection aims
to make sense of this complex relationship and challenge the
prevalent state-centric and nation-centric modes of history writing
on modern China. It explores alternative representations of the
past and the salience of political conflicts and competitive
histories in China, highlighting the paradoxical similarities in
such representations of the past from the late nineteenth century
to the present. Ultimately, this book contributes to the ongoing
discussion on the politics of interpreting the past and its many
manifestations in both China and other societies. "This volume will
contribute to the scholarly debate on the use of the past in
national history." Tze-ki Hon, City University of Hong Kong
"Alternative Representations of the Past presents a collection of
essays that critically examine the ways in which the contradicting
and contested enterprise of history has been politicized in China.
As 'memory is past made present', the meticulous re-evaluation of
Chinese history by the contributors of this volume promises to
offer readers valuable insights into contemporary China." Chang-Yau
Hoon, Associate Professor and Director, Centre for Advanced
Research, Universiti Brunei Darussalam
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