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The Chinese Community In Malaya, Singapore And British Borneo, Ralph E. Lierheimer
The Chinese Community In Malaya, Singapore And British Borneo, Ralph E. Lierheimer
University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations
The Chinese community in Malaya, Singapore, and British Borneo, as in all of Southeast Asia, is in the early stages of a radical change. This ethnic group, which already holds virtual control of the economy of these three regions, is now finding it necessary to also reach out for political representation, or even political control, in order to preserve its place in local society.
Such participation in local affairs constitutes a great change for a group which has always maintained an orientation toward China, socially and politically, wherever its individuals might happen to live. The process of change is bound …