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The Chinese in Southeast Asia have gained some measure of acceptance in the local scene. However, in recent years, with dramatic events such as the end of the Cold War, the globalization process, the opening up of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) and ethnic Chinese investments in their ancestral land, people have begun to question the identity of the Chinese again. Old and outdated terms, such as “Overseas Chinese” and “Chinese overseas” have resurfaced and again become popular,1 creating the impression that the Chinese are no longer part of Southeast Asia but China.
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Suryadinata, L., Beng, T.C. (1997). Ethnic Chinese in Southeast Asia: Overseas Chinese, Chinese Overseas or Southeast Asians?. In: Suryadinata, L. (eds) Ethnic Chinese as Southeast Asians. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-137-07635-9_1
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