Michael W. Charney
Shifting Categorisations of Chinese Migrants in Burma in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries
Charney, Michael W.
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Geoff Wade
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James K. Chin
Editor
Abstract
This chapter is concerned with Burmese and European accounts rather than the Chinese sources because the latter have received thorough attention from scholars well-versed in the Chinese-language literature. The Chinese tribute system governed the Celestial Empire’s relationship with the small states along the rim of the middle kingdom. Diplomatic ties between Chinese and Burma were so regular and intimate; some Burmese officials were able to converse with the Chinese envoys in Chinese. The British view of the Chinese in the Straits tended to reflect more of a local perspective toward the Chinese in the area. British perspectives of the Chinese in Burma appear to have been adjusted due to the need for Chinese settlement in British Tenasserim. British rule was also extended to Tenasserim at a time when economic growth in the Straits spurred the large-scale immigration of Southeastern Chinese and this migration pushed northward into Burma.
Citation
Charney, M. W. (2019). Shifting Categorisations of Chinese Migrants in Burma in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries. In G. Wade, & J. K. Chin (Eds.), China and Southeast Asia: Historical Interactions (281-302). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429489518-12
Publication Date | Jan 8, 2019 |
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Deposit Date | Dec 17, 2009 |
Publicly Available Date | Dec 17, 2009 |
Publisher | Routledge |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Pages | 281-302 |
Series Title | Routledge Studies in the Modern History of Asia |
Series ISSN | 2156-0919 |
Book Title | China and Southeast Asia: Historical Interactions |
ISBN | 9780415589970 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429489518-12 |
Publisher URL | http://www.routledge.com/books/details/9780415589970/ |
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