What is it about?
This book describes Xiamen's history as a transoceanic treaty port, which is affected profoundly by migration and trade activities in modern times. Furthermore, based on the former research, the author looks at the consciousness about identity and "home" by returned overseas Chinese, indicating the flexible and chameleons nature of them.
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Why is it important?
It put Xiamen's history into a transnational perspective that linked China and Southeast Asia, and even wider world; remind us of the multiple facets of overseas Chinese and their activities beyond the patriotism.
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I hope this review could help readers understand the general context of this book and its remarkable academic contributions, moreover, discover any further possibilities in such an interesting topic.
Zhixuan Lou
Xiamen University
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This page is a summary of: Ong Soon Keong. Coming Home to a Foreign Country: Xiamen and Returned Overseas Chinese, 1843–1938, China and Asia, January 2023, Brill,
DOI: 10.1163/2589465x-04020008.
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