Contents

pp v-vi

Preface

pp vii-viii

Glossary

pp ix-xii

PART I - UNDERSTANDING BEIJING'S POLICY

pp 1-2

1 - The Rise of China and the Chinese Overseas

pp 3-22

2 - The Chinese Overseas and the “Overseas Chinese Affairs Office”

pp 23-39

3 - China's Foreign Policy vis–à–vis the Chinese Overseas

pp 40-50

PART II - RESPONSES TO EXTERNAL EVENTS

pp 51-52

4 - Non–Intervention: The 1998 Anti–Chinese Violence in Indonesia

pp 53-68

5 - Direct Protection: Examples from South Pacific, the Middle East and Africa

pp 69-94

6 - Effective Protection? The 2014 Anti–China/Chinese Riots in Vietnam

pp 95-106

7 - From Non–Intervention to Intervention? The “Nude Squat” Episode and Chinese Ambassador Saga in Malaysia

pp 107-125

8 - To help or Not to Help? The Kokang Chinese Problem in Myanmar

pp 126-140

PART III - RESPONSES TO INTERNAL NEEDS

pp 141-142

9 - The Use of Chinese Transnationalism: The Sichuan Earthquake and the Beijing Olympic Games

pp 143-153

10 - Direct Control? Beijing and the World Chinese Entrepreneurs Conference

pp 154-166

11 - “One Belt One Road” Strategy and the Chinese Overseas

pp 167-181

12 - Beijing's Soft Power Bid: Promotion of the Chinese Language and Confucius Institutes

pp 182-204

PART IV - NEW POLICY AND ITS IMPACT

pp 205-206

13 - Beijing's New Policy: A Return to Chinese Transnationalism?

pp 207-221

14 - The Impact of Beijing's Changing Policy

pp 222-238

Appendix

pp 239-241

Bibliography

pp 242-262

Index

pp 263-278