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The Chinese Resistance Movement in the Philippines During the Japanese Occupation*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 August 2009

Li Yuk-Wai
Li Yuk-Wai
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Education Department, Hong Kong
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The Chinese community in the Philippines before the outbreak of the Pacific War was relatively small and homogeneous in comparison with those in other Southeast Asian countries. When the Japanese occupied the Philippine islands, they found a Chinese community of less than one per cent of the total population. This small alien group did not appear to be a serious threat to the Japanese authorities. However, during the three and a half years of Japanese occupation, the Chinese maintained several guerrilla groups, which formed part of the resistance movement in the Philippines.

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Journal of Southeast Asian Studies , Volume 23 , Issue 2 , September 1992 , pp. 308 - 321
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Copyright © The National University of Singapore 1992

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