Reterritorialization of a Balinese Chinese Community in Quanzhou, Fujian

This paper is about a special category of guiqiao or ‘returned overseas Chinese’, in southern Fujian. Arriving in China from Bali, Indonesia in 1961, the people were settled in an overseas Chinese farm. The paper illustrates how the re-migrants coped with life in China and how they see themselves to...

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Published in:Modern Asian studies 2010-05, Vol.44 (3), p.547-566
Main Author: Tan, Chee-Beng
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Acculturation
Asian history
Bali
Children
China
Chinese culture
Citizenship
Communities
Community
Cultural identity
Daughters
Farms
Food
Houses
Identity
Indonesia
Indonesian cuisine
Migrants
Migration
Multiculturalism & pluralism
Peoples Republic of China
Public administration
Repatriation
Return migration
Sons
South Asian culture
South Asian studies
Southeast Asian culture
Territory
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Summary:This paper is about a special category of guiqiao or ‘returned overseas Chinese’, in southern Fujian. Arriving in China from Bali, Indonesia in 1961, the people were settled in an overseas Chinese farm. The paper illustrates how the re-migrants coped with life in China and how they see themselves today. The returned overseas Chinese reterritorize their Indonesian and Balinese cultural life in China, and they, including the local-born children, speak Balinese and eat Indonesian food. Their experiences provide much food for thought on acculturation, migration and identity as well as on the idea of ‘homeland’.
ISSN:0026-749X
1469-8099
DOI:10.1017/S0026749X0800382X