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This paper examines some conceptual premises of the notion of transnationalism in the light of work on Chinese in Britain and in Malaysia and singapore.1 It finds that in the communities studied, migrants are likelier than settled groups to identify transnationally.
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Benton, G., Gomez, E.T. (2003). Essentializing Chinese Identity. In: Yeoh, B.S.A., Charney, M.W., Kiong, T.C. (eds) Approaching Transnationalisms. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-9220-8_12
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