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Ethnic Identity and the Southeast Asian Chinese: Voices from Brunei

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Part of the book series: Asia in Transition ((AT,volume 14))

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According to Phillips (1992), the dispersion or spread of the Chinese beyond China is one of the most extensive diasporas in the world today. Well-known historian Wang (1993) estimates that there are between 25 and 30 million Chinese migrants in the world, with four-fifths of them in Southeast Asia.

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    Debbie G. E. Ho & Hannah M. Y. Ho

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Ho, D.G.E., Ho, H.M.Y. (2021). Ethnic Identity and the Southeast Asian Chinese: Voices from Brunei. In: Hoon, CY., Chan, Yk. (eds) Contesting Chineseness. Asia in Transition, vol 14. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-33-6096-9_8

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