Yow Cheun Hoe is Assistant Professor at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.

"Guangdong and Chinese Diaspora provides a useful corrective to a clutch of earlier studies that rushed to proclaim and celebrate the reinvigoration of diasporic ties to China after 1978 without engaging in very much research to support their effusive claims. Empirically rich and theoretically engaged, this book will be of interest not only for historians and social scientists who specialize in Chinese migration, but for all scholars who are interested in human diasporas and how they change and evolve over time." - Glen Peterson, The University of British Columbia, Pacific Affairs: Volume 88, No. 4 – December 2015

• 1. Introduction 2. Patterns and Impacts: Guangdong and Its Different Diasporic Groups 3. Waning Ancestral Ties: Singaporean and Malaysian Chinese 4. Facing the South China Sea: Panyu Before 1978 5. Transformation: Panyu Since 1978 6. Remote in the Mountains: Xinyi Before 1978 7. Still Poor: Xinyi Since 1978 8. Conclusion

Yow Cheun Hoe is Assistant Professor at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.

"Guangdong and Chinese Diaspora provides a useful corrective to a clutch of earlier studies that rushed to proclaim and celebrate the reinvigoration of diasporic ties to China after 1978 without engaging in very much research to support their effusive claims. Empirically rich and theoretically engaged, this book will be of interest not only for historians and social scientists who specialize in Chinese migration, but for all scholars who are interested in human diasporas and how they change and evolve over time." - Glen Peterson, The University of British Columbia, Pacific Affairs: Volume 88, No. 4 – December 2015

• 1. Introduction 2. Patterns and Impacts: Guangdong and Its Different Diasporic Groups 3. Waning Ancestral Ties: Singaporean and Malaysian Chinese 4. Facing the South China Sea: Panyu Before 1978 5. Transformation: Panyu Since 1978 6. Remote in the Mountains: Xinyi Before 1978 7. Still Poor: Xinyi Since 1978 8. Conclusion

Yow Cheun Hoe is Assistant Professor at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.

"Guangdong and Chinese Diaspora provides a useful corrective to a clutch of earlier studies that rushed to proclaim and celebrate the reinvigoration of diasporic ties to China after 1978 without engaging in very much research to support their effusive claims. Empirically rich and theoretically engaged, this book will be of interest not only for historians and social scientists who specialize in Chinese migration, but for all scholars who are interested in human diasporas and how they change and evolve over time." - Glen Peterson, The University of British Columbia, Pacific Affairs: Volume 88, No. 4 – December 2015

• 1. Introduction 2. Patterns and Impacts: Guangdong and Its Different Diasporic Groups 3. Waning Ancestral Ties: Singaporean and Malaysian Chinese 4. Facing the South China Sea: Panyu Before 1978 5. Transformation: Panyu Since 1978 6. Remote in the Mountains: Xinyi Before 1978 7. Still Poor: Xinyi Since 1978 8. Conclusion