Transnational Cultural Flows within the Collaborative Chinese Cultural Basin

Khun Eng Kuah, retired professor and independent researcher, is adjunct professor at the Department of Chinese Studies, National University of Singapore. She has held positions as distinguished professor at Jinan University (Guangzhou, China), professor and Head of the School of Arts and Social Sciences at Monash University Malaysia, University of Hong Kong and University of Melbourne; and visiting positions at Harvard-Yenching Institute, University of Paris Cíte and Oxford University. Her key research include (1) Chinese Diaspora-China Connections (hometown connections, migration and identity, Chinese entrepreneurship, heritage and traditional Chinese medicine and herbal tea; and (2) Reformist Buddhism, Buddhist compassion and philanthropy in East and Southeast and Asia.

• 1. Introductory Overview, 2. Collaborative Chinese Cultural Basin Model, 3. Remaking “Cultural China” in the 20th Century: Dynamic Flows of Chinese Diaspora Communal Festivals between Singapore and the Hometowns, 4. Science Diplomacy and Transnational Educational Connectivity: European Cultural Flows and Mainland Chinese Engagement, 5. Manila Binondo Food Tour: Gastronationalism of Chinese Diasporas, 6. Bridging Cultures in the Digital Age: Reframing Content Creators as Cultural Intermediaries, 7. Diaspora Chinese Popular Cultural Flows as Cultural Power, 8. Heritagization of Chinese Migrants in Belgium. The Case Study of the Expo “Happy Family” Red Star Line Museum, Antwerp, 9. From Frontline to Cultural Diplomacy: Soft Power and the Regeneration of Matsu’s Battlefield Cultural Landscape, 1992-Present, 10. Overseas Chinese Museum: how China advances public diplomacy in the new era?