Ying-kit Chan is assistant professor of Chinese Studies at the National University of Singapore.Chang-Yau Hoon is associate professor and director of the Centre for Advanced Research at Universiti Brunei Darussalam.

Southeast Asia in China is an important interdisciplinary work that contributes to multiple academic fields … A significant scholarly contribution.

• PrefacePart I: Historical Entanglements:Chapter 1: At the Crossroads of Empire and Nation: Nanyang Volunteers in Wartime China Chapter 2: Ethnicity and Frontier Studies in Southwest China: Pan-Thai Nationalism and the Wartime Debate on National Identity, 1932–1945 Chapter 3: Traversing the Migrant Corridor: Singapore’s First Ambassadors to ThailandPart II: Contemporary Engagements:Chapter 4: Southeast Asian Studies in China: The Politics and Geopolitics of Knowledge ProductionChapter 5: Responding to China’s Soft Power and People-to-People Exchange: The Case of IndonesiaChapter 6: Southeast Asian Capital in China: The Role of the State and the Chinese Diaspora

Ying-kit Chan is assistant professor of Chinese Studies at the National University of Singapore.Chang-Yau Hoon is associate professor and director of the Centre for Advanced Research at Universiti Brunei Darussalam.

Southeast Asia in China is an important interdisciplinary work that contributes to multiple academic fields … A significant scholarly contribution.

• PrefacePart I: Historical Entanglements:Chapter 1: At the Crossroads of Empire and Nation: Nanyang Volunteers in Wartime China Chapter 2: Ethnicity and Frontier Studies in Southwest China: Pan-Thai Nationalism and the Wartime Debate on National Identity, 1932–1945 Chapter 3: Traversing the Migrant Corridor: Singapore’s First Ambassadors to ThailandPart II: Contemporary Engagements:Chapter 4: Southeast Asian Studies in China: The Politics and Geopolitics of Knowledge ProductionChapter 5: Responding to China’s Soft Power and People-to-People Exchange: The Case of IndonesiaChapter 6: Southeast Asian Capital in China: The Role of the State and the Chinese Diaspora

Ying-kit Chan is assistant professor of Chinese Studies at the National University of Singapore.Chang-Yau Hoon is associate professor and director of the Centre for Advanced Research at Universiti Brunei Darussalam.

Southeast Asia in China is an important interdisciplinary work that contributes to multiple academic fields … A significant scholarly contribution.

• PrefacePart I: Historical Entanglements:Chapter 1: At the Crossroads of Empire and Nation: Nanyang Volunteers in Wartime China Chapter 2: Ethnicity and Frontier Studies in Southwest China: Pan-Thai Nationalism and the Wartime Debate on National Identity, 1932–1945 Chapter 3: Traversing the Migrant Corridor: Singapore’s First Ambassadors to ThailandPart II: Contemporary Engagements:Chapter 4: Southeast Asian Studies in China: The Politics and Geopolitics of Knowledge ProductionChapter 5: Responding to China’s Soft Power and People-to-People Exchange: The Case of IndonesiaChapter 6: Southeast Asian Capital in China: The Role of the State and the Chinese Diaspora