Utopia: Secret Societies of Southeast Asian Chinese

Author: Qiu Geping
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Publish Date: 2003-09-01
Features: With the increasing economic status of Chinese in Southeast Asia, the study of the history of Chinese overseas communities has garnered growing attention from academic circles both domestically and internationally. This book reviews the history of Chinese migration to Southeast Asia and provides a detailed and comprehensive account of secret societies in the region. It evaluates the historical achievements and shortcomings of the overseas Hongmen movement with an objective and fair historical perspective, clarifies various misconceptions about Chinese secret societies in Southeast Asia held by Western colonizers and scholars, and fills gaps in the research on the history of Chinese overseas communities.