Conflict and Fusion: The Development of the Filipino-Chinese Business Federation and Post-War Filipino-Chinese Society

Author: Zhu Dongqin
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Publish Date: 2005-11-01
Features: This book divides the development of the Hoa Loi community and the Kapampangan community post-war into six periods: conflicts within the Hoa Loi community and the emergence of Kapampangan community leaders, the initial period of the Kapampangan community leaders, the period of unity within the Hoa Loi community and the growth of Kapampangan community leaders, the period of Hoa-Filipino integration and the stability of Kapampangan community leaders, the turning point of the Kapampangan community leaders and the Hoa Loi community, and the Kapampangan community leaders and the Hoa Loi community at the turn of the century. It uses sociological conflict theory to analyze the characteristics of the development of the Kapampangan community leaders and the Hoa Loi community in each period. Looking back at the history of the past half-century since post-war, the external and internal conflicts faced by the Hoa Loi community have generally shown a trend of mitigation. In the late 1990s, after the Kapampangan community leaders determined a new path of establishing a foothold in the Hoa Loi community, integrating into the mainstream Filipino society, and further promoting Hoa-Filipino integration, conflicts both externally and internally within the Hoa Loi community showed a general trend of easing. This created favorable conditions for the development of the Kapampangan community leaders and the Hoa Loi community, and their future prospects are optimistic. The development of the Hoa Loi community is closely related to that of the mainstream society. The factors affecting the development of the Hoa Loi community primarily come from the Philippines, including the government's policies toward the Chinese and Hoa-Filipino relations. The Philippine government should pay sufficient attention to this. From the perspective of the Chinese themselves, they should deeply recognize that development must be rooted in the local context, otherwise it will lead to detours; at the same time, they should more actively participate in the construction of the mainstream society to gain recognition and achieve better development.