Perceptions of China for the overseas Chinese tea traders in colonial Singapore, 1928-58

Authors

Jason Lim, University of WollongongFollow

RIS ID

34054

Publication Details

Lim, J. (2009). Perceptions of China for the overseas Chinese tea traders in colonial Singapore, 1928-58. In K. Ho (Eds.), Connecting and Distancing: Southeast Asia and China (pp. 100-114). Singapore: Institute of Southeast Asian Studies.

Abstract

Among the Overseas Chinese, research has focused on a small group of rich merchants who had invested time and money on rubber, pineapple and other products in Malaya. Few studies have been conducted on other, less wealthy, Overseas Chinese merchants in colonial Singapore. These merchants imported goods from either China or Southeast Asia for re-export or sale to local clientele.

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Institute of Southeast Asian Studies