Böcker i Chinese Worlds-serien

This collection of essays by and about Wang Gungwu brings together some of Wang's most recent and representative writing about the ethnic Chinese outside China, giving the reader a deeper understanding of his views on migration, identity, nationalism and culture, all key issues in modern Asia's transformation.

Focusing on the Chinese community, this text examines the issues surrounding enterprise development from national and transnational perspectives. It argues that Chinese enterprise is accelerated by intra-ethnic competition rather than intra-ethnic co-operation, and that businessmen work in their own interest, not that of the Chinese community.

Based on information collected through fieldwork interviews and documentary research through the Chinese and Western language presses, this book analyzes one of the most important reforms implemented in China - the rural tax and fee reform.

Analyzes the changes in the global, regional and local environments in which Chinese entrepreneurs operate and explores whether a new breed of Chinese entrepreneurs has developed in response to these changes. This book offers theoretical discussion and empirical case studies on Chinese entrepreneurship in Hong Kong, China, Singapore, and Thailand.