Racializing Chineseness

Tong, Chee Kiong

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“…Specifically, this study found teachers from Chinese backgrounds (composing between one quarter and one third of the teaching workforce) felt more strongly about the underlying social value of reporting, but were less confident that the authorities would respond effectively. This principled stance, coupled with a lack of faith in authorities may stem from the historical legacy of hostility and perceived inequity between Chinese and Malays in the country, particularly in relation to educational opportunities (Tong, 2010). These findings will require further qualitative study to fully understand the mechanisms by which cultural differences are manifest in attitudes toward the reporting of child abuse and neglect.…”

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Teacher Reporting Attitudes Scale (TRAS)

Choo

Walsh

Chinna

et al. 2012

J Interpers Violence

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The Teacher Reporting Attitude Scale (TRAS) is a newly developed tool to assess teachers' attitudes toward reporting child abuse and neglect. This article reports on an investigation of the factor structure and psychometric properties of the short form Malay version of the TRAS. A self-report crosssectional survey was conducted with 667 teachers in 14 randomly selected schools in Selangor state, Malaysia. Analyses were conducted in a 3-stage process using both confirmatory (stages 1 and 3) and exploratory factor analyses (stage 2) to test, modify, and confirm the underlying factor structure of the TRAS in a non-Western teacher sample. Confirmatory factor analysis did not support a 3-factor model previously reported in the original TRAS study. Exploratory factor analysis revealed an 8-item, 4-factor structure. Further confirmatory factor analysis demonstrated appropriateness of the 4-factor structure. Reliability estimates for the four factors-commitment, value, concern, and confidence-were moderate. The modified short form Article 232 Journal of Interpersonal Violence 28(2)TRAS (Malay version) has potential to be used as a simple tool for relatively quick assessment of teachers' attitudes toward reporting child abuse and neglect. Cross-cultural differences in attitudes toward reporting may exist and the transferability of newly developed instruments to other populations should be evaluated.

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confidence: 99%

Teacher Reporting Attitudes Scale (TRAS)

Choo

Walsh

Chinna

et al. 2012

J Interpers Violence

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“…On the other hand, others have argued that the commodification of culture brings about positive impacts, including the improvement of well-being (Mbaiwa et al, 2008; Steiner and Reisinger, 2006). However, in the discussion of cultural commodification in ethnopreneurship, this article avoids the narrow view of “instrumentalising” ethnicity in its entirety – where scholars adopting the “situation dependent” view falter in their defining of ethnic interests in material terms and underplay the affective dimensions altogether (Hutchinson and Smith, 1996; Tong, 2010: 5). Hence, it seeks to unravel the hybridisation of the instrumental and affective dimensions by situating PRC ethnopreneurship within the multifaceted, socio-economic interactions occurring – while also seeking unofficial dual-accredited diplomatic positive-sum returns.…”

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Re-envisioning Citizen Diplomacy: A Case Study of a Multifaceted, Transnational, People’s Republic of China “Ethnopreneur”

Lee

2019

Journal of Current Chinese Affairs

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This article problematises the traditional conceptualisation of the “citizen diplomat” as being confined only to a single nation state sovereignty. At the nexus of transnational “ethnopreneurship,” dual embeddedness, neoliberalism, and post-materialism, citizen diplomats transcend territorially bound identities and perform unofficial dual-accredited roles in the enhancement of bilateral relationships. The protagonist in this case is a transnational People’s Republic of China ethnopreneur who adopts multiple forms of cultural commodification based on both Thai and Chinese resources. As a result, both territories have benefitted from the ensuing informal diplomatic interactions. Traversing the culturally distinctive city of Chiang Mai in Thailand and several flourishing cities in China, the article elucidates the importance of non-traditional diplomats. Put succinctly, it argues for a re-envisioning of transnational ethnopreneurial diplomacy so as to recognise multiple identities, cultures, and markets wherein positive-sum diplomatic returns are achieved. From an intra-Asian perspective, it seeks to remedy a scarcity in the literature – given that existing migrant studies are largely set in North American and European contexts.

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“…The anti-immigration measures were designed to reduce the number of Chinese sojourners in Thailand, and the entry quota was limited to 200 per year for new Chinese applicants in the 1950s. When the Thai ruling elites started to nationalize the economy after 1950, the government turned to local Thai–Chinese entrepreneurs to generate sufficient capital for major projects of modernization (Tong, 2010, pp. 37-38).…”

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Sojourning and emigration: emigrant communities in Chaoshan area (1949-1958)

Hui

2018

STICS

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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore how the Chaozhou-speaking communities in northeast Guangdong Province dealt with new barriers of border control during the 1950s, and how they circumvented these institutional obstacles to leave China for Hong Kong and Southeast Asia. The emigration process was reshaped by new social and political forces in Maoist China. How did the Chaoshan people apply for the travel permit to leave China? How did they enter the hosting countries? How did the emigration experience influence the identity formation of Chaoshan Chinese in the 1950s? Design/methodology/approach This paper draws on archival sources, memoirs and interviews to demonstrate the ways in which Chaoshan people pursued new strategies of emigration during the 1950s. Findings In Maoist China, the application for an entry-exit permit was a rather complicated bureaucratic process for ordinary people. One needs to consider the class status, geographical origins and overseas connections of the applicants as well as the changing official policies toward overseas Chinese. Research limitations/implications This paper emphasizes on the impacts of emigration experience on the identity formation of Chaoshan people and the incremental transformation of these emigrant communities in Guangdong Province. Practical implications This scholarly finding throws light on the transformation of Chaoshan from a fluid, mobile maritime environment to an increasingly state-centric agrarian society during the 1950s. Originality/value This paper is an original scholarly study of the history of Chaoshan communities in South China and their emigration to Southeast Asia.

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Racializing Chineseness

Cited by 5 publications

References 25 publications

Teacher Reporting Attitudes Scale (TRAS)

Teacher Reporting Attitudes Scale (TRAS)

Re-envisioning Citizen Diplomacy: A Case Study of a Multifaceted, Transnational, People’s Republic of China “Ethnopreneur”

Sojourning and emigration: emigrant communities in Chaoshan area (1949-1958)

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