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THE
EXPANDING ROLES
OF
CHINESE AMERICANS
IN
U.S.-CHINA RELATIONS

THE
EXPANDING ROLES
OF
CHINESE AMERICANS
IN
U.S.-CHINA RELATIONS

Transnational
Networks and Trans-Pacific
Interactions

Peter H. Koehn
and Xiao-huang Yin
editors

An East Gate Book

First published 2002 by M.E. Sharpe

Published 2015 by Routledge
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

The expanding roles of Chinese Americans in U.S.China relations: transnational
networks and trans-Pacific interactions / edited by Peter H. Koehn and Xiao-huang Yin.
p. cm.
An east gate book
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 0-7656-0949-5 (cloth: alk. paper); ISBN 0-7656-0950-9 (pbk.: alk. paper)
1. Chinese Americans. 2. United StatesRelationsChina. 3. ChinaRelationsUnited
States. I. Koehn, Peter H. II. Yin, Xiao-huang.

E184.C5 E9 2002
305.8951073dc21

2001057688

ISBN 13: 9780765609502 (pbk)
ISBN 13: 9780765609496 (hbk)

Contents

Him Mark Lai

Introduction
Chinese American Transnationalism and U.S.China Relations:
Presence and Promise for the Trans-Pacific Century

Peter H. Koehn and Xiao-huang Yin

Haiming Liu

Sufei Li

Qian Suoqiao

Yuhang Shi

Nancy Yao

James Jinguo Shen

Tsung Chi

Xiaojian Zhao

Wellington K.K. Chan

John J. Deeney

Norton Wheeler

Zuoyue Wang

Peter H. Koehn

Conclusion
Transnationalism, Diversity, and the Future of U.S.China Relations

Peter H. Koehn and Xiao-huang Yin

Tables

Figure

A few mechanical details about Chinese materials in this volume merit explanation. For readers convenience and to save space, in most cases we have cited the English translation of a Chinese title only after providing its romanization in the first citation. In addition, to maintain consistency, we have spelled Chinese names according to the Chinese custom, which places ones surname before the given name. Also, Chinese characters are romanized based on the pinyin system with the following exceptions: the names and titles that are customarily used in the Chinese American community. In the index at the end of the book, we have placed pinyin, Wade-Giles, and English spellings together to help identify those Chinese names, terms, and titles of publication that are spelled differently throughout the Chinese world.

Him Mark Lai

Chinese began large-scale immigration to America during the mid-nineteenth century. Like other immigrant groups in the United States, they customarily continued to maintain social, cultural, economic, and even political ties with the ancestral land on both a personal and an institutional level. In the case of the Chinese American community, immigrants continued to be the dominant majority during most of the period from the 1850s to the present, and these ties, as modified over the years, continue to flourish today. Since ties to the ancestral land are affected by the status of U.S.China relations, Chinese Americans have long been interested parties in the development course and status of this relationship.

At different times up to the present, Chinese Americans individually, institutionally, or as a community have played roles in the evolving relationship. At times, they became involved involuntarilyfor instance, when Chinese immigration became a political issue affecting U.S.China relations in the late nineteenth centuryand at other times, they consciously participated in activities affecting developments. During most of the period before World War II, the scope and effect of Chinese American efforts were limited due to the small size of the population and the communitys isolation from mainstream America. Since the end of the 1940s, however, the Chinese American population has increased dramaticallymostly due to immigration. Chinese Americans social, economic, and political status has also improved significantly. Gradually, they have become integrated in mainstream America and growing numbers filled key leadership positions. Today, although still a minority, Chinese Americans are a group that cannot be easily ignored. Increased Chinese American networking with mainstream institutions as well as growing sophistication in the use of these institutions have accompanied socioeconomic developments. These networks and skills often are used to personal and social advantage in a wide variety of activities that affect U.S.China relations.

The Chinese American role in such transnational activities has been mentioned in passing by historians. Up to now, however, there has been little in-depth research and analysis of its extent and efficacy. Thus, the present collection of essays on topics in this subject area, written by various experts in their fields and edited by Professors Peter H. Koehn and Xiao-huang Yin, is timely. The essays explore various aspects of involvement in U.S.China relations, with emphasis on recent and contemporary developments, and serve the purpose of helping to fill a long-existing gap in our understanding of the Chinese American experience. The work also is particularly relevant today in view of the general consensus that U.S.China relations rank among the most important international relationships and are of concern not only for the future course of this country and China, but for the rest of the world as well. The explorations presented herein provide valuable additional information that will enhance understanding of the critical issues involved and, hopefully, will advance prospects for the adoption of rational and constructive policies of benefit for the United States, China, and the global community.

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