Chinese bourgeois nationalism in Hong Kong and Singapore in the 1930s

Datos Bibliográficos

ID3986251
AutoresHuei-Ying Kuo (0000-0003-1488-7100, Binghamton University, autor de correspondencia)
Año2006
Volumen36
Número3
Páginas385-405
Fecha de publicación2006-01-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaJournal of Contemporary Asia (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0047-2336 • E-ISSN: 1752-7554
EditorialInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/00472330680000241
OpenAlexW2072588050
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas4
Referencias citadas18

This article explains the diverse responses among the Chinese bourgeoisie in Hong Kong and Singapore to Chinese nationalist movements in the 1930s. In Singapore, the slogan of “Chinese buy Chinese goods” boosted the Chinese bourgeoisie in their business competition with Japan. The same slogan was used by the Chinese bourgeoisie in Hong Kong to emphasize increased sales of Chinese goods while Japanese imports were used by Chinese manufacturers in Hong Kong. I also interpret Chinese bourgeois nationalism in Hong Kong and Singapore as a move toward transnational economic citizenship. Emphasising their Chinese ethnicity, the bourgeoisie in Hong Kong and Singapore asked the Chinese government for favourable import tariffs. At the same time, the bourgeoisie requested the British for favourable tariffs, when they wished to export goods to markets in Britain and its colonies. Keywords : nationalism Chinese diaspora business networks Great Depression transnationalism

Bourgeoisie · China · Nationalism · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Asian Studies and History · Gender Studies · Hong Kong and Taiwan Politics · Law · Socioeconomic Development in Asia