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Ten countries with the largest overseas Chinese population and percentage of world total of overseas Chinese, c. 2010.
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In the present paper we draw on the extensive data resources of the 'Overseas Chinese Affairs Council in Taiwan in an analysis of the overseas Chinese worldwide as of c. 2010. We raise and endeavor to answer four basic questions: (1) How many overseas Chinese are there currently in the world? (2) How are they distributed among the world's countries...
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... two-thirds (65 percent) of the 40.3 million overseas Chinese resided in four countries in 2011 (see Figure 1): there were 8.0 million Chinese in Indonesia Chinese for those 12 countries with the largest percentages. More than 53 percent of the Singapore population is Chinese, followed by the populations of Malaysia at 23 percent, Kenya and Brunei at 12 percent each, and Thailand at just under 12 percent. ...
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... While there are many studies on people's motivation to use social media and Chinese users' motivation to use CSM, there are still few studies on the motivation of Chinese users living overseas (e.g., Malaysian Chinese). 2000 years ago, Chinese people began migrating to other Asian countries, especially Southeast Asia (Poston Jr & Wong, 2016). By now, overseas Chinese are present in almost every country worldwide. ...
... By now, overseas Chinese are present in almost every country worldwide. In 2011, there were 40.3 million Chinese living in 148 countries or regions in the world (Poston Jr & Wong, 2016), a number that refers to the number of people who do not live in the People's Republic of China. The majority of these Chinese reside in 35 countries in Asia, with approximately 29.6 million, or 73.3% of the total, including 6.5 million Malaysian Chinese (Poston Jr & Wong, 2016). ...
... In 2011, there were 40.3 million Chinese living in 148 countries or regions in the world (Poston Jr & Wong, 2016), a number that refers to the number of people who do not live in the People's Republic of China. The majority of these Chinese reside in 35 countries in Asia, with approximately 29.6 million, or 73.3% of the total, including 6.5 million Malaysian Chinese (Poston Jr & Wong, 2016). The transnational communication of CSM among overseas Chinese deserves to be noticed. ...
With the increasing number of overseas users of China’s social media (CSM), this study aimed to explore the motivation and behavior of Malaysian Chinese in using Chinese social media platforms. A questionnaire was done to 219 Malaysian Chinese, and the data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and regression analysis in SPSS. The results show that Malaysian Chinese use CSM with high frequency and duration. Their main motives are information, entertainment, and interpersonal interaction. The results indicated that entertainment motivation (?=0.448, p=0.000), information motivation (?=0.348, p=0.000), self-presentation motivation (?=0.142, p=0.047), and social motivation significantly (?=-0.249, p=0.000) affected the use of CSM among Malaysian Chinese, while business motivation did not. Overall, this study provides valuable insights into the patterns of Malaysian Chinese usage of CSM and their motivations, which is crucial for marketers and advertisers trying to effectively target this group on social media platforms. Moreover, the findings of this study have important implications for cross-country communication and exchange within the same ethnic culture.
... 38 Chinese media propaganda generally seems to target two different groups: The roughly 40 million people that make up the Chinese diaspora and adversarial information environments. 39 The contours of this strategy follow Kennan's conceptualization of political warfare as the use of white and black propaganda. White propaganda targeting the Chinese diaspora appears to be a major focus of the United Workers Front Department of the CCP to retain Chinese emigrant loyalty to the mainland. ...
The information technology era has opened a myriad of new battlespaces through which nations engage each other. China has advanced their “three warfares” doctrine – political warfare, public opinion warfare, and legal warfare – behind a robust and aggressive economic agenda. Direct financial investment and tightly controlled access to both their large consumer market and cheap labor force has given them considerable leverage in key sectors of American industry, particularly those in the communication sphere. The narrative crafting capabilities increasingly acquired by China are beginning to appear as genuine cultural hegemony. This indicates an ability to shape the American collective consciousness by shifting values and behaviors, and ultimately weaken the social bonds within the population. This article thus frames the nature of warfare in the information age as the strategic devaluing of social capital. This reframing of adversarial strategies may be helpful to countering such efforts by providing new insight into the tactics currently employed.
... GDP per capita (GDPPerCapita), annual GDP growth (GDPGrowth), trade openness (Trade) and inflation rates (Inflation) of the host countries are also taken from the WDI database of the World Bank. The percentage of ethnic Chinese (EthnicChinese) in the total population is adopted from Poston and Wong (2016). The HIS transformation of distance (Dist) between Beijing and the capital city of the host country is taken from the Centre d'É tudes Prospectives et d'Informations Internationales (CEPII). ...
This study explores how the institution of the host countries affects the natural resource-seeking and strategic asset-seeking motives of the Chinese outward foreign direct investment. Using the system GMM estimation method and data of the Chinese outward foreign direct investment during the period from 2003 to 2020, the study shows that the search for strategic assets by the Chinese outward foreign direct investment is directed toward the host countries with well-established institutions, while the search for natural resources is driven by poor institutions of the host countries. Findings from this study provide empirical evidence for policymakers to formulate appropriate foreign investment policies given the dynamics of Chinese foreign direct investment worldwide.
... This is inseparable from a large number of Chinese diasporas in Indonesia. According to Poston and Wong (2016), more than 8 million people of Chinese descent live in Indonesia. Even the descendants of the Chinese diaspora also spread throughout Indonesia, from western to eastern Indonesia. ...
Food is an excellent means of creating an image and spreading influence. This study aims to explore Taiwanese street food as nostalgia and gastrodiplomacy in contemporary Indonesian society. This study uses a qualitative method with data collection through in-depth interviews and a literature study. The results showed that: first, food nostalgia tries to connect the past and the present. The feeling expressed by the Taiwanese diaspora on food will greatly depend on their previous lived experiences and homeland memories in the past, both personally and historically, with their present living circumstances in Indonesia. Second, gastrodiplomacy connects the relationship between the present and the future. The popularity of Taiwanese food in Indonesia is increasing, especially through boba and chicken Shilin consumption. This has a positive impact on building Taiwan's image. From food nostalgia and gastrodiplomacy, we can learn about the past, present, and future relationships between people and nations.
... In this era of globalisation, overseas Chinese are dispersed throughout the world, dwelling in nearly every country, with the United States serving as one of the four largest host countries for Chinese immigration [18]. Diaspora, currently applied to refer to recognisable populations distributed around the globe [4], is thus of great value to be utilised to research the Chinese-Americans. ...
... Originally, the term 'diaspora' exclusively indicates the historical exodus where Jews were forced to disperse from Judea and subsequently from Israel [19], whereas it is currently changed from a derogatory notion limited to the Jewish people to describe all dispersed communities [18], and this is how the concept of Chinese diasporic community is generated. In the United States, Chinese immigration can be divided into two waves: the first wave was during the period between the 1850s and the 1880s, which was ceased by federal immigration laws; the second wave started from the late 1970s and continues until now, which follows the normalisation of Sino-American relations and the changes in migration policies (Hooper and Batalova 2015). ...
... A sociology study in 2011 estimated that more than 40 million individuals of Chinee descent lived in 148 countries around the world [8]. The 2016 Census found that over 5.1% (1.2 million) of Australians reported Chinese ancestry, and of these, only 25% were born in Australia [9]. ...
Purpose
Nurses play a key role in educating people about a salt-reduced diet to prevent or manage hypertension or cardiac failure. Assessment tools such as the Chinese Determinants of Salt-Restriction Behaviour Questionnaire (DSRBQ) can provide essential evidence to inform education strategies. This study aimed to translate the DSRBQ into English and evaluate the psychometric properties of the Chinese and English versions for people of Chinese ethnicity in Australia.
Methods
A two-phase cross-sectional descriptive study was conducted. Phase 1: The questionnaire was translated into English using the back-translation method. The translation equivalence and content relevance were evaluated by an expert panel. Three items were revised and eight items were removed. Phase 2: Internal consistency and stability of the questionnaires were evaluated by a group of Chinese Australians.
Results
Both the English and Chinese versions had satisfactory psychometric properties. In phase 2, 146 participants completed the questionnaire (test), and 49 participants completed the retest. The Cronbach’s alpha scores were 0.638 and 0.584 respectively, and the overall intra-class correlation coefficients were 0.820 and 0.688 respectively for the English and Chinese versions. The Item-Content Validity Index (CVI) ranged from 0.50 to 1.00. The Scale-CVI was 0.94.
Conclusion
The DSRBQ has been translated into English. Both English and Chinese versions have acceptable validity and reliability. The tools can be used in people from a Chinese cultural background living in Australia. Further validation testing may allow the tools to be adapted for use with other Chinese diaspora groups. The validated DSRBQ will support the development of evidence-based salt reduction nursing assessment tool and interventions for Chinese diasporas who reside in a country where Chinese cultural practices are employed by a minority.
... Hal inilah yang menyebabkan Gus Dur dianugerahi gelar Bapak Tionghoa Indonesia. Golongan etnis Tionghoa seperti yang tercantum dalam penjelasan UUD 1945 disebutkan sebagai peranakan Tionghoa.Jumlah golongan Tionghoa di Indonesia diperkirakan kurang lebih 3-4% dari penduduk Indonesia, berarti sedikitnya ada tujuh hingga sembilan jutaan golongan Tionghoa yang tersebar hampir di semua kota seluruh Indonesia(Poston & Wong, 2016). Walaupun untuk periode sensus Tahun 2020, BPS tidak mengakomodasikan berapa persentase valid untuk setiap golongan etnis maupun agama.Golongan etnis Tionghoa pada umumnya masih berpegang teguh pada tradisi dan nilai leluhur. ...
Indonesia merupakan salah satu negara multikultural terbesar di dunia yang memiliki struktur masyarakat yang beragam, mulai dari adat, tradisi, budaya, bahasa, agama, etnis dan sebagainya. Salah satu golongan etnis yang ada di Indonesia ialah etnis Tionghoa. Salah satu budaya Tionghoa yang masih dilestarikan sampai saat ini pada masyarakat Tangerang Cina Benteng adalah tradisi Cap Go Meh yang dirayakan lima belas hari setelah tahun baru Imlex atau yang disebut dengan penanggalan Cap Go – Jia Gwee. Masyarakat Cina Benteng di Tangerang setiap tahun merayakan tradisi Cap Go Meh di berbagai tempat salah satu nya di Klenteng Tjo Soe Kong yang terletak di Pesisir Utara Tangerang. Konsep multikuluralisme tradisi budaya dalam setiap Etnis mampu membentuk rasa kebersamaan pada suatu tatanan kehidupan bermasyarakat di tengah-tengah perbedaan yang ada. Tahapan yang dilakukan peneliti dalam melakukan penelitian dimulai dengan mencari teori-teori yang relevan sebagai dasar teori dan mengikuti rangkaian perayaan Cap Go Meh serta metode yang di gunakan ialah Metode Kualitatif Etnografi yang dikembangkan oleh James P. Spradley. Hasil penelitian menunjukan bahwa terdapat nilai-nilai esensial yang sejalan dengan konsep keilmuan multikultular di Indonesia yang terintegrasi ke dalam Ilmu Sosial sebagai salah satu ilmu yang meng interpratasikan nilai budaya. Nilai tradisi budaya Cap Go Meh mampu membentuk siswa menjadi manusia yang toleran dan berintegrasi tinggi dalam memamahi Kebhinnekaan di Indonesia. Indonesia is one of the largest multicultural countries in the world that has a diverse community structure, ranging from customs, traditions, culture, language, religion, ethnicity and so on. One of the ethnic groups in Indonesia is the Chinese. One of the Chinese cultures that is still preserved today in the Tangerang Cina Benteng community is the Cap Go Meh tradition which is celebrated fifteen days after the Imlex New Year or what is known as the Cap Go – Jia Gwee calendar. The Chinese Benteng community in Tangerang annually celebrates the Cap Go Meh tradition in various places, one of which is the Tjo Soe Kong Temple located on the North Coast of Tangerang. The concept of multiculturalism of cultural traditions in each ethnic group is able to form a sense of togetherness in an order of social life in the midst of existing differences. The stages carried out by researchers in conducting research are starting by looking for relevant theories as a theoretical basis and following a series of Cap Go Meh celebrations and the method used is the Qualitative Ethnographic Method developed by James P. Spradley. The results of the study show that there are essential values that are in line with the concept of multicultural science in Indonesia which is integrated into Social Sciences as one of the sciences that interprets cultural values. The values of Cap Go Meh's cultural traditions are able to shape students into tolerant and highly integrated human beings in understanding Diversity in Indonesia.
... United States (us) [51]. We also conducted a brief investigation into dual-use apps available in other popular Android app stores in China (see Section 4.4). ...
Intimate partner violence (IPV) is a pervasive societal problem that affects millions of people around the world. IPV perpetrators increasingly weaponize digital technologies like mobile applications (“apps”) to spy on, monitor, and harass victims. Surveillance-capable apps can have legitimate use cases, for example, locating children, and are therefore easily available on various mobile app stores like the Google Play Store. Nevertheless, these applications are easily repurposed by abusers to track their victims. The problem of such dual-use apps in IPV is global. However, current understanding of the ecosystem of such apps is limited to English-language apps, potentially limiting its relevance to non-English speaking IPV survivors across the world. In this paper, we study the prevalence of dualuse applications found in 15 languages and 27 countries. We collected 51,868 unique apps in 2020 from the Google Play Store, using queries such as “track wife’s location.” Through a semi-manual analysis of a subset of these apps, we discovered 854 unique dualuse apps, and estimate that among the apps collected from Google Play, 3,988 are dual-use apps. We found notable differences in app search results, suggested queries, and marketed capabilities of dual-use apps across different languages. For instance, we identified that 18% of dual-use apps do not have an English description, and 28% could not be found using English queries. Google Play (cursorily) blocks certain queries referring explicitly to intimate partner surveillance (IPS) to discourage potential abusers, but the blocking efficacy varies across languages. For example, we found that 80% of explicit IPS queries for English are blocked, but none for Bengali, Chinese, Hindi, Malay, Thai, and Vietnamese. Thus, abusers fluent in those languages can evade such blocking with no effort.
... New Zealand is one of the main destination countries for Chinese immigrants, which includes those from mainland China, Hong Kong and Taiwan. 1 At the 2018 Census, there were 247,770 Chinese aged 45 years old and over living in New Zealand. In terms of age distribution, 20 percent of the Chinese ethnic group in New Zealand were 45-60 years old and 10 percent were aged 60 years and older. 2 With the increasing diversity in New Zealand communities, it was also noted that the ageing population within and across ethnic groups is rising. ...
BACKGROUND
User-centered design is essential for promoting the acceptance and use of robots.
OBJECTIVE
This study aimed to examine the robot appearance and function preferences among older Chinese immigrants in New Zealand.
METHODS
The study was undertaken between March and May 2020, a total of 103 participants completed the online survey.
RESULTS
The average age was 62.16 (SD=9.42). Results suggest that 41.7% participants (n=43) desired adult human-like appearance, and 32% of them preferred animal-like appearance (n=33), and these participants reported higher scores in rigorousness and friendliness than other personalities. Participants’ most preferred six functions of robot were housework assistance (n=86, 83.5%), language translation (n=79, 76.7%), health monitor (n=78, 75.7%), facial expressions (n=77, 74.8%), news reading (n=66, 64.1%) and security monitor (n=65, 63.1%), which were significantly associated with marital status, financial status and length of immigration.
CONCLUSIONS
The obtained findings serve as a basis for the implementation of concrete design principles for reliable robotic technology services.
... I felt less lonely. -Sa (F, 63) Sa's experience also demonstrates how challenges for more disadvantaged immigrants, such as the desire to maintain their cultural identity and their lack of social support, contribute to WeChat's infrastructurization in the United States. ...
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