近代中国的侨生政策、侨校与华侨学生会： 跨域视野下的新认识（1840-1937）= OVERSEAS CHINESE STUDENTS’ POLICIES, SCHOOLS AND UNIONS IN MODERN CHINA: NEW UNDERSTANDING FROM A TRANS-BOUNDARY PERSPECTIVE (1840-1937)

Abstract

By as early as the 19th century, a great number of overseas Chinese students had begun to travel to China to participate in higher education or attend imperial examinations. In doing so, they conducted trans-boundary activities, thereby building up an active transboundary movable network that linked Nanyang (South-east Asia) and China. Previous “China-Centered Approach” research primarily engaged from a Chinese perspective, and this meant that the influence of the “Nanyang factor” on policies (focused on overseas Chinese students) and the development of schools tended to be ignored. In drawing on the new transnational approach that has been developed and applied by many scholars like Aihwa Ong, this thesis discusses policies and school development focused on overseas Chinese students. It aspires to a balanced and trans-boundary perspective that encompasses the complex activities of overseas Chinese students based in Nanyang and modern China.