The Chinese education issues in Malaysia appear frequently in political discourse, often featuring contentious discussions of language learning and national education policies. Applying an historical approach to contextualize a political discourse, this thesis examines the politics and transformation of Malaysian Chinese education, in microcosm, at the level of a renowned Chinese school, Chung Ling High School in Penang. It explores and maps the question of "Chineseness" through the examination of the history and development of Chung Ling since its establishment in 1917. This thesis also aims to elucidate the complex negotiation between multiple stakeholders of the Chinese community which took place at different historical junctures in a postcolonial and multi-ethnic nation. I discuss memorial activities for two deceased educationists, David Chen and Lim Lian Geok, which have been readapted into contemporary discourse by different factions of educationists to express their dissatisfactions toward state hegemony on education policies. Lastly, I argue that the persistent pursuit of "Chineseness" is counterproductive to the aim of safeguarding interests of Chinese schools within and outside the national education system today.

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The small Chinese community in South Africa has played an important part in the economic and political life of South Africa. From 1660 to 1912, it reflected the experiences of migrant Chinese who left the mainland during and after centuries of isolation. This thesis therefore examines the Chinese in South Africa in the context of a growing historiography of the overseas Chinese, noting particularly the comparisons with other colonial societies, such as the United States of America and Australia. It is also concerned with tracing the history of the free Chinese at the Cape in the seventeenth, eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, before engaging in a more detailed discussion of the period of indentured Chinese labour on the Witwatersrand gold mines in the early twentieth century. Although the political economy of indenture has been copiously dealt with in recent historical research, the focus here is more on the social and cultural dimensions of Chinese labour, including aspects such as privacy, sexuality and living conditions in the compound system. This cultural history is interpreted against the background of political and legislative developments in South Africa leading to the formation of the Union in 1910. One of the main arguments of the thesis is that the indentured labour scheme had profound repercussions for the racial status of the free Chinese in the late colonial period. The different experiences of the Chinese in the Cape and the Transvaal are given special attention to illustrate regional patterns of social stratification, and explain the vicissitudes of race relations in South Africa up to 1912. In the Cape it led to subjection under the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1904, while in the Transvaal it resulted in political involvement in the initial phases of Mahatma Gandhi's "satyagraha". Cultural exclusivity and minority status are at the heart of this· analysis and are indices of how the Chinese were brought under the yoke of segregation, which anticipated the oppression of apartheid after 1948. / History / D. Litt. et Phil. (History)

在中華民國創建迄今的各個階段以及兩岸關係所導致的外交困境下，僑務工作成為政府整體涉外事務不可或缺的一環，透過華僑在居住國的政治及經濟影響力，可發揮「二軌外交」的功能，輔助外交工作之推動。因此僑務駐外工作人員應具備何種能力以成功地扮演好各種角色，確實發揮凝聚海外華僑的向心及爭取支持的功能，確值關注。 針對僑務駐外人員兼具管理者及執行者身分、工作地點位於海外及其業務之特殊性，本研究首先由一般角色理論及管理者角色理論進行探討，其次由一般職能理論及派外人員職能之研究成果進行探討。透過深度訪談、內容分析及參與觀察三種研究方法來分析歸納出僑務駐外人員所扮演之角色功能及應具備之能力。研究發現僑務駐外人員執行任務時需與僑務委員會、駐外館處、華僑文教服務中心、國外組織人民、中國使領館及僑團等對象接觸互動，針對不同的對象及情境分別扮演政府代表、國家主權維護、關係經營、溝通橋樑、訊息傳遞、業務執行、資源整合及管理等8種角色。並需具備社交、語文、溝通、口語表達、管理、領導統御、設計規劃及行銷及適應等8種能力，以成功的扮演各種角色。 此外，本研究亦將如何增進對各種角色之認知及取得或強化各種能力，分別向僑務委會、僑務駐外人員及未來有意成為僑務駐外人員之同仁提出建議，同時也為未來研究提出可行的方向。 / Overseas Chinese affairs has become indispensable to government foreign relating issues in every stage of Republic of China ever since it was established as well as in diplomatic dilemma caused by cross-Strait relation. “Track-Ⅱ Diplomacy” can be done through overseas Chinese’ influence in politic and in economic in the country of residence, also can assist to promote foreign affairs. Therefore, “what kind of capability the overseas affairs working abroad staff need to have and how they play all roles well, attract and win overseas Chinese’ support indeed?” is a good subject worth to pay close attention to. Overseas affairs working abroad staff are manager & executor, who are working abroad with particular mission. This research firstly made from general role theory and managing role theory, then from general function theory and expatriate function theory. Through three research methods – deep interview, information analysis and participant observation – generalize overseas affairs working abroad staff’s roles, functions & capabilities. This research discovered overseas affairs working abroad staff when executing missions need to contact with Overseas Compatriot Affairs Commission, R.O.C. (Taiwan), overseas missionary offices, overseas Chinese cultural service centers, abroad organizations & people, Chinese embassy, overseas compatriot groups, act 8 roles as government representative, national sovereignty safeguard, relationship management, communication bridge, information transmission, business operation, resources integration & management to different subject & circumstance. So they need to have social skill, language, communication, oral expression, management, leadership, plan & design, marketing and accommodation 8 capabilities to play different role successfully. Besides, this research also suggests Overseas Compatriot Affairs Commission, R.O.C. (Taiwan), staff working abroad and colleagues who intend to work abroad in future respectively that they need to find out how to improve recognition of each role and how to strengthen each capability. Bring out workable direction for future further research.

本研究旨在調查並分析高中僑生在自我概念及生活適應與學業成就之相關，研究結果提供教育當局，作為高中僑生教育政策及加強僑生教材教法、課程設計及生活輔導之參考。 　　本研究依據研究目的，以文獻分析法探討自我概念及生活適應與學業成就之理論及相關研究，以問卷調查法測量高中僑生的自我概念及高中僑生生活適應困擾，並分別就自我概念及適應問題，比較不同背景變項僑生之差異，加上學期學業成績之蒐集，用以分析不同自我概念及適應狀況僑生學業成就之差異情形。 　　本研究以國立華僑實驗高級中學高中部僑生344位為對象，使用「田納西自我概念量表」（2000年版）及「高中學生生活經驗量表」為研究工具，問卷回收後篩選有效樣本316份，將所得之資料分別以下列方法處理：描述性統計、單因子單變量變異數分析、二因子單變量變異數分析、獨立樣本T檢定，F檢定，Scheffe法事後比較，Pearson積差相關法等統計方法，探討各變項間的關係。 　　綜合上述，本研究假設結論如下： 　　一、不同背景變項之高中僑生，自我概念有顯著差異： 　　　1.在「道德自我」及「家庭自我」項目有顯著差異。女生均高於男生。 　　　2.不同年級的高中僑生，在「道德自我」「學業自我」「自我認同」「自我滿意」「自我總分」等項目，高二僑生得分優於高一僑生，另外高二僑生及高三僑生在「心理自我」得分上，皆優於高一僑生。 　　　3.不同區域的高中僑生，在「生理自我」、「家庭自我」「自我認同」「自我總分」項目上，第一區域即印尼、緬甸、泰國、菲律賓等地的高中僑生，其得分優於第二區域即香港、澳門、新加坡等地的高中僑生。 　　　4.「自我行動」項目，第一區域的高中僑生及第三區域高中僑生，得分皆優於第二區域的高中僑生。 　　二、不同背景變項之高中僑生，生活適應問題有顯著差異： 　　　1.在「用錢」項目上，男生困擾大於女生。高二、高三僑生困擾都大於高一僑生。 　　　2.在「就業前途」項目上，高三僑生困擾大於高一僑生。 　　　3.男生生活適應，最感困擾的是「用錢」，其次是「就業前途」，「課業」。而在女生的適應經驗排序上，最感困擾的是「就業前途」，其次是「課業」，而「用錢」排行第三。 　　　4.高一僑生生活適應困擾首推「課業」項目，而高二高三僑生生活適應最感困擾則為「就業前途」項目。 　　三、不同背景變項之高中僑生，學業成就有顯著差異： 　　　1.在性別上：女生優於男生。 　　　2.在年級上及科目上： 　　　（1）高二僑生國文科成績優於高一、高三僑生。 　　　（2）高一僑生英文科成績優於高二僑生。 　　　（3）高一、高三僑生數學成績皆優於高二僑生。 　　四、年級、地區交互作用後，高中僑生自我概念與生活適應有顯著差異： 　　　1.在「生理自我」項目，第二區域高二僑生得分優於高一僑生。第一區域高一僑生得分優於第二區域高一僑生。 　　　2.在「學業自我」項目，第一區域高二僑生得分優於高一僑生。第一、二區域的高二僑生得分優於第三區域的高二僑生。 　　　3.在「人際交往」項目，第一區域的高二僑生得分優於第二區域的高二僑生。 　　五、高中僑生自我概念、生活適應與學業成就部分有顯著相關： 　　　1.自我總分與學業成就，學業自我與學業成就，學業成就科別之間，分別顯現正相關。 　　　2.生活適應各向度，課業項目或整體生活適應總分上與學業成就皆無顯著相關。 　　　3.自我總分高低分組在生活適應總分性別、年級間，也未顯示出顯著相關。 　　依據上述幾點結論，提出各項對僑教政策、僑生教育及未來研究者研究方向之建議： 　　一、在僑教政策上的建議 　　僑生返國之人數在不同地區有消長的情形，最明顯為港澳地區的僑生，因為，受兩岸政治情勢的影響，加上取消加分優惠，因此，返國就學的人數明顯地逐年下降。可見得政策的改變與僑生的返國行為之間存在一定的關係。因此符應需求修訂僑教政策有其必要。 　　　（一）委託國內大學培育僑教師資。 　　　（二）提供清寒僑生工讀機會。 　　　（三）建立僑生監護人公證制度。 　　　（四）設立國語文中心，編製銜接教材。 　　二、僑校編制上的建議 　　　（一）國立華僑高中 　　　（二）對其他高中僑生就讀之學校 　　三、在教學上的建議 　　四、對未來研究之建議 　　　（一）研究對象 　　　（二）研究變項 　　　（三）研究方法 　　　（四）文獻資料的蒐集 / The purpose of this research on investigation is to analyze the relationship with overseas Chinese student's self-concept, life-adjustment, and academic achievement. The results of research will provide an education authority as references for overseas Chinese student educational policy, instructional material teaching reinforcement, curriculum design, and living guidance. 　　According to the purpose of research, our research has applied literature analysis to discuss with theory of self-concept, life-adjustment, and academic achievement and related research. For example, a questionary method measures overseas Chinese student's self-concept and life-adjustment problem. Furthermore, from self-concept and life-adjustment, it compares students with different background variables and collections of academic achievement at school that analyze different self-concept, life-adjustment, and academic achievement situation. 　　The objects of our research were 344 students from National Overseas Chinese Experimental High School, and research tools were “Tennessee Self-Concept Scale” (version 2000) and ”Senior High School Student's Life Experience Measurement”. After questionary feedback and filtration, there are effective 316 copies. Then, all information has dealt as the following processes to discuss with correlation among variables, such as Descriptive Statistics, one-way ANOVA, two-way ANOVA, independent sample for Matched-pair T-test, F-test, Scheffe Rule of Post Hoc Tests, Pearson’s correlation statistics method etc. 　　In summary of the mentioned statements, conclusions of our research hypotheses are as the followings: 　　1 Overseas Chinese senior high school students who have different background variables, obvious self-concept differences: 　　　a. There are obviously differences on item of ”MOR” & “FAM” variables that school girls have greater than boys. 　　　b. For the different year of senior high school overseas Chinese students on the items of ” MOR ”, “ACA”, “IDN”, “SAT”, and “TOT”, sophomore year of students have scored more than freshman year of students; furthermore, on the item of “PER”, sophomore and junior year of students have scored greater than freshman year of students. 　　　c. On the items “PHY”, “FAM”, “IDN”, and “TOT”, in the different locations overseas Chinese students of the first region (Indonesia, Myanmar, Thailand, Philippines etc.) have scored the second region Hong Kong, Macao, Singapore) of students. 　　　d. On the item of “BHV”, students of the first and third region have scored greater than the second region. 　　2. Overseas Chinese senior high school students who have different background variables, life-adjustment problems that have dramatically differences: 　　　a. On the item of “spending”, schoolboys have disturbance greater than girls; sophomore and junior year of students have disturbance greater than freshman year of students. 　　　b. On the item of “career prospect”, junior year of students have obsession greater than freshman year of students. 　　　c. Schoolboys on the life-adjustment have harassment, for example, first item is “spending”, and the followings are “career prospect” and “school work”. In contrast to schoolgirls on the living accommodation experience in sequence are the first item of “career prospect”, the secondary item of school work” and the third item of “spending”. 　　　d. Freshman year of students on the life-adjustment is “school work”; nevertheless, sophomore and junior year of students is “career prospect”. 　　3. Overseas Chinese senior high school students who have different background variables, obvious differences on academic achievement: 　　　1. On the item of sex: schoolgirls are greater than boys. 　　　2. On the item of grade and subjects: 　　　　a. Sophomore year of student's scores on Chinese subject has greater than freshman and junior year of student. 　　　　b. Freshman year of student's scores on English subject has greater than sophomore year of student. 　　　　c. Freshman and junior year of student's on math subject has greater than sophomore year of student. 　　4. After grade and location interaction, overseas Chinese senior high school students who have remarkably differences on self-concept and life- adjustment: 　　　a. On the item of “PHY”, sophomore year of students in the second region has greater than freshman year of students; freshman year of students in the first region has greater than that of the second region. 　　　b. On the item of “ACA”, sophomore year of students in the first region has greater than freshman year of students; sophomore year of students in the first and second region has greater than that of the third region. 　　　c. On the item of “interpersonal relationships” sophomore year of students in the first region has greater than that of the second region. 　　5. Overseas Chinese senior high school students who have highly relationship with self-concept and life- adjustment, and academic achievement: 　　　a. Obviously, there are some correlations among “TOT vs. academic achievement”, “ACA vs. academic achievement” and “academic achievement”. 　　　b. Nevertheless, there are no correlations among “life-adjustment condition”, “school work subjects” or “total of general life-adjustment ” and “academic achievement”. 　　　c. There are no obviously differences on TOT score of life-adjustment between sex and grade. 　　According to the previous suggestions, here are some suggestions on overseas educational policy, student education, and future research approach: 　　I. Suggestions on overseas Chinese educational policy 　　The numbers of overseas Chinese students in different locations have growth or decline situation, especially for students from Hong Kong and Macao. Because political situation between China and Taiwan and cancellation on premium score, the numbers of students have obviously down year after year. Hence, policy change and students returning Taiwan for studying behavior have certain relations. Therefore, it is necessary to modify a suitable overseas educational policy. 　　　(1) Authorizing domestic universities to educate qualified teachers for overseas Chinese students 　　　(2) Providing straitened overseas Chinese students who have opportunities for part-time jobs 　　　(3) Setting up overseas Chinese student's guardian notarial system 　　　(4) Establishing Mandarin centers and compiling connected teaching materials 　　II. Suggestions on overseas school system 　　　(1) National Overseas Chinese Experimental High School 　　　(2) For other overseas Chinese students who study at senior high school 　　III. Instructional suggestion 　　IV. Suggestions for future research 　　　(1) Research object 　　　(2) Research variable 　　　(3) Research approach 　　　(4) Literature collection

The small Chinese community in South Africa has played an important part in the economic and political life of South Africa. From 1660 to 1912, it reflected the experiences of migrant Chinese who left the mainland during and after centuries of isolation. This thesis therefore examines the Chinese in South Africa in the context of a growing historiography of the overseas Chinese, noting particularly the comparisons with other colonial societies, such as the United States of America and Australia. It is also concerned with tracing the history of the free Chinese at the Cape in the seventeenth, eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, before engaging in a more detailed discussion of the period of indentured Chinese labour on the Witwatersrand gold mines in the early twentieth century. Although the political economy of indenture has been copiously dealt with in recent historical research, the focus here is more on the social and cultural dimensions of Chinese labour, including aspects such as privacy, sexuality and living conditions in the compound system. This cultural history is interpreted against the background of political and legislative developments in South Africa leading to the formation of the Union in 1910. One of the main arguments of the thesis is that the indentured labour scheme had profound repercussions for the racial status of the free Chinese in the late colonial period. The different experiences of the Chinese in the Cape and the Transvaal are given special attention to illustrate regional patterns of social stratification, and explain the vicissitudes of race relations in South Africa up to 1912. In the Cape it led to subjection under the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1904, while in the Transvaal it resulted in political involvement in the initial phases of Mahatma Gandhi's "satyagraha". Cultural exclusivity and minority status are at the heart of this· analysis and are indices of how the Chinese were brought under the yoke of segregation, which anticipated the oppression of apartheid after 1948. / History / D. Litt. et Phil. (History)

在全球化浪潮下，廠商為追求利潤極大化，紛紛向外尋找適合的市場，其營運策略已由傳統的國際貿易移轉至全球對外直接投資，並儼然成為各國經濟發展的重要動力。對外直接投資對地主國而言，可帶來經濟成長的動力、創造就業機會、促進技術移轉及創新活動等外溢效果，因此，各國無不積極吸引外商前往投資，台灣亦不例外。由於，僑外來台投資對台灣經濟發展具有重大貢獻，據此，本研究利用經濟部投資審議委員會2008年委外調查之「華僑及外國人投資事業營運狀況調查表（非服務業）」問卷資料，分別由廠商特性、競爭優勢及營運策略等構面，探討僑外來台投資營績效之影響因素，並運用Probit Model進行實證分析。實證結果發現，產業類別、廠商規模、成立時間、租稅負擔、國際化程度及在台設立製造生產部門等，是顯著影響僑外來台投資經營績效的重要因素。因此，政府除鼓勵僑外來台投資非資訊電子工業、擴大公司規模、善用先占優勢、提升國際化程度及設立製造生產部門外，亦應給予租稅優惠，降低其租稅負擔，使其有較佳之經營績效表現，以吸引並提升投資意願。 / Corporations in pursuit of profit maximization have to seek out a suitable market under globalization trend and their business strategy has changed from the international trade shifted to the foreign direct investment. This study explores keys of performance of overseas Chinese and foreign nationals in Taiwan. By using Probit Model analysis based on 2008 statistical data from Investment Commission of Ministry of Economic Outsourcing Survey are empirically analyzed. Findings from the research indicate that “industry category, firm scale, set up time, the taxation, internationalization level and the establishment of manufacturing sector in Taiwan,” are significantly factors on firm's performance. Therefore, in order to have better operating performance and enhance the willingness on investment in Taiwan, the government should encourage overseas Chinese and foreign nations invest in Taiwan on non-information and electronics industry, expand firm scale, use of first mover advantage, enhance the internationalization level and set up manufacturing sector, but should also give tax incentives to reduce their tax burden.

「僑生回國升學」是中華民國建國至今一貫進行的政策，也是政府遷台後獲致成效的一項政策性工作。僑生政策之實施，使清寒的華人子女亦有機會獲得高等教育的機會，其意義尤值重視。臺灣與海外各國實質關係之中，馬來西亞華人社會與臺灣的關係最為密切。五十多年來，來台僑生數量以馬來西亞地區居全球之冠，渠等返回僑居地後多數成為馬來西亞社會各界之菁英，成為當地華人在政經文教上的有力資源；也是臺灣現今在當地最大的友我力量。因此，馬來西亞的華文教育殊為僑生政策中最為成功的一個例子。本研究聚焦於探討馬來西亞華文教育發展史中，臺灣在其中扮演的角色，以及所發揮的歷史影響。臺灣的華僑教育在相關研究中，多著重於政府政策的制定與形成，較少關注其影響或支援的對象──華僑華人所居國的華文教育；而馬來西亞國內的華文教育在研究上則面對主客觀環境限制之下，又多著重在華文教育在本土與當地政府之間的抗爭關係。這使得臺灣和馬來西亞華文教育之間在華僑或華文教育上的互動關係，鮮少被論述之。因此，本論文企圖補充臺灣在馬來西亞華文教育的關鍵聯繫（Vital Link）──僑生政策，期以填補雙方的歷史。 / “Overseas Chinese Students back to their homeland for studies” is the persistent policy carried out by the Taiwan authority, this is also a successful policy since the KMT government shifted to Taiwan. The implementation of this policy is to create opportunity for the underprivileged Chinese students pursuing their higher education, the significance is regarded. Among all the relationships with foreign nationalities, Malaysia Chinese society and Taiwan is intimately related. For the past fifty years, of all the numbers of overseas Chinese students, Malaysia ranked the first. After returning to their residing country, becoming the elites from all sectors and, also becoming the most powerful resources in the local Chinese community. Which implies that, they strengthen the friendship with Taiwan as well. Hence, the Malaysia Chinese education under this policy is the most successful example. This research mainly pinpoints on the role play and historical influence of Taiwan on the developing history of Malaysia Chinese education. The related study mainly emphasizes on the formulation of government policy and formation, sparsely concerns its impact or support of the residing local Chinese education. Under the subjective and objective environmental restrictions, the study focuses on the confrontation between the local Chinese education and local government. It is rarely been discussed the interaction in the overseas Chinese education between Malaysia and Taiwan. Therefore, this paper attempts to add the history of Taiwan‘s “overseas students policy” as a Vital Link for Malaysia Chinese education.

International Business research overwhelmingly tends to focus on firms that are perceived as rising international stars. This study, on the other hand, is motivated by the desire to examine other types of business organizations as they navigate the globalization process. In particular, a holistic view of family business groups (FBGs) and mainstream internationalization models governed by the concept of firm-specific advantages (FSAs) are con­fronted with the empirical findings of actual business expansion via personal connections. This serves as the conceptual framework of the study when investigating the nature of competitiveness of FBGs. Thailand is chosen as the research setting because of its both distinct and relevant economic and cultural background. The analysis begins by quantitatively exploring the population of the 139 largest Thai FBGs. Then, more fine­grained explanations are developed as a series of comparative case studies are carried out. Overall, the findings shed light on the study of emerging multinational corporations (EMNCs) in general by detailing and probing the evolution of Thai FBGs. Focus is on the internationalization process(es) and the subsequent need for organiza­tional adjustments; the latter involving imposing a measure of discipline on family affairs as well as modernizing business operations. This adds to the hitherto established notion of latecoming EMNCs simply scaling the techno­logical ladder. In essence, the tension between the "easy" path of relying on connections (i.e., what here is termed "the bamboo network") and the more "difficult" path of building competitiveness (i.e., going beyond the bamboo network) is exposed and explained. This study thus contributes to our understanding of the firm internationalization process. / Diss. Stockholm : Handelshögskolan i Stockholm, 2011

This study explores the one-child policy as viewed by the present generation of single daughters who grew up in urban China, and the extent to which this policy has affected their family values. Through snowball sampling methods, semi-structured in-depth interviews were conducted with 12 unmarried only-child daughters from urban China now studying in Victoria and Vancouver. For purposes of comparison, 11 unmarried only-child daughters of the same generation were also interviewed in Hong Kong during the same time period. The findings revealed that some only-child daughters from urban China experienced low dissemination and enforcement of the one-child policy and expressed noncompliance and dissatisfaction towards the policy. A comparison between the China and Hong Kong samples indicates that the one-child policy has limited effect on the family values of the only-child daughters in urban China. By exploring the concept of governmentality, the demographic transition theory, and the concept of resistance, this thesis aims to address the dynamics between action of state power and the reaction of only-child daughters from urban China born under the one-child policy.