Research Trends in China on Southeast Asian Chinese Studies

This article attempts to analyse systematically research trends in China on Overseas Chinese residing in Southeast Asian countries. First, this article reviews the overall development of Overseas Chinese studies in China in the last ten years. Secondly, using published articles on Southeast Asian Chinese in Chinese journals specializing in Southeast Asian studies, this article attempts to analyse the quantity and quality of studies on Southeast Asian Chinese in China. What kind of Overseas Chinese problems are the Chinese scholars most interested in? Finally, the article points out the urgency of training a new generation of Southeast Asian specialists in China and the need to increase scholarly exchanges and co-operation with specialists from the region.