Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Foreword
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- Section I Historical Antecedents and the Question of Nationality
- Section II The Meeting Ground: Indians and Chinese in Southeast Asia
- Section III Indians in China and Chinese in India
- 11 Law and Its Impact on Diasporic Philanthropic Institutions: The Practices of Sinchew and the Waqs in the Straits Settlements
- 12 Indian Soldiers and Policemen in China in the Colonial Period
- 13 New Indian Migrants in Guangzhou and Its Vicinity
- 14 Who Is a Chinese-Indian? Search for the Cultural Identity of the Chinese-Indians in Kolkata, Sihui and Toronto
- Section IV Across the Globe: Indian and Chinese Diasporas
- Postscript Shifting Worlds and Changing Identities: The Reshaping of the Chinese-Indian Communities in India after the 1962 “Sino-Indian Incident”
- List of Contributors
- Index
11 - Law and Its Impact on Diasporic Philanthropic Institutions: The Practices of Sinchew and the Waqs in the Straits Settlements
from Section III - Indians in China and Chinese in India
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 December 2015
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Foreword
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- Section I Historical Antecedents and the Question of Nationality
- Section II The Meeting Ground: Indians and Chinese in Southeast Asia
- Section III Indians in China and Chinese in India
- 11 Law and Its Impact on Diasporic Philanthropic Institutions: The Practices of Sinchew and the Waqs in the Straits Settlements
- 12 Indian Soldiers and Policemen in China in the Colonial Period
- 13 New Indian Migrants in Guangzhou and Its Vicinity
- 14 Who Is a Chinese-Indian? Search for the Cultural Identity of the Chinese-Indians in Kolkata, Sihui and Toronto
- Section IV Across the Globe: Indian and Chinese Diasporas
- Postscript Shifting Worlds and Changing Identities: The Reshaping of the Chinese-Indian Communities in India after the 1962 “Sino-Indian Incident”
- List of Contributors
- Index
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- Indian and Chinese Immigrant CommunitiesComparative Perspectives, pp. 167 - 186Publisher: Anthem PressPrint publication year: 2015