海外华人三重性及其作用--以马来西亚为例

本文以马来西亚华人为例探讨华人三重性即中华性、本地性和国际性的形成、内容、地位、结构及其在马来西亚现代化中的作用.笔者认为三重性是马来西亚华人的本质属性,其内容、地位及结构的变化不仅取决于马来西亚的国家环境以及华人与马来族等其他种族的关系,而且还取决于中国的影响以及华人社会本身的状况,并决定华人在马来西亚现代化进程中的作用及其局限性.

The Three Characteristics of Ethnic Chinese and Their Roles: The Case of Malaysia

This essay takes Chinese in Malaysia as a case to examine the triple characteristics of ethnic Chinese (Chineseness, locality ness, and globality) and their formation, substance, status, and role in the modernization process of Malaysia. Influenced by internal and external factors, those characteristics constitute the uniqueness of the Malaysian Chinese. They are not only contingent upon the shifting environments within the Malaysian state as well as inter racial relations between Chinese and other races, but also upon the emerging trend of regionalization, globalization, and socio economic changes in China. The role and limitation of the ethnic Chinese in the modernization of Malaysia are also resulted from the triple characteristics.