Information on Chợ Lớn Request

From: Philip Arthur Moore <philm@rice.edu>

Date: Mar 2, 2006 2:22 PM

Subject: [Vsg] Information on Cho Lon Request

Hi all,

This is my first ever message to the mailing list, so forgive me if this

is the incorrect place to ask my question.

My name is Philip Moore and I am an undergraduate Asian Studies major at

Rice University (Dec. '06), located in Houston, Texas. While my primary

focus (and love, I must say) is Viet Nam, I have had to take a good deal

of classes on China, one of which is the Chinese Diaspora this spring

semester.

I have chosen to write a mini-research essay on the Chinese presence in

Cho Lon, Sai Gon (TPHCM if you like), and I am in dire need of good

sources of information. Vietnamese sources of information would be

fine; English sources would be fine as well. I am looking for

information about the history of Chinese migration into Cho Lon, and how

Doi Moi (New Renovation - 1986) might have influenced the dynamic in Cho

Lon. I have indeed been to Quan 5/Cho Lon several times, but never

really explored the history of the place. I was too engulfed in the

sights and sounds.

If any of you could provide me with sources of info that you've either

written or read, please contact me at philm@rice.edu. Thanks a bunch.

Philip Moore

philm@rice.edu

From: Dan Tsang <dtsang@lib.uci.edu>

Date: Mar 2, 2006 8:25 PM

Subject: Re: [Vsg] Information on Cho Lon Request

Philip, google scholar is useful;

(http://scholar.google.com); you can use search term: Chinese Saigon

(etc.) but also search book catalogs for books under the term:

Chinese Vietnam (or Cholon etc.):

Here's a selection from google scholar (search for "Chinese Saigon"):

The Overseas Chinese in the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, 1979-82 -

UC-eLinks

LM Stern - Asian Survey, 1985 - JSTOR

... scholar that in 1978 we were informed that China would be using its

communist cells

in Cholon to create a general disturbance among Saigon's 500,000 Chinese.

...

Cited by 2 - Web Search

Viet-Nam's Chinese Problem - UC-eLinks

BB Fall - Far Eastern Survey, 1958 - JSTOR

... Vietnamese. Needless ro say, the two measures cre- ated a turmoil in

Chinese

circles in Saigon as well as Taipei. Economically, the ...

Web Search

Identity Changes of the Chinese Community in Vietnam: A Survey of 20

Families in Cholon

M Dolinski - sinica.edu.tw

... 8 In 1987, 55% of the 74 957 families of Chinese origin living in

Saigon

had relatives living in about 20 foreign countries. In ...

View as HTML - Web Search

The Kingdom and People of Siam. - UC-eLinks

CM Wilson - Journal of Asian Studies, 1973 - JSTOR

... were applied not only to Euro- peans residing in Thailand, but also to

the Asian

subjects of the European powers, Hong Kong Chinese, Saigon Vietnamese,

British ...

Web Search

Silent Invasion. The Chinese in South-East Asia

W Franke - JSTOR

... Actually only the northern part of modern Vietnam (" Annam ") has been

the object

of direct Chinese interference, and never the area of Saigon in the South.

...

Web Search

The Sino-Vietnamese Dispute over the Ethnic Chinese

P Chang - The China Quarterly, 1982 - JSTOR

... Moreover, throughout its dispute with the Taiwanese Government, which

was technically

responsible for the well-being of the Chinese, Saigon insisted adamantly

...

Web Search - UC-eLinks

The Nanyang Chinesehistory and present position of the Chinese in SE Asia

- UC-eLinks

K Horstmann - GeoJournal, 1982 - Springer

... Hereby especially the Chinese minority is concerned, and this not only

because they

live preferably in towns - Saigon-Cholon was the biggest Chinese town in

SE ...

Web Search

The Struggle Over the Chinese Community in Vietnam, 1946-1986 - UC-eLinks

ES Ungar - Pacific Affairs, 1987 - JSTOR

... were active in these associations; in one case the first secretary of

the embassy

and his family actually headed one of the Saigon Chinese clan

associations. ...

Cited by 2 - Web Search

dan

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