At the end of the twentieth century, an estimated thirty-eight million ethnic Chinese lived outside China in almost every country on the face of the earth, including places as unexpected as Iceland and Panama. This geographic dispersion suggests the...

Overseas Chinese are people of Chinese birth or descent who live outside the Greater China region, which includes territories administered by the rival governments of the People's Republic of China (PRC) (Mainland China, Hong Kong, Macau) and the...

Author's Note: This paper was originally presented at the Regional China Colloquium, Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, March 4, 2000. It was prepared quickly without time for reflection. Post-colloquium editing consisted of making several additions without altering the basic text. The...

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China on Tuesday approved four foreign banks to begin local currency services to individual Chinese customers, opening up access to the country's 30 trillion yuan ($4 trillion; 3 euros trillion) in household savings and surging demand for credit cards and other financial services.The four banks...

U.S. stock futures on Friday held to a tight range before the release of nonfarm payrolls data, though Amazon.com may fall on concern about the online retailer's margins.S&P 500 futures edged up 0.6 of a point at 1,451.40 and Nasdaq 100 futures were up 0.25...