THE SMART TRICK OF CAIR33 THAT NOBODY IS DISCUSSING

This chapter highlights the position performed by a number of figures among the 'enlightened Chinese' in finishing the double job of inventing 'Chineseness' and attaining a 'civilized' position. Paradoxically, the reinvention of Chinese tradition One of the peranakan was formed not by Chinese language and script, but instead by way of a lingua fran