THE SMART TRICK OF CAIR33 THAT NOBODY IS DISCUSSING

This chapter highlights the role played by a number of figures One of the 'enlightened Chinese' in completing the double process of inventing 'Chineseness' and attaining a 'civilized' standing. Paradoxically, the reinvention of Chinese tradition among the peranakan was formed not by Chinese language and script, but instead via a lingua franca all o