| ID | 191776 |
| Title Proper | Anticommunism, Sinocentrism, and elite Chinese identity |
| Other Title Information | the 1957 Declaration of the First Convention of Chinese Schools in the Philippines |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Kung, Chien-Wen |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | In April 1957, Chinese educators from across the Philippines gathered in Manila for the First Convention of Chinese Schools in the country. This article comprises a translation of and commentary on the declaration that was published to commemorate the occasion. I use it to illustrate the little-known extent to which elite-authored Chinese identity in the Philippines was deeply infused with a particular strain of Cold War ideology that emphasized unyielding support for the Republic of China (ROC) on Taiwan and Sinocentrism. Texts such as these call attention to the Philippines as a largely neglected site for historicizing and differentiating among Southeast Asia’s Chinese communities after 1945. Read carefully and contextually, they offer a very different perspective on identity formation within these societies from that found in mainstream, typically Malaya-focused narratives of cultural hybridization, localization, and depoliticization. |
| `In' analytical Note | Asian Ethnicity Vol. 24, No.1; Jan 2023: p.38-45 |
| Journal Source | Asian Ethinicity Vol: 24 No 1 |
| Key Words | Education ; Taiwan ; Identity ; Cold War ; Philippine Chinese ; Sinocentrism |