December 21, 2021

𝗖𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗖𝗼𝗹𝗱 𝗪𝗮𝗿: 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗖𝘂𝗹𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗗𝗶𝗮𝘀𝗽𝗼𝗿𝗮 𝗶𝗻 𝗦𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝗔𝘀𝗶𝗮 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗛𝗼𝗻𝗴 𝗞𝗼𝗻𝗴 (Routledge, 2021), edited by Associate Professor Xu Lanjun (NUS Chinese Studies) and Associate Professor Jeremy E. Taylor (University of Nottingham), explores the different notions of “Chineseness” during the Cold War through the examination of specific case studies of the “Chinese cultural Cold War” in Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaya, Thailand, Indonesia, and Vietnam. These competing notions of “Chineseness” were played out in many areas – from bookstores, cinemas, music halls, classrooms, and sport clubs, to places of worship across the region in the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s. The book also explains how the events of the Cold War continue to affect arguments about the extent of Chinese influence and “Chineseness” in Southeast Asia and the wider region today.

Read the book here.