The Formation of Chinese Networks: An Analysis of a Hong Kong Family’s Reunion Activities

Mariko Tanigaki ()
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Mariko Tanigaki: University of Tokyo

Chapter 6 in Japan and Asia, 2022, pp 227-247 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract It is often pointed out that one of the characteristics of overseas Chinese is that they form a network. The Guan family in Hong Kong is a case of how Chinese people formed networks in the absence of a family business. The Guan family in Hong Kong began with the couple Guan Yuanchang and Li Amei because of the couple’s fame and family size. Yuanchang was one of the first licensed Chinese dentists in Hong Kong. The 2016 Guan Family Record consisted of 1,368 members. The first generation were educated in the church around the time of the Opium War. The second generation also received a Western-style education and spread over mainland China and Southeast Asia from Hong Kong. Many of the third generation pursued their studies abroad. In 1949, when the PRC was established, the majority of family members migrated to the North America. In the 1990s, the family record book was updated and the custom of holding global family reunions began in 2003. This chapter considers the process and reason why the family launched and continues to hold these family reunions.

Keywords: Chinese network; Hong Kong; Christianity; Republican China; Family cord; Family record; Reunion activities (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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DOI: 10.1007/978-981-16-7989-6_6

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