东南亚华人的身份、地位和权利问题

The Identity, Status and Right of Southeast Asian Chinese

到20世纪80年代末,东南亚华人基本完成了从华侨社会向华人社会转变的过程,绝大多数都加入了当地国籍成为各国的公民。东南亚华人身份的转变过程由于受到冷战时期的一些时局因素的制约变得复杂而曲折,转变过程的完成意味着长期以来使用的"华侨"称呼已经不能反映实际情况,同时学术研究和实际工作中也应该做出一些相应的调整。华人成为东南亚国家的公民之后,在有些国家可以享有充分的社会政治权利,而在有些国家则受到不同程度的歧视,处于一种二等公民的地位。华人的政治社会地位如何往往并非掌握在华人自身手中,因为除新加坡之外,在各国华人都是少数民族。

By the end of 1980s, the Southeast Asian Chinese had mostly completed the transition from Overseas Chinese to Ethnic Chinese communities, because most of them became nationals of their adopted countries after citizenship was offered. Affected by the special circumstances created during the Cold War, the transformation of the Southeast Asian Chinese's i-dentities was rather complicated. The end of the transformation means that the title of 'Overseas Chinese', used for a long time,is rather outdated now, and that certain adjustments must be made in practical works as well as academic research. As citizens of Southeast Asian countries, ethnic Chinese enjoy full social and political rights in some countries but are somewhat discriminated with being regarded as second - class citizens in other countries. The Southeast Asian Chinese usually do not have any control for their social and political status since they are minority groups in their adopted countries except in Singapore.