英印殖民时期的缅甸华人及其政治参与——从1923年仰光华社迎接英印总督访缅谈起

The Political Participation of Burmese Chinese in Colonial India

论文利用中英文资料,以仰光唐人街为出发点,探讨缅华社会从19世纪中期开始,在殖民地多元种族下的传承和变迁。尤其借助1923—1924年英印总督访缅这一背景事件,剖析华社在这一帝国正式场合上的表现和各方反应,并借此探讨20世纪20年代缅华社区的结构、冲突和转型及其与殖民地主流社会的政治互动,展现缅华这一个既有南洋华侨华人共性又不失本土特色的亚洲移民群体及其殖民经历。

This article uses Chinese and English sources to investigate the establishment and transformation of the Burmese Chinese community in this multi -ethnic colonial state from the mid- nineteenth century onwards, with special attention to the Chinatown in Rangoon. Using the Governor- General of India＇ s visit to Burma as a case study, this paper examines the various responses from the Chinese community. It also analyses the Chinese community＇s internal structure, conflicts, transformation and its interactions with the colonial elites in the 1920s. This article shows that Chinese Burmese not only share common characteristics with the other Chinese in Southeast Asia but also keep their own unique traditions and colonial experiences.