Ambivalent heritage: the im/possibility of using diasporic heritage in South China

Museums and the Making of National Identities in Post-Mao China
Wang, C. 2024. Museums and the Making of National Identities in Post-Mao China. Beyond Nationalism and Populism: National Identities Studies in the 21st Century National Identities 25th Anniversary Conference . University of Westminster 12 - 14 Sep 2024 University of Westminster.

Museum Across Borders: Towards A Dialogical Approach to Museum Representations of Chinese Diasporas Around the World
Wang, C. 2024. Museum Across Borders: Towards A Dialogical Approach to Museum Representations of Chinese Diasporas Around the World. 7th Biennale Association of Critical Heritage Studies Conference. Galway, Ireland 03 - 06 Jun 2024

Negotiating Mobility, Identities and Territories in the Overseas Chinese Museum
Wang, C. 2024. Negotiating Mobility, Identities and Territories in the Overseas Chinese Museum. Rethinking territories through the lens of heritage practices in contemporary China. Paris, France 21 - 22 Nov 2024

Negotiating Diasporic Identities in Glocal Heritage Discourses: The Case of the Chinese New Year Celebration in London
Wang, C. 2024. Negotiating Diasporic Identities in Glocal Heritage Discourses: The Case of the Chinese New Year Celebration in London. in: Wang, C. and Lamb, T. (ed.) Negotiating Identities, Language and Migration in Global London: Bridging Borders, Creating Spaces Bristol, England Multilingual Matters. pp. 144-169

Introduction: Bridging the Gap between Migration, Cities and Language: An Interdisciplinary Perspective
Wang, C. and Lamb, T. 2024. Introduction: Bridging the Gap between Migration, Cities and Language: An Interdisciplinary Perspective. in: Wang, C. and Lamb, T. (ed.) Negotiating Identities, Language and Migration in Global London: Bridging Borders, Creating Spaces Bristol, England Multilingual Matters.

Global Diasporic Chinese Museums Network Initiative’ (AHRC Research Networking Scheme)
Wang, C. 2023. Global Diasporic Chinese Museums Network Initiative’ (AHRC Research Networking Scheme). Writing, Managing and Evaluating Successful Funding Bids Workshop. The Middlesex University 29 Sep 2023

'Negotiating Diasporic Identities in Glocal Heritage Discourses: The Case of Chinese New Year Celebration in London’
Wang, C. 2023. 'Negotiating Diasporic Identities in Glocal Heritage Discourses: The Case of Chinese New Year Celebration in London’. Cambridge Chinese Migration Studies Group Seminar 29. The University of Edinburgh 09 Jun 2023

Negotiating Chinese Identities in Global Museumscape
Wang, C. 2023. Negotiating Chinese Identities in Global Museumscape. In an Era of Uncertainties and New Opportunities Chinese Migrations in Europe. Lisbon, Portugal 16 - 17 Nov 2023

Museum Across Borders: Toward A Dialogical Approach to Museum Representations of Chinese Diasporas Around the World
Wang, C. 2023. Museum Across Borders: Toward A Dialogical Approach to Museum Representations of Chinese Diasporas Around the World. AHRC Diasporic Chinese Museums Network Initiative Public Talk Series. Online 22 Aug 2023 - 31 Jul 2024

'Negotiating Diasporic Identities in Glocal Heritage Discourses'
Wang, C. 2023. 'Negotiating Diasporic Identities in Glocal Heritage Discourses'. The First All-Mediterranean Chinese Studies Conference: Chinese Studies Beyond the Centre of Gravity. University of Malta 01 - 03 Feb 2023

The boom in ‘Overseas Chinese museums’ in Post-Mao China
Wang, C. 2022. The boom in ‘Overseas Chinese museums’ in Post-Mao China. 24th Biennial Conference of the European Association for Chinese Studies (EACS). Olomouc, Czech Republic

A Diasporic Tradition in the Development of Private Museums in Greater China
Wang, C. 2022. A Diasporic Tradition in the Development of Private Museums in Greater China. The Rise of Private Museums and Heritage in East and Southeast Asia. University of Bristol 02 - 03 Jun 2022

Diaspora museum: Re-conceptualizing Tan Kah Kee’s museum endeavors in 1950s China
Wang, C. 2022. Diaspora museum: Re-conceptualizing Tan Kah Kee’s museum endeavors in 1950s China. Journal of Chinese Overseas. 18 (1), pp. 62-89. https://doi.org/10.1163/17932548-12341456

Museum Representations of Chinese Diasporas: Migration Histories and the Cultural Heritage of the Homeland
Wang, C. 2021. Museum Representations of Chinese Diasporas: Migration Histories and the Cultural Heritage of the Homeland. UK Routledge.

Special Issue: Diasporic Heritage, Maritime Corridors and Connected Societies in Asia
Wang, C., Zheng, V and Gao, H 2020. Special Issue: Diasporic Heritage, Maritime Corridors and Connected Societies in Asia. Asian and Pacific Migration Journal. 29 (2), pp. 133-253. https://doi.org/10.1177/0117196820932839

Materialities and corridors: The Chinese diaspora and connected societies
Wang, C., Zheng, V. and Gao, H. 2020. Materialities and corridors: The Chinese diaspora and connected societies. Asian and Pacific Migration Journal. 29 (2), pp. 133-138. https://doi.org/10.1177/0117196820932839

Desiring homeland: The return of the Indonesian Chinese women to Maoist China
Wang, C. and Huang, J. 2020. Desiring homeland: The return of the Indonesian Chinese women to Maoist China. Asian and Pacific Migration Journal. 29 (2), pp. 163-185. https://doi.org/10.1177/0117196820931314

侨批研究的力作 国际学术沟通的桥梁: 评《亲爱的中国：1882—1980年的移民书信和汇款》
Wang, C. 2020. 侨批研究的力作 国际学术沟通的桥梁: 评《亲爱的中国：1882—1980年的移民书信和汇款》 . 华侨华人历史研究 (Overseas Chinese History Studies). 2020 (2), pp. 91-94.

Ambivalent heritage: the im/possibility of museumifying the Overseas Chinese in South China
Wang, C. 2020. Ambivalent heritage: the im/possibility of museumifying the Overseas Chinese in South China. Modern China. 46 (6), pp. 559-584. https://doi.org/10.1177/0097700419878801

Desiring homeland: the return of the Indonesian-Chinese women to Maoist China
Wang, C. and Huang, Jing 2018. Desiring homeland: the return of the Indonesian-Chinese women to Maoist China. The 5th Biannual International Symposium on Transnational Migration and Qiaoxiang Studies. Wuyi University, Jiangmen, China 08 - 10 Dec 2018

Palpable memory: re-conceptualising diasporic memories through the (im)materiality of built heritage
Wang, C. 2018. Palpable memory: re-conceptualising diasporic memories through the (im)materiality of built heritage. Heritage Across Borders: Association of Critical Heritage Studies 4th Biennial Conference 2018. Zhejing Univeristy, Hangzhou, China 01 - 06 Sep 2018

The memory of architecture and the architecture of memory: Re-conceptualising diasporic memories through the built heritage of the ‘Indonesian-Chinese’
Wang, C. 2018. The memory of architecture and the architecture of memory: Re-conceptualising diasporic memories through the built heritage of the ‘Indonesian-Chinese’. Belt and Road Initiative: New insights from the perspective of transnational Chinese migration, an international conference jointly organised by the Chinese University of Hong Kong, University of Westminster and Tsinghua University. University of Westminster 02 - 03 Aug 2018

‘Double heritagisation’: Negotiating diasporic Chinese identities through celebrating the Chinese New Year in London
Wang, C. 2018. ‘Double heritagisation’: Negotiating diasporic Chinese identities through celebrating the Chinese New Year in London. Bridging Borders, Creating Spaces: Negotiating Multicultural Identities and Belongings among Migrant Communities in Global London. University of Westminster 28 Jun 2018

Book review: Ethnicity in China: a critical introduction
Wang, C. 2018. Book review: Ethnicity in China: a critical introduction. National Identities . 20 (4), pp. 428-430. https://doi.org/10.1080/14608944.2016.1226695

Re-imagining China through the Overseas Chinese museums
Wang, C. 2017. Re-imagining China through the Overseas Chinese museums. Social and Cultural Anthropology Colloquium. Department of Social Anthropology and Cultural Studies, University of Zurich, Switzerland 24 - 24 Oct 2017

Cultural heritage and the re-making of a qiaoxiang in South China
Wang, C. 2017. Cultural heritage and the re-making of a qiaoxiang in South China. The Modernization of Social Governance: New Treads and New Responses. China Institute, SOAS, London 18 - 19 Sep 2017

Heritage as theatre: re-conceptualizing heritage-making in urban China
Wang, C. 2017. Heritage as theatre: re-conceptualizing heritage-making in urban China. China Information. 31 (2), pp. 195-215. https://doi.org/10.1177/0920203X17709916

How do emigrants adapt themselves to the local culture?
Wang, C. 2016. How do emigrants adapt themselves to the local culture? Kick-Off Symposium for Research on Public Policies on Migration, Multiculturalisation and Welfare for the Regeneration of Communities in European, Asian and Japanese Societies. Kobe University, Japan 22 - 23 Oct 2016

Special Issue: ‘The Material Turn’ in Migration Studies
Wang, C. 2016. Special Issue: ‘The Material Turn’ in Migration Studies. Modern Languages Open. https://doi.org/10.3828/mlo.v0i0.88

Repatriation of cultural relics as site for identity negotiation
Wang, C. 2016. Repatriation of cultural relics as site for identity negotiation. The 9th International Conference of International Society for the Study of Chinese Overseas (ISSCO). University of British Columbia, Vancourver, Canada 06 - 08 Jul 2016

The 'material turn' in migration studies
Wang, C. 2016. The 'material turn' in migration studies. Mobility in Contemporary China: Imaginaries, technologies and power. Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology, Halle, Germany 29 - 30 Sep 2016

Invited discussant for session 6: How do emigrants adapt themselves to local culture?
Wang, C. 2016. Invited discussant for session 6: How do emigrants adapt themselves to local culture? Kick-Off Symposium for Research on Public Policies on Migration, Multiculturalization and Welfare for the Regeneration of Communities in European, Asian and Japanese Societies. Kobe University, Japan 22 - 23 Oct 2016

物质文化：华侨华人研究的新视角 （Material culture: a new perspective to the study of Chinese diaspora)
Wang, C. 2016. 物质文化：华侨华人研究的新视角 （Material culture: a new perspective to the study of Chinese diaspora). in: 华侨博物馆与华侨华人研究 (Overseas Chinese museums and the research of Chinese diaspora) 北京 (Beijing) 中国华侨出版社 (Chinese Overseas Publishing House). pp. 241-247

The stamp of identities: negotiating diasporic Chinese subjectivity in philatelic spaces
Wang, C. 2016. The stamp of identities: negotiating diasporic Chinese subjectivity in philatelic spaces. Modern Languages Open. https://doi.org/10.3828/mlo.v0i0.89

Introduction: The ‘material turn’ in migration studies
Wang, C. 2016. Introduction: The ‘material turn’ in migration studies. Modern Languages Open. https://doi.org/10.3828/mlo.v0i0.88

The Turtle Garden: Tan Kah Kee’s last spiritual world
Wang, C. 2016. The Turtle Garden: Tan Kah Kee’s last spiritual world. International Journal of Heritage Studies. 22 (7), pp. 530-542. https://doi.org/10.1080/13527258.2016.1153494

Heritage theatre: diasporic heritage, city-branding and place-making in South China
Wang, C. 2015. Heritage theatre: diasporic heritage, city-branding and place-making in South China . Cultural Heritage in China: Contested Understandings, Images and Practices. Lund University, Sweden 17 - 18 Jun 2015

“物质文化：华人研究的新视角”(Material culture: a new perspective to the study of Chinese diaspora)
Wang, C. 2015. “物质文化：华人研究的新视角”(Material culture: a new perspective to the study of Chinese diaspora). 华侨博物馆与华侨华人研究学术研讨会 (Conference on Overseas Chinese Musuems and the Study of Chinese Overseas) . Overseas Chinese History Museum of China and Peking University, Beijing, China 28 - 29 Nov 2015

Book review: New perspectives on the Irish abroad: the silent people?
Wang, C. 2015. Book review: New perspectives on the Irish abroad: the silent people? Irish Migration Studies in Latin America. 8 (4), pp. 98-100.

The stamp of identities: negotiating diasporic Chinese subjectivity in philatelic space
Wang, C. 2014. The stamp of identities: negotiating diasporic Chinese subjectivity in philatelic space. The ‘Material Turn’ in Migration Studies: Memory, Emotion and Identity in and across Three Diasporic Worlds. University of Westminster, London, UK 12 - 12 Jun 2014

The Turtle Garden: negotiating and representing diasporic imagination of Chinese identities and nation in the space of museum
Wang, C. 2014. The Turtle Garden: negotiating and representing diasporic imagination of Chinese identities and nation in the space of museum. The Second Biannual Conference of Association of Critical Heritage Studies. National University of Australia, Canberra, Australia 02 - 04 Dec 2014

How does a house remember? heritage-ising return migration in an Indonesian-Chinese house museum in Guangdong, PRC
Wang, C. 2014. How does a house remember? heritage-ising return migration in an Indonesian-Chinese house museum in Guangdong, PRC. International Journal of Heritage Studies. 20 (4), pp. 454-474. https://doi.org/10.1080/13527258.2013.771791

Postcolonial border crossing: British skilled expatriates in post-1997 Hong Kong
Wang, C., Wong, S.L. and Zheng, V. 2014. Postcolonial border crossing: British skilled expatriates in post-1997 Hong Kong. Asian Population Studies. 10 (1), pp. 75-95. https://doi.org/10.1080/17441730.2013.870826

Professional mainlanders in Hong Kong: profile, prospect and problem
Zheng, V., Wong, S.L. and Wang, C. 2014. Professional mainlanders in Hong Kong: profile, prospect and problem. in: Hsin-Huang, M.H. (ed.) Chinese middle classes: China, Taiwan, Macao and Hong Kong London Routledge. pp. 180-195

Place of desire: skilled migration from mainland China to post-colonial Hong Kong
Wang, C. 2013. Place of desire: skilled migration from mainland China to post-colonial Hong Kong. Asia Pacific Viewpoint. 54 (3), pp. 388-397. https://doi.org/10.1111/apv.12032

Guiqiao as political subjects in the making of the People's Republic of China 1949-1979
Wang, C. 2013. Guiqiao as political subjects in the making of the People's Republic of China 1949-1979. Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies Seminar Series, University of Cambridge. 06 Nov 2013

Return migration and cultural heritage in China
Wang, C. 2013. Return migration and cultural heritage in China. Public Lecture on the Study of Chinese Overseas. China Institute of Overseas Chinese History Studies, Beijing, China 26 - 26 Jul 2013

Guiqiao as political subjects in the making of the People's Republic of China 1949-1979
Wang, C. 2013. Guiqiao as political subjects in the making of the People's Republic of China 1949-1979. in: Xiang, B., Yeoh, B. and Toyota, M. (ed.) Return: nationalizing transnational mobility in Asia Durham Duke University Press. pp. 63-82

Bridging borders in the global city: negotiating sameness and difference in Hong Kong’s skilled immigrants from mainland China
Wang, C. 2012. Bridging borders in the global city: negotiating sameness and difference in Hong Kong’s skilled immigrants from mainland China. Journal of International Migration and Integration. 13 (4), pp. 565-581. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12134-012-0236-6

Museumfying Chinese diaspora: same heritage, different meanings?
Wang, C. 2011. Museumfying Chinese diaspora: same heritage, different meanings? Co-Reach (Co-ordination of Research between Europe and China) Conference on Chinese Cultural Heritage. German Archaeological Institute, Berlin 24 Apr - 24 May 2011

How does a house remember? family, village and memory of an Indonesian-Chinese community in Guangdong
Wang, C. 2011. How does a house remember? family, village and memory of an Indonesian-Chinese community in Guangdong. Co-Reach (Co-ordination of Research between Europe and China) Conference on Chinese Cultural Heritage. Beijing 26 - 27 Sep 2011

Mobile heritage, transnational nationalism: the construction of a national Overseas Chinese museum in Beijing
Wang, C. 2010. Mobile heritage, transnational nationalism: the construction of a national Overseas Chinese museum in Beijing. Co-Reach (Co-ordination of Research between Europe and China) Conference on Chinese Cultural Heritage. University College London, London 06 - 07 May 2010

中国四个城市吸引海外回流人才比较研究：一个政策的视角 (Returned highly skilled migrants in four Chinese cities: a policy perspective)
Wang, C. 2010. 中国四个城市吸引海外回流人才比较研究：一个政策的视角 (Returned highly skilled migrants in four Chinese cities: a policy perspective). 华人研究国际学报 (The Journal of Diasporic Chinese Studies). 2 (2), pp. 55-74. https://doi.org/10.1142/S1793724810000179

Book review: Chinese transnational networks
Wang, C. 2009. Book review: Chinese transnational networks. Social Transformations in Chinese Societies. 4.

Transformed border, repositioned place and contested identity: mainlander professionals in Hong Kong
Wang, C. 2009. Transformed border, repositioned place and contested identity: mainlander professionals in Hong Kong. AHRC Diasporas, Migration and Identities Programme/CRONEM Conference, Diasporas, Migration and Identities: Crossing Boundaries, New Directions. University of Surrey, Surrey, England 11 - 12 Jun 2009

Remapping the landscape of skilled expatriates in post-1997 Hong Kong
Wang, C. 2009. Remapping the landscape of skilled expatriates in post-1997 Hong Kong. New Zealand Chinese Association and International Society of the Study of Chinese Overseas Conference. University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand 18 - 19 Jul 2009

Introduction: rising challenges and new frontiers of the population policies in China and India
Wong, S.L. and Wang, C. 2009. Introduction: rising challenges and new frontiers of the population policies in China and India. in: Wong, S.L. and Wang, C. (ed.) Population policies and development in China and India : comparative perspectives Hong Kong Centre of Asian Studies, University of Hong Kong. pp. 1-9

Guiqiao: returnees as a policy subject in China
Wang, C. 2009. Guiqiao: returnees as a policy subject in China. Newsletter of International Institute of Asian Studies (IIAS). 50, p. 7.

Book review: Chinese business in the making of a Malay state, 1882-1941: Kedah and Penang
Wang, C. 2008. Book review: Chinese business in the making of a Malay state, 1882-1941: Kedah and Penang. Social Transformations in Chinese Societies. 3.

Border, place and identity: mainlander professional migrants in Hong Kong
Wang, C. 2008. Border, place and identity: mainlander professional migrants in Hong Kong. Cityscapes of Diaspora: Chinatowns & Beyond. Middlesex University, London 15 - 15 Nov 2008

Re-defining return in Asian migration: the case of China
Wang, C. 2008. Re-defining return in Asian migration: the case of China. International Conference on Return Migration in Asia: Experiences, Ideologies and Politics. National University of Singapore, Singapore 31 Jul - 01 Aug 2008

Chinese mainland professionals in Hong Kong: profile, prospect and problems
Wang, C. 2008. Chinese mainland professionals in Hong Kong: profile, prospect and problems. 2008 Annual Conference of China’s Sociological Association, Jilin Provincial Academy of Social Sciences. Changchun, China 19 - 21 Jul 2008

Home as a circular process: a study of the Indonesian Chinese in Hong Kong
Wang, C. and Wong, S.L. 2007. Home as a circular process: a study of the Indonesian Chinese in Hong Kong. in: Thunø, M. (ed.) Beyond Chinatown: new Chinese migrants and China's global expansion Denmark Nordic Institute of Asian Study Press. pp. 183-209

“让我们一起去香港” (Let’s go to Hong Kong together)
Wang, C. 2007. “让我们一起去香港” (Let’s go to Hong Kong together). 读书 (Dushu). 11, pp. 76-83.

“跨境人口流动及其政策含义: 基于香港的分析” (Trans-border mobility and its policy implications: the case of Hong Kong)
Wang, C. 2007. “跨境人口流动及其政策含义: 基于香港的分析” (Trans-border mobility and its policy implications: the case of Hong Kong). 南方人口研究 (South China Population). 4, pp. 25-31.

“归的含义” (The meaning of return)
Wang, C. 2007. “归的含义” (The meaning of return). 读书 (Dushu). 1, pp. 107-114.

Book review: Anti-Japanese or pro-Japanese: Overseas Chinese, the Chinese nationalist government and the Wang regime
Wang, C. 2006. Book review: Anti-Japanese or pro-Japanese: Overseas Chinese, the Chinese nationalist government and the Wang regime. Journal of Chinese Overseas . 2 (2), pp. 311-313. https://doi.org/10.1163/179325406788639688

Haigui: a new area in China’s policy towards Chinese diaspora?
Wang, C., Wong, S.L. and Sun, W. 2006. Haigui: a new area in China’s policy towards Chinese diaspora? Journal of Chinese Overseas. 2 (2), pp. 294-309. https://doi.org/10.1163/179325406788639615

“回家的路：关于全球化时代移民与家园关系的思考” (Way back home: reflection on the relationship between migrants and home in globalization era)
Wang, C. and Wong, S.L. 2006. “回家的路：关于全球化时代移民与家园关系的思考” (Way back home: reflection on the relationship between migrants and home in globalization era). 广西民族大学学报 (Journal of Guangxi University for Nationalities). 28 (4), pp. 30-44.

”回家的路：全球化时代移民与家园关系的思考“　(Way back home: reflection on the relationship between migrants and home in globalization era)
Wang, C. and Wong, S.L. 2006. ”回家的路：全球化时代移民与家园关系的思考“　(Way back home: reflection on the relationship between migrants and home in globalization era). 中国社会科学文摘 (Chinese Social Science Digest). 42, pp. 55-56.

Locating Hong Kong in the global network of professional migrants
Wang, C. 2006. Locating Hong Kong in the global network of professional migrants. Journal of Comparative Asian Development. 5 (2), pp. 329-344. https://doi.org/10.1080/15339114.2006.9678437

活在别处：香港印尼华人口述历史 (Life is elsewhere: stories of the Indonesian Chinese in Hong Kong)
Wang, C. 2006. 活在别处：香港印尼华人口述历史 (Life is elsewhere: stories of the Indonesian Chinese in Hong Kong). Hong Kong Centre of Asian Studies, University of Hong Kong.

“华人网络的再认识：一个空间的视角”　(Re-examining global networks of Chinese diaspora: a spatial perspective)
Wang, C. 2006. “华人网络的再认识：一个空间的视角”　(Re-examining global networks of Chinese diaspora: a spatial perspective). 华侨华人历史研究 (Overseas Chinese History Studies). 2, pp. 22-30.

“也谈华人“ (On Chinese diaspora)
Wang, C. 2004. “也谈华人“ (On Chinese diaspora). 读书 (Dushu). 10, pp. 121-129.

”黄绍伦教授与华人研究：一个社会学的观点“ (Wong Siu-lun and Chinese migration studies: a sociological perspective)
Wang, C. 2004. ”黄绍伦教授与华人研究：一个社会学的观点“ (Wong Siu-lun and Chinese migration studies: a sociological perspective). 华侨华人历史研究 (Overseas Chinese History Studies). 4, pp. 61-69.

"重塑香港的族群地图: 华人移民认同与族群建构的再认识" (Re-mapping Hong Kong’s sub-ethnicity landscape: a reconsideration of identity and ethnicity of Chinese diaspora)
Wang, C. 2004. "重塑香港的族群地图: 华人移民认同与族群建构的再认识" (Re-mapping Hong Kong’s sub-ethnicity landscape: a reconsideration of identity and ethnicity of Chinese diaspora). 社会学研究 (Sociological Studies). 6, pp. 90-100.

“香港的归侨团体研究—以巨港(香港) 校友会为例” (A study of guiqiao communities in Hong Kong: the case of Palembang Chinese school alumni association)
Wang, C. 1999. “香港的归侨团体研究—以巨港(香港) 校友会为例” (A study of guiqiao communities in Hong Kong: the case of Palembang Chinese school alumni association). 华侨华人历史研究 (Overseas Chinese History Studies). (3), pp. 55-66.

"东亚现代化视野中的华人经济网络：以泰国为例的研究" (Overseas Chinese economic networks in the perspective of East Asian modernization: the case of Thailand)
Wang, C. 1998. "东亚现代化视野中的华人经济网络：以泰国为例的研究" (Overseas Chinese economic networks in the perspective of East Asian modernization: the case of Thailand). 华侨华人历史研究 (Overseas Chinese History Studies). (3), pp. 8-27.