skinnylatte, 
A few more thoughts on what I posted a few days ago on Xi's China expecting diaspora Chinese folks to support the PRC:
- none of this is new, literally
- Qing dynasty Mandarins were surprised to find that there were thriving Chinese communities in SE Asia
- they swung between 'wtv they're not Chinese' to 'pls help us put down rebellions'
Diaspora Chinese have always had a diversity of perspectives on how much and how often China figured in our lives. For centuries.
