Investigating the Grey Areas of the Chinese Communities in Southeast Asia
Proceedings of the Symposium organised by IRASEC at the Hotel Sofitel Silom (Bangkok) on January 2005, 6th and 7th
Carnets de l’IrasecÉditeur : Institut de recherche sur l’Asie du Sud-Est contemporaine
Lieu d’édition : Bangkok
Publication sur OpenEdition Books : 3 juillet 2018
Collection : Carnets de l’Irasec
Année d’édition : 2007
Nombre de pages : 168
Présentation
In most Southeast Asian countries, the members of the Chinese Diaspora have secured important position in the fields of administration, education and religion. Thanks to their capacity to work and to adapt as well as their frugality, their cultural influence continues to grow. Clans and factions form the essential structure of the ancient Chinese society. If Imperial China never developed a Civil Law, it's probably because the ancient Chinese society never really saw the need for it. This structure of relations could also explain why the Chinese civilisation didn't develop a real territorial reference. The Chinese Diaspora today covers different political and economical realities which could be conflicting. What primarily characterises the Diaspora is apparently its great capacity to organise itself in any economical, political, social or cultural environment. The capacity if its economic and administrative elites had been the determining factor of their development. However, the existence of informal and trans-national networks can also help the development of criminal activities. The presence of mafia groups and gangs of Chinese origin and their collusion with the world of finance and politics are historical facts in the region and could represent today a real threat for its stability. These criminal networks tend to forge business link with their Japanese, Russian, Korea, Italian or South American counterparts and sometimes could interfere with the process of political decision making.
Sommaire
Arnaud Leveau
ForewordThe Papers
Jean Baffie
The Ang-yi or Chinese Secret Societies of Thailand. Understanding a Total Social PhenomenonT. A. Bancroft
The Triads: Past and PresentRatanaporn Dhammakosol
Political influences of the Chinese communitiesFrans Hendra Winarta
Grey Side of Chinese Community in IndonesiaChu Yiu Kong
Triad Involvement in the Sex Service Industry in Hong Kong and Its Impacts on Southeast AsiaEmmanuel Dialma et Pierre Le Roux
The Chinese diaspora and prostitution at the Thai-Malay frontier (Hat Yai, Sadao-Dannok, Betong and Sungai Kolok)Peter Michael
Triads: From street level to transnational crimeDebates
Jean Baffie
Notes on the foreign mafias in ThailandPhilippe Migaux
Links between Organized Crime and terrorist networksLe texte seul est utilisable sous licence Licence OpenEdition Books. Les autres éléments (illustrations, fichiers annexes importés) sont « Tous droits réservés », sauf mention contraire.
