Bifurcated homeland and diaspora politics in China and Taiwan towards the Overseas Chinese in Southeast Asia

Figures & data

Table 1. Estimated numbers of overseas Chinese, and diplomatic relations of Southeast Asian countries with PRC and ROC during modern periods.

Countries	Estimated overseas Chinese population^a	Diplomatic relationship with PRC	Diplomatic relationship with ROC
Brunei	56,000 (2006)	1991–	N/A
Cambodia	150,000 (2003)	1958–	1947–1958
Indonesia	7.3 Million (2003)	1950–	1945–1950
Laos	50,000 (2003)	1961–	1953–1962
Malaysia	7.0 Million (2006)	1974–	1957–1974
Myanmar	1.3 Million (2003)	1950–	1948–1950
Philippines	1.5 Million (2004)	1975–	1948–1975
Singapore	2.7 Million (2005)	1990–	1965–1990
Thailand	8.5 Million (2006)	1975–	1945–1975
Vietnam	2.3 Million (2006)	1950–	With South Vietnam 1955–1975

^aThe numbers presented are very rough estimates because not every country carry out census including the number of ethnic Chinese, and also it is extremely difficult to determine who is Chinese and who is not, given varying degrees of intermarriages and assimilation in different countries in Southeast Asia. The data from this column are retrieved from the New World Encyclopedia entry on Overseas Chinese. http://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Overseas_Chinese#cite_note-22.