This book is the first work on the history of overseas Chinese ever since the conclusion of the Cultural Revolution and the commencement of China's Opening-up to the outside world.It has been a classical work of reference in the study of overseas Chinese in many colleges and universities in China.
This book is targeted at both overseas Chinese and Western readers who can read no Chinese so that they have an access to know the history of the discriminated overseas Chinese and the mindset of the Chinese nation today.