THE SMART TRICK OF CAIR33 THAT NOBODY IS DISCUSSING

This chapter highlights the job played by a number of figures Amongst the 'enlightened Chinese' in finishing the double activity of inventing 'Chineseness' and attaining a 'civilized' status. Paradoxically, the reinvention of Chinese tradition Amongst the peranakan was shaped not by Chinese language and script, but alternatively by way of a lingua