Overseas Chinese Business Networks in Asia

The overseas Chinese and the Chinese of Taiwan and Hong Kong are among the most dynamic business people in Asia. Making up around six per cent of the population of Southeast Asia, ethnic Chinese business people control more than 70 per cent of the region's corporate wealth. Understanding how the overseas Chinese do business and the borderless networks they control is critical to an understanding of how business is done in Asia. This study - the most comprehensive yet of overseas Chinese business in Asia - is the culmination of extensive interviews, surveys, and research conducted in Australia and Across Asia.