According to Tiziano Terzani in his book “Fliegen ohne Flügel” the worldwide Chinese Diaspora is shaped by a few factors: First, they all have fled mainland China but still think of themselves as belonging to China or al least to a Chinese culture. Secondly, everywhere they go they pursue the accumulation of wealth and worry only about getting rich. Despite being in the minority in most countries like Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand for example, they always control business and accumulate the most wealth. Thirdly, the never totally integrate into the respective culture and are often despised by the “natives”. This worldwide Chinese Diaspora is now settling back in on mainland China and is responsibly for the Chinese economical miracle.
To give an example: If Indonesians catch a lot of fish, they celebrate and rest for a few days. A Chinese fisher in contrary would go again the very next day and think about how to increase the catch permanently.
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