Southeast Asia in China is an important interdisciplinary work that contributes to multiple academic fields … A significant scholarly contribution.

Journal of Asian Studies

This unique volume is a significant contribution to understanding Southeast Asia's relations with China. Rather than viewing the relationship through the too-familiar perspective of China's impact on the region, this thoughtful and well-researched study reverses the analysis to examine Southeast Asia's roles in, and impact on, China over time. It is a necessary corrective to existing scholarship and a welcome addition to the field, which should be read by all those seeking to understand the "inner history" of interactions between Southeast Asian societies and China.

David Shambaugh, George Washington University

A valuable and overdue assessment of the neglected side of the China-Southeast Asian connection - Southeast Asian influence in China. Using a multi-disciplinary lens and reflecting sensitivities and forces beyond conventional geo-politics, it is the story of diplomats, labourers, capitalists, scholars, philanthropists and students from “China's south” who have had a significant impact on politics, economy, and matters of entangled identities and citizenship, in their home countries and land of distant origin.
An unsentimental and self-confident view from the periphery, it speaks to the multitude of interactions that have shaped contemporary international relations and revealed the limits and possibilities of Southeast Asian agency. Stimulating for regional and international relations specialists alike.

Paul Evans, University of British Columbia