AbstractsPolitical Science

analyses have been conducted on the PRCâs international endeavors and foreign policy, yet, one valuable research topic has yet to be examined: the viewpoints of overseas Chinese toward the PRCâs rise. This study seeks to shed insight on the PRCâs growing international engagement and the viewpoints of overseas Chinese in Taiwan, Singapore, Malaysia, Hong Kong, Macau and Indonesia. All these countries have a significant Chinese community. It is hypothesized that stronger kinsmanship to mainland China will lead to favorable attitudes toward the rise of the PRC. Advisors/Committee Members: Boyu Chen (chair), Lin, Wen-cheng (chair), Kai-yin Allison Haga (committee member).