Author(s)

Yilin Liu ¹

Affiliation(s)

¹ School of History, Renmin University of China, Beijing, 100080, China

Corresponding Author

Yilin Liu

ABSTRACT

This article explores the cultural frontier perspective of the late Qing government, centering on the Chinese community in Singapore and Malaysia. It argues that although the rulers' view of the frontier gradually evolved towards a political frontier perspective under the international legal system due to changing circumstances, their attention to cultural frontiers did not diminish, especially in relation to overseas Chinese communities. The Chinese in Singapore and Malaysia, as "frontier residents" in the cultural sense, played an important role in the transformation of the late Qing government's cultural frontier perspective. By analyzing the late Qing government's re-recognition of the Chinese community in Singapore and Malaysia, the establishment of consulates, localized efforts, and the cultural identity of the Chinese in Singapore and Malaysia, this article reveals the changes in the Qing court's cultural frontier perspective during the late Qing Dynasty and its impact on the Chinese community in Singapore and Malaysia.

KEYWORDS

Frontier perspective; cultural frontier; overseas Chinese

CITE THIS PAPER

Yilin Liu, Cultural Frontiers: The Cultural Frontier Perspective of the Late Qing Dynasty—Focusing on the Chinese Community in Singapore and Malaysia. Journal of Political Science Research (2025) Vol. 6: 7-14. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/DOI: 10.23977/polsr.2025.060102.

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