Talk:Nanyang (region)

Common usage
This section is about this edit. &mdash; Instantnood 15:57, May 1, 2005 (UTC)

The term Nanyang is only commonly heard on Singapore and to a reasonable extent, Malaysia. It is not common in Indonesia, the Philippines, or Brunei (?!). --Huaiwei 15:44, 1 May 2005 (UTC)
 * The term is commonly used to refer to these places (at least in Chinese), but rarely to the rest of Southeast Asia. &mdash; Instantnood 15:56, May 1, 2005 (UTC)
 * Please note carefully the way the sentence was worded. The term "self-reference" is there. I have not actually mentioned the usage of the term in China yet. In addition, I would like to know why Brunei is listed, when there is a far larger Chinese population in Thailand. It is obvious you are just listing countries in which you think there is a higher proportion of ethnic Chinese without doing your research.--Huaiwei 16:02, 1 May 2005 (UTC)
 * Actually not. The term, in Chinese, is used to refer to the oceanic Southeast Asia in general. It is seldom used to refer to Indochina. &mdash; Instantnood 16:05, May 1, 2005 (UTC)
 * At the same time, it is not correct to say it is commonly used to refer to Brunei either, or even that of the Philippines, where Chinese assimilation is high, as is so in Thailand. In Indonesia, it is a highly taboo in any reference to Chineseness, although there are good signs that this is taking a more positive turn in recent years under ex-president Megawati. Also, Nanyang actually has several meanings. It is not just a geographical term, but also a reference to the southeast Asian Chinese community. Hence my reluctance to simply rename it as a "geographical region" outright. I do hope that you might better appreciate this terminology before discussing. Thanks.--Huaiwei 16:13, 1 May 2005 (UTC)

Article merge attribution
At 09:45, 22 May 2014, content from Draft:Great Golden Peninsula was merged into this page. Per the terms of the GFDL license, all content added within this diff should be properly attributed to. -- benlisquare T•C•E 09:50, 22 May 2014 (UTC)
 * Added attribution template at top of this talk page. — Maile (talk) 13:23, 28 May 2014 (UTC)

Political concerns
This section is extremely problematic. The section does not distinguish between Chinese citizens and ethnic Chinese. Even someone with the most basic understanding of history will know that Chinese communities in Southeast Asia predate the Communist Revolution by many decades and have minimal ties to China, especially political ties, and blatantly contradicts every single article of all the ethnic Chinese communities in Thailand, Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia and Cambodia. Nanyang is an archaic term that is certainly not used by modern immigrants or modern governments and is irrelevant to modern politics. It presents speculation as facts and all the sources are dead links so they are completely unverifiable. Top it all off with POV about "disconcerting relationship" and you have a section that ought to be deleted immediately. 42.61.172.8 (talk) 10:53, 23 November 2019 (UTC)