Overseas Chinese and Qiaoxiang's Community Affairs in Modern China:A Case Study of Quanzhou HuaQiao Charities

结合近代百多年来沿海侨乡社会和慈善组织的历史变迁,以泉州花桥善举公所为例,分析阐述了华侨精英依托侨乡特殊社会文化网络,在地方公共事务发展中的主导作用。In modern China,for more than one century Overseas Chinese has played a leading role in Qiaoxiang's community affairs,while in turn Qiaoxiang provided them with special social and cultural networks.In order to illustrate this point,the article analyzes one century's historical changes in modern coastal Qiaoxiang of Fujian by focusing on a case study of Quanzhou HuaQiao Charities