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COLLECTION OF CLIPPINGS ON OVERSEAS CHINESE AT HONG KONG BAPTIST UNIVERSITY LIBRARY by Shirley W. Leung Irene S. M. Wong Kit Wah Lee Objective The objective of this report is to introduce the Hong Kong Baptist University Library Collection of clippings on Overseas Chinese with two goals. The first is to publicize and promote this collection for use by students, scholars, and researchers interested in the topic of Overseas Chinese, and the second is to explore opportunities for collaborative efforts in enhancing the collection’s accessibility. A brief introduction The collection contains 707 files, each with an average of 200-250 pages. It is also available on 141 microfilm reels. The clippings were taken from approximately 230 Chinese language newspapers and 40 periodicals, published in 17 countries or regions: Hong Kong, China, Taiwan, Singapore, the Philippines, Indonesia, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, Burma, Macao, Malaysia, Japan, India, Canada, and USA. As shown in Appendix A, Hong Kong and China publications received more comprehensive and sustained attention than those of other countries. There may be a number of reasons for the uneven coverage. One would be the ephemeral nature of the source newspapers and periodicals, as they were Chinese language materials published locally in the Chinese communities in the countries involved. Furthermore, it should be taken into consideration that there was probably no organized dissemination method or structure for a good number of these publications. The years of coverage also varied considerably with some titles spanning a twenty-one year period and others limited to only one year. Overall, the collection covered a twenty-one year period from 1950-1971, presenting information on a tumultuous and dynamic period of political, social, and economic changes and developments in the history of China and Overseas Chinese. With the founding of the People’s Republic of China and the retreat of the Nationalist Go