Overseas Chinese Contribution To The History Of The South China Sea Area

"The south China sea area" this concept is to put the south China sea and the surrounding countries and regions as a link between whole, including the 11 China and southeast Asian countries. The whether in the geography environment, history and culture background, and the economic level and social evolution, etc., the south China sea area has a high degree of unity and close integration. The south China sea area is the world of overseas Chinese and the family members of the most concentrated, active regions, is the most typical region of overseas Chinese history context. Combing historical contribution in the development of overseas and ethnic Chinese in the south China sea area, both in the south China sea regional study of overseas Chinese in the perspective of novel, different from the previous old perspective, such as southeast Asia, NanYang, Oriental also see as common factors of overseas Chinese in the south China sea area, in the process of historical evolution of the south China sea area from isolation to whole, from scattered to the role of the joint. To dig the common factors in the south China sea regional countries friendly exchanges, to promote peace, friendly exchanges in the south China sea area has an important value.The paper mainly discusses the from Qin and Han dynasties to the second world war, the period of overseas Chinese contribution to the history of the south China sea area. In ancient China and other countries friendly exchanges in the process of the south China sea area, overseas Chinese from birth to grow, as the ancient countries friendly exchanges between China and south China sea area has made an important contribution, serve as the bridge between the connected each other. When Ming and qing dynasties, due to the change of the feudal government's foreign policy, overseas Chinese and struggling, and after the first step in the south China sea area, Portugal in 1511, the western colonists to arrive, China and south China sea area around the historical evolution process is disrupted, the south China sea area, and presents many disharmonious factors among countries of overseas Chinese as the common factor of the south China sea area, in promoting friendly exchanges in various countries, the south China sea area of host countries and the role of the motherland against foreign aggression war, more show precious. Colonial forces remained in the west, the Japanese fascist intervention under the condition of suddenly, overseas Chinese and an even more difficult situation, but it is still in the process of fascist until victory against Japan played an important role, promote the friendly relationship between all the peoples of the world and the south China sea area. The south China sea region have withstood the test of history, again write the danger, hand in hand advance together, support each other, won national independence and economic development.