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ix Acknowledgements We฀are฀grateful฀to฀Chiang฀Ching-kuo฀Foundation฀for฀International฀Scholarly฀ Exchange฀ for฀ funding฀ participants฀ of฀ the฀ conference฀ project฀ “Chinese฀ Foodways฀in฀Multicultural฀Southeast฀Asia”฀which฀was฀coordinated฀by฀the฀ editor฀of฀this฀book.฀The฀project฀participants฀presented฀their฀papers฀at฀The฀ 10th฀ Symposium฀ on฀ Chinese฀ Dietary฀ Culture,฀ which฀ was฀ co-organized฀ by฀ the฀ Foundation฀ of฀ Chinese฀ Dietary฀ Culture฀ and฀ the฀ Department฀ of฀ Anthropology,฀The฀ Chinese฀ University฀ of฀ Hong฀ Kong,฀ and฀ was฀ held฀ in฀ Penang฀on฀12–14฀November฀2007.฀We฀thank฀the฀Foundation,฀in฀particular฀ its฀Chairman฀Mr.฀George฀C.S.฀Wong฀and฀its฀Director฀Ms.฀May฀Chang,฀for฀ the฀support฀and฀co-operation.฀The฀editor฀wishes฀to฀thank฀all฀participants฀of฀ the฀conference฀project.฀Special฀thanks฀to฀Prof.฀Sidney฀W.฀Mintz฀who฀gave฀ the฀ keynote฀ speech฀ “Diffusion,฀ Diaspora฀ and฀ Fusion:฀ Evolving฀ Chinese฀ Foodways”฀ at฀ the฀ conference,฀ and฀ who฀ has฀ been฀ very฀ supportive฀ of฀ this฀ book฀ project.฀ The฀ conference฀ papers฀ are฀ printed฀ in฀ The฀ 10th฀ Symposium฀ on฀Chinese฀Dietary฀Culture฀(Foundation฀of฀Chinese฀Dietary฀Culture,฀2008).฀ The฀ papers฀ selected฀ for฀ this฀ book฀ have฀ all฀ been฀ substantially฀ revised.฀ We฀ wish฀ to฀ also฀ thank฀ the฀ two฀ anonymous฀ reviewers฀ for฀ their฀ detailed฀ comments฀which฀were฀useful฀for฀our฀fi ฀nal฀revision.฀Finally,฀we฀are฀grateful฀ to฀Paul฀H.฀Kratoska฀and฀Lena฀Qua฀of฀NUS฀Press฀for฀bringing฀this฀book฀ to฀ publication. 00 CFFW.indd 9 7/13/11 5:55:05 PM 00 CFFW.indd 10 7/13/11 5:55:06 PM ...

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