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This article presents a review of Singaporean historian Wong Sin Kiong's book that breaks new ground in historiography and Overseas Chinese history. Wong's "Trans-boundary History" builds upon previous works on Chinese historiography that place scholarship in such categories as "European-centered" or China-centered," or that are based on theories such as Marxism or Max Weber's sociologically based thought. By focusing on the history of Overseas Chinese in Southeast Asia, Wong provides a new perspective on what "Chinese history" is and what "being Chinese" is.