Chen Cihong / 陈慈黉

Chen Cihong is the overseas Chaoshan merchant figure used in No.205 ⛵️ 潮汕往事：侨批、经济特区和没有等来的深圳奇迹 to make Qiaopi Remittance Networks concrete. The episode traces the broader Chen family route from red-head-ship work and the Shantou-Bangkok line into Hong Kong trading houses and Bangkok rice businesses.

Chen’s importance in the source is institutional rather than only biographical. The family’s shops across Bangkok, Hong Kong / 香港, and Shantou / 汕头 show how hometown trust, family credit, trade, and remittance could approximate a private exchange network before qiaopi business was eventually absorbed into formal banking channels such as Bank of China.

Connections

• Chaoshan / 潮汕, Shantou / 汕头, Thailand, and Hong Kong / 香港 — places in the family network.
• Qiaopi Remittance Networks, Red Head Ships / 红头船, and Chaoshan Maritime Commercial Culture — systems the episode uses Chen to illustrate.
• Bank of China — later formal-bank endpoint for qiaopi business.