Maurice Halbwachs proposed that the reading of the pasts is shaped by interests and needs of the present. The surging interest in Wu Lien IJAPS, Vol. 12, No. 2, 83-103, 2016 Transnationality and Nationalism 84 transnational network and have been variedly framed in different countries, they are narrated in present terms and tend to intertwine with nationalist narratives.