TY - BOOK ID - 85527935 TI - China's evolving policy towards the Chinese diaspora in Southeast Asia (1949-2018) AU - Wu, Xiao An AU - ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute PY - 2019 SN - 9789814881203 9814881201 9789814881197 9814881198 PB - Singapore : ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute, DB - UniCat KW - Diplomatic relations KW - Chinese KW - S09/0412 KW - S11/1100 KW - Ethnology KW - Relations KW - Government policy KW - China: Foreign relations and world politics--China and South-East Asia (incl. Vietnamese war) KW - China: Social sciences--Immigration and emigration, Overseas Chinese (huaqiao 华侨) KW - Southeast Asia. KW - China. KW - China KW - 1949 KW - -Bu̇gd Naĭramdakh Dundad Ard Uls KW - Bu̇gu̇de Nayiramdaqu Dumdadu Arad Ulus KW - Bu̇gu̇de Nayiramdaxu Dundadu Arad Ulus KW - Catay KW - Cathay KW - Central Government of the People's Republic of China KW - Central People's Government of Communist China KW - Chine KW - Chinese National Government KW - Chinese People's Republic KW - Chūka Jinmin Kyōwakoku KW - Chung-hua chung yang jen min kung ho kuo KW - Chung-hua jen min kung ho kuo KW - Chung-hua min kuo KW - Chung-kuo KW - Chung-kuo kuo min cheng fu KW - Chung yang jen min cheng fu KW - Cina KW - Činská lidová republika KW - Dumdad Uls KW - Dumdadu Ulus KW - Erets Sin KW - Jhonggu KW - Jumhūriyat al-Ṣīn al-Shaʻbīyah KW - Khi͡atad KW - Kínai Népköztársaság KW - Kin KW - Kitad KW - Kita KW - Kitaĭskai͡a Narodnai͡a Respublika KW - Kitajska KW - KNR KW - Kytaĭsʹka Narodna Respublika KW - National Government KW - P.R. China KW - People's Republic of China KW - PR China KW - Republic KW - Republic of China KW - República Popular China KW - Republik Rakjat Tiongkok KW - République Populaire de Chine KW - RRC KW - RRT KW - Sāthāranarat Prachāchon Čhīn KW - VR China KW - VRChina KW - Zhong guo KW - Zhong hua ren min gong he guo KW - Zhongguo KW - Zhonghua Renmin Gongheguo KW - Zhonghuaminguo KW - Asia, Southeastern KW - South East Asia KW - Southeastern Asia KW - Foreign relations KW - E-books KW - -BNKhAU KW - Bu̇gd Naĭramdakh Dundad Ard Uls KW - P.R.C. KW - PRC KW - Foreign relations. KW - Chinese diaspora KW - Political aspects KW - Chinese diaspora. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:85527935 AB - The Chinese diaspora, consisting of both Chinese living overseas who are citizens of China (huaqiao), and people of Chinese descent who are citizens of foreign countries (huaren), have significantly shaped the making of modern China. China's policy towards its diaspora is primarily governed by its national interests and foreign policy imperatives. However, the Chinese government has been careful to ensure that the huaqiao and the huaren fall into different policy domains: Chinese citizens living overseas are subject to China's domestic policies, while Chinese descendants who are citizens of other countries come under China's foreign affairs. Nevertheless, from the beginning, the latter continue to be regarded as kinsfolk distinct from other foreign nationals. The huaqiao-huaren distinction is often blurred in ordinary discourse and this has been a source of much misunderstanding. However, it has not been the policy of the Chinese government to blur this distinction, and it is acutely aware of the complexity of the issue and is therefore very cautious about implying any change. As such, when terms such as huaqiao-huaren are introduced in the official lexicon, they are meant to acknowledge certain historical and contemporary realities, and not to deliberately obfuscate the two categories. The use of the combined term is in fact a recognition of the clear-cut distinction between the two groups, and is meant to convey a semantic balance in which neither category is emphasized at the expense of the other. In general, since the establishment of the People's Republic of China in 1949, the Chinese government has treated the diaspora as an asset, rather than a liability. The sole exception was during the Cultural Revolution when returnees, or the guiqiao, were condemned as reactionary and bourgeois elements. There is therefore a fundamental continuity in China's diaspora policy: namely, that China embraces both groups as part of a global Chinese community. Some policy shifts can be expected in future as China becomes more proactive in reaching out to its diaspora while balancing the needs and interests of Chinese abroad with the needs and interests of the Mainland. ER -