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Subject(s)

• Chinese—Foreign countries—History—20th century [Browse]
• Emigrant remittances—China—History—20th century [Browse]
• Chinese diaspora—Economic aspects [Browse]
• China—Emigration and immigration—Economic aspects [Browse]
• China—Economic policy—1949-1976 [Browse]
• China—Politics and government—1949-1976 [Browse]

Series

Chinese Overseas; volume13. [More in this series]

Summary note

In The Price and Promise of Specialness, Jin Li Lim revises narratives on the overseas Chinese and the People’s Republic of China by analysing the Communist approach to ‘overseas Chinese affairs’ in New China’s first decade as a function of a larger political economy. Jin Li Lim shows how the party-state centred its approach towards the overseas Chinese on a perception of their financial utility and thus sought to offer them a special identity and place in New China, so as to unlock their riches. Yet, this contradicted the quest for socialist transformation, and as its early pragmatism fell away, the radicalising party-state abandoned its promises to the overseas Chinese, who were left to pay the price for their difference.

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

• Front Matter
• Copyright page
• Acknowledgements
• Glossary of Chinese Terms
• Abbreviations
• Figures
• Introduction
• Rights and Interests
• Screaming for Socialism
• No Complaints, No Escapes, No Shortfalls
• Fourth-Class Socialism
• Politics in Command
• Conclusion
• Back Matter
• Overseas Chinese Remittances to the People’s Republic of China, 1950–1960
• Bibliography
• Index.

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ISBN

90-04-40074-5

OCLC

1097367197

Doi

• 10.1163/9789004400740

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